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Some fool once told me the only reason we're here

is to make friends in progeny.

Utter bullshit, wouldn't you say?

I'll admit there's a bastard or two

running around with my DNA

but as for friends, huh, count them.

Try.

I suppose that makes me king asshole, don't it?

If you're going to live in Megaville

that's theprimero ground rule.

Never trust anybody except the ugly guy in the mirror.

Tell you why.

This beautiful kid I knew who trusted the system

got his brain scrambled like, I don't know,

like two farm fresh eggs.

Now, in the Hemisphere they call that science.

I call it mindfuck.

Catch my drift?

If you don't want to end up like him,

pass a warning:

trust no one.

Come here, boy!

Ho!

Hold it!

What's going on now?

Never mind the fight.

We've got to make the pass and blow it up afterwards.

Come on. Get going!

Freeze! Media Police!

Freeze!

Get up against the wall!

Get over there now!

Stay there!

Turn it off!

Brothers...

we have just entered the temple of decadence.

This vile cavern right here in our own homeland

is the spawning ground for media entertainment.

People in the black market say

that this entertainment is a harmless distraction,

a harmless distraction used

by the power structure in Megaville

to tell our people that moral and decent life is worthless.

Media relies purely on sex,

pointless violence

and mindless humor

to cover up

for the moral emptiness of a society

that is producing it.

The black market poisons the hearts and minds

of our citizens with media...

...compared to the abuse in making them itself...

...they call it Dream A Life.

The potential harm from Dream A Life

is unfathomable.

You can only hope and pray

that this poison, this acid on the metal of civilization

never enters our society.

Order! Order, I said!

Take him out.

He's had another disturbance.

He's had another disturbance.

I see.

What, uh, what... what does this mean?

This means a slight delay.

But nothing, uh, dangerous?

No. Nothing dangerous.

We've kept Jensen off the streets for over a week.

His partners may already be suspicious.

I think that, uh...

another day couldn't hurt.

It isn't that he doesn't...

I mean, he does very much want to be a CKS agent,

right away, too.

One day should be plenty enough time for you, right, Doctor?

We are dealing with a human body,

not a finite instrument.

One day, Dr. Vogel.

One day.

There is no reason for concern, Mrs. Palinov.

The procedure is absolutely safe.

Your son will never forget what you are doing for him.

Raymond?

Raymond?

I'm almost ready.

Raymond, why are you still in bed?

Don't you know what time it is?

I had another one of these dreams.

Instead of playing with your watch,

you should look at it. You're late.

Something wrong with the band.

If you ask me, it's all that media filth

you have to confiscate.

That's why you have all these dreams.

I've always said there's a very thin line

between moral sickness and-

If you had joined the army like your father

none of this would have happened.

You wouldn't have to see all this media.

If I was in the army you'd be here all by yourself.

Come on, your tea's ready for you in the kitchen.

You don't have to do that.

You know that Dr. Vogel,

the doctor who knew your father?

He thinks the CKS could give you a different job.

I'm not in the CKS.

Then you're being promoted.

Promoted?

Dr. Vogel said he will promote you to the CKS.

That's not a promotion. The CKS is an entirely...

No.

You must have misunderstood.

I want you to wear your good shoes.

We are going to see him right now.

The procedures takes years.

There's physical training and background checks.

I'm sure Dr. Vogel will sort all that out.

He says it's a wonderful opportunity for you.

This must be a mistake.

It has to be.

It's not a good time

with all the dreams I've been having.

I've been sick.

I don't think the CKS will want-

Raymond, it was not easy for me to get you this appointment.

I'm happy in the Media Force.

You'll be important.

And you'll go to work in a suit.

I don't want to be in the CKS.

I don't know why you're asking me to be something I'm not.

Do you want to disgrace the name of your father?

Is that what you want?

Mr. Palinov, I've been looking forward to meeting you.

I have always believed that the Media Force

is the backbone of maintaining our standard of life

in the Hemisphere.

Media officers like yourself have acted heroically

to ensure our tranquility.

Unfortunately,

the poison from the outside has increased

to demand that we here in the CKS

join with our brothers in the domestic forces.

Mr. Heller has informed me of your superior performance

in the ground level campaigns.

Do you think it is a good idea to show Mr. Palinov

these photographs now?

