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in northern Spain says that they're expecting 20 times more people than last

year for the annual running of the bulls this July.

It falls right in line with all the do -it -yourself skydivers, big wave

that have been popping out of the woodwork these last few months, huh

In case you're out there in your jogging shorts waiting for another opinion

about what the moons will do, a study group from Swaziland just weighed in

a report to the United Nations Trilunar Commission.

Now, they're saying that the left portion of the moon will fall on

Before you bend over to kiss your butt goodbye, you might want to factor that

with the 20 -year scenario put forth by the Danes or the six -year plan of the

Italians. I wonder where we'll be when all this gets figured out.

Well, right here in southern Vermont, I hope.

Of course, in what part of the universe Southern Vermont is going to be, I

couldn't tell you.

that the world has got you down. No need to worry while it keeps on spinning

around.

All I'm saying is if the sky is

Okay, yeah.

It's your check valve again.

Try it now.

Bingo was his name -o. Mac, you were just too talented.

Excuse me, do you have any pickles?

Pickles on your plate, ma 'am.

Those are pickled slices.

Geez, I'm sorry, ma 'am, but that's what the pickle truck dumped off today.

So we go on like two bars of this, right? Excuse me, could you put your

on hold for just a minute? Actually, ma 'am, he's not my plumber. He's my

lawyer. Drains and depositions. And if I don't fix your leak, I'll sue myself

for the damages.

That's very amusing, I'm sure.

See you, Ted. Thanks, Mary.

I think you're rude, and I would like a pickle in the shape of a pickle.

What are you doing? Too late. Hamburger gone.

Is this some sort of three -moons thing that you're doing? It is, isn't it?

All right, all right, here's my three -moons thing. I don't have to take any

crap from counter -jockeys anymore.

Hello? Yes, I need a policeman at the Ruby Red Cafe.

Yes, it's an emergency. The man here just assaulted me.

No! With a condiment.

Namaste. God, you scared me.

Carl, I didn't want to come here, but you don't answer your cell phone, and

office doesn't know where you are.

Alex wants a car for his birthday.

Well, that's just metal, plastic, and rubber. There's no context in that.

Just some sort of simple, safe car for when he passes his driver's test. It

would mean a lot to him.

Well, that's nonsense.

The car's meaningless.

You had a special Porsche built for you at the factory and air -freighted from

Germany. Well, that was before.

Come on.

Someday, maybe tomorrow.

A chunk of moon in decaying orbit falls to Earth as a mammoth explosion, global

dust cloud, nuclear winter.

All chlorophyll -based land plants die, and all land -based animal life is about

the cockroaches extinct.

That might not be for years and years.

Shoes. Since the three moons, everyone's been running around asking what they

should do with their lives.

Carl, I want to do what we were doing. It was good, wasn't it?

Otherwise we wouldn't have been doing it in the first place.

We've been lucky. Carl, we've been so lucky.

I

can't

do that, Carl.

Laura, you're missing mankind's last and greatest opportunity.

No, you are.

You are.

I'm working late on dance decorations, so I'm getting a ride with my team.

Okay. Hi,

sweetheart. Hi. Well,

how about I drive?

No, really. When you're 16.

What if the moon comes down first? Ha ha.

Dad let me drive his Porsche. When?

When I stayed at the Yurt night before last.

Is this your game you're going to play us off against each other?

Yes.

You know, I got to tell you, Ted, if I were sitting on a jury, I'd have to ask

myself why someone would pour ketchup on their own head. That's exactly why she

did it.

Look, can you make it go away?

What, do you want to give in to her? You want to settle?

I got enough trouble in my life already.

Ah, we'll see.

You need some help around here, man.

You ever hear from Rosalie?

Eh, she sent a card. She seemed happy at school.

I forget, would she go off to study again? Eh, it was a fancy name for it,

worms. You got to hand it to her.

College at 63.

You need somebody new in the office.

Oligocatology. That's what they call it. Hey, you got a floater here.

Your machine's blinking.

Hit play for me, will you?

So long, Algaron. Hi, dear.

It's your mom, Colleen.

Anyway, I have meatloaf and apple pie at 6 .30 tonight, okay?

Okay? How is your mom doing anyway? Oh, she's great.

