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They said I killed her.

I tried to explain, but nobody believed me.

Like I said, Lydia wouldn't listen to me.

She wouldn't come.

Police said I was crazy.

I took them to the spot, but the town wasn't there.

They said I must have murdered her.

I tried to explain, but nobody believed me.

Who are you again?

Rachel, Mrs. Freeman.

Rachel Corbin?

Mm -hmm.

Now, that's me and Lydia.

See that bracelet?

Had her name on it.

I gave it to her.

We were like sisters.

How could I have killed her?

And you're sure the town was called Somerville?

Absolutely.

I remember the time we had to town.

And you... Him?

The one in charge.

He scared me.

How did you get out?

I just started running.

The moon was coming down, but I just ran as far and as fast as I could.

Oh.

Oh, no, no, you keep it. Keep it. I got lots of them.

When they printed that, I bought up every paper I could find.

Thought I could get somebody to believe me.

You're new here, dear. I haven't seen you before.

Hi, Julia. My name's Kristen, remember?

Now, how would we get to Somerville if we wanted to?

Oh, I don't know.

Our car broke down out on Route 27.

Of course, you can't get there from here.

She has a history of mental illness, Kristen. She was tried for murdering her

best friend. The jury found her not guilty by reason of insanity. She's been

institutionalized most of her adult life.

The record shows repeated attempts at suicide, and now dementia.

Yes, but the point is, she said Somerville. That's the same name my

scribbled in the margin of that notebook they found. You've got to make it real.

Well, it was real enough to have Julia Berman committed.

It has to be here, somewhere on Route 27.

If my father went there, I have to check it out, Rachel.

Christian, don't you think that this is becoming a little compulsive with you?

No, I don't.

Well, you want my expertise. I'd say we're on a giant e -tour chasing down a

delusion. Well, we're only 20 miles out of the way. Plus, we're on the scenic

route. Looking for a town that isn't on any map. Well, my daughter's waiting for

me at home. I don't like this, Christian. We are so close, Rachel. I

for myself.

We won't take that long, I promise.

And when there's nothing there? Then at least they'll know.

Besides, I've never had a car of my own. A little extra driving could be fun.

Indulge me.

Oh, God.

Okay, so I'm the one who needs my head examined.

Yes.

It's my problem. You're along for the ride.

Bill me.

I'm gonna bill you.

Big bills.

Hey, wait, wait, wait. Slow down.

Somerville, population 229. I don't believe this. It's not even on the map?

We'll be in and out of the town before you know it.

Somerville. Very nice.

Oh, come on. It's not so bad.

That's pretty normal of me. Well, I guess it depends on your definition of

normal, huh?

Hey, look at this cool car.

Yeah, it looks like somebody's into restoration. Listen, I gotta call Kat. I

promised her I'd be back there tonight to help her study for her math exam.

Yeah, stay long. I promise.

As a matter of fact, I'll come back with you and help you with Kat if you want.

You know what? That's a really lovely offer, Kristen, but I'm gonna pass on it

because it's, uh...

One of those mother -daughter things, you know what I mean? Sure, I

Rachel, the thing with my father is driving me crazy.

I don't know what you mean. I've been there.

Sorry, that's really flippant.

I really do. I do. I know what you mean because I've been there myself.

Maybe she'll try some therapy.

Is that an offer?

Yeah. I'm going to start billing right now. 50 -minute hour.

Do I need a couch to tell my story? No, you can tell your story on the drive

home and... The dead area. No service.

This place is empty.

Maybe everybody goes to bed earlier.

Let's just go home, okay?

Dead. I don't understand this. I just thought it checked.

Come on, I'll buy you dinner and we'll wait for AAA.

No, we're not going to wait for AAA. We're going to call Nick. Nick will get

helicopter and fly us out of here.

Okay, wait a minute.

Satellite transponder.

Next idea?

Yep. I'll call him and tell him all we have to do is turn it on and he'll come

get us.

Come get us.

Let's wait over here.

Welcome to Somerville. Hi, is there a phone I could use? Our car broke down.

Sure, help yourself. Right over there.

Thanks. Can I get you some coffee?

Coffee? Yeah, that'd be great.

Good night.

Oh, the Summerville. Yeah, that's what they call it.

What brings you?

Actually, a man I used to know, Justin Adams.

Hmm.

Never heard that name around here.

Are you sure?

I'm sorry.

I'm proud of you.

So the phone on the wall is from the Paleozoic era, which might explain why

doesn't work, sir.

