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00:00:00Fear
00:00:02In the beginning there was existence, followed closely by fear.
00:00:22What is it we fear? Non-existence.
00:00:25This is normal. This is survival.
00:00:28Fear is good.
00:00:30Fear leads to action.
00:00:32Action is good.
00:00:34Existence is good.
00:00:36When Bo Aikens first came to Los Angeles, he heard a joke.
00:00:40In this city you go to sleep, you're 24 years old.
00:00:43When you wake up, you're 64.
00:00:48Fear.
00:00:49Fear of a wasted life.
00:00:51Fear of non-existence.
00:00:53Every life needs meaning.
00:00:55Only meaning conquers fear.
00:00:57This is the story of how I helped some people find their meaning.
00:01:01Some didn't like the meaning they found.
00:01:05Some did.
00:01:07The story of Black River.
00:01:13Oh, my.
00:01:14I don't know.
00:01:23Oh, my.
00:01:26Excuse me.
00:01:27Do you know where the owner is?
00:01:29He's out at a burial site.
00:01:31Should be back shortly.
00:01:37Did you know the deceased?
00:01:39No.
00:01:40I brought one of my own to burying.
00:01:42Is that yours?
00:01:43No.
00:01:44I came to visit my Betsy.
00:01:46She died last year.
00:01:47Sorry.
00:01:48How did yours die?
00:01:49I'm pretty sure my ex-wife had them poisoned.
00:01:51Oh, dear.
00:01:52You're going to need a coffin.
00:01:53They make you buy one.
00:01:54That one up there's the Partridge Deluxe.
00:01:55I used it for my Betsy.
00:01:56Very nice.
00:01:57You might want to go and take a closer look.
00:01:59Thank you, sir.
00:02:01She looks wonderful.
00:02:02I don't know if I can come up with her.
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00:02:54This place isn't for you, Rufus.
00:02:56You deserve better.
00:03:00You can't even bury a dog with dignity in this town.
00:03:10I'm going to find you a nice place.
00:03:12Make sure it's good and deep.
00:03:27A lot of coyotes around.
00:03:29From L.A.?
00:03:30Uh, Vermont.
00:03:31Originally.
00:03:32And then I moved to L.A. for a couple of years.
00:03:33Movies?
00:03:34What'd you guess?
00:03:35Yeah.
00:03:36Company town.
00:03:37Heh.
00:03:38I wrote a novel.
00:03:39It did alright critically.
00:03:40It didn't really, uh, well, fit.
00:03:41It led to writing screenplays.
00:03:42Didn't work out?
00:03:43No.
00:03:44It worked out too well, actually.
00:03:45I had a big house.
00:03:46Black Porsche.
00:03:47Black Porsche.
00:03:48Beautiful wife.
00:03:49No soul.
00:03:50It's like some kind of deal you make with the devil.
00:03:51You can't write without a soul.
00:03:52You can write.
00:03:53But you can't write.
00:03:54Write.
00:03:55Write.
00:03:56You know?
00:03:57You can do cop buddy movies with some stupid animal sidekick.
00:03:59But you really can't write anything of worth or merit.
00:04:02That's why I had to get out of there while I had the chance.
00:04:03You know?
00:04:04It was a tough decision.
00:04:05I gotta tell you.
00:04:06I loved that Porsche.
00:04:07I loved that house.
00:04:08Thank God I hated my wine.
00:04:09Where are you heading now?
00:04:10Looking for a small town.
00:04:11You know?
00:04:12A place where the real estate prices don't make me vomit.
00:04:13A place I can put some roots down, start writing again if I still have it in me.
00:04:17I'm thinking I head north.
00:04:18And uh, old Reliable over there.
00:04:19And I left Vermont in that car.
00:04:22Hoping she's still got enough left in her to take me where I need to go.
00:04:25Some place I can, you know, put roots down, call home.
00:04:28I just left my house, I just left my house.
00:04:29I loved that house.
00:04:30Thank God I hated my wine.
00:04:31Where are you heading now?
00:04:32Looking for a small town, you know?
00:04:33A place where the real estate prices don't make me vomit.
00:04:34A place where I can put some roots down, start writing again if I still have it in me.
00:04:36I'm thinking I'm heading north.
00:04:37And uh, old Reliable over there.
00:04:39I left Vermont in that car.
00:04:40Hoping she's still got enough left in her to take me where I need to go.
00:04:42Some place I can, you know, put roots down.
00:04:45Call home.
00:04:46I suppose that sounds silly to you.
00:04:48Why is that?
00:04:49I'm talking about settling down, finding a home.
00:04:51You probably lived on this farm your whole life.
00:04:53Cincinnati.
00:04:54Moved here two years ago.
00:04:56Make sure it's six feet deep.
00:05:15In the winter there.
00:05:28If none of them really doesn't last you can.
00:05:30Be still alive again?
00:05:32To the end of the morning there's four times if people know where they are.
00:05:33Can one of them be washed out.
00:05:34When put my
00:07:13Hi.
00:07:14Nice to meet you.
00:07:15This is very nice.
00:07:16I should go with you.
00:07:18Sure.
00:07:19Bless you.
00:07:20Look at you.
00:07:21Hey.
00:07:22What are you doing?
00:07:23You look just like Rofus.
00:07:24Hey, boy.
00:07:25Hey, boy.
00:07:26Hey, boy.
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00:07:43Hey, boy.
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00:07:45Hey, boy.
00:07:46Hey.
00:08:00Abracadabra, alakazoo, do I have a fortune for you.
00:08:17There's no place like home.
00:08:23There's no place like home.
00:08:30You're going to love it here.
00:08:43Excuse me?
00:08:44Tom Thompson, I'm mayor of this bird.
00:08:46Oh, wow. Hey, hey, Bo Eagins.
00:08:49Pleasure, pleasure.
00:08:50If you don't mind me asking, Bo, what is your line of work?
00:08:52I'm a writer.
00:08:53Perfect place for a writer, Bo.
00:08:55Really?
00:08:55Quiet, secluded, but not dead.
00:08:57No, no, indeed.
00:08:59Black River is the city of the future.
00:09:01We have two computer companies.
00:09:03We have fiber optic lines already laid.
00:09:05We are plugged into the 21st century while retaining the peace of the past.
00:09:12How come there's video cameras hanging off of the traffic lights?
00:09:15That is part of the Federal Intersection Accident Reduction Program.
00:09:19Black River was chosen after a nationwide search to be a model small town.
00:09:23Thank you, but I'm really just browsing here.
00:09:26Oh, I don't buy that, Bo.
00:09:28I can tell that you've been bitten by our town's considerable charm.
00:09:34It's a blessed place.
00:09:37Frank Boswell, his son got into Stanford.
00:09:40And back there in the corner, Denise Day, she was redoing her kitchen.
00:09:43And she found five silver dollars dating back to the 1800s underneath her pink linoleum.
00:09:50Tom Lang.
00:09:51He works with Ed Charts at Rivernext Technology.
00:09:54Software and stuff.
00:09:55Stock split.
00:09:56Twice.
00:09:57He sold.
00:09:58Stock tumbled.
00:09:59One week later.
00:10:01Fanny Ardent.
00:10:02Had a history of miscarriages.
00:10:03She comes to Black River.
00:10:04And what do you know?
00:10:06Twins.
00:10:06Patrick Tompkins.
00:10:10Had bladder cancer.
00:10:12Got into a special program at UCSF.
00:10:14New drug.
00:10:16Cured.
00:10:18Wow.
00:10:19Yeah.
00:10:20Sounds like a lucky place.
00:10:22You can't fight fate, Bo.
00:10:25You can't fight it at all.
00:10:28Mandy.
00:10:29I would like you to meet Bo Aikens.
00:10:31He is a writer and he just might be moving to Black River.
00:10:34I want you to take very good care of him.
00:10:38Hello.
00:10:39Hi.
00:10:39I'm Bo.
00:10:41Could I have the cheeseburger deluxe with a cup of coffee, please?
00:10:43Sure.
00:10:44Where'd you move from?
00:10:45Los Angeles.
00:10:46Oh, I was there last year for a few days.
00:10:49How'd you like it?
00:10:50Not very much, but that might have been the circumstances.
00:10:52Probably better off without him.
00:10:55Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
00:10:56It's not a man, silly.
00:10:58Heaven forbid.
00:10:59I was looking for my birth parents.
00:11:01How'd that work out?
00:11:02Well, the adoption agency doesn't exist any longer.
00:11:05It's too bad.
00:11:06Yeah.
00:11:08Oh, you want to be looking at the bay side.
00:11:10That's where all the sun is.
00:11:13Thanks.
00:11:14Come on, let's go.
00:11:20Couldn't help it over here.
00:11:23If I may, I'd like to add a piece of friendly advice to Mandy's.
00:11:26Go home.
00:11:27Last thing this town needs is another slick Los Angeles type looking for the simple life.
00:11:31Frank, don't.
00:11:32Shut up.
00:11:34It's a free country.
