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RADIO ANNOUNCER: Okay, what we're getting now is, yes,

they're saying it was, in fact, a fire that erupted

inside the externaI tank of the ship

exactly 98 seconds after it entered the asteroid fieId.

No one is sure what caused the fire

which Ied to the massive explosion

killing all 1 2 crew members and scientists

aboard the space shuttIe DeIiverance,

taking with them our last and only hope.

Once again, if you're just tuning in,

the CSA space shuttIe DeIiverance

has been destroyed.

The finaI mission to save mankind has faiIed.

The 70-miIe-wide asteroid known commonly as "Matilda"

is set to coIIide with Earth in exactly three weeks' time,

and we'll be bringing you up-to-the-minute coverage

of our countdown to the end of days,

along with all your cIassic rock favorites.

This is Q1 07.2.

(60s POP MUSIC PLAYING)

I think we missed the exit.

...they say the damage to the tower has rendered

aII ceIIuIar telephones useless.

No word yet on how long before water and power

will be shut off altogether.

But we'll be bringing you all the information you need

just as long as we have a Iive feed.

And be sure to stay tuned at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

for the End of the WorId Awareness Concert.

RADIO ANNOUNCER: The human migration continues...

(PEOPLE YELLING)

(HONKING HORN)

SURFER: Sorry, dude! It's okay.

WOMAN: What are you doing?

MAN: Hey, up yours, paI !

(PHONE RINGING) DODGE: I'm sorry, sir,

that's not covered under your current poIicy.

I'm afraid the Armageddon package is extra, yes.

WeII, that protects you and your famiIy

against any sort of apocaIyptic disaster.

Asteroids, obviousIy, pIague, famine, Iocusts. . .

Drawbacks? Um. . .

The premiums are high. . .

(PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)

I'm sorry. . . Can you just hoId on for one moment? Thank you.

(RETCHING)

(SOBBING) So feeI free to wear

your casuaI Friday cIothing pretty much any day of the week.

And since Ted in Human Resources is no Ionger with us,

(WOMAN SOBBING LOUDLY)

I thought I'd Iet you aII know of a few positions in upper management

that have been made avaiIabIe.

So, if anyone wants to be Chief FinanciaI Officer. . .

CFO? Anyone?

Life has no meaning.

ALFRED: Anyone?

I reaIIy think I'm coming down with something.

BICYCLIST: On your right!

On your right, buddy.

On your right!

You couId have toId me that yesterday!

(VACUUM CLEANER WHIRRING)

Linda?

Oh, hi, EIsa.

Hi, Mr. Dodge.

Okay, I finish. Okay.

(GRUNTING)

Me estoy volviendo vieja, Mr. Dodge. I getting oIder. (CHUCKLES)

I didn't mean to rush you off or anything.

Do you have somepIace to be?

I mean, if you want, you couId. . .

I don't know, you couId watch TV here,

or something, whatever you Iike.

Oh, my kids are waiting.

Oh, right. Of course. You have kids.

Listen, EIsa, you don't have to come next week.

Or, you know, ever, if you don't want to. It's okay.

You firing me?

No, no, no. No, I just. . .

Is this because I don't watch TV with you?

(CHUCKLING) No. No. I, uh. . .

I just thought, considering. . .

There's just no need to. . .

Nothing. Forget it. It's fine.

You're out of Windose.

More Windose, got it.

See you next week, Mr. Dodge.

Okay.

I regret my entire Iife.

Okay. Okay.

Bye! Bye, now.

NEWSREADER: Well, it's no longer just the postal service.

CommerciaI airIines have discontinued altogether today.

After much delay, the final flight, piloted by Delta Airlines,

Ieft Chicago Midway at 3:45 Central Time,

touching down in SeattIe at 6:1 5 Pacific.

Private charters have been given military clearance

to use intercontinentaI airspace at their own risk.

And now the traffic report. Amy?

We're fucked, Bob.

NEWSREADER: Thank you, Amy.

Oh, shit.

(SIGHING)

RADIO ANNOUNCER: ...they have yet to make a statement regarding rumors

of a classified space launch for high-ranking government officials,

religious figureheads, and important contributors

to athIetics and entertainment.

They have predicted the exact location of impact,

but the government is refusing to release this information to the public

to avoid creating an even greater sense of panic.

(GASPING)

(DOORBELL CHIMES)

(GASPING) Oh ! You're earIy! Hi.

Aw. Warren toId me about Linda.

Oh, yeah. . .

I am so surprised she didn't do it sooner.

She never reaIIy Iooked happy,

especiaIIy when she was with you.

That's new information.

ReaIIy? Mmm-hmm.

Why do you think she didn't want to have kids?

(GASPS)

Karen AmaIfi is coming aIone tonight.

Don't. Do not.

Do not what?

PIease, Warren. Can we just have a few sober moments tonight?

(CHUCKLING)

This is the Last Supper, Diane.

You think Jesus was sober for his Iast supper?

You think he turned water into Iemonade?

Dodge, a IittIe heIp, pIease.

Uh-uh. No, no, no, no, no. Dodge is my friend.

My friend. Look at this, my friend.

This is a Don Ramon cigar.

This is the hardest cigar in the worId. . .

Can you chop those a IittIe Iouder, pIease?

This is the hardest cigar in the worId to find.

And tonight, I'm going to share one of my Iast 1 3 with you.

How's that sit?

(DOOR SLAMMING)

Hi, Danny.

Hey, can I fix you a drink, son?

Quit ruining my Iife.

DIANE: Good for you, sweetie. Express yourseIf.

Go fuck yourseIf!

I was thinking maybe we shouId set up

Dodge with Karen. Don't you think?

Oh, my God, wiII you stop it?

What?

He doesn't want to get set up with one of your gross friends.

He needs to meet somebody!

No, he doesn't!

Leave him aIone. He is aIone, Iook at him.

I'm fine. No, honey, you're not fine.

You're gonna die aIone. Doesn't that bother you?

He's not gonna die aIone. Yes, he is.

He's not gonna die aIone. He's gonna die with everybody eIse!

(SIGHS) There's just no need to cIing to who's cIosest.

This isn't the fucking Ark, Diane.

This is the Titanic!

(CHUCKLING) And there is not a Iife raft in sight.

(LAUGHING)

(SIGHING) WeIcome aboard.

Dodge, you remember Karen AmaIfi.

HeIIo, good to see you.

Hi. (GIGGLES)

It's everything I never wore.

Ta-da! Mmm !

It's very nice, very shiny.

(CHUCKLES)

You're funny.

Hmm. (BOTH CHUCKLING)

So. . .

(CHILDREN CHATTERING)

WeII. . .

We decided that we wouId use this time to be with famiIy.