Oh, there's got to be a working phone somewhere.

Well, we've had some phone problems for a while.

It's hard to get someone to come out here.

Yeah. How about you? Would you like some coffee? No, no, thanks.

I just, I'd really love to know where there's a phone.

Well, actually, there's one down two blocks across from the market.

Two and across. Great. Thanks.

Oh, do you want me to come?

Oh, no.

Back in five minutes.

How was Mother Russia? I heard Moscow rocked. Oh, yes, like a slow polka.

Remind me to ask the ruling council to move the Moscow house to Monaco.

Right. How are we doing here?

Well, I'm not really sure.

Krista's tracking some woman in a psychiatric ward.

Something to do with her father. She asked Rachel to go along to help her get

into the hospital.

And Rachel agreed?

Ha!

Well, Krista can be very persuasive.

Yes, I know.

Meanwhile, Kat called and said that Rachel hadn't shown up at home, so I

in her cell. I couldn't get through to her, so I called the hospital.

They said that they left around 3 o 'clock.

They're not home yet? No.

Sounds like Rachel.

The phone doesn't work.

There's another phone with about two blocks that way. I'll show you if you

That'd be good.

Your coffee's good.

I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name.

Tanaka. Sam Tanaka.

I'm Kristen.

Where is everybody?

Down the den.

Yeah, I know, I know.

What did you do to me?

Nothing yet.

Call the state hospital for the criminally insane.

I spoke to the night nurse on duty and she said that Rachel and Christian

in to interview a Julia Berman according to the log they signed out six hours

ago. So at least we know they made it there and they were probably on their

back home.

What else?

Around a computer search.

Found a trail of transactions.

Christian used an ATM machine in Red Bluff around 4 .30.

Just before 6, they stopped at a gas station on Highway 27. They used the

credit card.

Route 27 isn't exactly the quickest way, huh?

Well, maybe they took a detour. Or maybe they just got lost.

How quickly can you get us up to Carmelita?

By chopper.

Probably within an hour if we push it.

Don't put that something doesn't feel right, all right

Is your name Lydia?

Yes. How do you know me?

Julia Berman.

Julia? She gave me this.

That's impossible.

I don't... I don't understand.

How could she?

She's dead.

No.

She isn't dead. I was just with her.

Who are you?

Lydia, my name is Rachel Corrigan, and I'm her friend. Could you please tell me

about this photograph?

That.

With her dad's car.

The day before we came here, how did you get this?

Julia gave it to me.

She said that you two got lost.

We ran out of gas.

We saw the sign for Somerville, so we headed into town looking for Al.

He wanted to leave.

Asked me to come with him.

Oh, it all seemed so long ago.

Sorry.

I thought she was dead.

I feel so tired.

It's a strange night. I keep falling asleep and waking up, but morning never

comes. I don't even know what time it is.

No, that's 7 o 'clock.

My watch must have stopped it.

They all do.

The date?

November 3rd. Why?

The year. What year is it?

Strange question. It's 1950.

Kristen?

Oh, look out.

Oh, John.

I broke it.

Come on. I'm going to let you pray.

Kristen?

Kristen, are you here?

I'm not going to like this at all.

You'd better talk to the police.

Yeah, the police. Where are they? Where are the police? Down the hall. The

police are right inside.

Right through here.

Where are the police around here?

I don't know. Maybe in the back.

Is anybody here?

Is anybody here?

Hello?

Kristen, can you hear me?

You've got to wake up.

What must be done.

No, wait!

Wait! Come back here!

Wait a minute!

Wait!

Mister, we're sorry to bother you.

There were two women who came to visit you this afternoon.

Please try to remember.

Friends of ours.

We think they may have gotten lost on the way home.

Anything they said would help.

Did they ask you any questions?

Lydia.

I told them about Lydia.

Who's Lydia?

My best friend.

He said I killed her.

I couldn't have done that.

Two ladies.

Yeah.

They asked about Somerville.

Said they wanted to go there.

I tried to stop them.

Can you tell us where Somerville is?

It's somewhere.

I know that much, but I don't know where.

What do you mean?

I can tell you where it was, but it isn't there anymore.

I'm going to go ask you in the mainframe and see what I can download.

Why don't you tell me about Somerville the same way you told my friends?

He said she died.

But the same thing would happen to me if I didn't help you.

It would.

I don't believe you anymore.

I think Julia just walked right out of town and you couldn't stop her.