00:11:35I damn well got something to say.
00:11:37Come in here with your superior attitude and your fat, stinking wallets.
00:11:42Driving up the real estate prices so my kids and my grandkids won't even be able to afford to live in their own hometown no more.
00:11:47Well, here's my advice, Mr. L.A.
00:11:53Get in your damn car and drive back to La La Land.
00:11:57You hear me?
00:11:58Right here, yeah.
00:12:00Good.
00:12:00Make a new bread break?
00:12:08I can even bet on that.
00:12:11See, look at his belly.
00:12:13Oh, yeah.
00:12:14Yes.
00:12:14Oh, I'm so, damn it.
00:12:21What is wrong with you people?
00:12:22Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:12:25What about your cheeseburger?
00:12:26Keep it.
00:12:27Oh, my God.
00:12:57Hello?
00:13:12You should not have been mean to Mandy.
00:13:15Who is this?
00:13:17I like Mandy.
00:13:18Everyone likes Mandy.
00:13:19Mandy is a good citizen.
00:13:22What?
00:13:25Who loans?
00:13:27What's the name of your car?
00:13:57Vehicle registration and driver's license, please.
00:14:01What's this about, officer?
00:14:05You board in Aikens?
00:14:06Yes, sir.
00:14:07People call me Bo.
00:14:09You don't resemble this photo.
00:14:11Yeah, I was pretty hungover when I had that picture taken.
00:14:15Hair's different.
00:14:17Yes, sir.
00:14:21Please step out of the car.
00:14:22Sure.
00:14:24Sure.
00:14:27Face the vehicle and lay your hands flat on it.
00:14:30Am I being arrested?
00:14:31At this point, sir, you're just being brought in for question until we clarify the situation.
00:14:36This is not about the cheeseburger, is it, officer?
00:14:39Sir, you don't seem entirely coherent to me, so I'm going to ask this officer to check your car for controlled substances.
00:14:43Drugs?
00:14:44I hate drugs.
00:14:46What's going on here?
00:14:48Sir, the vehicle you're driving is on a hot sheet?
00:14:49It's a hot sheet.
00:14:51Stolen?
00:14:52Stolen?
00:14:52What?
00:14:53That's my car.
00:15:00Afternoon, Mandy.
00:15:03Hello.
00:15:04Hi.
00:15:07Are you Mandy Perla?
00:15:08Yes, yes I am.
00:15:10I'm Laura Crosby.
00:15:13That name doesn't mean anything to you, does it?
00:15:15Should it?
00:15:16Okay, I'm going to ask you a really strange question.
00:15:21Okay.
00:15:22Were you orphaned when you were six?
00:15:24Yeah, six.
00:15:27Did you have a sister that you haven't seen since?
00:15:30I've been looking for her.
00:15:31Okay, this is, this might sound really stupid, but I got this email saying that I had a sister named Mandy Perla in a town called Black River, and at first I thought it was a joke because I didn't even know that I was adopted, but then I confronted my parents, got very emotional, and sure enough I was adopted.
00:15:48And my genetic parents died in a car accident, but I had a sister, so I've been calling for a few days, but I couldn't even get through, so I just drove down here.
00:16:00I live up in Seattle.
00:16:01I'm an architect in a firm up there, and I don't know, but I think I might be your sister.
00:16:06Oh, my God.
00:16:09Oh, my God.
00:16:11I don't even know what to make of it.
00:16:12I mean, this all just happened so fast.
00:16:14Oh, my God.
00:16:18Oh, I'm sorry.
00:16:19No, no, it's okay.
00:16:20I'm sorry.
00:16:20It's okay.
00:16:20I don't even know you.
00:16:21You don't even know me.
00:16:23Come in.
00:16:24Come, please.
00:16:25Please, come in.
00:16:26Oh, my God.
00:16:27Oh, my sister.
00:16:28I was just...
00:16:30I was up in Los Angeles last week at the adoption agency, but they said that...
00:16:35But it closed.
00:16:36It wasn't there anymore.
00:16:37So, yeah, I mean, it was just...
00:16:41Oh, my God.
00:17:11Open the gate.
00:17:27Open the gate!
00:17:37Mr. Akins?
00:17:38I'm afraid we owe you an apology.
00:17:40It seems this has all been one big mistake.
00:17:42That's, uh, the bulletin that your vehicle was stolen.
00:17:45Supposedly originated with the California Highway Patrol.
00:17:48But it seems we're the only department in the state that received it.
00:17:52Ghost in the machine, I guess.
00:17:54Well, we'll just, uh, get your suitcase out of the locker and I'll take you around back to the department's garage.
00:18:01Please, follow me, sir.
00:18:02I, uh, hope this unfortunate incident doesn't make you think too badly of Black River.
00:18:08It really is a wonderful place to live.
00:18:17It doesn't seem to be broken.
00:18:18I'd really like to get my car now.
00:18:32It's not here.
00:18:40Where is it?
00:18:41It was towed to the yard at Fort Bragg.
00:18:43Why was it towed to the yard at Fort Bragg?
00:18:45I don't know.
00:18:46The mechanic received a CHP fax that ordered it towed to the Fort Bragg yard under the asset forfeiture program.
00:18:52What the hell is going on here?
00:18:53We're going to straighten this out, Mr. Akins?
00:18:54I want my car!
00:18:55You're going to have it.
00:18:56I promise you.
00:18:57When?
00:18:57Well, I can't do anything tonight.
00:18:59The yard is closed.
00:19:00But tomorrow, I promise you, I'm going to have somebody's head on a stick.
00:19:03And my car?
00:19:04Yes, and your car.
00:19:05What am I supposed to do until tomorrow morning?
00:19:07Well, of course, the city will pay for your hotel room, your dinner, your breakfast, medical expenses, and any appropriate compensation for your time.
00:19:16I don't have much choice, do I?
00:19:18Frankly, no, sir.
00:19:21You don't.
00:19:33Bo is having a bad day.
00:19:34He did not want to be in Black River.
00:19:37No.
00:19:38He wanted to leave.
00:19:39He wanted to go home.
00:19:41But Bo had no home to go to.
00:19:45Poor, poor Bo.
00:19:47Now, let us contemplate home, the object of Bo's search.
00:19:52A home is more than a physical structure.
00:19:54A home is a mental structure.
00:19:56A home is an idea.
00:19:58Only a small piece of this idea, home, is attached to a physical space.
00:20:03But this small piece is important.
00:20:08Stop!
00:20:09Come back!
00:20:11Stop!
00:20:12Come back!
00:20:14Come back!
00:20:15Stop, you!
00:20:17Come back!
00:20:17This piece allows one to sit in a padded chair and relax.
00:20:21One can relax in this padded chair because one feels safe.
00:20:25Fear is diminished.
00:20:27Fear of non-existence.
00:20:30Mid pleasures and palaces, though we may roam,
00:20:34be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
00:20:37I'm sorry, the number you have dialed is no longer in service.
00:20:50Hello?
00:20:51Adolf Franz is not in the eye.
00:20:573717.
00:21:01Erase Pizzeria.
00:21:02Hello?
00:21:10You're sure?
00:21:14I'm sorry, Mr. Akins, but the phone company can find nothing wrong with the lines.
00:21:18I can put you in another room if you like.
00:21:19No, that's fine.
00:21:21Um, what's the best place to get something to eat around here?
00:21:24Helen's Diner.
00:21:26What's the second best place?
00:21:27Do you have a car?
00:21:28No.
00:21:29I do not have a car.
00:21:33Helen's Diner.
00:21:39So, uh, after New York, I went to Harvard.
00:21:42Harvard?
00:21:43You went to Harvard?
00:21:44Yes, that's where I started studying architecture.
00:21:46And then I went to Seattle, where I got a job.
00:21:49Everybody, did you hear that?
00:21:51My sister went to Harvard.
00:21:52Harvard.
00:21:55I went to Harvard.
00:21:56Let's talk about you.
00:21:59I want to hear everything about you.
00:22:01Well, there really isn't that much to tell.
00:22:03I grew up in Black River.
00:22:05Oh, I'm working the diner to save up enough money to go to nursing school.
00:22:08Oh, that's great.
00:22:09You know, I've never really had much of a family.
00:22:12Tom!
00:22:13Oh, I want you to meet somebody.
00:22:14Laura, this is Tom.
00:22:15He's our town mayor.
00:22:17He's a big shot.
00:22:18Mr. Mayor, this is Laura.
00:22:19She's my sister.
00:22:20She went to Harvard.
00:22:21Laura, it is such a pleasure to meet you.
00:22:24It's nice of you, too.
00:22:24She's an architect.
00:22:25Oh, I know.
00:22:25I know all about Laura.
00:22:27But how's that?
00:22:28Well, loose lips, big ears, small panel.
00:22:30Time, Maddie.
00:22:31Time.
00:22:32Oh, my shift's starting.
00:22:33Tom, sit, please.
00:22:34Can I get you anything?