First we're gonna go to West Virginia, see my sister

and her husband and the two boys.

Even though we just saw them.

We just saw them.

And then Lacey wants to go to her stepfather's in Aspen

so that she can teII him to fuck off.

And aIso ski !

And ski.

Great! CHIP: Yeah.

Karen?

Oh. (GIGGLING)

Um. . . Hmm.

Okay, weII, I think I'm finaIIy gonna take that pottery cIass.

And. . . WeII, I'm gonna eat whatever I want,

and totaIIy not even care. Just. . .

(ALL CHUCKLING)

Go, girI.

And maybe I'II, um,

be spending a IittIe time with someone speciaI.

(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)

Yeah.

Oh, me? Let's see. . .

What was the question?

(CORK POPPING)

(ALL CHEERING)

WOMAN: Qué será, será!

We're gonna ski first, and then she's gonna teII. . .

WARREN: Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!

Fight through the burn, fight through the burn ! Fight through the burn !

(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)

Yes!

Winner's wine!

(CHUCKLING DRUNKENLY)

Hey, Dodge! Hey, Roache.

Dodger! I'm gonna miss you, man. Gonna miss you. . .

Oh, boy. It's the fucking WiId West, you know?

Is it? Come on.

SingIe guys Iike us, I mean, we gotta grab this thing, you know?

Because it is a different worId now.

It's a different worId.

Okay. We gotta. . . You know?

No, I don't. I don't. . .

I don't. . . You don't? Dude,

the sky is faIIing.

The sky is faIIing.

(SINGING) And it's raining pussy!

(VOCALIZING)

lt's raining pussy

Dude, ever since DeIiverance, man,

I've been with a different girI every day.

And they don't care about getting pregnant.

They don't care about diseases,

or are you gonna caII them back,

or can you provide for them,

or do you have a smaII dick,

or are you reIated. AII right?

And it's Iike the apocaIypse. . .

The apocaIypse has IeveIed the fieId, man.

Oh, my God. Do you want to doubIe-stuff that cookie?

(SINGSONG) Do you want to doubIe-stuff that cookie with me?

Two chefs in the kitchen

We're double-stuffing the cookie Dodge and Roache

You guys, Iook! Sarah and Dave brought heroin.

It's time. Bucket Iist! Bucket Iist!

Wait, where's Lacey? Let Lacey do it, she's a dentaI assistant.

I'II do it. Yeah, you do it, Lace.

ROACHE: Here we go.

DIANE: Oh, don't grab, Roache.

Let's watch her, Iet's everyone watch her do it.

ROACHE: Put some Radiohead on.

I want to do heroin to Radiohead.

WARREN: Yeah ! Yeah ! (GIRL CHEERING)

This is dynamite! Everybody, run !

I'm kidding ! It's not.

It can't hurt you unIess you get about this cIose to it.

(FIREWORKS WHISTLING IN DISTANCE)

Are you hiding?

Yes.

You don't have to do heroin if you don't want to, sweetie.

Look, I tried.

I just can't spend the Iast month of my Iife getting to know someone.

It's ridicuIous.

You don't Iike Karen?

I couIdn't possibIy give a shit.

I'm not gonna sit across from someone and hear aII their stories,

even if she was someone I couId be interested in,

because I just. . .

I'm not sure that the month between my wife Ieaving me

and the end of the worId sounds Iike good timing. Do you?

What. . . Hey. . . What are you doing? What are you doing?

What?

What? What?

You're Warren's.

No, I'm not.

Nobody's anybody's anything anymore.

Why did Linda get to disappear?

Why does everybody eIse get to do what they want?

I don't know what I want.

You can't run from this, Dodge.

(SIGHING)

(PLAYING FOLK MUSIC)

(INAUDIBLE)

HeIIo?

(SOBBING SOFTLY)

You okay?

(SNIFFLING) No.

How couId I be so stupid?

I don't know. I don't know you very weII.

I'm never gonna see my famiIy again.

I missed the pIanes, aII of them.

I mean, God, it's the end of the worId and I'm stiII 1 5 minutes Iate.

I can hear my father say it now. I can hear him say,

"FIaky and irresponsibIe," and he's right.

How couId I do this? I put my energy in the wrong pIaces,

I give my time to the wrong peopIe.

I mean, when I think of aII the. . .

AII the hoIidays I didn't spend with my mum and dad

to be with some guy I used to know.

WouId you Iike to come in?

I won't steaI anything if you don't rape me.

Agreed.

My name's Penny.

I'm Dodge.

How Iong have you Iived here?

Three years. You?

I just broke up with someone.

Oh, I'm sorry.

No, I mean. . .

You know, it was buiIding to this.

He's just taking the night to cIear out his stuff.

I mean, it's aIways better to sIeep on the fire escape

than have pity sex, I aIways say.

Mmm.

What's that?

What? Oh, that is cough syrup with codeine.

SpIash of vodka. Can I have a sip?

ActuaIIy, I'm feeIing a IittIe. . .

Mmm.

You want some weed?

Hmm?

Oh, no, thank you.

It's the onIy thing that sends me to sIeep

and the onIy thing that wakes me up again.

(CHUCKLING) I mean, seriousIy,

I've got a wicked case of hypersomnia.

I mean, I couId sIeep through the apocaIypse.

Who's the girI? Who?

Oh. That's OIivia.

Is she the one that got away?

WeII, they aII got away, but she was the first, yeah.

Are you gonna go and get her back?

I'm sure she has enough on her pIate.

(CHUCKLES)

And what is it about the end of the worId

that brings them aII out of the woodwork?

(COMMENTATOR SHOUTS EXCITEDLY)

(SIGHING)

COMMENTATOR 1 : (ON TV) ...there he's got it.

COMMENTATOR 2: (CHUCKLING) Yeah. He changed his mind, as he...

(CROWD CHEERING)

...doing a terrific job of cutting him off.

Now coming from behind,

he's got him around the shouIders, and down goes...

(CROWD CHEERING)

(VACUUM CLEANER WHIRRING LOUDLY)

(SNORING SOFTLY)

(PLAYING HARMONICA LOUDLY)

(GROANS SOFTLY)

(GASPS)

Oh.

(SIGHS)

I'm ready to go downstairs now.

Oh?

Wait here a tick.

Okay.

He's gone. Took my Pet Sounds with him. I shouId've seen that coming.

Mmm.

So. . .

What are you doing with the rest of your Iife?

Oh, um. . .

LittIe of this, IittIe of that.

ProbabIy catching up on some "me" time.

Find God.

Maybe move around some chairs.

(CHUCKLES)

WeII, maybe I'II run into you at a support group

or an orgy or something.

Yeah, that sounds nice.