So, wow, Sarah Louise Fecklin. I saw her on Quantum Leap when I was, like, 12.

And you and her... Wow.

Not bad,

huh?

You did fine.

Can I drive, Dad?

When you turn 16 and you get his permission.

We're talking 48 hours, Mom.

What kind of birthday cake do you want?

Ah, that sour cream fudge thing. Don't change the subject. I'm talking about

Dad's Jeep here. I know what you're talking about.

I mean, the Jeep would help me practice with a clutch.

Uh -huh.

Okay, all right. What if my job's later to school?

Allegria?

Dear Miss Laura, I'm so sorry I leave you. You'd be very good to me. Oh, no,

another. She probably went back to Puerto Rico to be with her family. I

$222 from your dresser.

Good. Good?

He took it. He needed it to get home.

Also, I take two of your watches from your drawer and a necklace with

I sell them to go to New York because I want to be opera singer, maybe famous,

and learn I pay you back when I can.

Allegria.

No, I'm fine. I'm okay with it.

You're serious?

She was always singing in the house. I don't need those things. Better she

follow her dream.

Well, I was thinking about starting smoking.

Which two watches did she take?

I think the pentagram should be darker.

LanaWicked .com says that orange is the color that will bring the moons

together. To make it darker, we'd have to make it blue or something.

Light the rest of the candle.

Mom? Dinner's almost ready.

Oh, Matt, you shouldn't have.

I thought I'd cheer things up around here.

No, I mean it. I don't like dolly. Let's go sit down.

Moons of three, let there be.

One full moon.

Now the sensor.

Got it.

there's a vacant double wide in their mobile home park in Daytona Beach.

She and Sam want me to go down there.

Oh, that's nice. For how long?

I sold the house.

What? To Michelle Graybar.

I signed the papers and everything. I know I should have shown them to you

first, but I was afraid you would try and stop me.

I don't believe this. Why?

You're getting mad. I want you to promise me that you're not going to get

Mom, you've lived in this house since you and Dad were married.

A cruise.

Six -month global circumnavigation.

It stops in 47 ports in all the major continents. No, wait. I thought you were

talking about Florida.

This trip is for you.

Don't get mad. I'm not getting mad. Wait, what do you mean for me? I can't

it. I can't stand thinking how it's all going to end and you never left town.

You never got married. You never did the things you might have done.

You always said you wanted to travel.

Mom. If I wanted to leave, I would. I'm happy here. You have an easy

disposition, but that doesn't mean you're happy.

When you were a baby, you never cried, but that didn't mean that you weren't

hungry. You just want me to sail off on some boat full of strangers and leave

you and everybody I know.

Yes.

This is crazy.

Sarah Louise called looking for you.

Go, Mackie, go.

There'll be nice women on the boat.

I've got to get to the firehouse.

Have you got your keys?

Yeah, where's my phone?

Is it a moon chunk?

No, the high school.

Oh. Yeah, I'm on my way.

Luke? Are you serious?

Yeah, no.

Yeah, no, I heard the fire horn before.

Okay. Yeah, no, I'm going to call you back. Okay, bye.

Mom!

Hey, Mom!

Alex!

Could you just spend the calories and walk over and tell me what it is in a

normal voice?

Well, I thought you'd like to know the school burn count.

What? Mm -hmm.

With Lydia?

Oh, my God.

Hi, you've reached Lydia.

Leave a little thought.

If I hear her voice and upset me, the phone is in one piece.

No. Oh, sorry.

Lydia Davis, where are you?

Yo. Yeah, so where are you? Come on, it's Lydia. Oh, my God.

Where are you? I've been so worried.

Hold on a second.

Yeah? I'm looking for Lydia Davis.

She's my daughter.

What is it about, officer? Chief, actually. Chief Wojcik. Great.

Wojcik. I'm Milford's new chief of police.

You're the chief of police?

Yeah, well, since the three moons, there's been some staff turnover.

A lot of staff turnover.

It kind of creeps me out a little bit, too. Did you know the school burnt down?

Lydia?

Excuse me, miss.

I'm going to need a statement from you.

You're a person of interest.

So, you admit you were at the school.

I was working on the decorations for the dance, but we all left before there was

any fire.

That was lucky, huh?

So that's your statement?

I guess so.