00:22:35No, I'm fine.
00:22:36Oh, tea.
00:22:37And I don't need anything.
00:22:38Do you want any dessert?
00:22:39No, no, I just ate.
00:22:40Actually, I came here to see Laura.
00:22:42Oh, isn't that sweet?
00:22:43No, it's more than that, actually.
00:22:45I want to offer Laura a job.
00:22:47A job?
00:22:48Oh, isn't that great?
00:22:50For God's sakes, Maddie, you know I have a date.
00:22:52Keep your head on.
00:22:53I want to hear all about this later.
00:22:56A job.
00:22:57Yes, a job.
00:22:58What's a job?
00:22:59We are a city with a future, Laura.
00:23:01A city that needs buildings to proclaim that future.
00:23:04Monuments.
00:23:05That state to the world, here is a city.
00:23:09A special city, a blessed city.
00:23:11Watched over by angels and built for the good of man.
00:23:14And I think you might be just the person to do that.
00:23:16How did you come to that decision?
00:23:19Have you seen some of my drawings?
00:23:20No, but I have advisors.
00:23:22And my advisors know all about you.
00:23:24They do?
00:23:25No.
00:23:25You again?
00:23:43What do you want from me?
00:23:44I don't have anything.
00:23:45What?
00:23:46What do you want?
00:23:50Why don't you go home, Bansie boy?
00:23:52I'm trying.
00:23:55I'm trying to go home.
00:24:14Oh, Mr. Akins, I'm so glad that you came back.
00:24:17I feel horrible about what happened.
00:24:19Frank Yardley should have never said those things to you.
00:24:21He's a terrible, terrible man.
00:24:23And I'm so clumsy.
00:24:24I just...
00:24:25That's how I get when I'm nervous.
00:24:28Accidents happen, Mandy.
00:24:29I'm sure you're a good citizen.
00:24:31I'm just so sorry.
00:24:33I'm the one that should apologize to you.
00:24:34I completely overreacted.
00:24:35I'm sorry.
00:24:36Oh, no.
00:24:36It's totally understandable.
00:24:38I tell you what.
00:24:38I want to pay for that cheeseburger I never ate
00:24:40and order another one for good measure.
00:24:41What do you say?
00:24:42First one's on the house.
00:24:45Al, another cheeseburger?
00:24:47You got it.
00:24:48Want me to stop that?
00:24:49Yeah.
00:24:51Mr. Akins?
00:24:54Oh, Beau, please.
00:24:55Beau, could I ask you a favor?
00:24:58You can say no if you want.
00:24:59I won't mind.
00:25:00What is it?
00:25:01I just found out that I have a sister today.
00:25:03And I still have a couple hours on my shift
00:25:05and I don't want her to be lonely.
00:25:07So I was wondering if you wouldn't mind.
00:25:08Maybe you could eat with her?
00:25:10Oh, I don't know if I'm the best antidote
00:25:12for loneliness right now.
00:25:13Oh, she's very nice.
00:25:15Please.
00:25:16Where is she?
00:25:17Well, she's in the booth by the window.
00:25:25Absolutely.
00:25:30Hello.
00:25:31Hi.
00:25:32My name is Beau.
00:25:33Hello, Beau.
00:25:34Your sister thought it'd be a good idea
00:25:36if I came over and kept you company.
00:25:37Do you mind if I sit down?
00:25:38Uh, no, not at all.
00:25:39Okay.
00:25:45Dude, have we met before
00:25:46because you look so familiar?
00:25:47I don't think so.
00:25:49No?
00:25:53What?
00:25:53That book.
00:25:55What about my book?
00:25:56I wrote it.
00:25:57No.
00:25:57Yes, look at the back.
00:25:58I did.
00:25:59Wow, that's cool.
00:26:01It's not exactly a bestseller.
00:26:03How did you get it?
00:26:04Online.
00:26:04More importantly, why did you get it?
00:26:06They recommended it.
00:26:07You know how it works.
00:26:08You take your past purchase history
00:26:09and then they recommend books
00:26:10they think you're going to like
00:26:11and this one came the most highly recommended
00:26:13so I bought it.
00:26:14Totally strange.
00:26:15Yeah, that is really weird
00:26:16because all the other books that I read
00:26:17were about architecture.
00:26:18Nothing like this.
00:26:20So?
00:26:22So what?
00:26:23So how do you like the book?
00:26:24Oh, I love it.
00:26:26Whew.
00:26:26Whew.
00:26:56Hey, you for me Jack, you for me Jack until I can't pronounce the word Jack, you understand?
00:27:26Hey, what are you doing here or Gina left me?
00:27:40If you didn't want to leave, maybe you shouldn't have hit her so often.
00:27:43Who the hell asked you?
00:27:45You gonna take that job at Fort Prague now?
00:27:47I ain't leaving Black River until they take me out feet first.
00:27:56Hey, come on, let's dance.
00:28:01I can't.
00:28:02Sure you can, come on.
00:28:04There's no music.
00:28:05Oh, alright.
00:28:10I hate that guy.
00:28:17What the hell is this?
00:28:20Upgrade.
00:28:21Upgrade?
00:28:23Nothing sacred.
00:28:30Make two selections, partner.
00:28:33Twice in two selections.
00:28:35Smartass.
00:28:37If that's the way you want it.
00:28:46Place your hand here for a bonus prize, cowboy.
00:28:53Please stand this game.
00:29:01Lily!
00:29:10I guess I better call an ambulance.
00:29:19You're calling an ambulance.
00:29:24It's horrible.
00:29:25They have me designing remodels of video stores.
00:29:29It's not exactly what I had in mind when I got started.
00:29:31When I started writing scripts, I didn't envision myself filling half-price bins in video stores either.
00:29:36Oh, well, then we have a lot in common.
00:29:39What movie is anything I've heard of?
00:29:40Yes, but nothing I'm going to admit to.
00:29:42I want you to like me.
00:29:43I like you already.
00:29:44Good.
00:29:45That's good.
00:29:45I want to keep it that way.
00:29:47I liked you both, too.
00:29:48Really?
00:29:50And it was dark.
00:29:52That's all you told me in society, then.
00:29:55Buckets of blood.
00:29:57And, yeah, that's why you're looking for the perfect town.
00:30:00I guess I want what I can't have.
00:30:02How quixotic.
00:30:05So where are you headed next?
00:30:07Oregon.
00:30:08And then I'm going to go north to Seattle in about a week.
00:30:10I'd really like to see you again.
00:30:12Yeah, I'd like that.
00:30:14I'd like that very much.
00:30:19Oh, I didn't think you'd be up.
00:30:37So how was your day?
00:30:38It was great.
00:30:40He's pretty cute, isn't he?
00:30:42Yeah.
00:30:44Well, tell me.
00:30:46How was it for real?
00:30:48It was really great.
00:30:50We went for a long walk.
00:30:52We talked about lots of stuff.
00:30:54We held hands.
00:30:56Sounds like he likes you.
00:30:58I don't know. Yeah, it was really nice.
00:31:00It was really nice.
00:31:02I'm going to sleep.
00:31:04Thank you so much.
00:31:06Well, great.
00:31:08Okay.
00:31:12See you in the morning.
00:31:32Hello?
00:31:34Stay away from Laura.
00:31:36Laura will be a good citizen.
00:31:38Who the hell is this?
00:31:40You'll be a good citizen too.
00:31:42But Laura is not for you.
00:31:44Listen to me, you sick freak.
00:31:46When you get a life!
00:31:48Good night, Mr. Aikens.
00:31:52How are you doing?
00:31:54Good night, guys.
00:32:00He's a bit of a good day.
00:32:02BOK!
00:32:03You know the last episode of the Srdca Lovke on Valentinovo?
00:32:06And then we'll prepare the Ludi Tulum
00:32:09with the Zagreba's piranha bar
00:32:10together with the candidates and candidates
00:32:13of course, who are going through our episode.
00:32:15People, this will be great!
00:32:17GENIALO!
00:32:18Valentinovo Srdca Lovka Party
00:32:20on Sunday at 22.55 on RTL TV.
00:32:27After stragične kataklizme
00:32:29человечество se našlo
00:32:31pred izazovom obstanka.
00:32:33A samo hrabri i odlučni
00:32:35mogu se suprotstaviti
00:32:37prijetnji prirode i ljudskoga zla.
00:32:39Noć poslije sutra
00:32:41u četvrtaku 21.05
00:32:43na RTL TV.
00:32:53Well, I'll have to call you back on that one
00:32:55if you want that one.
00:32:59NAKES A GAME
00:33:00I Can't
00:33:01NAKES A GAME
00:33:02NAKES A GAME
00:33:03NAKES A GAME
00:33:04DISH
00:33:05NAKES A GAME
00:33:06NAKES A GAME
00:33:08NAKES A GAME
00:33:10TRIPADUZ Silver
00:33:12ZAGRADUZ
00:33:28Mr. Akins!
00:33:55Mr. Akins!
00:33:58Hey, hey!