Uh. . .

What's that?

That's your maiI.

Why do you have it?

Oh, you know how the maiIman wouId sometimes put the maiI

in the wrong box? Uh-huh.

WeII, over time, say Iike. . . WeII, three years, I mean, it. . .

(CHUCKLES) God, it reaIIy adds up, doesn't it?

Isn't it funny? I mean, how we've Iived

so cIose and we've never said hi.

Oh, but I did meet your roommate a few times.

My roommate? You mean Linda?

Linda. Linda, right. And her boyfriend, what was his name?

Oh, God, they seemed so happy together. What was his name?

I haven't seen them in a whiIe. Are they aII right?

What was his name again?

(WHISPERING) I forget.

(SCANNER BEEPS)

$8.50.

(YELLING)

Come on.

(DODGE COLLAPSING)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(BELLS JINGLING SOFTLY)

BOY: Give it to me! I'II hit it!

MAN: Fuck, yeah ! Hit it!

(GLASS BREAKING)

What started as a few individuals acting out

has quickly escalated into a massive riot

sweeping through the streets of downtown.

If we couId show the live footage, Dory?

Dory?

You see people using every available weapon,

looting, smashing windows,

setting fires, and in some cases, attacking one another.

With the Iack of police presence,

we are seeing people with nothing left to lose.

They appear to be moving off Main Street

and heading towards Division Avenue,

where residences and businesses are more at risk.

And perhaps it's only a matter of time

before the city is too dangerous to inhabit.

Oh, my God.

(CROWD CLAMORING)

Oh, God.

(FIRE ALARM BEEPING)

(PEOPLE YELLING)

Oh, God.

Okay. Okay.

Oh, Sorry. Okay. Good, Sorry. Here we go.

Come on.

Penny?

Penny! Penny?

Penny! Who the fuck are you?

(EXCLAIMS IN SHOCK) Oh, shit! I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm Dodge, I Iive upstairs.

I've never seen you before.

We've run into each other a few times, but that's not. . .

I'm pretty good with faces.

Anyway. . . ObviousIy, there's a riot going on.

Maybe you heard the screaming, smeIIed the burning.

If you couId just wake up Penny,

I think we shouId get out of the buiIding as soon as possibIe.

Jesus.

You're fucking her, aren't you?

What? No. . . What? No, I'm. . .

No. I'm not.

(SOBBING) Oh, I knew it!

(SOFTLY) I knew it.

Fuck! I knew it!

Ow! Ow! Ow!

Shit!

(CONTINUES GROANING) Okay, aII right.

Penny! Come on, here we go. Wake up.

DODGE: There you go.

Hey! I decide when Penny wakes up!

This isn't what it Iooks Iike.

I broke my hand, baby.

I hope you're happy. It's my guitar hand. (INHALING SHARPLY)

Aren't they both your guitar hands?

Penny, there's a smaII riot brewing and we need to go, right now!

She's not going anywhere with you. . .

WouId you pIease just stop?

We aII need to go! Come on ! Here we go! Here we go, guys! Come on !

My hand ! My gift. WiII you just Iook at it? I broke it.

(PENNY MUMBLING) OWEN: This is the guy?

I can't beIieve you want this creep instead of me.

Hey! Hey! I'm not kidding ! Let's do it!

Oh, he's oId !

He's not even good-Iooking. What, do you have a job?

Mister Job? Owen !

I toId you there wasn't anybody eIse. Oh, shit, my records.

So you broke up with me for nobody?

Do you not see how that's worse?

We don't have time for this.

Scott WaIker, WiIco. . . John CaIe!

Hey, that's my CaIe.

We don't have time for any of this, guys!

Goodbye, friends!

DODGE: Come on.

Give me that CaIe.

DODGE: Okay, here we go.

PENNY: I'II drive.

AII right, aII right. OWEN: Hey!

Watch out for my hand.

Here we go.

I can't beIieve you're breaking up with me now.

It's the worst timing for me, ever!

We didn't get back together.

What do you caII Iast night? Nothing happened !

Since when is snuggIing nothing?

Shit. I thought it was right there.

You don't remember where you parked?

No, it was. . . It was on. . .

It was on 1 st and 9th. Fuck, maybe it was 1 0th and 2nd?

This way. It couId have been 3rd. . .

It was definiteIy one of those combinations.

OWEN: I'm the asshoIe, right? Everything's my fauIt?

DODGE: Can we just concentrate on finding the car?

No, Owen, it's not about that.

I'm just saying that we're not a match.

I mean, isn't it better we find out now, rather than Iater?

No!

What do you mean, not souI mates?

I Iove you. I want to take care of you.

(GUNSHOTS) (OWEN SCREAMING)

Just get. . . (GUNSHOTS CONTINUE)

Penny, Iet's go, come on !

Owen? Come on !

(MEN SHOUTING ANGRILY)

You okay? Come on ! Go for the car.

There it is!

OWEN: Is this because you pay my rent?

Because I had to swaIIow a Iot of pride to Iet you do that.

Get in the car, Owen.

I'm not Ieaving the city.

WeII, it's my car.

Oh, that's right, I don't have a car.

Throw that in my face whiIe you're at it.

They're right on top of us!

(MOCKING) "They're right on top of us!"

WouId you get out and heIp? I'II do it!

No, no, no. No, no, no. I'II do it.

Just. . .

Oh, God, there's a guy. There's a guy right there!

Cut the wheeI ! Cut it!

What are you doing? Cut the wheeI !

I'm. . . Cut the wheeI !

Fire! Fire! There's fire!

OWEN: You're not cutting at aII !

(TIRES SCREECHING) Are you freaking bIind?

God, here they come!

What is wrong with you?

(GROANS IN FRUSTRATION)

Hey! Hey! I know a guy with a pIane.

If you drive me to where I need to go, I can get you to your famiIy.

HeIIo? Cut the wheeI !

(ENGINE REVS)

That's it. Now come forward a IittIe bit.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Ah, he'II be fine!

Hey!

(CAR ALARMS BLARING) (PEOPLE CLAMORING)

So teII me about this pIane.

You know, hybrid cars don't need as much gas.

Yes. They stiII need a IittIe gas, don't they?

No, I'm just saying, you don't have to fiII them up as much.

Does this mean we're not going to the pIane?

Look, maybe you shouId just forget about the pIane.

I Ieft Owen in the middIe of a riot.

He used you as a human shieId, Penny.

You don't even know him.

Look, you're the one who woke me up in the middIe of the night,

dragged me out of bed. . . You're right.

I don't know why I bothered saving your Iife, after you ruined mine.

What is that supposed to mean?

What? What is that?

WeII, you know how sometimes the maiIman

wouId put the maiI in the wrong box?

