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What happens when the collector
becomes the collected?
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When a ruthless wonder hunter
finds someone or something with a will,
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a hunger far greater than his own?
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Printed in heavy paper,
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embossed, not quite pocket-size,
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an invitation to a viewing.
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A night of pleasure for like-minded folk.
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A night that may also prove
to be their last.
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Our story tonight is "The Viewing,"
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and the director is Panos Cosmatos.
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"Lionel Lassiter
requests your presence
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for a viewing at The Sandpiper House."
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"Saturday, September 22nd, 1979."
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"Instructions to follow."
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Sorry, I'm late.
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Yeah, late for what exactly?
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Uh, you guys are here
for the viewing, right?
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Indeed, we are gathered for the viewing.
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So far, we've established the three of us
have been on late-night talk shows.
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What about you?
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Me? I…
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Yeah, I have.
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Uh, I… That's…
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that's weird.
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-Yeah. Welcome to the club.
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I guess our host
likes late-night talk shows.
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When you never leave the house,
you probably watch a lot of TV.
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Uh, well, um…
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I'm Charlotte.
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Yes, I felt that.
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I'm Targ Reinhard.
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Mm. Nice to meet you.
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-I'm Randall.
-Oh, I kind of know who you are.
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Big fan.
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-You're like a legend.
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Hi. I'm Hector.
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Hop on in.
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Hey, buddy, got a smoke?
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Yeah, of course, man.
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Great.
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Thank you.
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I was intrigued for sure.
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Well, of course,
I wasn't surprised.
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But even I cannot pierce the veil
of secrecy surrounding our host.
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Really? That's a little dramatic.
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There's plenty of rich,
powerful people that nobody knows about.
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Yes, but there was a time
when everyone knew everything about him.
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Surely men like ourselves,
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accustomed to being
in the public spotlight,
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know how difficult it is
to retreat from glory.
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Uh, speak for yourself.
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What do you do, dear Charlotte?
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Oh, um, I'm an astrophysicist.
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Maybe this is a dumb question,
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but where does someone like you
stand on horoscopes?
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If I'm honest
with myself, I'd say…
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…they're not for me.
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Very Capricorn of you.
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-I guess?
-Yes, but what is her sun sign?
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That's the real power of astrology.
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Your host would prefer
if you remain silent
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during the remainder of the ride,
and listen to the audio program.
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-What?
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Strange.
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What would you like?
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Softer?
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Brighter?
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Or cleaner?
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Surprise me.
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Welcome to The Sandpiper House.
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Uh, it smells amazing.
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What kind of flowers are these?
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Those are Stargazer lilies.
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A breed that's only existed
for four years.
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Before, lily flowers tended
to point toward the ground.
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As these things go,
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many people assume
the flowers were wilted or dying,
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so they became unwanted.
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A brilliant woman in California
hybridized them
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until she had a lily
whose blooms turned upward,
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gazing at the sky.
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Well, it looks amazing
and sounds amazing.
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Every measure was taken
to preserve the natural habitat,
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integrating it
into Mr. Lassiter's vision of a home.
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Wow,
this music is a trip.
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I like this music.
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Oh, typical.
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What does that mean?
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This music, it's…
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It sounds like vibrating crystals
and all that other shit you're into.
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Please.
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Where should we sit?
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By your favorite drink,
of course.
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Oh!
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Um, I'm… I'm Charlotte.
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Mm.
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This screwdriver is exactly what I needed.
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This is a superb beer.
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Ice-cold.
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Refreshing too. Just how I like it.
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Oh, wow. Um, ginger ale.
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That's, uh, that's my favorite.
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You don't drink?
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What, you think scientists
don't like to party? Hmm.
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Lapsang souchong tea!
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At the perfect temperature,
with the exact amount of honey I like.
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How did this motherfucker know
I like lapsang souchong?
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Oh, man…
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I'm trying to quit,
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but these are those super hard-to-find
Tibetan menthol cigarettes I dream about.