Well, yeah, sure. I mean, that'll do for now.

The state police are sending in the... What's the thing called? The fire thing.

The arson squad. First thing in the morning.

So they'll sort it all out.

If you left... Before the fire started, how come you didn't bring your books

home? Because I didn't have homework, Alec.

This is the truth, right?

Yes. Look at me.

Yes, it's the truth.

All right.

What did it mean when she called me a person of interest?

I don't think it means you get a trophy.

Hmm.

Let me guess. You're my 9 o 'clock.

Are you Mr.

McIntyre? Yeah.

Go ahead and show yourselves up, and I'll be right back.

Maybe he can't afford a receptionist. Maybe it's just a friendly little lock,

and I don't need a lot of help.

Something smells.

Smells?

There's a dead fish in there.

Apple Danish?

Anyone? Still warm. No, thanks.

Smells good.

Is somebody, like, hurting you or something? A rat. I mean, it's not

but I have a rat in my kitchen in the trap. I mean, it's my fault for setting

the trap. I'm getting exactly what I deserve. I'm a horrible person.

And now it's wiggling and making this awful squeaking noise. Me, me, me! And I

just really want it to stop suffering.

What do you want me to do with it?

Drowning would work for me.

Okay. Uh, yeah.

Since the moods, the rats are really active. I really appreciate this. Oh,

Nice Jeep.

Oh, General Patton driven.

Right. No, really.

Oh, Claire.

Oh, Alex.

You home from college?

Uh, kind of.

You work at Syndec?

Research or computer science.

So what does it mean, a person of interest?

There was a fire.

She was in the vicinity.

She's a person, so they're interested. But she was on her way home when the

started. Is that true? Yes. She was just walking and she saw the flames.

Somebody said they saw a moon chunk flaming down last night. Maybe that

it. Well, if there was a moon chunk, we would have heard about it.

Well, that's just what somebody said.

You haven't been charged.

I don't know.

Officer Wochuk came to our house last night, and does that mean I'm charged?

Why do you think you need an attorney?

You know who we are, right?

Who Lydia's dad is. You know, I think about your husband every time I have a

of coffee.

You do?

Used to be 50 cents, over at the Ruby Red, until your husband came along and

built that... Glass thing up on the hill over there. What do they call it? They

don't call it a building.

Campus. They call it a campus. Campus.

Filled the town with PhDs who don't drink 50 -cent coffee, so, of course,

jacks his price up to two bucks.

Every time I have a cup of coffee over there, I kind of think of you.

Well, we won't waste your time.

You think your daughter's being railroaded? I was hoping you'd tell me

Oh, you think I'd go duck hunting with the judge?

Maybe fix this thing up with a few choice words in the right ear. Is that

works? I don't know how it works. That's why I'm here.

You think you know us, but you don't know us.

And you have a dead fish in your wastebasket.

Martine Williamson says that she and Adrian Edelman were there with you, but

were the one that caused the fire.

Who told you that?

I went mountain biking with the judge this morning.

You burned down their school.

It wasn't an accident. You burned down their school.

You keep saying that. You burned down their school doing witchcraft. Mom, I

trying to help.

We are methodists. What have you done to help? Did you honestly think you could

pull the moons back together?

Not just me. It was millions of Wiccans all over the planet. You burned down

their school.

Our school. That school is why we moved to Milford.

I thought it was the maples in the fall. Don't talk to me about... Maple, these

people blew up in that school.

Now there's no place for their kids to go. You did that to them. I know.

I know this, okay? I know. I'm... Oh, my God.

I'm going to prison.

I am.

It was an accident.

I promise you won't go to prison.

I'm sorry I asked you to do that.

It's really weird.

Oh, you're really sensitive, aren't you? Let me get you a snaffle.

What kind of research?

What? At Thindex, what are you working on? Oh, matrix multiplication, if you've

ever heard of that.

Yeah, I have dreams about matrix multiplication.

You're kidding, right?

VJ Patek, please.

Laura Davis.

You are not a witch.

VJ, it's Laura.

I need a favor.

Carl's not answering. I know you handle this sort of thing.

Lydia may need a lawyer.

I thought you were calling about the email.

What email?

We have Jacobson, Newberry, and Boston. Ask for Joseph Frank. Tell him I told

you to call. And Laura? Yes?