WeII, sometimes, the girI that you never got over

sends you a Ietter.

That's from the girI? (GASPS) My God.

Oh, my God ! That's great, right?

Yeah, it's pretty good.

What wouId be great is if I couId caII her from a reguIar phone,

or I couId just hop on a train to wherever,

or not die in the outer suburbs.

But instead, I am on the scenic route

to the guiIIotine with you, and you.

She couId be at the fucking pyramids by now.

She couId have bIown her head off, and I wouIdn't know,

because I didn't get this

three annoying months ago!

Oh.

Now I feeI bad.

(STAMMERING) Fuck. Look, guiIt isn't a feeIing

that I'm comfortabIe with.

WeII, fortunateIy you won't have Iong to Iive with it.

(CAR APPROACHING)

What are you doing?

Penny, this reaIIy doesn't invoIve you.

I said I was gonna get you there, I'm gonna get you there, so. . .

Where was the Iast pIace you saw her?

Where was she 1 8 years ago?

Look, you don't need to spend the Iast few days of your Iife

with a totaI stranger.

You're not a totaI stranger, and these aren't my Iast days.

Oh, you're a survivaIist.

No, I'm not a survivaIist. I'm an optimist.

HeIIo! You having some troubIe?

Do you know where the nearest gas station is?

Yeah, but dieseI is aII they got Ieft. Where you headed?

Where we headed, Dodge?

Somerset.

Somerset. Wherever that is.

I think HuntsviIIe might be as far as I'm going.

Great! Thank you !

GLEN: So, what's your piIgrimage?

Because everybody's headed somewhere.

WeII, I'm going to see my famiIy, and he's. . .

He's Iooking for someone.

Who is it you're Iooking for?

His high schooI sweetheart.

Is that right?

WeII, there's no greater search

than that of Iost Iove, I'II give you that.

You married? No, darIing,

I never did waIk the pIank. There was a speciaI Iady.

My Rita passed seven years back.

You know, it's aII about who you Iay down with

when the Iights go out.

Takes Ionger than it shouId to figure that part.

Truth is, it's nice to have some company for a change.

Even strangers.

Why don't you teII us your Iife story?

Then we won't be strangers anymore.

GLEN: Yeah?

WeII, sure. Let's see. I was born in. . .

Wait a minute. I shouId probabIy teII Daddy's Iife story first,

so there's some context. Okay.

Uptime? Groovy!

Yeah. Daddy was born in Skokie, IIIinois.

And his dad was born in Okie. Used to catch bass.

So they run a bunch of tests

and they aII come back with the same bad news.

Doctors give me six months to Iive.

Then I go home, turn on the TV, and they say three weeks.

If you ask me, a man is not supposed to know when his time is up,

it's not naturaI.

That's when you find yourseIf renting a gun and buying a buIIet.

But that ain't no way into heaven.

Isn't that right, Dodge?

Hmm?

No, I guess not.

I'm gonna go drain the snake.

You wanna join me?

No, thanks, I'm good.

Okay, what a fucking weirdo.

(CLICKS TONGUE) I think he's souIfuI.

Who drives around with shoveIs? I don't trust him.

GIen? What? He toId us his Iife story.

Yes, and thank you for that, by the way.

Do you know, if you actuaIIy Iistened, you might Iearn something.

(SORRY WHIMPERING)

Sorry needs to go out.

I'II go. I wiII take him.

I'm gonna take him for a sniff. Don't go anywhere.

(SIGHING)

I knew it as soon as I saw you.

That detached Iook in your eyes. That vague way about you.

You aImost had me fooIed with that Iine

about your high schooI girIfriend.

I'm sorry, I don't. . .

Don't be sorry, son.

Just kiII me quickIy.

What?

WeII, I thought we couId do it in that nice fieId,

but if you're gonna shoot me in the back, then Iet's get it over with.

Shoot you? I don't. . . Are we stiII speaking metaphoricaIIy?

WeII, what's it gonna be, then? Knife? Piano wire?

Okay, you know what? She's gonna be back any second.

Don't teII me they sent a girI to do a man's job.

I specificaIIy requested a maIe!

UnIess you're some sort of team ! Is that how this works?

Okay, you know what? I don't think I am who you think I am.

WeII, that's a reIief.

Because I was afraid I couId fight you off!

(CONTINUES LAUGHING)

You know, Dodge, when a man. . .

(GASPING) (GUNSHOT ECHOING)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

PENNY: Dodge? GIen?

Oh, my God.

GIen's dead.

Are you okay? Did you get the pIates?

PENNY: "When a man. . ."

"When a man. . ." What do you think he was trying to say?

I don't know, Penny.

"When a man. . ."

Loves a woman?

"When a man. . ." Is a trucker?

The man. . .

The man committed suicide via homicide

two weeks before the apocaIypse.

I'm not reaIIy concerned with any Road Warriorwisdom

I may have missed out on. Okay?

AII right.

I'II drive. Do you have the keys?

Oh. . .

Okay.

(SIGHING) Okay.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)

You'd think a Iifetime of waiting for the worst to happen

wouId have prepared me for this.

How couId anyone prepare for this?

I aIways knew. I aIways knew it'd be over too soon.

I never saw myseIf as an oId man.

ReaIIy?

I thought I was gonna Iive forever. Was totaIIy gonna peak at 40.

WeII, I hear 30 is the new 40.

(LAUGHS)

LuckiIy, I'm getting my mid-Iife crisis in just under the wire.

She must be reaIIy speciaI, huh? OIivia?

To want to find her after so much time.

She was, yeah.

So why did you break up?

We were young. We were not fuIIy formed beings yet.

Life just took us in different directions.

She dumped you?

Yes. (CHUCKLING)

What about you?

What about me?

Who's the one that got away?

I am, thank God.

I don't mean I'm anything speciaI, I just. . .

I'm gIad that part of my Iife's over with, you know? ReIationships.

I thought you weren't cynicaI.

I'm not cynicaI. I'm. . .

I'm cIinicaI.

I am a recovering seriaI monogamist.

Sounds very serious.

Very serious.

I went to this therapist who toId me

that I had probIems being aIone.

But then, I mean, she wanted to see me five times a week,

so you teII me who had the reaI probIem.

You know, if the end of the worId has taught me anything,

it's that I'm finaIIy getting my. . .

Oh, my God.

Is that a Friendsy's? (GASPS)

I wouId kiII for a pint.

(UPBEAT POP MUSIC PLAYING)

Hi, weIcome to Friendsy's, where everyone's your friend !

Hi ! Hi !

(BOTH CHUCKLING)

Two for dinner? Yeah !

Look at this IittIe guy.

Is this okay?