I want to be very sure

that Mr. Palinov completely understands his assignment.

The man you see in the photographs is Jensen.

Until last week, any attempt to locate him was unsuccessful.

His operation involved videotapes,

receivers, illegal antennas.

Before his arrest

we intercepted plans

that would have made him the first to supply

the black market with Dream A Life.

Dream A Life?

It's a dangerous new type of personality altering media.

Yes, well nobody I know uses any media.

An addiction to media encompasses

a much wider social spectrum

than one would think, Mrs. Palinov.

Your assignment, Mr. Palinov,

is to contact Jensen's partner at Megaville

and confiscate Dream A Life

before it reaches the black market

in the Hemisphere.

Mr. Palinov?

Raymond?

These pictures...

Well, it's...

you see, Raymond's always hated violence.

Almost looked like he enjoyed killing.

He did.

Mr. Palinov, surely you notice many similarities

between Jensen and yourself.

Someone who could impersonate this Jensen

with your background and experience

would be an indispensable factor in our investigations.

Wouldn't you agree?

Yes, sir.

Um, Dr. Vogel, you said...

you never told me that Raymond would be involved with that.

But if...

Questions, Mr. Palinov?

You may speak freely.

Uh, I was only wondering to myself

what if I was to be recognized as not being the suspect.

Intelligent observation.

The people of Megaville have plastic surgery

on a regular basis.

I doubt anyone will question some minor discrepancies.

Mr. Palinov,

it is an honor to have you with our organization.

Eh, Mr. Jensen.

Nice to see you again.

Haven't seen you around for a while.

It's been like ten days, huh?

This, uh, now...

Yes?

Oh, man, Mr. Jensen, I mean,

we're both men of the world and all, I mean, uh,

I'm in business but, uh...

What do you want?

Me? Nothing.

What the hell? I mean, if it was up to me,

pay now, pay later, you know, like they say,

but, uh, the manager he, uh, you know...

Why don't you get the manager's fat ass out here

and I'll talk to him myself.

That reminds me. You got a couple calls from Megaville.

Newman and Taylor.

What do they want?

I don't know. But they called a lot.

Looking for me?

You got a gun.

I got a bomb.

I mean it, Jensen, even breathe wrong

and this whole building will blow

and we'll be the only ones in hell

with our own luggage.

This has to be a mistake.

I'll say it is.

You promised to get me to Megaville by last week.

How can I get you to Meg-

I don't even have a Megaville passport.

Nobody drops line up on me, motherfucker, nobody!

I gave you everything I had

and you'll get me to Megaville.

Here's your money. Now get out.

I won't touch it. A deal's a deal.

We going to Megaville now?

Then you have a guest.

Mr. Duprell, I've had a disturbance.

All right...

you had a disturbance.

No. It was m...

It wasn't a disturbance.

Well, this time it happened in front of, uh,

someone who knew Jensen, a woman.

Female?

Yes.

Anyway, she was there and I...

I lost...

I, it... It's happened a few times

since I've been anesthetized.

Anesthetized?

Uh, during a checkup a couple days ago,

and now I have these headaches

and I, I seem to lose control

and I, I don't want to endanger your mission, Mr. Duprell.

And perhaps I should be withdrawn from the assignment.

Don't be concerned about us, Mr. Palinov.

The most important thing is your own wellbeing.

I'm sure our Dr. Vogel can correct your disturbances.

Dr. Vogel, our Mr. Palinov complains.

Recently he...

...lost control.

He lost control.

It's probably nothing serious but I want you to examine him.

It's easily taken care of.

Please, come with me.

He mentioned a female.

A deserter.

She was with the National Army, explosive detachment.

How long has she been with Jensen?

Couldn't have been long.

I'll arranged to have her intercepted immediately.

Not right yet.

She still here?

She never left.

Mmm.

This program is brought to you

by Channel One Megaville TV,

a subsidiary of the Palladian Networks Corporation.

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen in the studio...

I didn't know it was possible to unscramble Megaville TV.

Doesn't mean it's legal.

What would you do if the Media Squad came in?

Media Squad?

Those bastards will get hot running for a dime.

They're almost as bad as you.