Check your email right away.

No, no, no. You're being dense. If you use a single -threaded processor... Of

course, you get a single -threaded algorithm.

No, I use the fastest algorithm on the net besides N squared as the theoretical

limit. I can tweak it. Right.

No, I can cut the constant by 20%. Oh,

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have done that.

It's just that you're so hot and you're this genius. I mean, you're too good to

be true.

I am.

I'm hot?

No. I mean, I'm sorry. This isn't me.

I mean, since the moon's, I try not to be me now. If I see a guy, I just... But

that isn't me.

Look, forget it.

No, it's okay. You can go on.

Look, look.

I mean, the moon's told me to go, but everything else... Stop, sir. We should

stop. Yeah, let's stop.

I'm sorry. This isn't me.

I love you and the children for who you are and for who

you might still be.

And I know you feel the same about me.

Nobody knew that the dreams of a few college grads 20 years ago would bring

this far.

But the whole research thing has become...

become meaningless in the end.

That was you. How about that?

When I moved out of the house to this yurt, I know you were confused, and so

I.

But my road has found me.

I'm leaving Syntec.

By the time you see this, I'll be on a journey that should take me to the seven

continents to conquer the seven...

Great Pete.

I'm starting with Kilimanjaro.

And I'm only taking the tools of my adventure, which means the rest is

You just call Vijay and he's going to take care of it.

Son of a bitch.

Vijay, what have you done?

You know what I know.

Now I can try and find it, but I can't make him come back.

Even to Carl's standards, this is crazy.

We are a publicly traded company, Laura. If Borg gets out about this, then our

stock, which is already worthless, becomes double worthless.

But Carl said he made provisions for us. Yeah, he gave me this.

He settled all his salary and stock options on you. So we have some

space. More precisely, you're suspended in thin air.

Carl has, shall we say, been removed from reality for some time.

The stock is cross -collateralized to underwater options. You cannot touch

money, which is only money until you buy the options anyway, then it becomes

debt. Carl, bet on your belief.

Well, you're running on empty.

We're going to need as much time as we can to figure this out.

Don't tell anybody that Carl's gone.

My dad worked a lifetime to pay off that house.

And your mom must make that equity work for the one she cares the most about.

You think it's going to do me any good sitting on this floating sea palace

thinking about her in a trailer in Florida?

Let's see where it goes.

Chile, Ecuador, Galapagos, Hong Kong, Taipei, Cape Town.

Just give me back the sale contract. I'll pay you for your trouble.

Everybody in town knows you've always wanted to travel.

Don't make me take you to court.

You wouldn't stand a chance.

Is this what you want on Judgment Day? You want to go out owning Milford at 30

cents on the dollar?

Three things, Mac.

First, I help people live out their dreams.

Your mother's dream is to provide for your happiness.

Second, I have a lot of faith in the government to figure out this moon

And third, despite my church lady appearance, I never go to church.

I'm not the slightest bit afraid of you, the courts, or Judgment Day.

Got that, sweetie?

Funny you stopped by, Mac, because I was going to give you a jingle.

An old friend of yours called last week. She wanted info on local rentals.

Sarah Louise Fecklin.

has agreed to supply the contested pickle.

In exchange, the injured party has agreed to withdraw her complaint.

You're now saying you want to drop this assault charge?

That's right, Your Honor.

Well, were you ever assaulted? The defendant has agreed to apologize.

Yeah. Oh, this whole rip -rap stinks.

Ted, I don't care what kind of deal Max cooked up.

Can you put your hand on that Bible and swear to me you catch up this one?

I'm sorry. I'm not going to have you apologize to anybody in my court.

Page dismissed.

Ted, get the hell out of here.

But that was a binding agreement.

You gunning for contempt.

Next case.

Lydia Davis, please step forward.

You're charged with misdemeanor arson. How do you plead?

I put people in jail for cell phones.

Your Honor, I'm Lydia's mother, and I'm speaking to her attorney. He's coming up

from Boston, and the interstate's backed up. Could we delay for...

Half an hour. Mrs. Davis, I can call you that. You're not a Ms. something or

other. No, Your Honor. I mean, yes, Your Honor, you can call me Mrs.

Good. The world is ending and we don't have time for chit -chat.