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Don't you think
if you were really trying to quit,
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the exact cigarette you desire
wouldn't be there?
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I am not gonna let temptation
get the better of me.
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Hello, there.
Welcome, guests.
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Sorry to keep you waiting.
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Please enjoy yourselves,
and should you have any personal needs,
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Hector or Doctor Zahra
can take care of you.
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Hey, um, I… I… I don't think,
um, we met properly back there.
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Um,
that is novelist Guy Landon.
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Uh, is there something funny
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about selling more books
than corn dogs at a country fair?
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This architecture is remarkable.
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It's clearly Brutalism,
in the Mueller tradition.
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But there are subtle Aztec influences.
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-Aztec, huh?
-Oh.
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You a big expert
on Aztec architecture now?
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Among other varieties
of ancient civilizations
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that exceeded the capabilities
of their time,
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yes.
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Well, I thought you were just famous
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for bending spoons with your mind
or some shit.
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Good evening.
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I trust that all of you are comfortable.
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In my hand is a 50-year-old
Tetsuro Hara single malt whiskey.
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The distillery opened in 1921
in a small suburb of Kyoto,
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where the water was so revered
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that legendary tea masters
had been coming there for centuries
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to perfect their brews.
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This particular bottle
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survived aerial bombing in World War II
that damaged that distillery.
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The bottle then fell to the ground
during the Nankaido earthquake of 1946,
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chipping it here, as you can see.
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Yet it remained intact.
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It made its way across all that chaos,
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all of that potential destruction,
longer than many human lives,
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to us here tonight,
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in 1979,
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for us
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to share
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and enjoy.
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Fifteen hours later,
they all woke up naked in a ditch.
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It was worth it.
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Guy Landon.
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You are one
of the most gifted novelists of our era.
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Tonight, I'm going to gift you
a singular experience.
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A gentle push
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to inspire the best writer
to greatness once again.
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I want to know
what your stunning mind makes of it.
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Wow.
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Now I'm, uh, even more curious
than ever before.
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Targ Reinhard.
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I'm told that you're getting
extraordinary results
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from lab-controlled experiments
into your extrasensory perception.
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Yes, well, instead of continuing
to debate the scientific community,
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I've tried to bring them into the fold,
and our results are striking.
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As you say, let's consider
the scientific point of view.
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Our delightful Charlotte Xie,
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astrophysicist whose equations
on the proliferation of alien life
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and panspermia theory
have caused so much controversy.
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But I believe in you, Charlotte. I do.
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Dead worlds seed new, living ones,
time and time again.
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She's proven what others refuse to admit
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about the nature
of the universe and humanity.
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Just like Ptolemy, the Stoics,
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Cicero, Giotto, Gutenberg,
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Leonardo, Magellan, Copernicus,
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Galileo, all the great pioneers
of philosophy, art, and science.
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It's like my first…
Maybe, like, a rough… first rough draft.
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-I wouldn't go that far.
-No, let's go that far.
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Let's do, as far as your unique mind
will take us, Charlotte.
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Randall.
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What are the chances we can gain
some insight into your auditory voyages?
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Oh, I don't know.
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It's hard to talk about it
in words, you know?
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Yeah. I know.
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But we're gonna
have to grease those wheels.
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Randall Roth, you are a star to the stars,
a mastermind behind all the biggest hits.
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Every turn of the dial
and some piece of musical brilliance
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that you've had a hand in
comes on the radio.
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The whisperer
to every great recording artist.
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Every night is made a little bit brighter
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by the presence of your musical talent.
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And your presence here has made
this night so much brighter to me.
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Uh, why don't you tell us
how you really feel?
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I sense he means what he says.
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I do.
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We're talking about music.
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Music, man.
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All art can only aspire to music.
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And everything Randall Roth
has a hand in, I wanna hear it.
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I'm not so sure about this next album.
