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[man] You often hear people
say things like, "Life is strange."

But I don't think it's quite as
strange as people think it is,

because coincidences are not as
prevalent as we are led to believe.

Now, our time on this
planet is far more rooted

in cause and effect
than any of us believe.

And the ancient
civilizations knew it,

conscious of an
interconnectedness that binds us.

But if we are connected,
why are we so far apart?

Cause and effect?
Ones and zeroes?

But what are the ones and
zeroes? Just an invention?

A means of distinguishing between a
single something and multiple somethings?

Someone had to invent
numbers to make sense of it.

What if those
ancient philosophers,

visionaries,
mathematicians, astronomers

knew things most
of us don't know?

And those things are
kept secret from us?

What if we only sense
that we are bound together

in this experiment
called humanity,

but the real
connection is not there?

What if there is
a grid of energy

that stretches
from pole to pole?

I've discovered that
this is the singular truth

if not of this universe
then certainly of this world.

The course I took to figure
it out was an arduous one,

and the twists and turns
while in the midst of them,

seem to be, as
they say, strange.

But such is life.

[clock ticking]

Despite nearly three decades
as a public figure of some renown,

Finley Hart remains
somewhat of an enigma.

[man] Hart Enterprises was at the
forefront of technological advances

such as microprocessors,
personal computers,

and the creation
of the internet,

and in the 1980s,
moved their headquarters

to a sprawling new campus
in Northern California.

Finley Hart always considered
Hart a family business,

and hired his sister Rebecca to
head up the analytics department.

In 1983, Rebecca would
introduce Finley to Samantha Hart,

a systems engineer
who would later marry...

[woman 2] As former employees
alleged, he has a mercurial personality.

Hakan Nordquist, the Chairman
of the Board for Hart Enterprises,

and close friend of its founder,
dismisses such allegations.

That's bullshit.

What can I say? [chuckles]

Okay, is Finley
driven? Absolutely.

He's driven to innovate, to
move forward, to excel, to achieve.

Is he tough to work
for? Absolutely.

But what boss isn't?
Thank you very much.

After renowned software developer
Samantha Hart has passed away...

Mrs. Hart had suffered
a troubled pregnancy

and her son was born
six weeks premature.

Though now is
in stable condition.

The industry has
been rocked by news

that Finley Hart
of Hart Enterprises

has been ousted from
the technology firm

he founded 34
years ago in Seattle.

[woman] The Hart
Enterprise's board of directors

was reportedly
blindsided by news

that Mr. Hart had
diverted company funds

to finance a secretive project

called the
Quantinuum Initiative.

Details are sketchy on just what

the Quantinuum
Initiative entailed.

[woman] Continued allegations
from a former developer

for Hart Enterprises who
claims some familiarity

with the Quantinuum Initiative.

[man] Every app he
created or financed

was designed to
collect user data.

The more, um, popular apps

allowed Finley through
the Quantinuum Initiative

to seize control
of user cameras.

Ex-billionaire Finley Hart
has reportedly passed away

due to complications
from kidney failure.

Wife died while
giving birth in 1992,

he's survived by
his sister Rebecca

and his son, Samuel Hart.

Again, our top story tonight,

Finley Hart is
watching us no more.

[alarm beeping]

[girl] Mom, get up.

[mom groans]

Mom, get up.

Get up.

Are you just now getting home?

[girl] Yes. You can
yell at me later, okay?

- You have a call, remember?
- What?

- Here.
- Shit.

[groans]

Oh...

[static crackles]

Jeez, Phil, one minute
you're swinging your dick

talking about what kind
of a big shot you are,

next minute you're
crying poverty.

I don't think you
understand me, Trevor.

My needs changed.

And if you can't keep up,

I will not pay the
balance of your fee.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Slow down there, cowboy.

Breathe, breathe.
Okay. You listening?

- Yeah, I'm listening.
- Good.

Now, we had an agreement,

and in that agreement
was a deadline.

Now you asked me
to do you a favor.

- Look, I don't need a recap.
- Well, you're getting one.

Now, in that favor, you
asked us to move the deadline.

Now, I'll meet that deadline.

If you got some personal issues that left
you cash-strapped, look, I feel for you, bro,

but if you think that you can
demand that I finish tonight,

and threaten to
withhold my funds

because you think
I'm some kind of nerd

that you hired off
of monster.com,

you got another thing
coming, my friend.

I can't move the
deadline. Again.

And may I ask why?

[sighs]

Yes, you may, Phil,
because it's date night.

[man on device speaking
foreign language]

- Good morning, Ms. Schultz!
- Morning.

- How are you today?
- Next time you schedule

a conference call at
the crack of dawn for me

my hourly rate will double.

Haven't you heard?
In early risings,

there are blessings and success?

I need to make one
thing clear and understood

before the others hop on.

I work for you.

I want the deal
that works for you.

- Certainly.
- However, I will not be

- dragged into any kind of...
- I would not drag you

into anything that you
did not feel comfortable.

Let me finish. On
the call yesterday,

you second-guessed me
and it makes us both look bad.

I am the attorney.

If I make a suggestion

it's with your best
interest in mind.

I understand. I regret that I let
my temper get the better of me.

- Good.
- You have my assurances this will not happen again.

So say it. I need you to say it.

Say, "Veronica, you're
the attorney. I'm not."

Veronica, you are
the attorney. I am not.

Thank you.

- Was that so difficult?
- [chuckles]

[doorbell rings]

[static crackles]

[knocking on door]

[birds chirping]

[man on device] Uh,
Schultz, are you with us?

[Omar] I never agreed
to that, and I never will!

[man] Can you get your
client to stop yelling?

- [Omar] I'm not yelling.
- [man] Ms. Schultz?

Look, I'm a nice
guy. I'm not trying to...

Gentlemen, stop, I'm sorry.

We'll have to
pick this up later.

I have to deal with a
matter of urgent concern.

[sighs]

- [static crackles] -
[knocking on door]

Yeah?

[knocking continues]

Who is it?

[knob turns]

♪♪

[man speaking foreign language]

[exhales sharply]

[static crackling]

[woman] Urgent enough
to skip out on this?

Apparently so.

Look, just hang out there,

it shouldn't take long.

Oh, baby. You're not
even looking at me.

[sighs]

- Oh.
- [chuckles]

Taylor... it's about Finley.

Finley?

[sighs] Oh, okay.

Well, I'll be waiting for you.

I can't wait to see you.

I can't wait to see
you, too. [roars softly]

Hey, babe. How you doing?

Good. I just got here and my
mom is already driving me nuts.

- [laughs]
- How's my boy?

Oh, you know what? I'm
doing good. I'm doing good.

- I meant our son.
- I know.

He's... he's doing really good.

Uh, hey, though, where
did you get that picture

of me and Finley
and Aunt Rebecca,

the one that's
hanging in the nursery?

I didn't even know you had
a picture of you and your dad.

Somebody put it up,
babe. It wasn't me.