Fellow citizens, it is hard for us in Megaville

to understand that something we so often take for granted

like turning on a TV switch

isn't possible in other parts of the world.

It is even illegal.

In Megaville every man and woman has every opportunity.

Not only do we have the chance to succeed

in the occupation of our choice,

but we also have the time and the freedom

to explore other aspects of ourselves

through entertainment and top quality media

such as the program you are watching now.

This is the exact location of the Kruger device,

but to be perfectly honest, gentlemen,

I was reticent about using it without further testing.

Here is a transmitter that is connected to a syringe

in the cerebral hemisphere.

Let's just call it a remote control for the brain.

The device allows us to control the subject's behavior,

thus eliminating the psychotic disturbances

that seem to arise from our earlier impact.

Miraculous as this contrivement sounds...

...I'd like proof that it actually works.

Freedom.

But with freedom comes responsibility.

And since I view all citizens...

...it is my duty as a father

to address the growing problems we have

concerning Dream A Life.

D.A.L. is still freely available to consumers

despite reports linking it directly

to obsessive and anti-social behavior

and permanent identity disorders.

Now, fellow citizens,

I am not in support of government interference

in free enterprise.

Unlike the purely biological transplant

I performed during the checkup,

the Kruger device

is nothing more than a small radio

that receives controlling signals

to stimulate the brain at regular intervals.

How much of his thinking process

can we actually observe?

Using the brain's own electronic impulses,

my improvement to the Kruger device

transmits audio and visual images

as they are being processed by the subject.

I am hereby urging all citizens,

members of my family, to stop using Dream A Life-

What's going on? I can't make it out.

Someone is attacking the President of Megaville.

That's insane.

Did that really happen?

We are sorry to interrupt this program.

Please stand by.

Ladies and gentlemen, a dramatic incident

has just shocked Megaville.

The President has been attacked

during his weekly TV address.

We go now live, outside the President's mansion.

This is Ben Johnson, reporting live

from the Presidential mansion in downtown Megaville.

Behind me is Mr. Vargas,

he was the caretaker on the property here,

and we believe at this point

he actually witnessed this tragic event.

Ladies and gentlemen, we just received word

that President Hughes is dead.

Once again, President Hughes is dead.

Presently no explanation has been given

for the assassination.

Political motives has been ruled out.

The office of the president became...

I hope I'm interrupting.

There's a phone call for you, sir.

I think it's from Megaville.

This hallway smells like rat piss.

Yeah, we got rats, you know.

But we're the only hotel with telephone

in the city anymore.

And the rats, they use the hallway

but they don't use the telephone.

Not unless they're answering it.

What?

Oh, oh, very funny, Mr. Jensen.

Yes, sir, you are a funny man.

You should be on Megaville TV.

- Piss off. - What the hell, dude?

Are we taking a station identification or what?

If this is some kind of CKS tap or trap

I'd like it on the record right now,

I'm sitting naked on the Hemisphere flag,

I'm scratching my balls with a copy

of your constitution or your catechism

or whatever the hell you call it.

Hello?

Hark! Sounds of life.

Jensen, where you been?

I've called for days. Don't you love me anymore?

What?

What's been going on? Where were you all this time?

Look, I can't hear you, I'm-

You see the assassination?

Yeah.

Yeah, I saw that.

Get the next flight to Megaville.

I got to see you as soon as possible.

Okay now, I can hear you, but, uh, there's, uh-

This goddamn Sphere bullshit.

I don't know if you still hear me

but I'll see you tomorrow.

So, we're finally getting out of here.

Don't even think of cutting out on me again, Jensen.

I know a few things about you.

Like what? Like I'm harboring a deserter?

So you know.

I can't take you.

This is a civil war, goddammit. They're going to execute me.

That's not for me to determine. I'm sorry.

I wasn't going to blow up

a village full of innocent people

because high command thought they were hiding some activists.

Look...

I've got friends in Megaville.

I can get you more money.

Five hundred. Even more.

Our airplane leaves in 15 minutes...

without your suitcase.

Megaville Airlines Flight 3

now arriving Gate 4.

What are we going to do now, Jensen?

This will get you through security.

No one ever questions a CKS badge.

I'm impressed.

I don't want to know where you found that.

Mr. Duprell!

He's taking the deserter to the airport.

Mr. Duprell?