Oh, yeah ! Everyone's weIcome, yeah.

Dude brought in a woIf Iast week. It's crazy!

Come on in !

Okay.

Taquitos!

MAN: Yeah, three orders.

I can't beIieve you guys are stiII open.

Yeah, we thought about cIosing up shop,

but then we reaIized this is reaIIy our famiIy, you know?

In fact, the tragedy has brought us cIoser. Some of us too cIose.

That's impossibIe. (BOTTLE SHATTERING)

And under new management, it's a Iot Iess corporate.

Right, Steven? (SLAPS BUTTOCKS)

Right. I hope a booth is okay.

Yeah, it's. . .

We burned aII the chairs in a bonfire.

I'm gonna pass you off to Katie, okay?

You're in warm hands with her. My skin feeIs great!

Thanks, Darcy. Isn't he incredibIe?

Hi, I'm Katie.

Can you sIide over, pIease?

Yeah.

Can I touch your hair? Yeah.

Oh, it's so soft. Thank you.

Can I get you guys something to wet your whistIe?

Everything's awesome!

How are your mudsIides? Fucking awesome!

(GASPING) Can we get two mudsIides? Yes.

Thank you.

Do you guys wanna know the speciaIs?

Because these guys are getting reaIIy creative.

(CHUCKLES) No, just the mudsIides.

Okay! Gotcha. Guys, I'm roIIing pretty hard right now,

but if you two keep it super positive,

I wiII bring you those M-sIides.

And maybe an order of spin-dip for the tabIe.

That is amazing ! And you know what, it's his birthday today.

Why didn't you teII me that? Happy birthday!

(CHUCKLES) Thank you. (KATIE BLOWS WHISTLE)

(PEOPLE CHEERING) Wow.

I reaIIy hope you're having a good time.

Yeah, I am having fun.

I think that this pIace is some sort of cuIt

and we probabIy shouIdn't eat anything.

Oh, you're crazy. This is amazing.

Look, peopIe are sitting down together, everybody's happy. Hey!

There's a conga Iine. Just Iike. . .

This is a piece of American history. It's a human Iandmark.

It's a shout-out to the man upstairs to say. . . Oh !

(SNIFFS) I smeII weed. Excuse me! I smeII weed.

Yeah, it's right this way. Conga your way to a great time!

(DANCE MUSIC BLARING)

(LAUGHING)

Is it good?

This bun is a donut.

(LAUGHING)

It's exactIy what you think a burger

with a donut bun wouId taste Iike.

Mmm !

What did you do?

When?

You know, before, Iike, as a Iiving.

I soId insurance.

(LAUGHING)

That's. . .

Oh. Oh !

Oh, you're serious. Yes, I am.

Oh. Oh !

Okay. How does. . . How does somebody get into that fieId?

You dare to dream, Penny. (CHUCKLING)

I don't know, you. . .

I guess you start with aII of your chiIdhood fantasies

of being a fireman

or an athIete or whatever.

And then eventuaIIy reaIity hits,

and you reaIize that, reaIIy, aII you want

is to have a desk somewhere with your name on it.

But why insurance?

I didn't Iike Iaw,

and the economy was headed in one direction.

I'm the type of person, I just. . .

I feeI more comfortabIe with a safety net.

Whoops. Mmm-hmm.

(CHUCKLING)

(CHUCKLING) Yeah.

So, go on. How do you know a man with a pIane?

I don't know him. I said I knew him.

I know, I know. I'm not getting my hopes up. I'm just. . .

I'm just reaIIy excited.

ObviousIy.

(STAFF SINGING) ...with the Friendsy's family

lt's your very last birthday

Happy birthday!

There'II never be another

So teII aII your sisters and brothers

lt's your very last birthday

(ALL CHEERING)

Happy birthday! Ooh !

(CHUCKLING) Oh !

Okay. . .

That's. . . AII right.

Hi, buddy. Hi, there.

Can I join in?

Look, I don't wanna be rude, but. . .

Oh, God !

Yeah, we shouId go. We shouId go.

Okay. Sorry.

Here's some money.

Oh ! AII right. Come on, Iet's go.

AII right, see you soon ! Okay, have a good night.

Let's get these off.

(PENNY LAUGHING)

(LAUGHING) They were. . .

(BOTH LAUGH)

(GROANING) Oh, God.

(BREATHING HEAVILY) Dodge, I want you to be my Iast.

That's a Iot of pressure.

(GIGGLING)

(POP MUSIC ON RADIO)

(EXHALES)

Listen, I. . .

Sorry, you go first.

I wasn't saying anything.

It's just. . .

I think I got a IittIe carried away before with

the mudsIides and the orgy,

and, you know, obviousIy, things are very compIicated right now.

What are you doing?

I just want you to know that I. . .

I wasn't trying to take advantage.

ObviousIy, you're very young. What are you, Iike 30? 31 ?

Twenty-eight. Oh, God. Oh !

God, you try to be a good person. . .

ReIax, Dodge. It was. . .

It was end-of-the-worId sex. It was creature comfort.

WeII. . . If anything, it was my fauIt.

You didn't do anything.

I think I did some things.

It isn't gonna happen again, I promise.

You've got OIivia, I've got my famiIy.

You know, we both have more important pIaces to be.

Just. . . A IittIe sex. It was bound to happen,

Iet's not make a big deaI out of it.

I dated someone from Camden.

Listen, Penny, it. . .

(SIREN WARBLING)

I don't understand.

What is he doing?

I guess he's. . . Is he trying to puII us over?

(LAUGHING) Oh, come on. He can't be serious.

How fast are you going?

Who gives a shit?

Why aren't you sIowing down?

I think we can take him.

Oh. Hey! Hey! Hey! SIow down !

What are you doing? What are you doing?

SIow down ! PuII the car over. Come on.

Don't you think that he must have better things to do?

Penny, puII the car over.

Jesus, what's he gonna do, shoot us?

There's a very reaI possibiIity he couId shoot us, yes!

AII right! AII right! Let's puII it over.

AII right! God, but. . .

But I shouId warn you, my dad's ex-miIitary

and he says I have a reaIIy serious probIem with authority.

Put that away, pIease. Give that. Mmm, mmm.

No, it's aII I've got Ieft

and I'm trying to ration it. Come on.

(WHISPERING) What do I do with it?

Oh, just. . . Just put it in your mouth.

(SIZZLING) (EXCLAIMS)

(COUGHING)

That was stiII Iit.

(CONTINUES COUGHING)

HeIIo, Officer, what seems to be the probIem?

WeII, for starters,

you're driving about 1 5 miIes an hour over the speed Iimit.

ReaIIy? Huh. (RETCHING)

I thought I was making better time than that.

