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[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

NARRATOR: Johnny Domino was one of San Francisco'’s

hottest young jazz musicians,

but fate and a cosmic event

were about to change his life forever.

[LIGHTNING STRIKES]

[JOHNNY EXCLAIMS IN PAIN]

[WOMEN SCREAM]

What the doctors told him seemed impossible.

WALTON: John, your brain has managed

to acquire the capacity

to pick up certain frequencies like a radio.

But, Doc, I'’m only hearing bad stuff.

Yes, exactly.

You'’re tuned to the frequency of evil.

[MAN EXCLAIMS IN AGONY]

Who sent you?

[GUNSHOT FIRED]

[JOHNNY EXCLAIMS IN PAIN]

[CAR TIRE SCREECHING]

Hold it, now. I'’m on your side.[JOHNNY PANTING]

RALEIGH: A whole new line of super tools

developed for super policemen.

A belt which enables him to overcome gravity.

Fabrics which are virtually bulletproof.

A stealth mode which makes him seem to disappear.

A holographic display

which makes him appear to be where he ain'’t.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

BUDDY: Oh, boy, that Stan Getz, Stan Getz is great.

I have been listening to him.JOHNNY: Yeah, yeah.

You'’ve been doing your homework.Yeah.

Did the Monkeys have a sax player?

No. They didn'’t need one.[LAUGHS]

They don'’t need one.[LAUGHS]

No?

Hey, by the way, thanks for letting me play at the club tonight.

Hey.I can'’t believe you talked on Jessica in to let me do it.

She doesn'’t know about it.

She doesn'’t know?

Don'’t worry, you are ready.

Hey.

I'’ll pump, you pay.

Okay?Okay.

Hey, if I pay next time, does that mean I can drive?

No.

[WOMAN SHRIEKS]

Yo.What'’s up, fool?

Yo, yo, bro, be cool.

Cool, this [STUTTERS] this my lucky day.

Your luck just ran out.

No!

Come on man, come on, come on.

Go, go.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

Buddy. Call 911!

MINISTER: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son.

That whosoever believeth in him shall not perish,

but have everlasting life.

Young Buddy was a beacon in our community.

His smile brightened the lives of all that he met. And he spoke to the world,

through his music.

But Buddy will not be a musician, not now.

At least, not in this world.

Brothers and sisters, we have here with us this afternoon,

Buddy'’s friend and mentor, Johnny Domino.

It was Johnny who encouraged the gift that God gave to Buddy.

And now, Johnny will accompany Buddy'’s dear mother

in the type of music that gave encouragement

and hope to a young man at the crossroads of life.

♪ Amazing grace

♪ Amazing grace

♪ How sweet

♪ The sound

♪ That saved

♪ A wretch

♪ Like me

♪ I once

♪ Was lost

♪ But now

♪ I'’m found

♪ I was blind

♪ But now

♪ I see

[CRYING]

You all right?No, I'’m not all right.

There'’s a kid laying in that wooden box.

I was right there.

I could'’ve stopped it.Johnny, there is nothing you could'’ve done, all right?

Bad things are gonna happen, even with Night Man.

All right?Forget about Night Man.

He didn'’t put a dent in this city.

You take out one bad guy,

two are gonna follow.Hey, Johnny,

the fight between good and evil is eternal.

Okay, but it would be worse without you.

Worse!

Evil is winning.

Listen, the world is not gonna notice

one less problem.

I hope you are not saying, what I think you are saying.

I'’m never gonna put on that suit again.

I quit.

Night Man is dead.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[CRASHING]

Welcome, you must be Mr. Miller.

No, Domino, Johnny Domino.

Oh, I hate these late changes, God Almighty.

I mean that.

I'’m Simon.

First name or last?

Yeah.

Domino, Domino, Domino, Do- ah.

Johnny Domino, also known as Johnny Dominus.

Musician.

We don'’t get many of those up here.

That is too say, we always have a room for a good reedman.

I'’m bit of a jazz fan myself. Oh!

What... What is it?