It wasn't me, either.

You said you wanted
to see him again, so I...

- Yeah, so I could tell him what a shit dad he was.
- [baby crying]

Oh, I thought he was
down for the night.

Take me there. I wanna see him.

Okay.

[computer voice] Please complete
the two-factor authorization steps

on the authenticator app.

If you do not have
the authenticator...

Thank you, Mr. Matsuda.

[beeps]

[Sam] He's sleeping
peacefully. Uh, for now.

Oh, and here's the photo of
Finley I was telling you about.

Okay, babe. I got
to go. Love you.

[Katherine] I love
you, too, babe.

Well, uh, science
is not creative, is it?

It's, uh, rigid fact-based,

uh, but art, by its very
nature, is, uh, creatively-based.

And, uh, what is creativity?

Well, oftentimes, creativity
is about connection, is it not?

I mean, take for instance
this, uh, ubiquitous thing.

Uh, the first cell phone
simply connected two,

uh, specific ideas, uh, or the existing
ideas, the phone and radio waves.

And later, the internet
and the cell phones

led to the creation
of the smart phone.

And, uh, the functioning
of these devices

is based solely on the
aforementioned science of radio waves,

you know, information technology,
et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

But it took creative minds to, uh, connect
these scientific principles in a... a,

you know, practical,
um, user-friendly, uh...

♪♪

Alright.

[beeps]

[exhales]

[typing]

[chiming]

[host] Welcome.
State your name, title,

or former title for the group.

Title? I... I don't
have a title or position.

Somebody wanna tell me
what the hell is going on here?

You're here because you
were chosen to represent

the Quantinuum
Contingency Group.

Joining you are Trevor Williams,

former Chief Technology Officer

for the Quantinuum Initiative,

Veronica Schultz,

former outside counsel for
the Quantinuum Initiative,

Riku Matsuda, former
Chief Innovation Officer

for the Quantinuum Initiative,

and Hakan Nordquist,

Chairman of the
Board of Directors

for Hart Enterprises
International,

which funded and disbanded
the Quantinuum Initiative.

Sam Hart. Proxy for Finley Hart.

Hey, man, it's been a
minute, huh? How you been?

I'm sorry. Do we
know each other?

Yeah, we met at the visitation

after, well, you know...

Sorry about your dad.
Must have been tough.

Thanks. But can we proceed?

Yeah, sure.

[host] Thank you.
Prior to his death,

Mr. Finley Hart
chose each of you

to be a part of the
reactivation plan.

[sighs] You're talking about
that machine, aren't you?

[host] Yes. Step one of the
reactivation protocol has been completed.

What? Who... who reactivated it?

[host] The purpose of
this call is not to ascertain

who took the initial
step towards reactivation,

but to complete the reactivation

and therefore allow the machine
to become fully functional.

What is the
Quantinuum Initiative?

It doesn't matter what it is.

We were given
explicit information

and instruction
what we should...

- No... It matters to me.
- Why?

Maybe I met you at the
funeral or the visitation, okay?

Maybe I met all of you.

But I don't know any of you

and I certainly
didn't know Finley.

All I know is he lost
control of Hart Enterprises.

So, you'll excuse
me if I wanna know

a little bit more of why
the hell we're all here.

I mean, you clearly
all know each other.

I don't know any of these
people except the counselor.

Okay, we all worked for your
father in various capacities

over a span of maybe 20 years.

Our paths may
have crossed but no,

we are not well acquainted.

Yeah, were you a
part of his ouster?

Were any of you?

I voted in favor of keeping him.

[sighs] And then I was let go.

- He was a good man.
- If you say so.

So, what the hell is the
Quantinuum Project?

It's fringe science, Sam.

Alien contact, micro-technology,

artificial intelligence,
alien technology.

As I understand, the
biggest breakthroughs

were in displacement technology.

You mean like moving
objects? Like teleportation?

Exactly. Teleportation,
moving objects, people.

And, well, while Ms.
Schultz is correct to say

that the Quantinuum Initiative
saw the biggest breakthrough

in the field of
displacement technology,

it was also where we experienced
our biggest controversies.

The central aspect of the
project was the machine,

a device your father
developed in secret.

[static crackling]

Which theoretically would
power the technology we created.

Looks like somebody
didn't know pops

was into some weird shit, huh?

We need to get on with this. Our
instructions from Finley were clear and...

We're missing someone.

Hakan, are you still with us?

Some lunatic is staring
right into my window.

Is it a chick pissed
off at you or a guy?

- Mr. Williams...
- Hey, I'm not judging.

Do you know him?

I don't know.

There's something
strange with his face.

He's, uh, dizzy.

Did you say dizzy?

Yeah, he's like, um, drunk.

[banging]

Hey... [speaks foreign language]

Look at the lawyer
getting jumpy.

[speaking foreign language]

I'm sorry. I'm back.

Can we go on with this now?

I have a tight schedule today.

Oh, yeah, me, too.
But what you doing?

Well, that's none
of your business.

Host, can you please guide
us through the procedure?

[host] My pleasure. Each of you
should have received a password.

You were told to keep
this password safe.

At this time, please
locate your password

and enjoy some
music while you wait.

This is one of Finley
Hart's favorites.

I hope you enjoy it.

["Escape [The Piña Colada
Song]" by Rupert Holmes playing]

[soft chuckle] Sorry, I almost
forgot how weird Finley could be.

God, I love this song.

[humming]

You okay, Veronica?

I'm fine.

Uh, sorry, uh...
I'll be right back.

Me, too.

[static crackles]

Ego. No.

[woman] But you
have been labeled.

I have? Oh, God, I'll be.

Oh, I hope not. [laughs]

Um, labels... labels are
so boring, don't you think?

I mean, you know,
labels are the, um, uh,

the lazy people...
No, shall I say person?

The lazy person's way of, uh,
reducing the more industrious person

to a... a singular
essence, so to speak.

Or to a particular character
trait, uh, you know, I'm saying?

Um, because, uh,
in my experience,

um, the persons I've
met or dealt with, um,

is far more complex,
far more complicated

than let's say, um...

Oh, I don't know,
hastily tagged on label,

uh, you know, created by
yet another half-witted moron

sitting in the
corner of his office

scratching his
balls all day long

with his thumb stuck
up his inside of the ass,

you know what I mean?

["Escape [The Piña
Colada Song]" continues]

[beeping]

"You have been chosen.

Reactivate the
Quantinuum device."

Shit.

- Are we sure about this?
- Sure about what part?

You were Finley's, what, IT guy?

Uh, it's a tad more
complicated than that, dude.

Well, so... So
walk me through it.

[sighs] All right.

You ever heard of
distributed ledger technology?

Blockchains, sure.
Yeah, I'm familiar.

You know, I... I
started with your dad...

When did Finley start this
thing, the Quantinuum Project?

What, officially?

He talked about it for years.

I met him in grad school.

He was giving a lecture at MIT.

Said he came up with it
when his wife passed away.