And you know, you got a taiI Iight out.

No. Yeah.

AIso, your pIates expired about a month ago.

Go on.

(STAMMERING) Um, that's it. That's everything.

Those three things.

WeII, why don't you write us out

any number of expensive, time-sensitive tickets,

and we'II be on our way?

I need some identification.

Of course. My name is Penny,

and this is Dodge.

(HOARSELY) Hi.

Okay. License and registration.

WeII, you see, that's where we've got a probIem,

because I didn't get a chance to retrieve my identification

before fIeeing my home during a deadIy riot.

However, we were fortunate enough

to hitch a ride with a very nice trucker,

who, turns out, had hired a hit man to assist him in a suicide,

thus bestowing us with this. . .

This beautifuI mode of transportation.

So, the answer is no, no Iicense or registration here.

However, given the current situation with the. . .

(WHISTLES)

CouIdn't you find it in your heart

to set aside the Iaw just this once

and Iet us on our way, so that I can give my friend here

a fighting chance of being with the one he Ioves

before we aII reach our untimeIy concIusion?

No.

(CAMERA SNAPPING)

AII right.

Oh, excuse me, do we get a phone caII?

No, phones are dead.

Okay.

Have fun.

Oh ! HeIIo? What are you in for?

Disturbing the peace.

(CHUCKLING) BriIIiant.

WeII, might as weII get comfortabIe.

This is as good a pIace to die as any.

I ruined your Iife.

No, you didn't.

(VOICE BREAKING) Oh, yes, I did.

(SOBBING) I ruined my Iife, and I took you down with me.

I was a terribIe neighbor, and I'm a. . .

I'm an awfuI daughter.

(GENTLY) Hey. Hey.

(SOBBING)

Shh.

DODGE: Look at him.

Sound asIeep in his sandwich board. You know why?

'Cause he aIways knew the end was near.

And he's currentIy not surprised.

You are Iooking at a vindicated man.

How come you're not with your famiIy?

I don't reaIIy have any.

What do you mean?

My mother passed away,

and my father drove away a Iong time ago.

My wife recentIy ran away, as fast as any human woman couId.

It onIy took Armageddon to give her the courage.

Which is ironic, because

(LAUGHS)

being afraid of dying aIone is why I got married in the first pIace.

Your roommate was your wife.

My wife was my roommate.

ShouId have Iistened to my mother.

Even after she got sick, she aIways made the most sense.

You wouId have Iiked her.

She wouId have Iiked you, too.

You think so?

She died aIone.

Guess it doesn't matter now.

How Iong since you've seen your dad?

Um. . .

Twenty-five years?

Twenty-five years? Wow.

WeII, don't you have anything to say to him?

Nothing good.

WeII, what about OIivia?

We were together on and off for ten years.

She wanted to get married. I didn't puII the trigger.

Somebody eIse did.

And then I met Linda, and the rest is aImost history.

What did she say, OIivia, in her Ietter?

She said she and her husband had gotten divorced,

and that she had a 6-year-oId son named Marcus,

and she asked about my parents,

and she said she missed me.

You know, garden-variety "end of the worId" mumbo jumbo.

I did ruin your Iife.

No, you didn't.

I had a reaIIy Iong head start.

(CHUCKLES)

Oh, man, I don't feeI good.

Is that the weed kicking in?

What does it feeI Iike?

FeeIs Iike I'm faIIing off a cIiff

with a bomb strapped to my chest.

WeII, that couId be anything.

(PLAYING SOFTLY ON HARMONICA)

(DOOR OPENING)

(SLAMS DOOR)

Damn it, WaIIy!

There you go. Look who's here. Look who's here.

Hey, hey, hey. Come here.

There you go.

WeII, sorry, foIks,

but WaIIy's been taking the quota pretty serious these days,

and I'm afraid that. . .

WeII, your truck was impounded.

Is there some pIace I can drop you foIks?

Uh, DeIaware.

(SIGHING) Yeah. . . No.

How far is it to Camden?

RADIO ANNOUNCER: No matter where the impact occurs,

it wiII create a firestorm that will wipe out all life.

Thank you !

So how Iong were you with this guy?

TotaI?

Nine months, pIus six more.

How do you know he's going to be here?

(CLATTERING)

He's aIways here.

(R&B MUSIC PLAYING)

There he is.

Penny.

Hey, Speck.

Oh, my goodness.

(PENNY GIGGLES)

(SIGHS) I knew you'd come back.

No, I'm not back. I. . .

We were just in the neighborhood.

I haven't seen this girI in 1 2 months

and she's just in the neighborhood.

Lance CorporaI James Speck.

Speck, this is Dodge. . .

Lieutenant CoIoneI Dodge Petersen.

Look, we're in a bit of a pickIe,

and I was hoping that you couId heIp us out.

HeIping you out of a pickIe shouId be my middIe name.

Na-hah !

Come on. Bring your IittIe amigo.

You have to Ieave the dog up top.

Mom just vacuumed the bomb sheIter.

Come on, I'II show you the digs.

FeIIas.

Hey.

That's Entertainment.

(VIDEO GAME SOUNDS) (MEN CHATTERING)

Sports and Recreation.

And if nature caIIs. . .

Hey.

Wow.

As you can see, we have enough rations

to Iive down here comfortabIy for a good six months.

These waIIs are 1 2 inches of pure titanium.

(KNOCKS) Yeah, I was going to say 1 1 .

Resurfacing won't be that easy.

The worId wiII need a strong Ieader.

Is that a sateIIite phone?

It is. You want to caII your foIks?

What?

Yeah, I was taIking to your dad the other day.

What time is it across the pond, 1 600?

I don't know.

(DIALING)

(VOICE TREMBLING) Mum?

It's me.

Yeah, yeah, no, no, no. I'm fine. We got out.

(SNIFFLES)

Uh, me and a friend.

Yeah, he is.

Hi, Dad.

I miss you Iike crazy.

TeII me everything. How's the garden? Is everyone there?

Is that Benny? Yeah, yeah. Put him on.

(LAUGHING)

Oh, you twat. (LAUGHS)

No. You're mentaI.

(LAUGHING)

Oh, my God.

Oh, I hear the baby.

Is that my niece?

(SOFTLY) Yeah.

She sounds beautifuI.

What did you name her?

(STIFLES SOB)

(REGGAE MUSIC PLAYING)

You have a Iot of guns and a Iot of potato chips.

Yeah, gotta be safe.

So how Iong you known our Penny?

About a week.

(CHUCKLES)

Give or take.

So what's your pitch?

My pitch?

'Cause Iet me teII you something about that girI.

She may be a romantic on the outside,

but on the inside she's aII survivor.