There is a flag here on your file.

You are not only Johnny Domino, you are Night Man?

[SHUSHING]

I would like to keep that under wraps.

Criminal element.

There is no criminal element up here.

That'’s why you are not supposed to be here.

Why are you raising your voice at me?

I don'’t know where here is.

I wasn'’t raising my voice.

Er... Exactly.

I, uh, just realized that I have forgotten my speech.

[CLEARING THROAT]

And, um...

Well, you'’d better brace yourself,

Mister Domino, because, uh,

this is rather difficult news for some people to take.

I'’m fine, just tell me.Yeah.

Okay, Mr. Domino, you are...

defunct.

Uh, expired.

Deceased, dead.

Wait, dead?Yeah,

and it'’s a real problem for me.

But, well, [CHUCKLES]

this hasn'’t been redletter day for me, either.

[HARP MUSIC PLAYING]

Is that why I feel so...

Peaceful? Contempt?

Yeah, that'’s why. Now,

don'’t get used to it, because you are not gonna be here long.

You are a mistake.

I thought you guys don'’t make mistakes.

I don'’t.

I mean... [STAMMERING] It'’s, it's not...

It'’s not a mistake...

exactly.

Uh, you see,

we have a... a certain amount of...

flexibility, when it... it comes to the ordinary human being,

but you are Night Man.

You have a mission.

The forces off good and evil

must be carefully counterbalanced on Earth.

Ah... Yin-Yang, male-female, Siegfried-Roy...

You have to go back.

Ready?No.

I don'’t think I'm ready for that cesspool of criminals.

I think I like it up here.

SIMON: Mister Domino,

time is extremely critical in these matters,

I have to return you

within the first golden hour of your arrival.

So, you just say the word,

and you are back on Earth.

Back in that club, surrounded by your fellow musicians.

All those beautiful, succulent young beauties.

Ah, are you supposed to be talking about things like that.

Getting a little desperate, look,

Mr. Domino, just nod your head.

Yeah, that will be sufficient.

I see the problem now.

You can'’t send me back, unless I agree.

Look, Mr. Domino,

we have very little time.

We'’re going to have to make you see the light

by making you look at something that will be very difficult for you.

You can'’t spoil my mood.

I feel...

great!

Yeah?Yeah.

We'’ll see.

SIMON: Follow me.

Ah... There is no floor out there.

You get used to it.

I'’m about to show you what the world would be like without Night Man'’s influence.

Now, do you remember encountering a beast,

in this park, some months ago?

GLORIA: Sammy, come on, you'’re spoiling everything. Don'’t.

Sammy, stop it.

Damn it, you didn'’t have to do that.

SIMON: Sammy Farnsworth was killed that night.

And a young woman would also have died

if it hadn'’t been for you.

No, Sam, Sammy, somethings here, somethings here. Come on.

Let'’s get out of here.Will you just relax, okay?

Get out of there!

SIMON: They can'’t hear you.

We'’re just observers.

[SCREAMING]

JOHNNY: I got to help them.SIMON: You can'’t.

SIMON: You did.

I won'’t hurt you.

[GLORIA SOBBING]

You'’ll be safe now.

SIMON: You saved Gloria'’s life.

But...

This is a world where Night Man no longer exists.

She died.

Charlie, there is something else here, too.

[BEAST GROWLING]

Frank, get out of there now!

[SCREAMS]

SIMON: You see?

Night Man must return to earth.

And I haven'’t begun to show you

what beasts and villains would be unleashed,

with the continued absence of Night Man.

SIMON: And now...

For the darkest consequences of your staying here.

JOHNNY: No power on Earth is gonna make me go back.

Ah...

But we are not talking about a power on Earth.

I wanna stay in Paradise.No...

No, out of the question.

I mean you'’ll turn that place down there into a living hell.

It'’s is a living hell.

Very angry!

Now you die!Not without a fight.

[SCREAMING IN PAIN]

That was dark stuff.

I am glad I was of some help.

Some help? Did you say some help.

Yeah.