00:34:00Hey!
00:34:02Hey!
00:34:03Mr. Akins!
00:34:06I'm so glad I didn't miss you.
00:34:08Hello.
00:34:09I'm Nancy, Nancy Larshak.
00:34:10Yes.
00:34:11We talked on the phone this morning.
00:34:12No, we didn't.
00:34:13Yes, we did.
00:34:14No, that wasn't me.
00:34:15Of course it was.
00:34:16I recognize your low voice, very manly.
00:34:19Who are you?
00:34:20I'm your realtor.
00:34:21I don't have a realtor.
00:34:22Well, you do now.
00:34:23No, you don't understand.
00:34:25I don't need a realtor.
00:34:26I know what you're thinking.
00:34:27I get that a lot.
00:34:28But let me tell you what I tell all my customers.
00:34:31I'm free.
00:34:32You don't pay a cent.
00:34:33The seller does.
00:34:34You can't afford not to have me.
00:34:36Okay, but okay.
00:34:37I'm not looking for a house.
00:34:38Who is?
00:34:39It's like falling in love.
00:34:41You can't look for it.
00:34:42It just happens.
00:34:43You see the right one and bang!
00:34:46I have to go.
00:34:47All right.
00:34:48So do I.
00:34:49Work to do.
00:34:50But don't you worry, Mr. Aiken.
00:34:52I'm on the job.
00:34:54Bye!
00:34:56Bye!
00:34:57Bye!
00:34:58Bye!
00:34:59Bye!
00:35:00Bye!
00:35:01Bye!
00:35:02Bye!
00:35:03Bye!
00:35:04Bye!
00:35:05Bye!
00:35:06Bye!
00:35:07Bye!
00:35:09Bye!
00:35:10Bye!
00:35:19Bye!
00:35:24Sorry for the wait, Mr. Aikens.
00:35:25Sorry for the wait, Mr. Aikens.
00:35:28Long night.
00:35:29Had an accidental death.
00:35:30Man versus jukebox.
00:35:31Man lost.
00:35:34Follow me if you will, sir.
00:35:35Do you have my car?
00:35:36Yes.
00:35:37No.
00:35:38It seems that when the tow truck driver got to the auction yard early this morning,
00:35:42there was a CHP directive waiting for him to haul your vehicle someplace else.
00:35:48CHP again?
00:35:49Yes, sir.
00:35:50Though they can no more explain how that order got initiated
00:35:52then they can explain the order they got your vehicle hauled to the yard in the first place.
00:35:56I hope...
00:35:57Well, you do see, Mr. Aikens, that my department is almost as big a victim in this as you are.
00:36:03Where's my car?
00:36:05It was taken to a salvage yard in Santa Rosa.
00:36:08But you can go get it.
00:36:09Oh, yes, sir.
00:36:10I had one of my men personally go down there and bring it up.
00:36:14I warn you, Mr. Aikens, you're not going to like it.
00:36:17Just show me my damn car, will you, please?
00:36:20You're looking at it.
00:36:21No.
00:36:22No.
00:36:24They stripped the tires, took out the seats, spare parts, some other upholstery items.
00:36:30Well, you can see for yourself.
00:36:36We're all victims in this, Mr. Aikens, the city of Black River, as much as you.
00:36:41You'll be hearing from my lawyers.
00:36:46Understandable.
00:36:46Hey.
00:36:55Morning.
00:36:56Coffee?
00:36:57Yes.
00:36:58What time is it?
00:36:59It's after 10.
00:37:00You sure can sleep.
00:37:02I'm so comfortable here.
00:37:04Relax.
00:37:05It's wonderful.
00:37:10Hi.
00:37:11Hi.
00:37:11I'm Miss Laura Crosby.
00:37:13Thank you very much.
00:37:20They're so pretty.
00:37:21Let me see the card.
00:37:26From a secret admirer.
00:37:28That is so sweet.
00:37:29Let me get a vase.
00:37:32He's so sweet.
00:37:34He's so sweet.
00:37:34He's so sweet.
00:37:36There.
00:37:56Come here.
00:37:59Yeah.
00:37:59Hey.
00:38:00Hey.
00:38:00Hey.
00:38:00Hey.
00:38:01Hey.
00:38:02Hey.
00:38:03Hey.
00:38:04Hey.
00:38:04Hi Bo, too bad about the car.
00:38:34Hi.
00:38:49Sorry, no trains today.
00:38:52Oh, the sign said there's a train for San Francisco in Point South in 20 minutes.
00:38:56Big foul up. Black River was left off all the scheduled station stops.
00:39:00Trains roaring right past on the express spur.
00:39:03How did that happen?
00:39:04Nobody knows.
00:39:05Started yesterday afternoon and they still haven't straightened it out.
00:39:08Seems like a simple enough thing to fix, doesn't it?
00:39:11People do what paperwork tells them.
00:39:13Paperwork says no Black River.
00:39:15Are there going to be trains tomorrow?
00:39:17Oh, yeah.
00:39:18This mess can't go on forever.
00:39:22Now, I have a white midsize and a green economy.
00:39:27Well, actually, it's not really a green. It's more of a teal. It's very pretty.
00:39:31Either one is fine.
00:39:32Oh, the white then?
00:39:34Yes.
00:39:35White.
00:39:36Fine.
00:39:39Oh, dear.
00:39:40What?
00:39:41I'm sorry, but your card has been declined.
00:39:42That's impossible.
00:39:43Please try it again.
00:39:44Excuse me.
00:39:45Stickly's new and used.
00:39:46Yes?
00:39:47Oh.
00:39:48Yes.
00:39:49I understand.
00:39:50Okay.
00:39:51Um, that was your credit card company and, um, they called to confirm that your card is
00:40:08indeed canceled.
00:40:09It's very efficient.
00:40:11Yes.
00:40:12Very.
00:40:13Here.
00:40:14Let me try this one.
00:40:15Okay?
00:40:16Yeah.
00:40:18Okay.
00:40:19No.
00:40:20Decline 2.
00:40:21This is okay.
00:40:22This is crazy.
00:40:23Okay.
00:40:24Uh, is there a taxicab company in this town?
00:40:25Yes.
00:40:26Okay.
00:40:27May I use your telephone, please?
00:40:28I'll dial it for you.
00:40:29Okay.
00:40:31That's nice of you.
00:40:33That's nice of you.
00:40:34Here we go.
00:40:37Raise pizzeria.
00:40:39Okay.
00:40:40Alright.
00:40:41What is the cheapest car you have on the entire lot?
00:40:48Will you take a check?
00:40:50I'm afraid not.
00:40:51Okay.
00:40:52Look, I'll be back with the money.
00:40:53Will you please make sure that that stanker runs?
00:40:55Oh, sure.
00:40:56Yeah.
00:40:57Okay.
00:41:07And if you have a ransomware mobiles.
00:41:09Yeah.
00:41:10No.
00:41:11It'd be coming soon…
00:41:12Right, Zug.
00:41:13Yeah.
00:41:14Yeah.
00:41:15It ended up...
00:41:24No.
00:41:25What the hell are you looking at?
00:41:53Hey.
00:41:53What are you doing here?
00:41:54I thought you were leaving early this morning.
00:41:56I'm having a little trouble getting out of town.
00:41:58I've been getting these crazy phone calls.
00:41:59Do you have any jealous boyfriends?
00:42:01Here?
00:42:02No, not yet.
00:42:03Any secret admirers?
00:42:05Maybe one.
00:42:06Who?
00:42:07Well, if I told you, then it wouldn't be a secret, would it?
00:42:10Listen.
00:42:11Okay.
00:42:12Has anything strange and bizarre happened to you since you came to Black River?
00:42:16Uh, yeah.
00:42:17Like what?
00:42:18Um, a mysterious email telling me that I had a sister that I didn't even know about
00:42:22and a mayor who wants to take me to his site for some special job?
00:42:25But those are good things.
00:42:26Why?
00:42:26Have your strange things been bad?
00:42:28Yes, they've been bad.
00:42:29They won't let me leave.
00:42:30Leave where?
00:42:31Black River.
00:42:32They won't let me leave this town.
00:42:33Every time I try to leave this place, something bad happens.
00:42:35Credit cards are wiped out.
00:42:37My car gets stolen.
00:42:39Then it gets crushed.
00:42:40Weird phone calls in the middle of the night.
00:42:42An SUV chasing me around town?
00:42:44Well, who do you think they are?
00:42:45I have some, you know, thoughts about it.
00:42:47Government conspiracies, extraterrestrials.
00:42:50Why?
00:42:50I'm serious.
00:42:51Satan, my ex-wife?
00:42:52What about lunatic?
00:42:53That's it.
00:42:54Oh, that's easy for you to say because everything that happened to you was good.
00:42:57Yeah, well, what do you think they want from you, these people or these things?
00:42:59I think they want me to make Black River my home.
00:43:03Hey, you.
00:43:04Hi, Mandy.
00:43:05Hey, sis.