- [door opens]
- So '92?

Yeah. I mean, he went all
over the world to find funding.

But he made it official when
he finished the lab in 2008.

No, no, no, 2009. Yeah.

- Um, did you read this letter?
- We all read it.

And it doesn't scare
the shit out of any of you?

You don't trust
your father, do you?

I don't have a father.

Finley's, um, he's a guy to me.

Ah... You're a lot like him.

I'm surprised his crazy ass
found five people he trusted.

Well, I knew him well,
and I trust him implicitly.

And don't call him crazy.

So, you... you know him so well,

what's your best theory
on why he made me proxy?

Mr. Hart, I know that your
father died with deep regret

that he didn't make more of an effort
to develop a relationship with you.

Yeah. I bet he did.

Hey, just for the record, I
meant a good crazy, like,

- Finley, you crazy bastard.
- Sorry, I'm back.

- Oh, great.
- Yeah, let's just get on with this.

I couldn't agree more.

Host, can you please
remind us of the procedure?

[host] It would be my pleasure.

Has everyone found
their secure password?

- Yes.
- [host] Excellent.

At the bottom of the letter,
you will find the address

to a secure FTP site.

Please take a moment to log on.

♪ If you like piña coladas

No. Just no.

[typing]

Geez, Hakan, take your
time, why don't you, huh?

Shut up.

- It's... it's case sensitive.
- Shut up.

- I'm in.
- [beeping]

[host] Excellent.

You now have 60
minutes to input.

Where... where is he going?

I'm just getting my water

if that's okay with you.

He's back.

[speaking foreign language]

Ooh, gross.

[Veronica] What did he say?

[speaking foreign language]

He said that asshole
puked in the street.

That's exactly what I said.

What? I did a gap
year in Sweden.

[Sam] What's he doing?

Wait.

[Sam] Hakan?

[static crackles]

[speaking foreign
language] He's gone.

- [Sam] What do you mean gone?
- [knocking on door]

[Sam] Hakan! Hakan?

[growling sound]

[Trevor] Dude's been
gone for five minutes.

Maybe he's getting
second thoughts.

Why would he be
having second thoughts?

- Shut up, Mr. Williams.
- No, answer my question.

He wouldn't be getting
second thoughts.

Mr. Hart, you'll have
to forgive Mr. Williams.

During his time with
Hart Enterprises,

Mr. Williams thought it wise

to supplement his income

as a sort of hacker for hire.

False. I never
thought it was wise.

[Veronica] In any event,
his actions created significant

liability issues for
Hart Enterprises,

and I was surprised your father
invited him back a year later.

Yeah. Invited me back,
and trusted me with this.

Does that surprise you, too?

Surprise isn't strong
enough a word.

Jesus. I get it.

Why would Hakan be
having second thoughts?

He wouldn't.

You're insinuating or
suggesting that, um...

a person can be, uh,

labeled in many
ways, is that right?

- [woman] Correct.
- Is that correct? It is, okay.

Wow. Golly gosh.
I'm sorry, old sport,

I had no idea because, you
know, my ego is far too big,

far too, um, fragile to, uh,
read my paper clippings.

And, um, it's a habit I
kicked 30 years ago.

But what I do know about,
uh, people or persons

is that, uh, whatever they
say about me, is that, um,

it's either, um,
excessive praise,

which borders on
sycophancy, or just, uh,

venomous denunciation
which borders on,

uh, um, slander, you know?

The machine runs
on dark matter reactor.

M... Meaning that its power
source interacts with gravity?

Yes, fundamentally,
but Finley found a way

to capture it in
a tachyon field.

A tachyon field?
How does it stabilize?

I don't know what any
of that means, but...

The tachyon field
must remain intact

or the anti-matter could expand starting
this... this... this chain reaction.

That could cause a worldwide
electromagnetic event.

Yeah. Which could, in turn, sheer the...
the electromagnetic shield around the planet

allowing these massive amounts
of solar and cosmic radiation

to... to... to scorch the
surface of the earth.

Oh, is that all?

Riku, is that true?

[sighs] It's true.

That's a possibility, yes.

It was.

It was a source of much
debate within the Initiative.

And when the board discovered
that Finley was doing...

They ousted him.

Yeah.

And all the stuff
that made the news,

and diversions of funds and...

It was itself a diversion.

[host] You now have
53 minutes to input the...

Hey, guys,

we're not alone on this call.

- [Veronica] What?
- Yup.

Yeah, someone
tapped into the line.

[Veronica] How... how come
we... we can't see them?

- It's, uh... look, I can't explain it.
- [Veronica] Well, give it a go.

Well, can you sum up
contract law in five seconds

in a way I can understand?

[Veronica] You sign a
contract, you abide by it.

Okay, bad example.

Can you tell where
they... They are?

No. No, but whoever it
is, they're really good.

- They're really...
- [static crackles]

Is that Hakan?

[Veronica] Hakan?

I don't know.

[host] It appears that
Mr. Nordquist has disconnected.

- Please enjoy this music until he's back online.
- [song playing]

Hey, you guys,
that was not Hakan.

- You don't know that!
- Is the song necessary?

- [host] Not at all.
- [music stops]

[phone vibrating]

Riku, what... What
are you doing? Riku.

Wait, just give me a minute.

Jesus, this is absurd.

- [man on phone] Hello.
- [Riku] Hey, Doug. It's me.

Me, who?

Riku Matsuda.

[whispering] Sorry.

When's the last time you
checked on the equipment?

[sighs]

Riku, the equipment is safe.

It's locked up, I
have eyes on it 24/7

I need you to check it!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Who do you think
you're talking to?

Sorry. I'm on a call with the
Quantinuum Contingency team.

Okay. Who are they?

I say the rest of us input
our codes and be done with it.

- Hey, do we still have a visitor?
- Yup.

Okay, so, any luck figuring out

where they are, who they are?

Oh, I was supposed
to do that, huh?

- Well...
- Couldn't hurt, could it?

It's coming from
inside the house.

[soft chuckle] Just kidding.

Can you please just
check the equipment?

Come on, I'll take
you over there.

Jump onto FaceTime.

[Veronica] Mr. Matsuda.

[Riku] In a minute.

Well, as you would say nowadays,

um, it's all truth-adjacent,
shall we say,

or is it adjacent-truth?
I'm not sure.

But it's bit of a
conundrum, isn't it?

The point is that none of these,

uh, the fealty and obeisance,

uh, thrown my way
has anything to with me,

but with my achievements.

And while there may be,
uh, kernels or seeds of truth

in, um, these, uh, allegations

or these accolades
or castigations,

um, no, I'm... I'm sorry.

None of these define
exactly who I am.

[Doug] All right.

[beeping]

[rapid beeping]

[garage door whirring]

[Doug] No, no, no.

[whispering] What is it?

[Doug] Call the Foundation.

- Why?
- It's not here.

Call the Foundation, right now.

Riku, it's gone.