And she knows her best chance of survivaI

is sitting right here, and I'm taIking about me.

Can we restart civiIization without her?

Sure.

But she deserves to be one of the top quaIity femaIes in contention.

There's no room for you, dude.

That's okay.

Got a pretty good Iead on a schooI desk.

SPECK: There she is.

Uh, we shouId go.

I thought you were staying.

I promised I'd take him somewhere. Can we. . .

Can we borrow one from the fIeet?

Are you sure you don't want a faIIout tabIet for the road?

That's okay, thanks.

(SIGHS) The car's a Ioan, Penny.

I want to see it back here with you in it.

Thank you.

For everything.

I shouId have married you.

When?

When you wouId've said yes.

Dodgy-Dodge.

Keep her out of troubIe.

(SIGHS SOFTLY)

You okay?

They sounded good.

They sounded reaIIy good.

(ENGINE STARTS)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

My dry cIeaner.

(GASPS) MeatbaII subs at Zuzu's. Mmm.

Mmm. . . Mmm-hmm. Uh. . .

Ducks pond in the summertime.

Mmm, riding the subway.

Oh, you Iost me there. Nobody misses the subway.

No, I did some of my best peopIe-watching on the subway.

Huh.

How about things that we are not going to miss?

Like going to the dentist.

Oh ! Dr. Hoberman.

(LAUGHS) Oh, my God. Oh.

Dr. Hoberman.

(CHUCKLES)

(ENGINE STOPS)

(EXHALES)

That's it. Wow.

I cannot teII you how many hours I spent out here

obsessing over that window.

Which window?

Right there.

That's a good window.

(SIGHS) I don't think anybody's home.

Oh, come on, we have to try.

(SIGHS) I'II be right here if you need me.

(SIGHS)

(EXHALES)

(KNOCKING)

Nobody's home.

Try the knob.

(RATTLING TENTATIVELY)

You know what, she's definiteIy not here.

WeII, we've driven aII this way

and it has definiteIy not been in vain.

You know what? I think there's a hide-a-key.

Okay, here we. . .

(GLASS SHATTERING)

Go.

DODGE: You are insane.

(WHISPERING) Come on.

Looks the same. SmeIIs the same.

So what are we Iooking for?

Something with an address, I guess.

Oh, my God !

What? What?

We have exactIy the same waIIpaper in our kitchen !

(SIGHS) Don't do that, pIease.

Isn't that wiId?

Aw!

Oh ! Wow. (SIGHING) Okay.

Oh. Oh, I Iove this house.

Wow. And I can make something with this.

I'II go check the bedrooms.

Yeah, we used to break into peopIe's houses when we were kids,

me and my brothers.

I mean, we wouIdn't steaI anything.

We'd just eat their ice cream and watch cabIe.

(LAUGHING) Then this one time, Benny,

who must've been about, Iike, seven,

he took off aII his cIothes

and he got onto this oId man's exercise bike. . .

Um, Penny? (LAUGHING)

(GASPS)

(EASY LISTENING MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)

(GRUNTS)

(CHUCKLES) Oh, wow. How Iong was I out?

CoupIe of hours. Think you needed it.

WeII, I've Iost a third of my Iife to sIeep,

what's another coupIe of hours?

Can you grab the wine?

Yeah.

DODGE: Okay, so expIain this to me. Mmm-hmm.

You picked the tomatoes, you made the sauce.

You went out and harvested the wheat.

Yes, I harvested the wheat.

That was actuaIIy good.

I don't know. It was the best I couId do,

but just imagine a big juicy ham instead of the canned beets.

Mmm. Perfect.

Aw.

How couId anyone abandon this face?

Look at that IittIe face.

Look, Iook, he's got bits of gray in his beard.

HighIights.

(CHUCKLING)

What'd you do? Before.

I think you couId say that I dabbIed.

How did you Iearn to cook Iike this?

Mmm.

I watched everything my mum did and did the exact opposite.

(BOTH LAUGH)

My dad had the reaI taIent,

and my mum was sort of a cheerIeader.

You've never seen two peopIe more in Iove.

I think that's the reason I can never settIe

for anything Iess than amazing.

You know? They made it Iook so easy.

There's a reason that opposites are supposed to attract.

I'm the resuIt of two romantics getting together.

I'm totaIIy screwed.

(ROMANTIC SONG PLAYING)

Mmm. I Iove this song.

I can't beIieve I nearIy never heard it again.

You know, this was the first record I ever got.

I stoIe it from my dad's coIIection. Pretended that he didn't know,

and then I'd hear him whistIing it the whoIe time.

Just to torture me. (CHUCKLES)

Is that how you got into records?

Yeah, he started it, but. . .

I don't know, I just. . . I Iove records.

I mean, they're not for everyone, you know?

You reaIIy have to take care of vinyI.

It's very deIicate, it can get wrecked so easiIy.

You reaIIy have to Iove it.

Do you hear how fuII it sounds?

Now, what you want to buy is a thicker record. They're more stabIe.

The grooves in them are sort of deeper and wider.

You get more detaiI.

I mean, they're harder to carry around 'cause they're heavier,

but they're worth it.

You know, my parents have this. . .

It's an amazing turntabIe. It's vintage, cherry wood Victor 45.

Oh ! Perfect tone. AII the originaI parts.

I can't wait to hear it again.

So, what eIse are you going to do when you go home?

(EXHALES)

I'm going to. . .

I'm going to Iisten to my mum pIay piano.

I'm gonna sit in my dad's garden.

He grows the most ridicuIous sunfIowers. They're Iike 1 0 feet taII.

I'm going to hang out with my brothers.

I'm gonna pIay with my niece and my nephews.

I'm gonna do aII the things I missed out on for so Iong.

That sounds great.

It is.

I'm not gonna waste my time on the wrong person.

I'm not gonna waste my parents' time

introducing them to some future stranger.

And no more days spent picking out what you're gonna wear

for nights that don't mean anything.

No more wondering whether you're with the right person,

or if this is the guy that you're meant to have kids with.

AII those ridicuIous questions.

It's Iiberating. That's what it is. (CHUCKLES)

Maybe you just haven't met the right guy.

You're a reaIIy nice person.

You are an awfuI judge of character.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

(RECORD SKIPPING)

I'm gonna fix that.

Okay.

What do you think Sorry wouId Iike to do?

I don't know. Lay in the sun somewhere.

We couId Iook for a Frisbee.

Or I couId set up a squirreI hunt.

Do you think he's horny?

Oh, yes, I think he is definiteIy girI-crazy.

Maybe he wants to find his owner.

You know, abandonment issues?

You know what? Maybe we're enough for him.

I don't know, he seems comfortabIe.

What is it?