Intercept them.

No.

It's your decision, Mr. Duprell,

but if you let the subject get out of our range-

As you said.

It is my decision.

Welcome to Megaville Airport.

You are in Parking Structure Six, level three.

Have a nice day.

We have a little joke in Megaville.

How do you spot a CKS spy?

He's the guy on the road doing the speed limit.

Pretty lame, I know, but it sure as shit

applied to Palinov. Talk about slow!

There's a fucking broadcast tower

lies between his ears, and he never even reached

for an aspirin.

When he did... it was too late.

So, do you know where you are as far as-

Don't worry about me, I've got friends here.

Well...

Forget about it. A deal's a deal.

- It's your money. - Yeah, well, you never know.

Yeah, well, until you see your friends. All right?

You're not as much of an asshole as I thought.

Ah, Megaville.

Land of megaliths, megabucks, megalomania.

Look who Duprell sent to strike a deal with.

How was the land of the cast iron sphincter?

The usual.

Must have been better than that.

You were there ten days without calling back.

Was it ten days?

I had to get a new guy to take out the President.

Right in front of the goddamn autocam,

janitor watching. Real sloppy work.

Our client has a way to make the guy in the mansion

forget what he saw.

But you know, there's really only one way to,

as we say, trammel up the consequence.

Now that we have corporate backing, uh,

oh, I feel as though I deserve an executive position.

Let you do the executing, if you follow my drift.

I don't know.

What?

The guy who once walked into a house,

shot the guy, his wife, and two kids

now gives me, "I don't know."

What the hell happened to you out there?

You fall in love?

I thought we had this big plan

to introduce Dream A Life to the Sphere.

The distribution of D.A.L. is next to impossible.

Our clients are too scattered.

CKS crackdown is too frequent.

We'd lose everything before we had enough connection

with enough pull to loop us around the administration.

Demand for media is growing.

The Sphere is ready for Dream A Life.

This is what it's all about.

Idyllic "penisitudes".

Every company in town has to invade the celestial womb

as a testimony to the corporate swordsmanship.

Meanwhile, Palladian launches a takeover

and swallows up the company.

Including the newly erected glass dicks.

I think they should have built

big glass hands on the bottoms of these things.

Huh?

God bless Megaville.

Clean up after that murder.

Make sure that janitor don't talk.

Yes?

Mr. Duprell, I've just met Newman.

Very good.

Maintain Jensen's alliance.

When this assignment is over I'd like to meet this Jensen

and personally spit in his face.

I would prefer it

if you could restrain your emotions

during this mission, Mr. Palinov.

He killed two sleeping children.

What about the female trader?

She was gone when I got back to the hotel.

I see.

Carry on.

He's lying about the female.

It's not what I would call having him stabilized.

You realize, Dr. Vogel, that Palinov is slipping.

Our plans for Dream A Life are at stalemate

until we can brief him on our full intentions.

How you doing?

Let's talk, huh?

Ha!

Whoo!

Been a little problem getting ahold of you.

Hate to think you would just disappear

with my money. Hate to think that.

Don't you hate to think that?

He hates to think that, too.

Yeah?

Well tell him to stop thinking so much.

Ah!

I like you.

You're funny.

I like you.

And you're funny!

Maybe you don't understand.

Uh, I really want a part of the Dream A Life deal.

So, I'm going to give you, um...

another 24 hours.

If you want to live longer, get me the deal.

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Help.

You're witnessing

another disturbance, Mr. Duprell.

Looks like psycho-stimulation interference

similar to our experiment.

There isn't anything I can do.

I can see this experiment

has come to a most unfortunate conclusion.

- Heller? - Sir?

Send a special operator to Megaville

and apprehend the subject.

Mr. Duprell,

I advise against terminating this project.

Regardless of the graphic violence

in these scenes,

journalistic responsibility necessitates

that we inform our audience repeatedly

of this historical event.

Recorded cold and accurate

by an autocam programmed to keep its lens

on the President's face.

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That means every number on your card

has to have been called during today's game,

and your card should look like this.

Once you have your card completely blacked out

and you are the first person to call in...

Shit! What happened to you?

I'm okay.

You're bleeding out of your ears!

It's no- I have a headache.

I've seen your headaches before.

Get out.