Who told you that?

The woman named Rachel.

She said she spoke with Julia today. She showed me a picture.

Night is young.

Moon is bright.

So go back down.

Open up the diner. Any other travelers may come our way when I finish

the ones we already have.

I want to leave.

Now.

How do I get out of here?

Why

are

you doing this?

Like you I didn't want to believe.

You never leave.

I am this place.

This place is me.

I could no more leave this place.

I could leave my own grave.

So what have we got?

It only appears on maps between 1946 and 1950.

Have a look.

Started as tract housing for homecoming GIs.

After the first stage of the community was erected, there was a quake all about

mudslide that completely buried the town.

Oh, just like that. No more some of them.

And what was that before, what do you think?

Fiera 79.

Also known as the Salazar Relocation Facility. It was a camp for Japanese

Americans detained during World War II.

The facility was raised in 46 and sold to developers.

An internment camp.

Yeah, and there's something else.

A pattern of disappearances along this stretch of highway over the last 50

years. Sort of like the Bermuda Triangle.

From the end of World War II.

Any common denominator?

The date.

November 3rd.

It's a day.

There you are.

What the hell happened to you? Me?

What the hell happened to you?

I hate to say, we're not in Kansas anymore.

I guess I'm sorry it doesn't cut it, huh?

Don't worry, I'm still billing you by the hour.

I think that guy at the diner put something in my coffee.

That's nothing.

You should have seen who left the diner.

Who? Lydia.

Lydia.

Oh, Julia Berman's Lydia?

You got it. In the flesh, unblemished by time. She hasn't aged a day.

I'm telling you.

She doesn't know how long she's been here. This whole place is... stuck in

time. We're out of time. I don't know.

Excuse me, ladies.

You okay in there?

It's really ridiculous, isn't it?

I mean, this is America.

This kind of thing's not supposed to happen here.

Tell you what, though.

As soon as it's light, I'm calling my lawyer. Then we'll see who's you -know

-what in a sling.

I'm Ed.

Ed Barker from Crescent City.

Ed, I'm Rachel. It's... It's Christmas.

How did you get stuck here?

Took a wrong turn.

Car broke down.

Is that your car at the gas station?

Yeah, it's brand new. Go figure. But how did you wind up in here? Good question.

I was over at the diner having a cup of coffee. Next thing I know, I'm in here.

The guy who runs this place, he's nuts.

I said to him, I'm not answering any more questions until I get my lawyer.

I know my rights.

So he throws me in here to poo my heels while he processes one poor sap after

another. How long have you been here?

I don't know.

Too long.

I didn't even get a chance to vote today.

I haven't heard anything about the election.

Do you know who's winning?

The election?

It's got to be Nixon.

Kennedy.

He hasn't got a chance.

I need to know.

Did you really see Julia today?

Lydia? Lydia?

Lydia, please.

I need you to listen to me, okay?

Whatever you did, I'm sure you had your own reasons for it. Reasons maybe I

can't even comprehend. But Lydia, no, no, no.

Please don't go.

Please don't leave us in here. Just help us get out and then we can help you get

back to Julia.

I don't need your help.

Yes, you do.

You don't understand, Lydia.

The world you left behind is not the same.

Many of your family and your friends, they might not be there anymore.

You're wrong.

Julia and I left home this morning. Julia is over 70 years old. You have

trapped here, Lydia, for 50 years.

You're talking crazy.

I don't believe you.

You're just trying to scare me.

Lydia!

The sun comes up. Lydia!

Labor work time, lady.

You first.

We'll uncover when we're done.

Let me warn you.

Cooperation and profiting is mandatory.

Resistance will be dealt with in the harshest possible terms.

It would hurt me to hurt you.

Hey. Wait a minute, Rachel.

We're staying together, no.

I'm going to come back for you, okay?

We don't have a choice.

Be careful.

I spoke to the highway patrol.

There are several fire roads off of the main highway.

And they confirmed there's no such place as Somerville, not even the ruins of

the town.

Nice truck.

Hop in.

I'm guessing you have a plan here?

It was the only thing I could rent this late at night. I practically had to buy

it from the guy.

Pretty rough terrain up where we're headed, so I couldn't be certain there

going to be any place to put the chopper down.

We'll answer all questions, no exceptions.

All blanks will be filled in. Do you understand?

Do you understand?

What are you doing?

Being processed for relocation.

Is that what happened to you?

You were what, interned here during the war? That was wrong. Good.

and moved us from our homes.