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Oh my God, are you having trouble
capturing the old magic, Randy?
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-Come on, man. No one ever calls me Randy.
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We just met.
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Show some respect, Landon.
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Randall has dominated the charts
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and I have no doubt
his new album will top it once again.
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Yeah, I'm not so sure. I have no idea
how this next one will be received.
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What's the concept?
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It sounds ludicrously simple,
but it's one word. "Fantasy."
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Yeah, it's gonna fucking flop.
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It's guaranteed to be a hit.
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I mean, I don't know
about that, Mr. Lassiter.
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Science tells us you can never
truly know the future state of a particle.
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You're charming, Charlotte,
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but with a gentle push,
someone like me can make people flow.
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Okay, well, maybe
that's the thing I'm conflicted about.
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Am I really taking
a big creative risk here,
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or is the machinery of my industry
all that matters?
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Perhaps control of the machinery
is your real ambition.
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Now try your drink.
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You haven't touched it.
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Go ahead, Randall.
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Be my guest.
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Mmm.
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I couldn't be
more satisfied with this room.
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This, um, this music is pretty incredible.
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It's impossible to find music
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that really suited
the dynamic of this structure,
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so I had it custom-made in Italy.
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By who?
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A gentleman from Venice
by the name of Massimo Contini.
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He works exclusively for me now.
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So, you can't buy this album in stores?
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Never.
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By the way, Randall,
I hope you don't take offense
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that I didn't ask you
to make the music for The Sandpiper House.
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None taken, man.
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I want you to know that I have you in mind
to create the entire sound dynamic
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for a new house
I'm having designed in Ecuador.
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Is it gonna be like this place?
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Only in its striving
for a feeling of innate transcendence.
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Oh, that reminds me,
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Targ had some great ideas
about the architecture of this place.
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Targ, what did you think
the influences were?
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Yes, well, obviously
there's an Aztec motif and--
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Let me spare Targ the discomfort.
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The architect is no one whom anyone
has ever heard of or ever will.
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I collect beyond the known.
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So, you collect people?
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Uh, how do you do that?
You just pay for it?
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Money is irrelevant.
It's only the pursuit of my tastes.
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And there's no accounting
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for taste.
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00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:20,541
Is it rude to ask…?
256
00:24:23,333 --> 00:24:25,625
Mr. Lassiter,
everybody's always wanted to know,
257
00:24:25,708 --> 00:24:27,166
how did you make your fortune?
258
00:24:27,791 --> 00:24:29,000
Pretty rude,
259
00:24:29,083 --> 00:24:31,708
but I'll let you off the hook there,
Landon.
260
00:24:33,500 --> 00:24:35,416
As a younger man, before World War II,
261
00:24:35,500 --> 00:24:38,708
I had already invested heavily
in stockpiling uranium.
262
00:24:38,791 --> 00:24:42,083
Isn't that a violation
of international law or something?
263
00:24:42,166 --> 00:24:43,250
Not for me.
264
00:24:43,333 --> 00:24:45,083
So, you're a scientist?
265
00:24:46,166 --> 00:24:50,458
No, but you have no idea
how much money it takes to be this rich.
266
00:24:57,333 --> 00:25:00,000
Um, that stuff makes me paranoid.
267
00:25:00,083 --> 00:25:02,083
I guarantee you this won't.
268
00:25:03,375 --> 00:25:05,083
It doesn't make me paranoid.
269
00:25:14,458 --> 00:25:15,333
All right.
270
00:25:28,041 --> 00:25:29,125
Smoke up, Randall.
271
00:25:30,458 --> 00:25:31,333
Hmm?
272
00:25:45,041 --> 00:25:46,000
Hmm.
273
00:25:52,666 --> 00:25:55,541
Randall, what would it take
to get you to make music for me?
274
00:25:56,375 --> 00:25:58,291
What could I give you to sweeten the deal?
275
00:25:58,875 --> 00:26:01,583
When you ask people that,
do they always have an answer?