It's empty. Look, it's empty.

Sorry. Is Hakan back?

- Negative.
- What are you doing?

I'm calling the Foundation.

What's the Foundation?

The Foundation oversees

- remaining corporate interests.
- Shit! No answer.

[Veronica] It's not a place of business.
They don't have working hours.

[Riku] Well, I thought
it was worth a shot.

[Veronica] And you
made a valiant effort,

but we should have already
entered our passcodes.

[Sam] Guys, I'll be right back.

[door handle turns]

[Sam] What the hell is this?

Sorry about earlier.

If you say so, Mr. Williams.

Look, me and Finley,
we're tight. You knew that.

So were you really surprised
that I was one of, uh, the chosen?

Mr. Williams, you put
the company at jeopardy

with your erratic behavior
and your dependence issues.

Right.

What time is it there again?

[Veronica] What if we
punch in our codes?

[Trevor] Give it a whirl, sure.

[host] Access denied.

It's case sensitive.

You really are insufferable.

Still no answer
at the Foundation.

[typing]

[host] Access denied.

May I ask why?

[host] When one or more
Contingency members

are signed, the system
will automatically lock down.

To override the system lockdown,

please enter the 20-character
secure override password.

- Any ideas, Trevor?
- Twenty characters?

Might have to think
on that a minute.

[host] You have 50
minutes to input the codes.

Would you like to listen
to music while you wait?

No. No, no, no. We would not.

What on earth are
you laughing at?

Nothing. It's...
This is so Finley.

[Sam] "You will receive
a message on this phone.

Start the video attached
to the message."

[whispering] Hey, it's me.

So, anything?

There's no sign of forced entry.

And the outside
alarm wasn't triggered,

so whoever it was had the
passcode to my entire security system.

Wait a second.

[typing]

"Your legacy is yours
and yours alone."

Hey, counselor, I'm really
sorry to change the subject

because I love talking about
what a piece of shit I am,

but I'm tracking this,
uh, secret caller...

And?

[Trevor] I'm getting pinballed
all over the world here.

Hawaii, New York, Little
Rock, Dallas, Texas. No, wait...

Dallas, Georgia. Did you guys
know there was a Dallas, Georgia?

[sighs] Mr. Williams.

Right, right. So,
look, the point is

right when I think I'm gonna
pin him down, I get rerouted.

[Riku] What is it?

Riku, I'm gonna
send you something...

[typing]

and you better
get a handle on it.

Call the Foundation. Do it now.

- I did.
- Keep trying until you get through.

[static crackles]

Oh, shit.

[gun cocks]

- Make the call. Do it now.
- Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit.

- Oh, shit.
- What?

Did you know there was
a Los Angeles in Chile?

And rerouted again. Goddamnit.

Oh, great. I was worried
I missed something.

Hakan's back up.

- Hey!
- [Riku speaks foreign language]

[host] Forty-eight
minutes remaining.

I'm not even gonna
ask what that was.

I think we should
do what it says.

- Abort mission. Game over.
- I couldn't agree more.

- [Trevor] Thank you.
- We can't.

- We made a commitment.
- Commitment?

Commitment my ass, Veronica.

No one, I mean, no one short of
Finley Hart himself can convince me...

We can't punch
the code in anyway.

Why not?

Because the system locks down.

Locks down tight, requires
20-character password.

Wait, so... so can you hack it?

Not in the 47 minutes we have.

Trevor, uh, I know
you were loyal to Finley.

And I was, too. He...
he taught me everything.

Everything I
know, but we also...

We also need to bear in mind
that he... he was bat-shit crazy.

He taught you
everything you know,

but he didn't teach
you everything he knew.

He chose you and you
accepted, so we are not aborting

and don't call
him bat-shit crazy.

Why is it that today we are...

Nowadays we are,
uh, compelled and...

To use these big, big words
like the truth, the narrative,

and, uh, you know, the optics.

Ooh. And, uh, why are we
so... We are... why do we all

so desperately
need to be defined?

Can you tell me?
Because it sure as hell

beats the crap out of
me, kiddo, I'll tell you that.

Anyway, never
mind, it's no problem.

Um, you know, for all
my faults, I just, uh...

Simply I wanna make
people better or just,

you know... Not even
those around me.

Anyway, thank you for
a wonderful interview.

I really have to go
'cause I'm rather tired.

See, I don't have
long to live, you see?

But none of us do, do we?

But then life is a
blur, isn't it, you know?

Yeah. [chuckles]

That's right, an illusion.
A dream within a dream.

Strange twists, uneasy
turns in the road.

Ah, yes, and another thing,
I'll tell you this for... for free.

Um, there are far too many
people in that final turn in the road.

You know what I mean?

Far too many people
who are about to realize

quite suddenly and
only too late, I'm afraid,

that they're about
to hit the fucking wall.

And that nobody cares.

And nobody ever has cared
in the whole of human history.

It's so strange... strange
little creatures we are.

[static crackles]

All right. What good would it
do to contact the Foundation?

Maybe they're
aware of the breach

and can pinpoint the source.

Why did this person
bring Hakan back online?

We couldn't punch in the
codes. He could have stopped us.

Yeah, no shit.

My... my guess
is it's because...

Okay... [breathes deeply]

- Remember what I said earlier?
- Sort of.

Yeah, the electromagnetic event.

- Yeah, that.
- There's also the possibility

that not inputting the codes
will destabilize the field.

Wait. So the same
thing as putting the...

No. Not... not exactly
because the power source

has been partially reactivated.

So the theory goes,
it is already expanding

and could fracture the
temporal continuum.

The tem... the
temporal continuum?

Like, reset the
space-time continuum?

I mean, start over.

Back to the Ice
Ages, so to speak.

Jesus.

I mean, it's not a
theory I agree with.

- Hold on.
- [host] Forty-five minutes remaining.

I have another number for
the Foundation, Riku. Try this.

What? Why didn't
you tell us that earlier?

Because I don't
trust any of you.

Okay, I'm tired of being dragged
through your company bullshit.

I've dealt with
it my whole life.

You didn't earn that money.

You're a trust fund kid.

Did whatever you
wanted your whole life,

waiting around for
Daddy to fill your pockets.

Don't. No. Don't pretend
to know me, Trevor.

It makes you look stupid.

Finley was never in my life,

but the company's antics completely
destroyed whatever life I had.

And you know what? I busted
my ass to get through school.

Bussing tables, tending
the bar, taking out loans.

- No one ever gave me anything.
- All right. All right. Easy. My bad.

We might as well call the
Foundation and see what they can do.

[exhales]

Yeah. Sure thing.

Got it. I'll find
out what I can.

- Let's take a break...
- Fair enough.

And reconvene in five minutes.

- Yeah, fine.
- Fine.

♪♪

[static crackling]

[host] Please enjoy this music
until the other parties rejoin the call.

["Escape [The Piña Colada
Song]" by Rupert Holmes playing]

[chuckles] Oh, Finley.