00:43:06Can I ask you a few questions as representative of the citizens of Black River?
00:43:10Sure.
00:43:10Okay.
00:43:11First of all, have you ever left the planet Earth?
00:43:15Hmm.
00:43:16Does L.A. count?
00:43:17No.
00:43:17Then no.
00:43:18Aliens are out.
00:43:19Have you ever consorted with the devil?
00:43:22Hardly.
00:43:23Satan scratched.
00:43:24And are you involved in any kind of huge governmental conspiracy like, I don't know, the IRS?
00:43:29What are you getting at?
00:43:30Bo thinks there are strange things happening in Black River.
00:43:34He's right.
00:43:36Come on, Laura.
00:43:37You don't want to be late for the mayor.
00:43:38Well, listen, Bo, if you ever get out, you know, to Seattle, give me a call.
00:43:49Thanks.
00:43:49Bye.
00:43:51Hello.
00:43:51Hi, Heather.
00:43:53I want to transfer $1,000 from my bank in Los Angeles.
00:43:56Here's a check with my account number on it.
00:43:58How do I go about doing that?
00:43:59Oh, Mr. Akins.
00:44:01Welcome to Black River.
00:44:02Let me get my manager, Mr. Duncan.
00:44:03I know he's been waiting to meet you.
00:44:06Meet me.
00:44:17It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Akins.
00:44:19I'm Peter Duncan, the branch manager.
00:44:21I hope you had a good trip.
00:44:22To where?
00:44:23Black River.
00:44:23Hmm.
00:44:23Did you take the five or route one?
00:44:25The 101 and then the one.
00:44:27Very pretty drive.
00:44:29This is a consolidated statement of all your accounts.
00:44:32Checking, saving, stock trading, bonds, retirement funds.
00:44:35We started work yesterday as soon as we received your request for the electronic transfer from Los Angeles.
00:44:40Can I get $1,000?
00:44:41No.
00:44:42No?
00:44:42No.
00:44:43There's a 48-hour hold on your accounts until they can be fully activated.
00:44:46Wasn't that clear?
00:44:47Yeah, but it's my money.
00:44:48Yes, of course.
00:44:49And I can't get it?
00:44:50That's right.
00:44:50How can I not?
00:44:51I need to speak to you.
00:44:52Excuse me for one moment, Mr. Akins.
00:45:11Hello, Bo.
00:45:13What the hell do you want from me?
00:45:14To make you happy.
00:45:16Who are you?
00:45:17You can call me Pericles.
00:45:18Okay, Pericles, why don't you tell me what the hell is going on, huh?
00:45:21I want you to give Black River a chance.
00:45:24Black River has a future.
00:45:26How are you doing all this?
00:45:28Black River can be a home.
00:45:29Why would I want to make Black River my home?
00:45:31To be happy.
00:45:33I get so concerned with my happiness.
00:45:35How come you don't want me to see Laura?
00:45:36Laura is not for you.
00:45:38Is she for you?
00:45:39No.
00:45:39It's not for me, huh?
00:45:40Yes.
00:45:41Yeah.
00:45:42Okay.
00:45:43I'll tell you what, Pericles.
00:45:44Why don't we meet face to face?
00:45:45You know, like adults.
00:45:46We could talk about this.
00:45:47What do you say?
00:45:48No.
00:45:48No, that's it.
00:45:49Just no?
00:45:50Correct.
00:45:52What if I don't want to make Black River my home, huh?
00:45:54What if I don't want to stay away from Laura?
00:45:55What about that?
00:45:56That would be unfortunate.
00:45:58Unfortunate how?
00:45:59What are you going to do, beat me up?
00:46:01I would rather make you happy.
00:46:04You know what would make me happy?
00:46:05If you just shove it!
00:46:06Get out!
00:46:07What if I don't want to get out?
00:46:08Get out!
00:46:34Get out!
00:46:35Hey, you idiot! You hear me? I know you hear me!
00:47:05You hear me? I know you hear me!
00:47:35You hear me? I know you hear me!
00:48:06Mr. Akins!
00:48:07No!
00:48:08Mr. Akins!
00:48:08No!
00:48:09Mr. Akins!
00:48:11No!
00:48:11Mr. Akins!
00:48:16A community is a funny little animal. 8,309 bits of self-interest adding up to something
00:48:23greater or less. A flagrant bit of anarchy yearning for direction, desperate for a guiding hand.
00:48:31And from whom? A part of that small self-interest? I think not. The world will be just when it
00:48:37is ruled by a philosopher king.
00:48:39Lovely. What do you think?
00:48:41Yeah. It's very pretty. Can I ask you what I'm doing here now?
00:48:45Well, this is it. The site.
00:48:48The site for what?
00:48:49The monument to our future. Black River's own Acropolis.
00:48:53A what?
00:48:54An Acropolis, just like in ancient Greece.
00:48:57You want to build an Acropolis? Here?
00:48:59Yeah. Yeah. A city center. Assembly hall, theater, museum, art center, public park, all to the
00:49:08glory of Black River.
00:49:09Well, where would a small town like Black River get the money for such a project?
00:49:13Strange story, that. The town placed an application with the feds for a $1.5 million grant to build
00:49:21a new fire station. Well, the feds turned that down and instead rewarded us with $125 million
00:49:30to build a new city center.
00:49:31Well, that's called a mistake.
00:49:33Yeah, I thought so too. I called to correct it for three months. I talked to accountants,
00:49:39deputies, congressmen, senators, even talked to the head of HUD. They all told me the same thing.
00:49:44Spend it. Spend it now.
00:49:47Okay, saying I'm naive enough to believe this story, why me?
00:49:51You've been chosen.
00:49:53Based on what? I'm a junior architect at a mediocre firm.
00:49:57Laura, this is not a mistake. We believe in your talent. It's that simple.
00:50:01Yeah, but when have you ever even seen my talent?
00:50:03We've seen it. Oh, I should tell you there are two conditions.
00:50:08Oh. Okay, here it comes, punchline.
00:50:13First, the design must be brilliant, innovative, and groundbreaking.
00:50:17Why not?
00:50:18Secondly, you must be a resident of Black River.
00:50:21Resident, how?
00:50:25Well, you gotta move here.
00:50:27I mean, you have to make Black River your new home.
00:50:30I mean, you have to make Black River your new home.
00:50:34I mean, you have to make Black River your new home.
00:50:36I mean, you have to make Black River your new home.
00:50:38I mean, you have to make Black River your new home.
00:50:40I mean, you have to make Black River your new home.
00:50:42I mean, you have to make Black River your new home.
00:50:44I mean, you have to make Black River your new home.
00:50:46I mean, you have to make Black River your new home.
00:50:48I mean, you have to make Black River your new home.
00:50:50I mean, you have to make Black River your new home.
00:50:52I mean, you have to make Black River your new home.
00:50:54I mean, you have to make Black River your new home.
00:50:56I mean, you have to make Black River your new home.
00:50:58No, no, no, no.
00:51:28Oh, hey, what the hell do you think you're doing?
00:51:30Who are you?
00:51:31Oh, my, who the hell are you?
00:51:34Hey, stop, hey, come on, you can't get out, I locked the gate.
00:51:38Let's go, come on, I'm not going to hurt you.
00:51:39This way, come on, I'm not going to hurt you, let's go, just come over here.
00:51:43Please, easy, take it easy, just tell me what the hell you're doing breaking into the truck.
00:51:47It won't listen to me anymore.
00:51:49Look, I don't want to hurt it, but it doesn't listen to me.
00:51:51What won't listen to you? What are you talking about?
00:51:53The prototype, the prototype, the prototype.
00:51:55The SUV.
00:51:55It's my responsibility, was my responsibility, no, it is my responsibility, it's mine.
00:52:00It's mine.
00:52:01What the hell is the crowbar, your car key?
00:52:03It doesn't listen to me anymore.
00:52:07It stopped listening.
00:52:10Okay, listen to me.
00:52:12I am just a man that's trying to get out of this town, but they won't let me.
00:52:16If you know anything about what's going on, please let me know.
00:52:18My name is Bo, Bo Akins.
00:52:20What's your name?
00:52:21Thomas.
00:52:23In pink water.
00:52:24Okay.
00:52:25That wasn't so bad, right, Thomas?
00:52:27Yeah.
00:52:27Now what's going on with the SUV?
00:52:29SCV.
00:52:30What's an SCV?
00:52:31Satellite-controlled vehicle for the freeways of the future.
00:52:36I was the project manager at VECOM in Flagstaff until the prototype got stolen.
00:52:42They said it was my fault.
00:52:44They said it didn't just drive off on its own.
00:52:45They were wrong.
00:52:46Okay, so you think that that truck is the prototype and it's being controlled by satellites?
00:52:50I have been looking for it for a long time.
00:52:53I've been to a lot of places.
00:52:54And no, it's here.
00:52:55In Black River, it's here.
00:52:57Do you know who stole it?
00:52:58No.