Now, justice is at a premium.

Plead your daughter guilty to misdemeanor arson or give her a week in

hall to contemplate the effects of her misdeed. And that will be that.

Your Honor, do we have to decide this now?

Couldn't we just plead not guilty and deal with it later?

Sure you can.

But if and when she loses that one, she'll face a year.

But, Your Honor, that's so unfair.

We are the other girls. Not your concern.

He's saying. No, no, no, madam. This isn't that millionaire show.

You don't get a lifeline call. Could you speak to him, please?

No. Your Honor, Jack.

Matt, we're busy here.

If I might speak on the girl's behalf.

You know these people? Yes.

Yes, I mean, yes. He knows the case, Your Honor.

Can I approach the bench?

He drinks a cup of coffee. He thinks how much he hates us. He doesn't hate us.

He hates everything we stand for.

Okay, here's what he says. You plead guilty to misdemeanor vandalism. In

exchange, you get a two -month suspended sentence and 200 hours of community

service. You can work at the library or the preschool.

Preschool? Great.

She liked kids. You liked kids.

Thank you.

And there's a town hall meeting tonight about the fire where you stand up and

apologize. In front of everybody?

She'll be there.

Thank you. Really. I gotta get going. We'll talk later.

But tonight's Alex's birthday.

Yeah, it's Kate's birthday.

What about Martine and Adrian?

This is so unfair. They sold me out.

I'd rather kill myself than get up in front of everybody.

More cake for us?

Alex, I'm a mystery genius.

You know, your algorithm blew everyone away at work.

I was just checking on the rat situation.

Hey, you must think I'm really weird. I mean, I guess I just planted one on you.

Oh, no, no, no. Not at all.

We'll take it a little slower.

Yeah, sure.

Afternoon, Nell.

Hey, is Arthur around? He's in his editorial office.

Across the street.

any innocence that they have. How are you feeling, Arthur?

I am looking forward to a very fine day.

Is the sun shining?

You know, you might stop by the ledger and cheer up your troops.

I will try to do that before the world ends.

Listen, I got a question for you.

Town doings or town dirt?

What do you know about Michelle Graybar?

A freight train disguised as a woman.

Yeah, well, I'd like to talk about derailment.

So where do you go to college?

Oh, I'm just taking a break, but...

M .I .P.

Oh, I thought so. I mean, M .I .P. or Caltech.

Hey, bananas and yogurt okay?

Yeah, sure.

What's your last name, Alex?

What's yours?

Ling. What a coincidence.

Mine's Ling, too.

Not really.

What is it? Do I have to check your wallet?

It's a patent.

Oh, so that's why you call it the General Patent Chief.

Yeah, my father's not really a general, just a Mr. Mr.

Patent.

Alex Patton.

You have this look.

What look?

This totally hormonal teenager look.

Is that okay?

Sweet.

Mom, I can dig anything. Except getting up in front of the whole town.

You've got to go sooner or later.

Liz, you know what really bothers me?

Burning down the school.

But you like me.

You're old enough now that you do things that you really regret. And if that

happens, I have to know, I need to know that you'll come to me.

It's your duty as a daughter.

It's your duty as a mom not to kill me for it. We can't be honest with each

other. I'm just going to worry the whole time.

Okay, all right.

I'm not looking, I'm not looking. Can we do this cake thing tomorrow? I've got

to go out.

Tomorrow? It's your birthday.

No, I've got a dinner thing.

Mom, is it ready?

No. You should come and support your sister.

Well, your friend can come over for cake after. Well, it's a she, actually.

That's great. So then I know? Um, no, and she's not coming over here. I'm

over there.

She'll understand.

I'll call her parents.

Well, she doesn't have any parents.

What are you talking about? Well, she has her own apartment, and I was

I might stay over.

Stay over?

Mm -hmm.

Alex, you're barely 16 years old.

Well, what difference does that make? We connect.

Who is this person?

Just someone who gets me.

Does she get how old you are? What do you want me to do, wait for some nice,

smart, good -looking girl my age to decide she likes me? We don't have time

that. Alex.

Look, I don't have time.

No.

I'm not going to sit back and watch while you spin out of control. Your

is not a witch, and you are not going to spend the night with some woman in her

apartment. Come on, now, let's go. Mom.