Don'’t you know a superhero when you see one?

[SCREAMS]

You rest, I'’ll drive.

THUG: Hey.

[GUNSHOTS]

[SCREAMING]

Over here, boys.

Drinks are on me.

We are almost there.

Going down.

[BEEPING]

No!

You lied to me.

[SCREAMING]

What are you?Angry.

Night Man.Watch were you'’re shoving, mac.

Well, who are we supposed to be?

Show off!

Wanna flip for it?

Bad idea.

Johnny, I hope you are beginning to get some sense of

what you mean to the world.

What Night Man means to the world, is more like it.

Just find someone else to take my place.

No, it'’s not that easy.

Besides...

I haven'’t finished my presentation yet.

Do you remember little Maddie Farrow?

MADDIE'’S MOM: Hey, Maddie, honey.

Dr. Carlson has some good news for you.

We found a donor...

and we are gonna get that new kidney tomorrow.

Yes!Oh, great, sweet heart.

All right.Oh, it'’s wonderful.

She needed a kidney transplant,

but Dr. Boone sold her place on the list.

At least he tried until...

[WHISTLING]

Dr. Boone...

DR. BOONE: Who'’s there?

Hey, who are you?

Let'’s talk about Maddie Farrow'’s kidney.

I, I, I don'’t know what you are talking about.

You illegally sold organs in January and in April,

to buy things like this.

And it'’s not even that reliable.

Paint doesn'’t hold up.

Whoa!

JOHNNY: The stereo'’s a joke.

DR. BOONE: Don'’t, please stop.

Make the call.

Make the call!

[DIALING]

[WHINING]

Hello, this is Dr. Boone.

There was an error in... in the kidney shipment to Saudi Arabia.

I want you to reroute it to the original recipient.

Don'’t make me come back.

[SCREAMING]

Next time...

no more Mr. Nice Guy.

JOHNNY: He deserved everything he got.

SIMON: Agreed, but wait we are forgetting...

Night Man doesn'’t exist in this world anymore.

So, he didn'’t do anything to...

Dr. Boone.

And the list wasn'’t changed,

Maddie didn'’t get her new kidney.

But it'’s not fair.

I know... I know it'’s not.

If you want me to tell her...No, no, no, I will do it.

What are you talk... What'’s the matter?

Maddie'’s been passed over for transplant.

What are you talking about?

Apparently some kind of change in the assessment profiles,

moved another candidate ahead of Madison.

Well, um...

I better go break the news.

SIMON: And she left your world

far too young.

It doesn'’t have to be that way, you can change it.

Balance, Johnny, you upset the balance.

And chaos ensues...

He'’s here...

MAN: No!

She'’s dead.

How many more will he kill before we can stop him?

[CLAPPING]

Now show me what you can do.

You got the wrong guy.

I don'’t know what you are talking about.Oh, I think you do.

You see, there can only be one man of the hour.

One superhero.

And that'’s gonna be me.

You call yourself a superhero.

You'’re killing people.

[ENGINE REVS]

Nice car.

CHROME: Oh, Night Man.

Night Man.

This won'’t work.

The cameras will not be able to see a thing.

Neither will you.

And that should even the odds.

Were are you? Show yourself.

Up here.

This simply won'’t do.

Okay.

Is this better?

Well, I was hoping you would be in uniform.

Your wish is my command.

How do you like me now?

Too bad.

Your face loses a little something in the fog.

Well, you too are gonna loose a little something in the fog.

Advantage Night Man.

You see... [SIGHS]

I know what you'’re gonna do, before you do it.

Advantage Mister Chrome.

But it won'’t help you.

I believe you are about to go center stage.

Mr. Superhero.

Looks like I'’m gonna have to take you for a little ride.

You see, the bell was just

simply to maneuver you to stand dead center on a...

remotely detonated Claymore land mine.

It'’s time to go.

Oh, did I forgot to mention?

I am not here.Neither am I.

And who the hell are you?

Just a fan,

who would love to play exactly like you.