[phone ringing]

Please tell me at least
one of us is inebriated, babe.

Not quite yet but getting there.

Are you on your way?

[sighs] I wish.

Look, I'm sorry.

- Talk to you later, okay?
- It's okay.

I'm drinking for two
until you get here.

[sighs]

♪♪

[Riku] Hi. This is Riku Matsuda.

Um, you may know me already.

There's a situation that
I need to tell you about.

[voice indistinct
through static]

[exhales]

Hey, Sam. I wish we
had time to catch up.

I know you must have a
million questions to ask me,

but I'm afraid I don't
have time to answer them.

And I know I wasn't
always the best father,

or any kind of father
at all, come to think of it.

Oh, I was a son of a
bitch. But, anyway, um,

yeah, I think when your mother
died, I lost all touch with humanity.

That sounds like a crock
of old horse shit, doesn't it?

"I lost all touch with
humanity. Boo-hoo."

[chuckles] Anyway,
you know what I mean.

I'm... I'm sure it got to
you, and I'm sure it, uh,

hurt you a lot, and, um...

Anyway, uh...

You know, I'm just
sorry your mother's,

uh, death coincided
with, uh, your birth.

But that's enough of all that.

It's water under the bridge,
as the man said, you know?

Water under the bridge.

Anyway, where's
the point... Ah, yes.

Now, here we are. As
you remember, I, um...

Yeah, I, uh, I dived or
dove, or whatever it was,

I plunged deep into the heart
of the... the Quantinuum Project.

Do you remember? And, uh,
yeah, it was the main focus of my life.

I was, uh... it took me years
before I let my guard down.

And, um, yeah, if I remember
it correctly... [chuckles]

Years before I woke
up... It was the year 2002.

Yeah, I came to
my senses, I guess,

or maybe I went back
to sleep. Who knows?

But, anyway, I remember
it clear as yesterday.

It was, uh, God, it was
that glorious dream,

like summer way up in Cloud
Cuckoo Land. Where was that?

Northern California.
Yeah. East of Carmel.

East of Eden, I used to call it 'cause
that's where it all started, wasn't it?

The Land of Nod
on the East of Eden.

Yeah. [chuckles]
The Hart Enterprise.

Oh, my God. They were
crazy. They were all really crazy.

But I was crazier than all
of them. Did you know that?

Yeah, I was bored
out of my skull.

I'd been for years now for
the big... [indistinct] and all...

And, uh, I'm still here for
something God knows what...

Well, talk about God.

Yeah, Aldous Huxley,
he was my God.

The Doors of
Perception. [grunts]

God.

Yeah, that's
when it all started.

You think I'm crazy? I'm not.

But I'm sure you must realize
by now that I'm very much alive.

And, uh, yeah.

I, uh, can't reveal my
location to you, of course,

and I cannot, um, communicate
with you in any other way.

But my death, or
my so-called death,

was something
that had to happen.

You understand? Anyway,
that's another story.

This is the point, um, Sam.

And, uh, it is important
that you hear me out.

Really, it's because I'm
gonna need your help,

if that's okay, you
know? I hope so anyway.

Um, so here's the deal.

The people or the
faction that drove me

out of the Hart Enterprises

will not allow the machine
to remain functional,

and it is essential and vital to
humanity that it does remain functional.

You understand?

It will not be enough for them,

uh, you know, to...
They'll talk to you

and try to persuade
you to stop. No.

Because they will keep
coming. They will not stop!

Because they're
adamant, you know?

And beware because these are
the real psychos, the real wackos.

The only way you can beat them
is to, um, punch in those codes.

And you have, in my
estimation, just under an hour.

Anyway, this is the point...

'Cause these
clowns, if they, um,

can prevent you or
stop you or, you know,

even hack into codes,
the machine will rupture

and cause a globe-killing
disaster event.

And it'll be bye-bye.

And I'm serious, you know?

So, um... and they
will not stop, you know?

They will come and find
you. I mean, for example,

the only one in their group,

in your group, that they knew
about was that guy Hakan,

and they'll find the rest of you

because, you know, uh,
boundaries don't matter,

and distance doesn't matter.

You know, I'm halfway
around the world

and I, uh, connected
with you in, um,

it was a millisecond, wasn't it?

And, um, anyway... what...
What else was I gonna say?

Oh, yes, yes. I have
a... I have a... I've got...

I've got a device
for you, uh, Sam.

I'll explain it later. But
I've placed the device

in a box together with, uh,
several face masks, okay?

And they're in... The
box is in the closet

of the bedroom you used when you
came to visit me. Do you remember?

So you must get the box and you
must wear the face mask at all costs.

What else was I gonna
say? That's about it, I think.

Um...

so download these codes.

Don't neglect and don't delay.

And, um... Oh, something
else I wanted to say.

Something, um, having seen you

in that old house with your son.

Good-good-looking
boy there, Sam.

Don't do to him
what I did to you.

- No, I won't.
- I don't know if you know this,

but, um, I always expected
great things from you, Sam.

Did you know that?

Yeah. So now is your chance

to fulfill the destiny
I hoped for you.

Everyone in your team has been,
um, chosen and has a reason.

They all have a purpose, and
I'm sure you will find your purpose.

So good luck to the team.

Wear the face masks.
Wear those face masks.

And I'll see you around.

♪♪

[breathing heavily]

Hey. Hey. Hey, what's up?

- Are you okay?
- Yes. Yeah. I'm... I'm... I'm... I'm fine.

Is it really him?

My mom said there
was a box for me.

It had a phone, some videos.

He said I was the only
one you would listen to.

[typing]

- Fringe science?
- Yes, Katherine. Fringe science.

Do you know how
goofy that sounds?

Yes. I... yes.

Okay. So did you
know he was into...

I don't know anything
about him, Katherine!

I have told you all of this!
He was not a father to me.

- I was raised by my Aunt Rebecca.
- Raised by his sister. I know.

He's...

Ah. Sammy boy.

Swear you did not put that
photo in the nursery bed.

- Swear.
- I've never seen the picture, Sam. I promise.

[bangs fist on table]

[Katherine] He's your father.

Would he lie to you
about something like this?

Yeah.

Have you ever...

Have you ever been
to Coney Island?

No? [soft chuckle]

Um...

My dad would always be chasing
funding, you know, when I was a kid.

And, uh, he had
some Wall Street guy,

just had him on the hook.
Just trying to reel him in.

And it was the one, like,
business trip that he took me on

that he actually spent
any time with me.

It was the one time.

[kid laughing]

So he ended up taking
me to Coney Island,

and then, uh, he put
me on the Cyclone.

You know, the
place, like the old...

Just some rickety, old
wooden roller coaster.

And I must have ridden
that a dozen times, and...

I don't know... You
know, I go around

and I... I'd see his
face in the crowd.

I'd wave and smile.

You know, he... He'd
wave and smile back,

and it would just, you
know, just go around.

And every time that was
our... That was a thing.