276
00:26:06,833 --> 00:26:08,541
What is it you really want?
277
00:26:10,958 --> 00:26:12,958
I don't want anything, man.
278
00:26:15,875 --> 00:26:18,000
I want something that doesn't exist.
279
00:26:18,083 --> 00:26:19,708
Then tell us what it is.
280
00:26:22,625 --> 00:26:24,333
There's a void inside of me,
281
00:26:25,708 --> 00:26:27,458
you, everyone.
282
00:26:29,166 --> 00:26:30,583
An endless abyss.
283
00:26:31,916 --> 00:26:34,708
And everything you collect,
284
00:26:34,791 --> 00:26:37,208
every success,
285
00:26:38,083 --> 00:26:40,750
everything you take
to shrink that void down…
286
00:26:41,666 --> 00:26:43,250
…none of it works.
287
00:26:43,333 --> 00:26:44,500
It's like a…
288
00:26:45,625 --> 00:26:47,250
Like a black hole.
289
00:26:50,583 --> 00:26:53,000
Everyone has a black hole inside of 'em.
290
00:26:54,250 --> 00:26:58,083
What I want is for mine
to stop eating everything up all the time.
291
00:27:10,458 --> 00:27:14,166
You are really harshing my mellow, man.
292
00:27:22,583 --> 00:27:24,375
I don't touch that hippie shit.
293
00:27:27,083 --> 00:27:30,083
So, what's the story with the gold AK?
294
00:27:30,166 --> 00:27:33,458
Ah, the gold AK. Well,
that is Hector's story to tell. Hector!
295
00:27:43,083 --> 00:27:44,875
-I--
-The most important thing?
296
00:27:44,958 --> 00:27:46,333
We put them on display
297
00:27:46,416 --> 00:27:50,041
to render these killing machines harmless.
298
00:27:53,125 --> 00:27:55,166
Oh, a man of peace.
299
00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:58,250
I bet you're voting for Carter.
300
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,000
Voting.
301
00:28:02,291 --> 00:28:03,208
Yikes.
302
00:28:04,250 --> 00:28:07,333
It's a very paranoid time.
The truth is much more complicated.
303
00:28:07,416 --> 00:28:08,541
What do you expect
304
00:28:08,625 --> 00:28:11,583
when the truth is so often kept from us
by those in power?
305
00:28:11,666 --> 00:28:14,958
As if
we could not handle the revelations.
306
00:28:15,875 --> 00:28:17,916
I have seen things
307
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:22,250
that would make you
shit your mind, kemosabe.
308
00:28:24,083 --> 00:28:27,666
Well, how about sharing
a small, complicated truth amongst us?
309
00:28:30,083 --> 00:28:31,041
All right.
310
00:28:31,708 --> 00:28:34,416
Look at Doctor Zahra.
311
00:28:36,583 --> 00:28:37,916
And look at myself.
312
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,291
Most people assume that she works for me.
313
00:28:41,083 --> 00:28:44,666
My story is
nowhere near as interesting as hers.
314
00:28:44,750 --> 00:28:46,833
Well, I would love to hear it from her.
315
00:28:46,916 --> 00:28:48,041
Good luck.
316
00:28:50,375 --> 00:28:52,250
My degrees are in hematology.
317
00:28:54,416 --> 00:28:58,250
But at one time, I was a private physician
for Colonel Gaddafi.
318
00:29:00,291 --> 00:29:01,208
Wow.
319
00:29:02,333 --> 00:29:04,416
She must really dig you to give that out.
320
00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:07,125
I do think
Charlotte is fascinating.
321
00:29:08,125 --> 00:29:09,625
A kindred spirit, I hope.
322
00:29:11,041 --> 00:29:12,625
I hope so too.
323
00:29:15,958 --> 00:29:18,041
So, what's Gaddafi really like?
324
00:29:21,125 --> 00:29:24,750
I can't tell you about an image
you already have in your mind.