Well, it'’s gonna take about thirty years of practice, buddy.

Not necessarily.

[SCREAMING]

JOHNNY: That'’s not...Devils run, Johnny, come on.

Just you and me.

Okay, party'’s over.

Let'’s freeze the stakes.

You know that can hurt me.

But what about them?

Sounds like...

It'’s an avalanche!

There it is.

What is that?CHARLIE: It'’s melting.

[SCREAMING]

No, no, Sam, all of this is in the past.

When it came down to saving my friends life

I didn'’t come through.Oh, would you stop it?

[STAMMERING] I Just hate it when people are so darn judgmental.

Sorry.

No offense.

Johnny, I can'’t let you spoil everything by

being stubborn.

No.

We are far from through here.

I know what you'’re thinking.

Thats usually my line.

You are wondering about the nature of evil.

Why my boss would allow such disasters to occur at all.

And whats the answer?

I wouldn'’t begin to speculate.

You know, the last guy who thought he knew as much as the boss, came to a...

very bad end.

You mean, Lucif...Tut, tut, tut.

You don'’t mention his name around here.

He really got burned,

which brings us back to your life,

which will be eternal if we don'’t hurry through it.

You'’ve more?

Indeed, you haven'’t yet examined what

Night Man'’s absence would mean to those closest to you.

Jessica, for example.

SIMON: Remember the night of the fire?

[JESSICA COUGHING]

[SCREAMS]

Help!

Somebody help me!

SIMON: Jessica seemed doomed...

until...

SIMON: But without Night Man...

Jessica'’s fate would'’ve have been quite different.

[SCREAMS]

[AMAZING GRACE PLAYING ON SAXOPHONE]

No, that can'’t happen.

But it can, and not only Jessica,

what about Raleigh and his death match with

the gang'’s defense minister.

Any ideas?Yeah, duck.

Try to stay alive, will ya?

JOHNNY: I am here to help, Raleigh.

RALEIGH: Don'’t take too long.

Throw a punch.

SIMON: But, without Night Man...

[AMAZING GRACE PLAYING ON SAXOPHONE]

SIMON: Yup, I'’m afraid I've given you the wrong impression,

that we care about only Night Man'’s influence on the world.

Based on what you show me, what else can I believe?

That Johnny Domino...

has a lot more to give, too.

I'’m thinking especially of your music.

You know...

I love that ballad you played for Annette Franklin.

JOHNNY: I'’d like to dedicate this next song...

to a very special guest of mine.

SIMON: Now, of course, you met this girl

during one of your greatest feats of heroism.

You saved her life,

as well as the lives of hundreds of people being held hostage,

in the penthouse of the Act Water Towers.

Okay, have it your way, you'’re all prisoners.

Johnny!

What happened?Armed men, they... they took over the party.

You are dead meat.And you are road kill.

[WHINES]

JOHNNY: What'’s Cruz's plan?

She'’s scramming.

She'’s gonna leave soon.

What about the party guests?

They'’ll be the diversion to occupy the cops while we disappear.

What kind of diversion?

MAN: She'’s got a briefcase with a bomb in it.

SIMON: But Night Man worked his magic.

SIMON: But without Night Man...

Annette and many others were still in that room...

when they met their fate.

You see, without Night Man...

the events would have ended tragically.

JOHNNY: Thats all fine but...

Buddy shouldn'’t be dead.

You are being far too hard on yourselves. No one is perfect.

Maybe we should change the subject.

I would if I could.

I'’ve got one last thing to show you.

Right this way.

SIMON: Look, we are running out of time.

If this doesn'’t convince you.

You'’re not trying.

Hey what are you doing? That'’s not in the script.

COMMENTATOR: Got a third wrestler in the ring, Norm.

I don'’t recognize him, who is this stranger?

NORM: I don'’t know, but I like the costume.

NORM: He better have some tricks, up his sleeve.

He'’s definitely got some tricks, Norm.

You'’re gonna listen one way or another.

[GASPING]

How did he...

Beats the hell out of me.