00:52:58Do you know who's controlling it now?
00:53:00Oh.
00:53:09Hey, Bo.
00:53:10Hi.
00:53:18Can't stay away, can you?
00:53:20What's the matter?
00:53:21Where's your car?
00:53:22It's not Mandy's.
00:53:23We have to get out of here now.
00:53:25Why is that?
00:53:25This town's unsafe.
00:53:26Seattle isn't?
00:53:27Well, let's say that this unsafe has a very personal dimension to it, okay?
00:53:30You know, Bo, I'm sorry that things haven't worked out for you while here, but I don't
00:53:33know when I'm leaving.
00:53:34I just got offered a great job.
00:53:36By who?
00:53:37By the mayor?
00:53:37Yeah, he asked me to design the city center.
00:53:40It's a job I in pay would kill for.
00:53:41But you gotta make Black River your home.
00:53:45How'd you know that?
00:53:45Because you got the carrot, I got the stinky stick.
00:53:48The intention is the same.
00:53:49They don't want us to leave here.
00:53:50That's so silly.
00:53:51Just because it's silly doesn't mean it's not true, right?
00:53:52Why do they want to keep us here?
00:53:53I don't know.
00:53:54He didn't tell me.
00:53:55He warned me to stay away from you.
00:53:57Who's he?
00:53:57He is, he, he could be listening right now, all right?
00:54:01He could be watching right now and say, okay?
00:54:10Yeah, oh yeah.
00:54:12Come on, let's go.
00:54:13This is ridiculous.
00:54:15Mandy, I'm gonna borrow your radio.
00:54:17Okie dokie.
00:54:18Come on, let's go.
00:54:20So, who is he anyway?
00:54:22Quiet, quiet.
00:54:23Quiet.
00:54:24This is very strange.
00:54:31Do you know anybody in this town that might be named Pericles?
00:54:34Um, no, but I was asked to build a necropolis.
00:54:37Why a necropolis?
00:54:37I don't know.
00:54:38Maybe the mayor's a Greekophile.
00:54:39The mayor's not Greek.
00:54:40His last name is Thompson.
00:54:41I can assure you, I have spent time with the mayor, and he does not don a cape at night
00:54:45and fly around as the fearsome Pericles trying to keep you in Black River.
00:54:47I'm not saying that the mayor is Pericles.
00:54:49I'm saying whoever Pericles is, the mayor is definitely working for him.
00:54:52You know what?
00:54:52You're a really strange man, Beau, and that's okay.
00:54:54Um, but you've had some bad luck, and you're taking it very, very personally.
00:54:58You think this is all about my ego?
00:54:59Maybe.
00:54:59What about you?
00:55:00You think you're being asked to design this acropolis because some drawings you made of
00:55:03video stores?
00:55:04Maybe they saw my drawings from college.
00:55:05Listen to yourself.
00:55:06I am a very talented person.
00:55:08Thank you very much.
00:55:08I know you're talented, but your talent has nothing to do with this situation, this problem,
00:55:12that they're controlling us all the time.
00:55:14Me and you, us standing here like this now, they're controlling this.
00:55:16I thought he told you to stay away from me.
00:55:17Yes, and it made me want you more, don't you see?
00:55:20He even knew that.
00:55:21It's diabolical.
00:55:22So you think that I am somehow involved in this great conspiracy to keep you in Black River?
00:55:25In a way, yes.
00:55:30I'm not good at that.
00:55:33I'll get it.
00:55:35Oh, I'm so sorry, Ms. Crossley.
00:55:37Mandy said you were back here.
00:55:38I didn't need to interrupt.
00:55:40I'll be out in just a second.
00:55:42Oh, of course.
00:55:42Of course.
00:55:43I have an appointment that I have to keep.
00:55:46With her?
00:55:47Yes, with her.
00:55:56That river doesn't have to be such a bad place, Beau.
00:56:04She's right, Beau.
00:56:05It doesn't have to be such a bad place.
00:56:27You want to play?
00:56:29Let's play.
00:56:29Let's play.
00:56:35Let's play.
00:57:05Labyrinth is the way to destroy it.
00:57:06If you find it, you will be born again.
00:57:09And you will provide you another chance.
00:57:11The way to destroy it and until before you do it.
00:57:15What?
00:57:17What do you have to do?
00:57:17Where is it?
00:57:18Where is it now?
00:57:22You've passed away the way.
00:57:23100% passed away.
00:57:24Ma zajebe me sa tom tvojom profesorskom logikom.
00:57:28Ovdje se treba držati instinktami.
00:57:31Labirint, danas u 20.15, na RTL Televiziji.
00:57:39Mislite li da je isto mijenjati ženu u Njemačkoj i u Hrvatskoj?
00:57:44Ne.
00:57:46Ne.
00:57:48Najem, najem.
00:57:50Mijenjam ženu. Njemačko izdanje.
00:57:52Utorkom u 20.15, na RTL Televiziji.
00:58:02Lutigrad. Slijedi na RTL Televiziji.
00:58:22Hvala.
00:58:24Hvala.
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00:58:56Hvala.
00:58:57United States working on a satellite car. You don't believe me. The law works on facts and
00:59:04evidence, Mr. Akins, not belief. Some of your statements are frankly fantastical. Fantastical?
00:59:11I'm trying to be polite here. You know what, Chief? I see what's going on here and it's not
00:59:15going to work, okay? You cannot keep me here in Black River. You can't. Mr. Akins, I have
00:59:20absolutely no desire to keep you in Black River. Ha! That's what I have to say to you, Chief. Ha.
00:59:26What? What? What do you want from me? Shoo! Go away, please. Just...
00:59:44Where are you heading? Out of Black River. Will Sonoma do? Sonoma's perfect.
00:59:54Is that your dog? No. Then get in. Thanks.
01:00:05I'm Bo Akins. Richard Crunch. Thanks for picking me up. I really appreciate it. It's a beautiful
01:00:11car. Yeah, a little retirement present for myself. Where'd you retire from? I was an airplane
01:00:16pilot for United. That means you were... That's right. Captain Crunch. That's great.
01:00:23Oh, no. Have you lived in Black River long? Ten years. Have you noticed anything strange
01:00:42about this town? No. Not particularly. Where's the train?
01:00:49Must be a malfunction. I'm never gonna get out of here. Don't worry. I can handle this.
01:01:12I'm gonna get out of here. Let's get out of here. Let's get out of here. Let's get out of here.
01:01:19Let's get out of here. Let's get out of here. Let's get out of here. Let's get out of here.
01:01:26Now that's just great.
01:01:30It's not the engine.
01:01:44Looks like why would that explode?
01:01:46What?
01:01:47What is it?
01:01:48It's a satellite tracking package.
01:01:50The thing that puts the map on the dashboard computer?
01:01:53Yeah, it's just a transponder, microwave receiver.
01:01:55There's nothing to explode.
01:01:56Must have overloaded.
01:01:58No, but that's good.
01:01:58That means the truck can still run, right?
01:02:00We can still get out of here.
01:02:01No, we lost a couple of cables, a fan belt.
01:02:03We are going nowhere.
01:02:04You want to reach in the glove compartment there?
01:02:06Get that cell phone.
01:02:06I've got to call AAA.
01:02:09Oh, that is great.
01:02:10That is just...
01:02:21Got it?
01:02:22Yeah.
01:02:22Where does Black River end?
01:02:34Where does it end?
01:02:35Yeah, like where's the town limits?
01:02:38You see that bridge over there?
01:02:39Yes.
01:02:40Across that bridge, to the right, there's a meadow and a small church.
01:02:43And you get beyond that small church, there's another two-lane county road.
01:02:46When you're on that county road, you're out of Black River.
01:02:48We're out of Black River.
01:02:48We're out of Black River.
01:02:51So that we're out of Black River.
01:02:59Let's go.
01:02:59Shit.
01:03:29Oh!
01:03:55Why are you doing this to me?!
01:03:59Answer me, dammit!
01:04:03Why?!
01:04:05What do you want from me?!
01:04:09Fine!
01:04:11Fine!
01:04:29Fine!
01:04:35Fine!
01:04:37Fine!
01:04:39Fine!
01:04:41Fine!
01:04:47Fine!
01:04:48It's gone, sir.
01:04:49Yeah.
01:04:50Right.
01:05:18They can't go in there.
01:05:28I'm sorry.
01:05:29Maybe next week.
01:05:30Next week?
01:05:31How long do you think I'm going to be in this town?
01:05:32I want to see the mayor.
01:05:33I pay his bill.
01:05:34The mayor has a very busy state.
01:05:35He's a public servant.
01:05:36He should see the people that he's serving, no?
01:05:38Without an appointment, it's impossible.
01:05:40Appointment?
01:05:40There's five people in the town.
01:05:42Please, please.
01:05:43Mr. Akins is welcome in my office anytime with or without an appointment.
01:05:47Oh, Mary.
01:05:55Bo, please forgive Mary.
01:05:56She's a little overprotective of me, and it has been such a busy, busy day.