325
00:29:25,875 --> 00:29:28,166
Did you know he preached for liberation?
326
00:29:31,375 --> 00:29:32,666
He's even charming.
327
00:29:35,625 --> 00:29:39,125
He told me he didn't like doctors
and thought of me as an artist,
328
00:29:39,208 --> 00:29:41,416
and would give me anything that I wanted.
329
00:29:45,041 --> 00:29:48,291
As his physician,
I saw his blood, I saw his tears.
330
00:29:54,750 --> 00:29:56,625
Can you believe that sometimes,
331
00:29:57,791 --> 00:29:59,833
for no reasons at all, he would…
332
00:30:02,166 --> 00:30:04,958
cry like a lost child?
333
00:30:09,041 --> 00:30:10,833
I almost felt sorry for him.
334
00:30:15,250 --> 00:30:17,375
I also saw with my own eyes…
335
00:30:20,416 --> 00:30:22,291
that the tiniest mistake
336
00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:25,208
or word he didn't like,
337
00:30:26,333 --> 00:30:29,375
he would burst
into the most brutal violence.
338
00:30:33,333 --> 00:30:34,750
He kills people.
339
00:30:37,375 --> 00:30:38,916
"What's he really like?"
340
00:30:42,083 --> 00:30:44,666
Sometimes, when no one is watching,
he dresses up
341
00:30:44,750 --> 00:30:48,708
like a fucking deranged rock star
from the future.
342
00:30:52,166 --> 00:30:53,916
You should work with him, Randall.
343
00:30:54,958 --> 00:30:56,541
Can't wait.
344
00:30:56,625 --> 00:30:59,333
Who would I be without Doctor Zahra?
345
00:31:00,416 --> 00:31:02,291
She keeps me alive.
346
00:31:02,375 --> 00:31:04,416
I would do anything for her.
347
00:31:06,500 --> 00:31:08,875
Everything I have is hers.
348
00:31:10,083 --> 00:31:11,291
The way I see it,
349
00:31:12,875 --> 00:31:14,208
I serve her.
350
00:31:27,833 --> 00:31:29,958
Now, let me serve all of you.
351
00:31:47,791 --> 00:31:48,833
Peruvian,
352
00:31:50,500 --> 00:31:51,708
hand-milled,
353
00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:54,208
grown in a private forest.
354
00:31:54,958 --> 00:31:59,750
Only a select few buyers in the world.
Its purity is the highest ever recorded.
355
00:31:59,833 --> 00:32:03,458
Once a year, the charter boat
arrives on Catalina Island.
356
00:32:03,541 --> 00:32:04,416
Is that…
357
00:32:05,041 --> 00:32:06,000
cocaine?
358
00:32:06,083 --> 00:32:08,333
Uh, what does it look like, man?
359
00:32:09,500 --> 00:32:11,041
I've never touched this stuff.
360
00:32:11,625 --> 00:32:13,666
It could dull my psychic abilities.
361
00:32:14,250 --> 00:32:17,791
Well, I'm sorry, Targ. I thought
your daddy let you out alone at night.
362
00:32:17,875 --> 00:32:19,125
Targ, buddy,
363
00:32:19,791 --> 00:32:23,708
maybe it'll enhance your abilities.
You ever think of that?
364
00:32:27,041 --> 00:32:29,375
Hey, wait, what is that?
365
00:32:30,208 --> 00:32:32,625
Don't be afraid of a little fairy dust.
366
00:32:35,125 --> 00:32:37,458
I made it myself in my laboratory.
367
00:32:39,333 --> 00:32:41,416
Where is your trust in fellow scientist?
368
00:32:41,500 --> 00:32:44,833
I just wanna know
what I'm putting into my nervous system.
369
00:32:44,916 --> 00:32:46,666
It will make you feel confidence
370
00:32:46,750 --> 00:32:49,875
without any sharp edges
of anxiety, depression, or…
371
00:32:52,875 --> 00:32:53,916
…paranoia.