Until one time it came
around and he just wasn't there.

He got a page and left.

I was nine.

It felt like I... I had
gotten swallowed up

into just a sea of people.

And I was terrified, so I
just... I... I ran to the beach,

and I just walked up
and down the shoreline

just sobbing until my Aunt
Rebecca picked me up.

He came... I don't know,

it was like a couple
days later he came back.

And he said, "Hey, my bad, kid.

I won't do it again."

And I... I think about that
specific time all the time,

and I feel embarrassed
because I believed him.

That was the one trip
we did anything fun.

My Aunt Rebecca wouldn't
let me see him after that.

[clears throat]

So, I can't just blindly trust

anything that he's
saying to just be the truth.

I understand.

Okay.

I'm gonna log back online,

I'm gonna see if I can
wrap my head around this.

Um, but, hey, I love you.

Welcome back, everyone.

So I talked to William
at the Foundation.

Check out Hakan's window.

Who the hell is that guy?

What the hell is going on?

[host] Access code accepted.

Thirty-five minutes remaining.

I recommend that
each of us punch in...

Hang on.

[speaking foreign language]

[girl] Mom, who's
that man outside?

[Sam] Veronica?

- Veronica?
- [Veronica] What?

Hey, is there some place
in your house you can hide?

- [Veronica] Why?
- [Sam] This man, he'll do

the exact same thing to
you he did to Hakan, okay?

This is way bigger
than we know it is.

- What? How do you know?
- Listen, I just know.

Yeah, but how? Half
hour ago you were all,

- "What are here for?" and now you're an expert.
- [glass breaking]

- [alarm blaring] - He's
trying to get into my house.

[Sam] Do not let
him get the password.

Can you get out of there?

- [glass shattering]
- And go where?

[Sam] Okay, is there some
place in your house you can hide?

[clattering]

♪♪

Mom.

[beeping]

[Veronica] Oh fuck. [whimpers]

[Veronica mutters indistinct]

[clattering]

[footsteps approaching]

- [door rattles]
- [gasps]

[man] I'm not here to hurt you.

Just tell me where
your computer is.

[doorknob rattling]

[man] Where is your computer?

[static crackles]

- Veronica?
- [host] Ms. Schultz has disconnected.

Is there another way she
can punch in her code?

Where are you going?

- Uh, I got to get some air.
- Get some air?

Yes, some air, dammit. This
shit is freaking me out, okay?

I need to go out, clear my
head. Is that okay with you?

- Sure. Whatever.
- Yeah, sure. Whatever.

[host] Thirty minutes remaining.
One passcode received.

Uh, come on.

[host] Four passcodes remaining.

[whispers] Is he gone?

Shh.

- [knocking on door]
- [Veronica whimpers]

[Sam] Veronica? It's me, Sam.

- Sam?
- Yes, it's me. Sam Hart.

[Veronica] That's
impossible. How did you...?

[Sam] I don't know.

That song.

Veronica, when I was little,

I remember one time he
was driving us somewhere

and that song came on.

He smiled, turned it up, and I
had never seen him like that.

And I asked him why he
liked that song so much

and he said, "It
reminded me of someone."

He talked about you.

I never knew who you
were but I knew about you.

He loved you. I know that.

I know he loved
you both very much.

When I leave, you have
to put in those codes.

Do you have another
computer? Yours is shot.

- Jamie...
- Yeah. Yeah, I do.

[Veronica] We have.

[Sam] Veronica, you
really loved him, didn't you?

It was more than...

It was more than anyone
will... Will ever understand, Sam.

That song, it means
something, doesn't it?

I saw your face
when the song started.

It looked like it took
you back to something.

[exhales]

We went to Sydney to
close a deal. All business.

He was always all
business, you know?

Finley, me, and a few
others went out to celebrate.

We went to some dive bar.

You know how much
he loved dive bars.

And...

that song was playing,

and I couldn't convince
him that it was not called

"If You Like Pina Coladas."

It was the first time
I saw him as a...

as a real person.

He has difficulty
letting people in, Sam.

But when he does...

it's permanent.

[Sam] Veronica, I can
see why he loved you.

Jamie.

[Sam] Okay, I'll see you soon.

[footsteps retreating]

Yeah.

[Sam retching]

- Here, Mom.
- Thank you.

Thank you, Jamie. Oh, my God.

[typing]

Ah, attagirl.

[host] Override
lockdown code accepted.

In the event one or
more parties sign off,

the system will no
longer lock down.

Passcode accepted.
Twenty-five minutes remaining.

Three passcodes remaining.

Hey, okay, um, can
you do me a favor?

What?

I need you to look
into Hart Enterprises

and see who opposed Finley.

Who was the one that
forced him out, okay?

Okay. Thank you,
baby. I love you.

[clears throat]

Riku, who did you talk
to at the Foundation?

A man named William.

How did you get the technology?

That... that's a long story.

William's not on our
side... Finley's side.

- How do you know?
- Trust me.

Wait. He was... He
was at Veronica's?

Yes.

How can you be sure it was him?

You've never been
involved in... in...

Because he's my cousin.

Riku, how sure are you
about both scenarios?

I'm reasonably certain that if we punch
in the codes, the machine will melt down.

I need you to
quantify your certainty.

Well, according to the test
we ran and the research...

No, no. Just give me the number.

Seventy percent chance that
the machine will melt... melt down.

And if we don't input the codes?

It's an 11% chance not
inputting the codes will...

No. Why... why the variance?
That doesn't make sense.

'Cause the... the power
source is unstable.

And there's a chance that...

There's a chance that
your... your... your father

rigged the machine.

What does he care? He's
dead. It... it... it won't affect him.

Who did you call, Riku?

What? I called the Foundation.

No, no. You called
someone else. Who was it?

And when Hakan saw
the person in his front yard

and he said that they
appeared dizzy and nauseous,

you knew what was
happening, didn't you?

No. I don't... I don't know
what you're talking about.

You know about
this tech, don't you?

You know among other things
that it can cause vestibular disorder.

Answer him, Riku.

You told us the tech
never functioned,

but that was a lie, wasn't it?

Did you know that the
person who killed Hakan

was using the
displacement technology?

Answer me, Riku!

- [chiming]
- Answer him!

I had my suspicions.

[ringing]

- Hello, Douglas.
- They've entered two numbers already.

Yes, William told me.
What's your read on Riku?

- Think he'll cave to Sam?
- No. No way.

Rebecca, you tell
William he's off limits.

- We had conducted successful tests before.
- [Sam] When?

I can be there in less than a
minute to ask you face to face.

Back when I was
at Hart Enterprises,

your father had disagreements about
how to best improve the technology.

Is that why you teamed up with my aunt
and Doug Mancini to orchestrate a coup?

Your father was
acting erratically!

He was sick! He was... he
was... He was a megalomaniac!

Your brother
completely miscalculated

what Riku brings to the table.

I mean, that's how I recruited
the guy in the first place, right?