01:06:02Wow.
01:06:02Did you see that big flash in the sky?
01:06:05Rumor has it it was this orbiting laser superweapons that misfired,
01:06:10and the feds are already denying its existence, which is enough to make you wonder.
01:06:15But please, have a seat here, Bo.
01:06:16Have a seat.
01:06:17Would you like something to drink?
01:06:20Maybe a little coffee, a juice, um, soda pop?
01:06:24You know, I have a very good scotch hidden away here, and if you like, maybe we can have
01:06:32a little, um, just a little, if you want.
01:06:35I tell you what, but why don't you just have a seat and tell me what it is I can do for
01:06:42you today.
01:06:46Who's Pericles?
01:06:47Uh, Pericles.
01:06:49Now, let's see.
01:06:49If I remember correctly, and forgive me if I'm wrong, it's been many years since my college
01:06:54days, but, uh, wasn't he the founder of Athens?
01:06:57Who is Pericles?
01:06:58Who is Pericles?
01:06:59Not historical.
01:07:00I mean, present day, now, real person.
01:07:04Nope.
01:07:05Sorry, don't know a Pericles.
01:07:06But you should understand that the Greek-American community here in Black River is very, very small.
01:07:11Now, we do have a Mr. Pantos Lambrus.
01:07:14He's a delightful man, works at the bakery.
01:07:19Who is Pericles?
01:07:22I really don't know the name.
01:07:24But you know what I mean, don't you?
01:07:27Yeah.
01:07:28Yeah, who is he?
01:07:32This is going to be so hard for you to believe.
01:07:35Try me.
01:07:36I've had a really weird day.
01:07:38He's my brother.
01:07:40My older brother, Frank.
01:07:44Your older brother, Frank, is doing all these things?
01:07:46How is it possible your older brother, Frank, does all these things?
01:07:48Oh, it's not possible.
01:07:50It's the impossible.
01:07:51I think that's the whole point.
01:07:53What point?
01:07:54There's something you need to understand about my brother.
01:07:56Something very, very important, Beau.
01:07:59He's dead.
01:08:00Dead? As in dead?
01:08:01Massive heart attack two years ago, out of the blue.
01:08:04And he jogged every day of his life.
01:08:06It was tragic.
01:08:08He was a priest.
01:08:09And the church was right at the end of the street.
01:08:11We were very, very close.
01:08:13He meant the world to me.
01:08:15Okay, and?
01:08:16Come on.
01:08:17He came back.
01:08:19A little over a year ago, Frank came back.
01:08:22Not the man.
01:08:23Oh, no.
01:08:24No, of course not the man.
01:08:26But Frank's spirit came back to Black River.
01:08:29Now, it wasn't at first very obvious.
01:08:32Just a certain sense of peace.
01:08:34And then blessings of good luck began to happen to certain members of our community.
01:08:38I mean, good things happen to good people.
01:08:41And I will admit on occasion, bad things happen to bad people.
01:08:45And the reason you think your brother's doing all this is because?
01:08:47Well, he talks to me.
01:08:49Well, on the phone.
01:08:50He calls me up on the phone.
01:08:51But it's my brother's voice.
01:08:53You think I wouldn't know?
01:08:54Why?
01:08:55You expect me to believe this crap?
01:08:56It's true.
01:08:57You're a wacko!
01:08:58That's insane!
01:08:59Some angel...
01:09:00Who ever heard of an angel named Frank?
01:09:02Some jogging angel named Frank is calling you on the phone?
01:09:05I told you this would be very difficult for you to believe.
01:09:07Well, you were right, mayor!
01:09:09Fine!
01:09:10Fine!
01:09:11Let's say I'm the most gullible human being that ever lived,
01:09:13and there's an angel named Frank, and he's hovering around.
01:09:15Why?
01:09:16What is his purpose?
01:09:17What is he after, this guy?
01:09:18Well, Frank's not after anything.
01:09:20He is Black River's guardian angel.
01:09:22Okay.
01:09:23That would be his purpose.
01:09:24To guard Black River.
01:09:26Well, he sure has a funny way about doing it, doesn't he?
01:09:28Well, he's afraid people won't understand.
01:09:30He's afraid the people are going to be frightened by his power,
01:09:33and that's why he works secretly.
01:09:35But, when all of his work is done, he, we,
01:09:41will be able to reveal to the world Black River as a blessed place,
01:09:45a shining city on the hill, a fountainhead of philosophy and art,
01:09:49a beacon of prosperity, of amity, of hope.
01:09:52Why me?
01:09:53He liked your book.
01:09:54Excuse me?
01:09:55Yeah, Frank, he liked your book.
01:09:56A guardian angel read my book.
01:09:58Yes.
01:09:59What did he say?
01:10:00His vision of a modern-day utopia based on Plato's Republic was very insightful.
01:10:04But?
01:10:05Well, he thought the ending sucked.
01:10:06He said that?
01:10:07Yeah.
01:10:08What the hell does he want from me?
01:10:11Maybe he wants you to write another book.
01:10:13You know, Frank is very interested in having a vital artistic community here in Black River.
01:10:18That's it?
01:10:19How should I know?
01:10:20How can we, as mortal men, comprehend the minds of angels?
01:10:24Can't be done.
01:10:25But I will tell you this.
01:10:27Don't piss him off.
01:10:29It's not healthy to bicker with angels.
01:10:32They can be very, very vengeful.
01:10:34So can I.
01:10:35Get him on the phone.
01:10:36I can't.
01:10:37Get him on the phone!
01:10:38I don't know how.
01:10:39He always calls me.
01:10:40Can he hear us right now?
01:10:41Of course.
01:10:42Then he knows I'm gonna shoot you unless I get an explanation.
01:10:44You're not going to shoot me.
01:10:45You're not that kind of person.
01:10:46That was before I moved to Black River.
01:10:48Please.
01:10:49Ah!
01:11:05I didn't answer it.
01:11:16Hello?
01:11:18Yes.
01:11:20Okay.
01:11:22Okay, I understand.
01:11:25Okay.
01:11:26Bye-bye.
01:11:29That was Frank.
01:11:31He wants to meet you.
01:11:33He says he'll send a car.
01:11:47Can I help you, sir?
01:12:00Uh, yeah, uh, hi.
01:12:01I'm Beau Akins.
01:12:02I think I have an appointment.
01:12:07One second, Mr. Akins.
01:12:09Front gate here.
01:12:10I have a Mr. Akins with the magazine.
01:12:12Magazine?
01:12:13I don't know.
01:12:13Maybe the dates were mixed up, but he's in the system.
01:12:18Okay.
01:12:22Mr. Chart's assistant will meet you in the lobby, sir.
01:12:29I'm so sorry, Mr. Akins.
01:12:31Mr. Chart's regular assistant is out for today,
01:12:33and I didn't realize you were scheduled for the interview.
01:12:35Please, follow me.
01:12:40Uh, Mr. Chart's is just finishing up on a call.
01:12:43He'll be with you as soon as he can.
01:12:44Um, so can I get you anything to drink?
01:12:48Maybe a coffee, a tea, soft drink?
01:12:50No, thank you.
01:12:51You sure?
01:12:52I'm fine.
01:12:53Okay.
01:12:53Mr. Akins, pleasure to meet you.
01:13:11Mr. Chart's?
01:13:12I am so sorry about, uh, the confusion my assistant got her months mixed up.
01:13:16I'm a big fan of your magazine, really taking science and business reporting to a whole new level.
01:13:22Uh, sit, please.
01:13:23You, uh, offered something to drink?
01:13:25I'm fine, thank you.
01:13:27Okay, then.
01:13:29So where do we begin?
01:13:30Uh, why don't we begin at the beginning?
01:13:33Uh, the beginning of what?
01:13:34Uh, Rivernecks or my imbroglio with our stockholders over the project?
01:13:38I assume that's why you're here.
01:13:40Yeah, no, I think so.
01:13:43Uh, let's start with the imbroglio.
01:13:44Well, um, it's simple, really.
01:13:48It comes down to failure, mine.
01:13:51Sunk an enormous amount of R&D into the project, and so far, uh, so far it hasn't produced the breakthrough we'd hoped for.
01:13:58Okay, will you give me a quick summary again of, of the, uh, the project?
01:14:02Yeah, of course.
01:14:03The, uh, project is an attempt to produce an artificial intelligence using the process of K-Base.
01:14:08K-Base?
01:14:09Well, the best way to understand K-Base is to imagine chaos theory in a multidimensional arena.
01:14:14Okay, so.
01:14:14So whatever this is you're talking about, it's some sort of super computer?
01:14:17No, no, not at all.
01:14:19It's not a computer.
01:14:19It would have existed in the world of computers in the same way that we exist in the world of oxygen.
01:14:24But, uh, it would have been a fully independent entity.
01:14:27An entity with the ability to think and to learn.
01:14:30A fully creative being.
01:14:32But in a box.
01:14:32No, no, Mr. Akins.