372
00:32:56,708 --> 00:32:59,875
This is not your dirty, dirty street drug.
373
00:32:59,958 --> 00:33:01,416
This is special.
374
00:33:02,125 --> 00:33:05,375
It was derived from a medication
intended to stop bleeding.
375
00:33:05,958 --> 00:33:09,416
Like so much in science,
it had other uses.
376
00:33:10,916 --> 00:33:15,125
I'm furthering exploration
in the pursuit of human enhancement.
377
00:33:17,500 --> 00:33:18,791
Merci.
378
00:33:21,625 --> 00:33:23,166
Let yourselves go.
379
00:33:24,250 --> 00:33:27,666
Be in service
to Doctor Zahra's brilliance.
380
00:33:27,750 --> 00:33:29,041
It's changed my life.
381
00:33:37,583 --> 00:33:39,125
Is this some kinda test?
382
00:33:39,916 --> 00:33:41,125
I admit it is.
383
00:33:51,208 --> 00:33:53,875
Oh, a test
where I have to do cocaine?
384
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,666
Finally, a test I can pass.
385
00:34:01,958 --> 00:34:03,583
Done.
386
00:34:10,750 --> 00:34:13,166
I'm afraid
I'm holding up the party.
387
00:34:13,250 --> 00:34:15,500
If you're ever gonna
do cocaine in your life,
388
00:34:15,583 --> 00:34:17,375
now is the time to do it.
389
00:34:34,041 --> 00:34:36,000
Just the nostrils, there, ace.
390
00:34:42,250 --> 00:34:43,291
Randall.
391
00:34:45,541 --> 00:34:47,583
It's not as if
you've never done this before.
392
00:34:48,416 --> 00:34:50,625
That is the problem.
393
00:34:51,125 --> 00:34:54,208
If anything,
I'm trying to get you only to function
394
00:34:54,291 --> 00:34:56,125
at the peak of your capability.
395
00:34:56,208 --> 00:34:59,916
Each one of you
has been precisely chosen tonight
396
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:04,000
to take part in this wondrous moment.
397
00:35:04,500 --> 00:35:05,875
We need to be in sync.
398
00:35:07,791 --> 00:35:09,291
Like a music group, Randall.
399
00:35:10,291 --> 00:35:11,250
Hmm.
400
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,791
Randall, what's the best song
you ever heard?
401
00:35:19,083 --> 00:35:20,625
Uh…
402
00:35:22,750 --> 00:35:24,000
1969.
403
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,125
I'm in Greece,
404
00:35:27,208 --> 00:35:30,291
and I… I fall in with these freaks
making psychedelic music.
405
00:35:31,875 --> 00:35:34,000
One of them played this song one night.
406
00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:37,125
Never been recorded,
just something they knew.
407
00:35:38,708 --> 00:35:42,541
It made me nostalgic
for things that never happened,
408
00:35:43,916 --> 00:35:45,583
that only existed in the moment.
409
00:35:45,666 --> 00:35:48,166
I can't even remember it.
410
00:35:50,625 --> 00:35:54,791
Well, you gotta
stop living in the past, Daddy-o.
411
00:35:56,333 --> 00:35:59,500
-We are not that much different.
-What, you and I?
412
00:36:00,041 --> 00:36:01,458
Yeah, I don't know, man.
413
00:36:01,541 --> 00:36:03,916
Randall. There's an old Zen koan.
414
00:36:04,708 --> 00:36:06,041
It goes like this,
415
00:36:06,125 --> 00:36:07,791
"Everyone has two lives,
416
00:36:07,875 --> 00:36:11,750
and the second life begins
the moment you realize that, all along,
417
00:36:11,833 --> 00:36:13,333
you only had one."
418
00:36:19,458 --> 00:36:20,333
Fuck it.
419
00:36:26,166 --> 00:36:27,000
Oh!