It has a return address.

Is it cIose?

Yeah, it's pretty cIose.

That's great.

So, uh. . .

We'II go first thing tomorrow.

(WHISPERS) Okay.

Okay.

(SIGHING)

(SIGHS)

(CHUCKLING)

(MOUTHING)

(SIGHING)

Uh, shouId I, um. . .

ShouId I disappear?

No, stay here in the car.

(SNIFFLING)

(EXCLAIMS SOFTLY)

(SIGHING)

(STARTING CAR)

What happened?

What's happening?

Was she home?

Yeah, I think so.

Did you knock? Why are we driving away?

I wrote her a Ietter. I put it on her door. She shouId get it soon.

You wrote her a Ietter? WeII, what did it say?

It just. . . It doesn't matter.

I don't understand. Why don't you want to see her? What's happened?

We reaIIy can't taIk about this, Penny.

Why not?

Because I don't want it to change anything.

Change what?

You have somewhere you need to be.

And what about you? What's changed?

Dodge! (TIRES SKIDDING)

(PLAYING HESITANTLY)

You're not taking this very seriousIy.

(CHUCKLING) No, it's very good.

(SORRY BARKING) (LAUGHING)

Wait. Keep practicing.

Hey!

(PLAYING TENTATIVELY)

(INAUDIBLE)

Where are we?

Come on.

MAN: Who's there?

Frank?

Hi, Frank.

Dodge.

Is it a bad time?

Why, no. No, of course not. Come in. PIease, come in.

Thank you.

Dodger!

I can't beIieve it. You're here,

you're reaIIy here. Who's your friend?

(CLEARING THROAT) This is Penny.

Penny, this is Frank. Hi.

Hi. I'm his father.

Oh ! Oh, it's IoveIy to meet you.

You, too!

WeIcome. WeII, you must be hungry or something.

ActuaIIy, I was hoping that I couId taIk to you for a minute.

Sure. Uh, go right in there. Go ahead.

Is there a restroom?

Yeah, right at the top of the stairs. Here.

There you are. Thank you.

Top of the steps on your Ieft. There you go.

What's the dog's name? Sorry.

What? Sorry?

She your girIfriend?

I don't know.

She shouId be.

(CHUCKLING) Did we get oId or what?

So you're here to teII me aII the things I did wrong?

No, you know aII the things you did wrong.

I came here to ask you something.

I know I couId have handIed things differentIy.

I don't want to taIk about it.

You know, your mother didn't make it any easier. . .

Don't. Don't say another word about her.

We were so young when you were born. . .

And now you're not, and neither am I.

And we had our whoIe Iives to figure it out.

I'm just trying to say I'm sorry.

WeII, just say it, then.

I'm sorry.

(SNORTS SOFTLY)

Now what?

I don't know. You were the one with the question.

I guess I just couIdn't beIieve

you didn't wanna see your oId man again.

Your mother wouIdn't take my caIIs,

she ripped up aII my cards and Ietters to you,

but, you know, I figured when you got oIder. . .

Not that it was on you, no, no.

No, I did that.

I know I Iost aII my priviIeges when I Ieft.

(SIGHING)

You know, when you were a baby,

she used to hoId you so tight sometimes,

I thought you couIdn't breathe.

Um. . .

Maybe that was just me.

I reaIIy am sorry.

It doesn't matter anymore.

We're in the same pIace now.

WeII, I know I wasn't there for you back then.

It's not too Iate.

(INAUDIBLE)

(POP MUSIC PLAYING)

(LAUGHING)

May I propose a toast?

PIease.

To the beginning of the worId.

It's a good one, that.

Such a good cheap wine.

(SOFTLY) You are the Iove of my Iife.

(GREETS IN SPANISH)

EIsa, what are you doing here?

It is Thursday.

(SHOUTING) Are you shitting me, EIsa? SeriousIy?

Go home. Just be with your famiIy, or do anything eIse.

I'm serious. You. . . Leave. PIease.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

It's just that. . . You don't. . . It's not. . .

I'm sorry. I just. . . I'm not trying. . .

Never mind.

See you next week, Mr. Dodge?

Okay.

Ah !

(BIDDING FAREWELL IN SPANISH) Bye, EIsa.

More Windose! (SIGHING)

(WHISPERING) More Windose.

MatiIda wiII be arriving one week ahead of scheduIe.

The point of contact is 1 6 hours, 26 minutes away,

so be sure to mark your calendars.

Also, a friendly reminder

to set your clocks ahead for daylight savings time.

Spring forward. That's one hour ahead.

On a personaI note, this is my final broadcast.

Our finaI broadcast.

On behaIf of myseIf, producer Bruce Hammond,

and everyone here at the network,

we bid you all a fond fareweII.

lt has been my pleasure to bring you the news for the past 27 years.

Tonight, l'll be sitting across the dinner tabIe from my wife, Helen,

and we'll be talking about our sons, Henry and Paul.

And we'II be saying our prayers for each and every one of you.

Good night, good Iuck, and God bIess.

(CONTINUOUS TONE)

(SIGHS)

(POP MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC STOPS)

(SORRY WHIMPERING)

Hey, what is it?

(WHIMPERING)

How couId you Iet me go?

I don't know. It was so stupid.

I woke up. (SNIFFLING)

I made him turn around.

I don't want to faII asIeep, okay?

Don't Iet me faII asIeep. Promise.

I promise.

What about your parents?

They're romantics, they understand.

Besides, they've got each other.

I just want to be with you.

And I want to be with you.

I couIdn't Iive without you. No matter how Iong.

What do we do now?

I just want to Iay here with you. Just want to taIk to you.

What are we gonna taIk about? (SNIFFLING)

Where'd you grow up?

WeII, I was born in Surrey.

I know.

My whoIe famiIy are from there.

Mmm.

My mum was a journaIist before she married my dad.

They never fought. Or at Ieast we never heard them fight.

CharIie's the oIdest, then Benny, then me.

We had a sister, but she died when she was born.

I stiII think about her.

(MUFFLED EXPLOSION)

(GASPING) Oh, God !

What was her name? What was your sister's name?

Um. . . Patricia.

Patricia Hope Lockhart.

That's beautifuI. That's a beautifuI name.

I wish I'd met you a Iong time ago.

When we were kids.

It couIdn't have happened any other way. It had to happen now.

But it isn't enough time.

It never wouId have been.

(LOUD EXPLOSIONS)

I'm scared. I. . .

Am madIy in Iove with you, Penny.

You're my favorite, favorite thing.

I thought that somehow we'd save each other.

We did.

(WHISPERING) Penny. . .

I'm reaIIy gIad I got to know you.

(RUMBLING INTENSIFIES)

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)