Yes, but you didn't
exactly recruit him

for his resolve, did you?

I'll tell William
that he's an ally.

Anything else?

Yeah.

Hakan was dead.

So someone had to
punch in his code for him.

You think we have a
wildcard in the game?

You think we don't?

I'll talk to William.

You convince Riku to stick to
his guns for 19 more minutes.

♪♪

[exhales] Shit.

So what's it gonna be? Are
you gonna punch in the code?

I'm scared to.

Finley may have been
who you say he was.

I know he was a shitty father.

But he was also a
visionary, and this is his life.

And you're gonna... you're gonna
break your commitment to him

just because Rebecca's
better for the bottom line?

Punch in your code.

Punch in your code, Riku!

- [phone vibrating] -
No! Do not answer that.

You... I know you wanna
do the right thing here.

- [staggered breathing] -
Riku, punch in your code!

[vibrating continues]

Damn it!

[host] Riku Matsuda
has disconnected.

Seventeen minutes remaining.

[Trevor breathing deeply]

Trevor, you still with me?

I don't know who I'm with.

[William retching]

I thought you said you
were getting used to it.

[William] I thought I was.

[soft chuckle]
I'll be all right.

When are you
leaving for Trevor's?

I have Riku's computer
and his passcode.

- I mean, there's no need...
- Did you destroy his computer?

Not yet. I just made it back,

and I've been
chundering in the loo.

Destroy it. Finish this.

[phone ringing]

[static crackles]

He's gonna kill me.

Hey. You having fun?

Babe, you look stressed.

Yeah. Yeah, I know.
Look, uh, I'm really sorry,

but I'm right in the middle
of something really important,

- and I can't explain it.
- Are you gonna make it?

[Trevor] Of course,
yeah. I'm gonna make it.

Why can't you go to the
Foundation, or whatever you call it?

Finley didn't leave
me the coordinates.

- Were you close with your cousin?
- Not really.

I mean, my aunt favored
him, but why wouldn't she?

Okay. Um, I got to go.
I'll... I'll call you back.

Um, I am just gonna go home.

So, I'll see you
in a little bit.

You're the best. Foot
rubs for a month, okay?

[Taylor] And more. All right.
I'll see you soon. Bye, babe.

How long you been together?

Fourteen years.

- Where'd you meet?
- Come on.

Don't start this
buddy-buddy stuff, Sam.

Out of all the people in this
mess, I trust you the least.

Why is that?

Because nothing
about you adds up.

You don't trust Finley,
you do trust Finley.

You don't wanna
punch in the codes,

then you do wanna
punch in the code.

Riku's gone. Hakan's
dead. Veronica...

Look, the only person I trust in all
of this is Finley, and he's gone, too.

And that man took
me in after I messed up.

But you, you, you...

Why didn't you just
go save Riku, hmm?

Like you did Veronica?

I could... I thought I
could convince him.

Or zip over, and punch in
the code like you did Hakan.

Like I did what?

[phone ringing]

[Sam] Hey.

[phone chimes]

Sam, can you hear me?

Anyway, I tell you,

if you don't punch in
those codes, it's over.

You got me? We are
dead, we're all dead.

Babe, I told you...

- [William] I have your wife.
- Who the hell are you?

[Finley] I know more
about the power sources

of that machine than
anyone on this planet,

and you better believe because they've
severely underestimated its stability.

[William] I won't harm
her, so long as you comply.

You goddamn son of a bitch.

- [William] Trevor...
- If you hurt her,

if you hurt her, I swear to God!

[William] No threats,
Trevor. Do not put in the code.

Just tell Trevor something
from me, would you?

I want you to tell him about

that night he met
his wife, Taylor.

They were in the Florida
Keys, a hole in the wall dive bar,

in Marathon, I think it was.

Okay. O-okay.

Okay. What do you want
me to do? Just don't hurt her.

[William] Destroy your
laptop. Stay in your apartment.

When I have proof
you've destroyed it...

Okay. Okay, just hold
on, I'll do it right now.

[host] Fourteen
minutes remaining.

[Finley] Spotted 20 bucks and,
uh, told him to buy her a drink.

Trevor, no, no, no! Hey,
stop, stop! What's going on?

He's gonna kill my wife!

Trevor, st... no, no.
Trevor, he's lying.

- We have to input the codes.
- [grunts]

Trevor, listen, listen.

Trevor, no, no!

We have to input the codes.

[panting] He's got my wife.

Okay, what if the only person
that you trust is still alive?

He remembers when you met
your wife in the Florida Keys,

at a... At a dive
bar in Marathon.

Uh, you were drinking
margaritas and shooting pool.

And he... um, she
came in with her friend.

She was so pretty, made
you scratch on the eight ball.

And then, you lost,
uh, your last 20 bucks,

and you came over
to me, and you said...

Back off, Finster.

- She's mine.
- She's mine.

Yes! And then, he spotted
you a 20 to buy her a drink.

I traced that call.

All this time, I traced it.

He wants you to
put in your code.

[host] Nine minutes remaining.

Let me talk to her.

[William] I said no threats.

- Okay, I'll destroy it.
- Trevor, no, no!

Just give me five
seconds with her.

That's all I need. Prove
to me that she's okay.

[sniffles]

- Hey, babe.
- [Taylor] Hey.

What's happening?

[no audible dialogue]

[panting]

[Trevor] Come on.
Come on. Come on.

Run, baby, run, run!

Run, baby.

[William] I'll kill
you! Get back here!

- Babe, let me in.
- [man] Ma'am.

- Let me in.
- [man] In here.

- Ma'am, are you okay?
- I'm okay.

- [whimpers]
- [Trevor panting]

I guess I'll find out soon
enough if that worked.

[typing]

[host] Passcode accepted.
Eight minutes remaining.

I'm sorry I hurt you. I
remember that day, too.

But, uh, I never knew
it got to you, you know.

And, uh, that's why I
tried to make it up to you.

Um, yeah, I love you, Sam.

Don't like saying that too
much. Don't like all this...

[sighs] love and
fondness racket.

- [crying] - It makes
me feel creepy.

Anyway, um, yeah.

I...

I can...

I can go back.

Oh, I can... I can go back.

Temporal, temporal, temporal
displacement, it's time travel.

I can go back.

Temporal, temporal
displacement. It's time travel.

I can go... I can go back.

[Finley] Sam, I've
got to caution you.

Um... [chuckles]

Any small change you make
will cause ripple effects, okay?

You'll be tempted to
save someone's life.

I know I was. But a
change that big can cause,

not just a ripple, but
a big tsunami, okay?

So be warned.

[Sam] I'm sorry I didn't
get here sooner, Hakan.

I'm sorry.

[Sam retching]

[host] Passcode accepted.

Thank you, Mr. Matsuda.

The Quantinuum Initiative is
now online and fully operational.

[chuckles]

Hey.

How's she doing?

She's on her way
up to me right now.

- Thank you.
- No, no. Thank you, Trevor.