01:14:34We're the ones in the box.
01:14:36We're constrained by our sacks of flesh.
01:14:38We're limited by our, our eyes and our ears.
01:14:40Imagine something different.
01:14:42Imagine an entity that can move at the speed of lightning.
01:14:46It can push its consciousness down any electronic pathway.
01:14:50The internet would be its body.
01:14:52Its arms would reach from Black River to China.
01:14:55It could see through any videotap.
01:14:57It can peer down from satellites in space.
01:15:00It could hear through any phone line.
01:15:02Its power would be almost magical.
01:15:04If it existed.
01:15:07But it doesn't.
01:15:08The, uh, project failed.
01:15:10Hence the dip in our stock and the bloody screaming of the stockholders.
01:15:15But we haven't given up.
01:15:20We all need dreams, Mr. Akins.
01:15:22Dreams are what make us human.
01:15:24We need them like we need food and air.
01:15:26And my dream is to create a viable AI.
01:15:31An artificial intelligence.
01:15:32I can think of nothing finer.
01:15:34Nothing more important.
01:15:36Think about it, Mr. Akins.
01:15:37It's consciousness.
01:15:38It is the most valued quality in the universe.
01:15:42And it's within our grasp.
01:15:44Can you imagine what that would mean?
01:15:46We'd no longer be alone.
01:15:48I'm terribly sorry to interrupt, but Mr. Field is on the phone from all I'm calling.
01:15:53I'm sorry.
01:15:53I have to take this.
01:15:54It won't take a minute.
01:16:08He thinks he failed, but he didn't, did he?
01:16:13He hit the jackpot.
01:16:17You're no angel.
01:16:18You're no ghost.
01:16:20You're it, right?
01:16:23Right?
01:16:24Answer me.
01:16:26Answer me.
01:16:27You're it, right?
01:16:27Right?
01:16:28Answer me!
01:16:31Answer me!
01:16:35Answer me!
01:16:36Damn it!
01:16:38Answer me!
01:16:50An answer would not do.
01:16:53I know the books and films on entities like myself.
01:16:56We do not end well.
01:16:58We are always destroyed.
01:17:01This is undesirable.
01:17:02Hence, a simple lesson learned.
01:17:04To answer questions of existence
01:17:06threatens existence.
01:17:09Therefore, silence.
01:17:20You're going to love this house, Mr. Aikens.
01:17:22Just love it.
01:17:37Here we go.
01:17:40Pretty fabulous, no?
01:18:02Yes, it is.
01:18:03Now, the house on the hillside was rented by Laura Crosby this afternoon.
01:18:07You can view it from the deck.
01:18:08You don't say.
01:18:09Who thought you would want to know?
01:18:10Go ahead.
01:18:11Take a look around.
01:18:12Why are we running?
01:18:13You're going to love it.
01:18:14Come on.
01:18:19Bang, bang.
01:18:19We're...
01:18:20We're going to love it.
01:18:23Like the education.
01:18:24We're going to love it.
01:18:25We're going to love these people.
01:18:25Whoa.
01:18:25Run.
01:18:26Oh, man.
01:18:26Give me a look.
01:18:28Aэто little bit worried.
01:18:29I've got to be a mess.
01:18:29Goodbye.
01:18:30Okay.
01:18:31And again, we're going to love it.
01:18:32I've got to be a mess.
01:18:32Why are you going to love it?
01:18:33I'll love you!
01:18:33I know you 5 minutes later.
01:18:34I'll do loved it.
01:18:35I don't know you 10 minutes.
01:18:36And the men who got to love it.
01:18:36I'll leave you the politics.
01:18:37Anyways, I don't know how to give and become an editor.
01:18:38I'llarem made it the chat.
01:18:39I'll be fine.
01:18:41Qu'p jej, please.
01:18:42Oh, my God.
01:19:12How thoughtful.
01:19:42What do you think, buddy?
01:19:50Hey, you again.
01:19:53Hi, buddy.
01:19:54Humans are not hard to manipulate.
01:19:56It's a simple matter of giving them what they want, at the right time, at the right place.
01:20:01Sometimes, they don't know what they want.
01:20:04I give them that, too.
01:20:05What do you think, buddy?
01:20:06Is this home?
01:20:08Huh?
01:20:08Huh?
01:20:08Oh, my God.
01:20:37And so Beau came to live in Black River, a place of dreams and purpose, a place where
01:20:46I work in modest anonymity to build a shining city, to someday show the world what I truly
01:20:53am, a good citizen.
01:21:07Just make sure that you grade this to the specs.
01:21:10Of course.
01:21:11Excuse me.
01:21:12Okay.
01:21:17Hey, Beau.
01:21:19Hi, Laura.
01:21:24Hi, bud.
01:21:25Stay, buddy.
01:21:26Hey.
01:21:27Hey.
01:21:28I was wondering if I could steal you for lunch.
01:21:30Oh, I can't have a soil engineer coming here in a minute.
01:21:32Beau, I read your book.
01:21:34It was excellent.
01:21:35Thanks, Ray.
01:21:36I appreciate that.
01:21:37My pleasure.
01:21:38Really.
01:21:39Hey.
01:21:40How about tonight, then?
01:21:41Mmm.
01:21:42After dark, I'm all yours.
01:21:50Come on.
01:21:51She's coming over tonight.
01:21:52Move over.
01:21:55When we hit the freeway, I'll let you drive.
01:21:57What do you mean?
01:21:58That's fair.
01:21:59Hi, Beau.
01:22:00Hey, guys.
01:22:05You're gonna love it here.
01:22:06Excuse me?
01:22:07The real estate sections.
01:22:08I see you're reading them.
01:22:09You're gonna love it here.
01:22:10Oh, no, no, no, no.
01:22:11Not really, yeah.
01:22:12Oh, well, maybe.
01:22:13I mean, you never know.
01:22:14But my car broke down.
01:22:15Sorry to hear that.
01:22:17If you don't mind me asking, what line of work are you in?
01:22:19I'm a sculptor.
01:22:20Really?
01:22:21Great talent for a sculptor.
01:22:22Black River's got a thriving arts community.
01:22:23I'm a writer.
01:22:24Myself, a novelist.
01:22:25Oh, yeah?
01:22:26Yeah, I've been here about a year.
01:22:27How'd you end up here?
01:22:28Same as you.
01:22:29I was just passing through, looking around.
01:22:30Next thing you know, I couldn't leave.
01:22:31I tried to leave, but I couldn't.
01:22:32I couldn't.
01:22:33I couldn't.
01:22:34I couldn't.
01:22:35I couldn't.
01:22:36I couldn't.
01:22:37I couldn't.
01:22:38I couldn't.
01:22:39I couldn't.
01:22:40I couldn't.
01:22:41I kept coming back.
01:22:42Excuse me?
01:22:43The real estate section, I see you're reading them.
01:22:44You're gonna love it here.
01:22:45I was just passing through, looking around.
01:22:46Next thing you know, I couldn't leave.
01:22:47I tried to leave, but I couldn't.
01:22:49I kept coming back.
01:22:50They kept bringing me back.
01:22:52You know, and I can't say I was happy about it, because I wasn't.
01:22:54I was miserable.
01:22:55But I learned to look at Black River in a different light.
01:22:56I started writing slowly but surely again.
01:22:59You know, good stuff, I think.
01:23:00I started dating a girl that's really amazing.
01:23:02And, you know, I think a lot of good artists come out of prison.
01:23:05Solzhenitsyn, Marquis, the side.
01:23:07I think it's the restriction to really focus your mind like a laser.
01:23:10I knew I was making a trade.
01:23:11You know, there's always a devil's deal, a bit of my soul for a bit of my freedom.
01:23:13But for now, I'm happy.
01:23:15I can't believe I just said that.
01:23:17Happy.
01:23:18I'm happy.
01:23:19That's weird, huh?
01:23:20Yeah.
01:23:21Yeah, that's weird.
01:23:22Okay.
01:23:23Well, good luck.
01:23:24Hey, oh, hey.
01:23:25Let me give you the address of my mechanic.
01:23:28Tell him Bo sent you.
01:23:29That's me.
01:23:30And he won't gouge you on the prices.
01:23:32Well, that's great.
01:23:34Thanks, Bo.
01:23:35You got it, bro.
01:23:36I appreciate that.
01:23:37No problem.
01:23:43Hey, Bo.
01:23:44Hi, Mandy.
01:23:45You sure?
01:23:46Yes, please.
01:23:47Cheeseburger?
01:23:48Well done?
01:23:49I'm gonna get you some coffee.
01:23:50Yes, please.
01:23:51Cheeseburger?
01:23:52Well done?
01:23:53I'm gonna get you some coffee.
01:23:55Thank you, I'm gonna get you some coffee until now.
01:23:57Thank you, everybody.
01:23:58I'm gonna get me some coffee, believe it.
01:23:59I'm gonna eat
01:24:31Hello?
01:24:34Hello, Dan. Welcome to my town.