It's from Dad.

Oh, my God.

Carl, I hate you for this. You don't know how to ride this.

I rode dirt bikes last summer.

But this isn't dirt bikes. You'll get killed on this thing.

Oh, shut up, Lydia. Or lose a leg. Oh, could you just shut up?

Life is a great adventure.

Don't hold back.

Follow your road with all your heart. I know we will meet again someday.

I know we will meet again someday. What does that mean?

Mom.

I don't know.

Well, what do you mean you don't know?

I don't know. Okay.

We have to go. What do you mean you don't know?

We're late.

Mom, what is that thing?

Uh, excuse me.

The bike?

Put it in the garage.

Mom, Mom, where is he? What is that saying?

Don't talk to me. Okay.

He's in Africa, I think.

What's he doing in Africa? Why didn't he tell us? He's climbing a mountain and

sticks more in another country.

Is he coming back, Mom?

We'll talk about this later, okay?

Mom's no man. Ask her for the clicker. Is he coming back?

I don't know. I mean... Excuse me.

The garage closed.

Who's a liar now?

Can we just go now?

Please.

We're supposed to do this.

For he's a jolly good fellow.

For he's a jolly good fellow.

For he's a jolly good fellow.

That nobody can deny.

I hate this. I hate you. I know.

We need to talk.

I hope this isn't about your mother's house.

You can't squeeze toothpaste back into the tube.

Is that Angela Fuller?

And you are pointing out someone we both know perfectly well because... Did she

go to visit her mother in Chicago last year?

Poor Roger had to send her for himself.

Did you bring him soup?

No, I did not bring him soup.

You didn't bring him any soup at the Ramada Suites up by the interstate? Hmm,

and what were you two doing out there?

This is not your style, ma 'am. Yeah, well, I'm not looking for style points

where my mother's involved.

Anyway, what do I care?

Oh, you're right, you're right. I wouldn't care that Angela's the head of

Milford Homeowners Association.

Hey, Angela!

All right!

Your mother can have her stupid house, and you can stay in this miserable

gossiping town until you rot.

Thank you.

Sit down, please. Everybody sit down.

We all know why we're here tonight.

School burned down, and we've got to figure out what to do about it. John,

before we begin, I think there's a young person we should hear from.

Lydia Davis, would you like to come forward?

I'm sorry.

I really was trying to help.

But I burnt down the school.

And everybody's in a mess, and everybody's mad at me.

And I'm sorry.

Okay.

Hey, Mom, I'm really sorry.

Sorry isn't good enough.

Fire starter.

I didn't mean to burn it down, okay? It was an accident.

Witch. Can we move on? I'm not a witch. I'm a Wiccan.

Different. It was an accident.

Buy us a new school.

We can't buy you a new school.

We don't have any money.

We don't? What about your Swiss bank account?

There is no Swiss bank account.

Everybody just calm down.

My husband has left.

And everything we had has left with him. But we will do everything that we can

to make this right. We will.

We will carry bricks if we have to.

Come on, come on.

Mike's just always trying to help, all right? She's trying to make things

better. I can't see what this is.

A bunch of grown -ups yelling at a girl who's just had the rug pulled out from

under her whole life. She's old enough to know better.

No,

no, not what we want. Nobody wants that.

I apologize, Lydia, Mrs. David.

I think everyone's just forgetting themselves.

Thank you.

We're all just trying to get it right, aren't we?

That's what I'm doing the best I can.

Just trying to get it right for as long as it lasts.

It's only a balloon chunk breaking up in the atmosphere.

Let's go home, people.

Excuse me, Mrs. Davis.

Yes? If you're broke, you need a job, you are the sort of person my son should

have looking after his office. Well, it's true, Mackie, and I am not cleaning

that fish tank one more time.

That's very kind, but your son's already done enough for us. He really needs

your help.

Tell her, Mackie. I'll find something. I do need help.

My assistant left me to study worms.

You serious?

Absolutely.

Good.

Good.

Hello?

Matt? Is it you?

It's Sarah Louise.

Sarah Louise? Where are you?

God, I can't believe it's you. I'm so excited.

Listen, I was thinking about coming and visiting you. What do you think?

I'm on the road. I'll be there soon.

He's there.