Hey, didn't you wanna know
where I traced that call to?

I think I know.

And... and if I don't, then...

Yeah, you can go
anywhere, any time.

Yeah. I gotta go, uh...

I gotta go check in on somebody.

[man] Shocking news from the
tech world today, as Rebecca Hart,

the sister of late eccentric
billionaire Finley Hart,

was arrested for
a litany of charges

including conspiracy
to commit murder.

[phone chimes]

[man 2] Authorities say the murder of
former Hart Chairman Hakan Nordquist

was carried out at
Mrs. Hart's behest,

by her son, William Porter, who
now faces charges in Sweden.

Mrs. Hart allegedly collaborated

with former Hart Enterprises
Head of Security, Doug Mancini,

to not only oust Finley
Hart from the company,

but to steal developing
technology from the company.

Federal authorities have issued
a warrant for Mr. Mancini's arrest,

in connection with the
still unraveling conspiracy.

[gun cocks]

[gunshot]

[door opens]

[Finley] You know, this piano
is like an old friend to me,

always has been,
source of inspiration.

If I got stuck and
couldn't figure things out

I would just sit here
and play, or improvise.

- [piano playing] - Sometimes
for hours and hours,

especially after Samantha
was taken from us.

In fact, I was playing this
piece on this very piano

when I figured out the key
to making the machine work.

When you were a kid,
if you couldn't sleep,

you'd always ask me to play this
piece of music, which I'd improvised.

And I'd play it, and you'd
go to sleep, probably bored.

[laughs]

Glad you made it, Sam.

We have a lot to talk about.

♪♪

That is a go?

[man] Yep. Ready.

The purpose of
this thing is to see

what we can achieve
with, like, the MacGyver.

Like, what do we have...
What are the tools around me,

what can I do, you know.

Uh, I can kind of
imagined the title sequence

ending with Finley Hart
is... Has passed away.

Ex-billionaire Finley Hart
has reportedly passed away

due to complications
from kidney failure.

His wife died while
giving birth in 1992.

He's survived by his sister,
Rebecca, and his son, Samuel Hart.

Again, our top story tonight,
Finley Hart is watching us...

[woman] We're taking
you on a journey to the...

Yes. You guys have
like MTV Cribshere, so...

Show me where Tony's
gonna be sitting at a piano?

Can you move in a little closer?

- Right here, honey.
- Yeah. That's great.

-[woman] Is that what you want?
- That's beautiful. Beautiful.

Yeah. Love that. Yeah.

[beeping]

Problem resetting, still rolling,
one more time. Here we go.

- Good morning, Ms. Schultz.
- Morning.

Next time you schedule
a conference call

at the crack of dawn for me,
my hourly rate will double.

Moving objects, people.

A device your father
developed in secret.

She said, uh, I lost connection.

Can... can... Can
you guys hear me?

Like... that's... let's pick
something like that up to...

[host] State your name, title,
or former title for the group.

Title? Uh, I don't
have a title or position.

Does somebody wanna tell me
what the hell is going on here?

I mean... I mean, Chris, um,
smaller with the eye movements

as well, across the stream
because when you turn your head,

it looks like you're looking at,
like, three different monitors.

Standby... [indistinct]

- Sorry.
- We're just calling Ed right now, Stella,

One quick second.

- [indistinct]
- Yeah.

[woman] Hello?

Are you calling... [indistinct]

- [man] So sorry.
- Sorry.

You hear something
at the window,

and you get up and
take your phone with you.

[host] ...minutes to input.

- Uh, where... where is he going?
- I'm just getting my water,

if that's okay with you.

Hakan, are you still with us?

There's some lunatic here,
staring into my window.

And then, you hold up your iPhone,
as if you're gonna film the guy.

Who's that on the left of
the screen? Who's that?

- It's the writer right here.
- Hi.

[Hopkins] Hey, hey, I'm
sorry. I... I hope I... I didn't take

too much liberty
from your writing.

It... it can be scary if
someone disappears,

but we... all of a sudden, the
technology sends us to that room,

and we don't... But they're
not there why is that?

And then, just hear the sound
coming in, and the sound going off.

And then, that just becomes
more scary, you know?

I have this... This
thing going on.

Oh, okay. Yeah. No,
uh, no, you... yes...

But across the mark,
you wanna leave at zero.

[man] Supposed to be around
2,500 or less, if possible,

but 2,500 should be...

Placement of the
security camera.

Can we not just
move that and, like,

that angle Alex just showed
us. Alex, turn your camera back

to like what it would look like.

That looks pretty
awesome as a backdrop.

God, I love this song.

["Escape [The Piña Colada
Song]" by Rupert Holmes playing]

I've got... ♪ If you
like piña coladas

- in my head.
- Oh, man.

So, uh... Oh, look at that.
Tony's calling me, actually.

- Of course.
- [both laughing]

I'll call him back after this.

Um, so he's not in the
room with you, is he?

It's meant to with the GoPro
is we can effectively, like,

tape it to the top of a
phone, and he can be...

And like, somebody can be on a
Skype call with the other actors,

but recording themselves
with the GoPro.

[whispers] What is it?

[Doug] Call the Foundation.

- Why?
- It's not here.

Call the Foundation.
Do it right now.

Riku, it's gone, it's empty.

Look, it's empty.

You want it up high?
I really push it up.

- [man] Yeah.
- Four feet higher than my head.

Go. Ready, and... Hey,
Omar, come on, buddy.

You did agree to it.

No. I never agreed
to that, and I never will.

Tilt your laptop down so I
can see the set a little bit?

Like, if you... okay.

When they're in the box,

and they get the card out
there should be a QR code,

so they have to pick up their
phone, and scan the QR code,

because that can be
the reason to actually see

what they're scanning,
and see what it says.

You know, we never see enough
of the laptop to notice who it is.

We just know that mother
and daughter together,

they usually go as one, she just
asked if her daughter had a laptop.

[man] And I'm rerouting.

Are you really
married to an adult?

What essentially
we would wanna do,

is we would score
the 92 minutes, um,

with a brain wave
frequency matrix

that would help to further
enhance the emotion

that's being captured
on the screen,

as you're going
through different scenes.

That was awesome. TJ killed it.

I hope that water pipe's
not gonna break now.

[speaking foreign language]

Let's give it up for Alex, man.

- Absolutely.
- Yeah.

Alex, man. You've
killed it, dude.

[muttering]

Riveting performance over Zoom.

- [laughing]
- Oh, my God.

Everybody can come off of their
muted, uh, video screens here.

And give it up for Jim for joining
us, for having patience with us,

and for knocking
it out of the park.

Really well done,
sir. We'll cut it there.

- Yay.
- Great work. Great work.

Wow. Yeah!

Yeah, buddy!

I will put the crown of...
of great performance

back on your head,
once that one's off.

Oh hey. [indistinct]

You as well, as we float
down that long river...

of all our happy yesterdays.

Ta-ta. Bye-bye.