420
00:36:28,166 --> 00:36:29,625
Fuck, I love this stuff.
421
00:36:31,791 --> 00:36:34,750
Oh shit. You can't be fucking serious.
422
00:36:34,833 --> 00:36:37,250
Charlotte, we need you.
423
00:36:37,333 --> 00:36:42,833
With your vast, empirical, scientific mind
enhanced by Doctor Zahra's creation,
424
00:36:43,333 --> 00:36:46,666
you will gain
a deeper insight into the item.
425
00:36:47,416 --> 00:36:49,541
Don't you want to feel the way I do?
426
00:36:56,208 --> 00:36:58,458
This item better be worth it.
427
00:36:58,541 --> 00:36:59,833
I assure you,
428
00:37:01,500 --> 00:37:02,708
it will be.
429
00:38:25,916 --> 00:38:28,375
By now, all of you are still wondering
430
00:38:28,458 --> 00:38:31,333
why in the hell it is
I chose to bring you here.
431
00:38:33,041 --> 00:38:33,875
It's because,
432
00:38:33,958 --> 00:38:38,708
from each of your own distinctive worlds
and with your own individual talent,
433
00:38:39,916 --> 00:38:43,666
you may shine
some unique and profound appreciation
434
00:38:43,750 --> 00:38:46,166
on what it is that I have to show you.
435
00:38:48,791 --> 00:38:49,833
And the item
436
00:38:51,500 --> 00:38:53,416
that I have chosen to show you…
437
00:38:56,916 --> 00:38:58,166
was acquired
438
00:38:59,041 --> 00:39:01,583
with the utmost difficulty
439
00:39:02,666 --> 00:39:04,541
at the greatest expense.
440
00:39:10,250 --> 00:39:11,291
It is time.
441
00:41:09,625 --> 00:41:11,833
That is an ancient power totem.
442
00:41:13,833 --> 00:41:16,041
No, really. What is this thing?
443
00:41:19,458 --> 00:41:20,583
Beats me.
444
00:41:22,625 --> 00:41:26,625
It shares features and striations
associated with fragmented meteorites,
445
00:41:26,708 --> 00:41:28,791
but never one so large.
446
00:41:29,375 --> 00:41:32,000
None of its surface exhibits
forces of destruction
447
00:41:32,083 --> 00:41:35,708
of the deceleration into our atmosphere.
Have you analyzed its mass?
448
00:41:35,791 --> 00:41:39,375
First, we had it X-rayed.
It proved impervious to X-ray.
449
00:41:39,458 --> 00:41:43,208
Oh, yes, it clearly resonates
as emblematic of unknown origin.
450
00:41:43,291 --> 00:41:44,541
-Randall.
-Hmm?
451
00:41:44,625 --> 00:41:47,250
There's no smoking in the Obelisk Chamber.
452
00:41:47,833 --> 00:41:50,208
Oh! Sorry. Shit. Sorry.
453
00:41:50,291 --> 00:41:52,291
Mass spectrometer analysis?
454
00:41:52,375 --> 00:41:53,875
Gloriously revealed nothing.
455
00:41:53,958 --> 00:41:57,208
Uh, what about isolating it
in a Faraday cage and using electric--
456
00:41:57,291 --> 00:41:59,375
Yes! Yes! Electromagnetic fields.
457
00:41:59,458 --> 00:42:02,208
No magnetic field.
Carbon dating was useless.
458
00:42:02,291 --> 00:42:07,458
In fact, it is composed of nothing
that can be found on the periodic table.
459
00:42:09,208 --> 00:42:10,416
Bullshit.
460
00:42:10,500 --> 00:42:11,416
Randall.
461
00:42:13,166 --> 00:42:15,708
Randall, there's no smoking in here.
462
00:42:15,791 --> 00:42:17,583
You never said anything about a J.
463
00:42:17,666 --> 00:42:20,916
Regardless, there's no smoking.