Why are you trying to ruin my life?

I'’m trying to save it and your new face.

How did you know?

I know a lot.

How did he do that?

Wires and lighting, Jesse, Wires and lighting.

It'’s called wrestling, it'’s all fake.

One, two, three.

That'’s it.

[CHEERING]

But, of course, saddest of all was losing your family.

Don'’t go there, Simon.

Part of your life, Johnny, it'’s out of my control.

FRANK: Hey, you guys, you got a tough game coming up, don'’t you?

Madison'’s eighteen and two?

[SCOFFS] That ain'’t no big thing, man.

Get down!

JOHNNY: Get down, get down.

WOMAN: My God.

Everybody all right?

Frank has been shot.

Dad, you okay?

It'’s okay, now see about the kid.

SIMON: And that'’s not the only time your existence on Earth

saved your father.

You'’re about to be ushered...

into a secret society...

beyond life...

and death.

Really?

Dad!

You all right?FRANK: What happened?

He'’s getting away.

What? What are you?

[GROANING]

Dad.

SIMON: But without your intervention as Night Man...

[SHRIEKS]

Now, Mr. Dominus...

you are mine after all.

[AMAZING GRACE PLAYING ON SAXOPHONE]

All right, Simon, I'’ll go back...

Excellent.

Now...Under one condition.

I take someone with me.

[CHUCKLING]

That'’s good, I'’m gonna use it sometime.

"I am gonna take someone with me."

I am deadly serious,

If I go back, I don'’t go alone.

With... This isn'’t a dating service.

I am not talking about a date.

I am talking about a young man.

Another musician...

I want Buddy.

I'’ll go back, if I can take him with me.

No, no, no, that'’s impossible.

He'’s been here way beyond the golden time.

That'’s not impossible for your boss.

You just don'’t wanna ask.

That makes me think that this whole screw up is your fault.

That'’s a lie.

I can'’t lie up here, can I?

You... mortals.

You don'’t understand the pressures.I'’m right.

You can'’t lie, so was it you who made the mistake?

All right, yes, it was my fault!

It was my mistake!

I'’ve been at this low level job for centuries and I am gonna be here for centuries more,

if you don'’t give me a little help here.

Oh, come on,

in the name of everything thats holy, please go back.

I mean, we are down to the last 20 seconds.

Then you will have to put up with me for all eternity.

Fifteen seconds, be reasonable, Johnny.

I will go back the moment before Buddy died.

This is gonna require a face to face with you know who.

Ten seconds.

Nine.

Man, I hate those meetings.

Five seconds, Simon, what'’s the verdict.

I will be here another two millennium.

You get to go back at your requested time.

Goodbye, Simon.

I'’ll catch you the next time through.

I'’ll be here.

Two.

One.

BUDDY: Oh, boy, that Stan Getz, Stan Getz is great.

I have been listening to him.JOHNNY: Yeah, yeah.

You'’ve been doing your homework.Yeah.

Did the Monkeys have a sax player?

No. They didn'’t need one.[LAUGHS]

They don'’t need one.No?

Hey, by the way, thanks for letting me play at the club tonight.

I can'’t believe you talked on Jessica in to let me do it.

She doesn'’t know.

She doesn'’t know?

Don'’t worry, you are ready.

Okay, listen...

I'’ll pump, you... pay.

What'’s up, fool?No!

Second thought...

You pump, I'’ll pay.

Oh, come on, man.

You don'’t trust me with your plastic?

Just fill it up, okay?

[SCREAMS]

Whats up, fool?

Man, I'’m out of here.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[LAUGHING]

[HORN TOOTING]

Oh!

Ugh.

[SLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

JOHNNY: Thank you, thank you very much.

If you liked that, you will like what'’s coming up next.

The second best sax player in the Bay City area...

Give a hand to Buddy Wright.

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

Terrific show, I'’m a big fan.

Thanks, thanks.

Hey, good luck to Buddy and you and your various activities.

Thanks, thank you.

Great to have you back, Night Mmm...

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]