Time always took a toll on this place.

You died here.

November 3rd, 1943.

Today's November 3rd.

What?

He tried to escape.

He electrified the barbed wire.

The guards stood around and watched.

They made pets on how long I would last.

They buried me in a shallow grave.

I felt that no one would ever find me.

And no one ever did.

Until they dug up your grave when they built this place.

Released your spirit.

All they could do was think of vengeance.

Sam, that's all so long ago. It's all in the past. You've got to let it go, Sam.

You do.

You've got to let it go so you can move on.

It's been acknowledged.

Preparations have been made. Enough!

None were made for me.

I assume you'll get this done. I assume you'll get back to your friend.

Date of birth, social security number, ethnic origin.

What you were saying before, while leaving here in the outside world, not

the same, was a joke, right?

It's not possible, is it?

Trust me, Ed, it's not 1960 anymore.

You're wrong.

Crazy.

Hey.

It's okay.

I'll go get help. I'll come right back.

Anyway, assuming you're right, it's not 1960.

Nixon won, right?

Kennedy. Oh, damn.

What about Nixon?

Ed, listen to me.

You have to be really careful out there, okay?

Get back as soon as I can, okay?

Assuming that the old lady is... Totally crackers.

What do you figure is going on here?

Well, I don't know the specifics, but if Julia was right, whatever force is

controlling Somerville will cause it to disappear at sunrise.

Like going into a black hole and twisting a Rachel with it.

Well, look at this.

Getting something that transponder in Kristen's car. And why they didn't pick

up before.

Because it's coming from someplace that doesn't really exist in the physical

world.

And it's directly ahead.

This road must be the portal.

Long way.

Don't drive by the sign.

Stop!

Better hurry. We don't have much time.

Derek?

Lydia.

Julia's friend.

I finally tried to escape.

Good night, Mr. Parker.

Where'd you learn to do that?

Postgraduate course in applied physics.

Can you do the other side, too?

Why? Just you and me.

Well, it's no time to fix the plumbing.

How about unfixing it?

When our good friend Sam gets back.

I want to hit him.

And I want it to really hurt.

Come on, quick, before he gets back.

So what did he do to you out there?

Not a long story.

I'm dealing with an angry spirit of a man who died 50 years ago. And he's got

be stopped.

He's dead? Yeah, like everybody else in Somerville. You know that sign we saw on

the edge of town?

Population 229. Well, that's not the number of people who live here.

That's the number of souls who's trapped. Oh, here it comes. Come on.

It's your turn to be processed.

I don't think so.

Rachel.

Come here.

Come on.

Oh, my knee.

Well, you said that he kept records on everyone that he trapped here. I need to

find out if my father was here. You can go, and I'll catch up. What? I'm all

escaped. Look, Kristen, Lydia said we've got to get out of here by 7 right now.

No, Rachel, there's got to be something here. We're almost out of time.

Kristen, come on. There has to be something.

Come on. He was here.

He was here.

He escaped.

Use the winch. We'll tie it off to the tree. Right.

How much cable do you think we have?

I don't know, maybe 100 feet or so.

Well, if this place is what I think it is, everything beyond the sign will

disappear at daybreak.

It may be the only chance we have to get away from here.

By anchoring the truck to the tree, we can use the winch and pull ourselves

Back up slowly.

Pass the sign. Right.

You're not killing me, aren't you?

Oh, big bills. Need them around here. Oh, that's good, because, you know, we

don't want the evening to be a total waste.

Come on. No, we don't want that.

No, Angel, stop. Stop.

It really hurts. Okay.

Let's go. It's almost dawn.

Come on.

Oh, geez.

Let's get inside of the truck.

Izzy, not so much weight on that knee yet. Come on.

There, I got it. Yeah.

You know, after everything we went through, you know what really hurts?

What's that?

I finally get a car and it gets swallowed up by a town that doesn't

Let me tell you, try and file for insurance.

I really want to thank you for being there, Rachel.

I think you better hold off till you get my bill.

No.

No, Kristen, I'm really sorry we didn't find your father.

At least we know he didn't die.

He's not there anyway.

The truth is, if you keep him in your heart, he's never going to be very far

away.

You're right.

I'm okay.

said, we are all prisoners of our own minds.

The town of Somerville was not so much a prison as a place consumed by the rage

of one man.

For Santanaka, it was a short step from victim to predator.

Well, I can only hope that what happened somehow dispersed his anger and

released his soul.