464
00:42:21,791 --> 00:42:24,583
Have you brought
any psychics or telekinetics near it?
465
00:42:26,666 --> 00:42:28,458
Yes, you.
466
00:42:29,875 --> 00:42:33,458
I sense a tremendous energy
from within it.
467
00:42:33,541 --> 00:42:35,958
Oh my God. Do you?
468
00:42:36,041 --> 00:42:37,791
Give me a fucking break.
469
00:42:37,875 --> 00:42:41,625
Uh, thank you for the space cocaine.
That was fucking incredible.
470
00:42:41,708 --> 00:42:45,833
But you brought me all the way out here
to show me a fucking rock?
471
00:42:47,250 --> 00:42:49,583
I think it's mesmerizing.
472
00:42:49,666 --> 00:42:50,583
Randall.
473
00:42:51,083 --> 00:42:53,583
No smoking in the Obelisk Chamber,
I beg of you.
474
00:43:00,291 --> 00:43:01,375
Did you see that?
475
00:43:01,458 --> 00:43:03,750
Relax. It's a fucking rock.
476
00:43:03,833 --> 00:43:06,916
Uh, did you not hear
anything we just said right now?
477
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:11,708
This rock is unlike anything
humankind has ever encountered.
478
00:43:39,833 --> 00:43:41,958
It's so…
479
00:43:43,416 --> 00:43:44,416
beautiful.
480
00:43:49,750 --> 00:43:51,791
You think you're looking at it,
481
00:43:52,791 --> 00:43:54,791
but it's looking at you.
482
00:43:55,916 --> 00:43:57,000
It is.
483
00:44:21,958 --> 00:44:23,916
I think I've broke your rock, dude.
484
00:45:45,333 --> 00:45:48,791
It's drawn me into a trance.
485
00:46:52,333 --> 00:46:57,833
It's probing me!
486
00:47:05,541 --> 00:47:08,708
-Help! Help!
487
00:47:08,791 --> 00:47:11,208
-Help!
488
00:47:51,791 --> 00:47:53,166
Ah!
489
00:48:05,250 --> 00:48:08,291
-Oh shit! Oh fuck! Go, go, go!
490
00:48:08,375 --> 00:48:11,083
-Oh, fuck!
491
00:48:13,708 --> 00:48:17,583
-Oh God, my head!
492
00:48:20,208 --> 00:48:21,083
Hey!
493
00:48:21,166 --> 00:48:24,125
He said we were chosen.
What did he mean, "We were chosen"?
494
00:48:24,208 --> 00:48:27,083
Are you fucking kidding me?
We gotta go, man!
495
00:48:27,166 --> 00:48:29,458
-Okay, okay!
-We gotta find the truck!
496
00:48:29,541 --> 00:48:32,625
-Fuck! Damn it! Shit!
-Go find that truck!
497
00:48:33,875 --> 00:48:36,458
-Oh, my head!
498
00:48:37,041 --> 00:48:37,875
Leave!
499
00:48:43,333 --> 00:48:44,208
Fuck it.
500
00:49:54,708 --> 00:49:57,625
-Make the music stop!
-You can do it!
501
00:49:58,916 --> 00:50:01,125
Oh my God! Oh my God!
502
00:50:28,125 --> 00:50:31,708
Help me.
503
00:50:49,166 --> 00:50:51,541
-Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
504
00:50:52,166 --> 00:50:53,541
Get in! Get in! Get in!
505
00:50:54,208 --> 00:50:55,916
Oh shit.
506
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:58,250
Oh fuck.
507
00:51:03,541 --> 00:51:06,666
Shit! shit!
508
00:52:41,041 --> 00:52:42,916
Oh fuck.
509
00:53:28,625 --> 00:53:31,333
-Oh fuck!
510
00:53:39,041 --> 00:53:40,708
Did that just happen?
511
00:53:41,291 --> 00:53:42,875
Yeah. Uh-huh.