I'm only trying to help.

I know. And I appreciate that,

but you don't want to, you don't...

You can't associate yourself with me right now.

Yeah.

Okay.

Fine.

I'll just be going then.

What is it?

Nothing.

It's just that...

you shouldn't be alone.

Nobody should.

Go on. Get out of here.

And how are we to know

if the Kruger device is even operational?

That's just the point.

We don't.

But if we discharge him now

the experiment will end.

Not just with Palinov

but for all time.

This is Ben Johnson reporting live once again

from the Presidential mansion.

With me is Mr. Vargas,

he was the caretaker on the property here

and actually witnessed this tragic event.

As you can see, Mr. Vargas is on the Dream A Life therapy

for shock disorder,

A therapy actually developed by Dr. Skutnick.

Mr. Vargas, what can you tell us about the assassination

of the President?

As you can see, Ben, Mr. Vargas is still suffering

tremendous emotional anxiety from the shock.

You use Dream A Life in your therapy, Doctor,

and wasn't it President Hughes who was actually trying to warn

the Megaville viewing audience about Dream A Life

when he was killed?

I don't think he was warning people

against Dream A Life per se,

but what the late President rather was doing

was cautioning consumers they must follow

the directions on the D.A.L. package.

Thank you, Doctor.

We'll be right back after these messages.

Mr. Duprell.

Mr. Duprell, it's me.

Yes, Mr. Palinov.

Sir, I'm convinced that the President's murder

has got something to do with Dream A Life.

And Newman?

I think he's tied

to the assassination as well, sir,

but I don't know how or what.

I want to know Newman's plans for Dream A Life.

Well, he doesn't have any.

Uh, but if I can find out what his connection is

- to the assassination- - You're not to concern yourself

with Megaville's internal problems.

Go back to Mr. Newman immediately.

I'm sorry, sir, I can't do that

until I know what he's trying to cover up.

You could tell he wasn't the same.

Jensen never sat this still

unless he was lining up crosshairs.

I figured I'd have to stay on top of him.

Maybe that janitor was traumatized

into a state of catatonic bliss.

In that case, why clean up after him?

I think we'll both feel better if you just did your job...

for right now.

Increasing the output should create

enough of an overload to melt the superficial nerves

and restore the monitoring unit.

Won't that be dangerous?

I hardly recommend that anyone elects

to have the top of their brain burned away.

Higher.

Move that dial higher.

We're already at twice the safe maximum.

Increase the output.

No.

Another increase could literally blow up his brain.

If you don't want to find yourself

the subject of my experiment,

you will get that cretin under control.

It's not the level of output,

it's the subject himself.

He might be losing his ego to Jensen.

Mr. Duprell, the Kruger device

and monitoring unit are functioning again.

Heavy artillery fire.

They will die brave men.

Coward!

Where is he going? What is he doing there?

Hey!

I'm not going to hurt you.

I just want to find out about the assassination.

Give that back.

...the President has sent me.

I am Emperor of the World.

He was supposed to kill you!

Goddammit.

But... Fuck! You saw the President murdered.

You were standing right there.

You're the only witness.

I'm a janitor.

You've got to tell the truth.

Just, uh, give me a minute of peace to finish my battle.

I'm... I'm undergoing a very delicate treatment.

There's another treatment waiting for you

if you don't hurry up.

Oh, God, no! You can't!

God!

No excuses, Jensen.

Mr. Palinov, calm down.

- Everything is all right. - I fee-

I feel it is up to the CKS

to take responsibility for the investigation.

The CKS has no jurisdiction

to investigate a murder in Megaville.

Besides, we sent you there for a very different purpose.

You have jurisdiction for that?

I see that your visit to Megaville

has already affected your sense of honor.

If you persist in delaying your assigned mission...

Tell me what my assigned mission is!

The information is on a need-to-know basis.

If you don't cooperate,

I shall bring you before the administration

on charges of high treason!

I'd be very surprised if any of this

has ever been approved by the administration.

I have someone you should talk with.

Raymond?

- Mother. - Raymond.

I am so disappointed. I am so very disappointed.

Oh, Raymond, I was so proud of you.

What happened?

Is it because I wanted this for you? Is that why you...?

No. It's, uh... It's more complicated than that.

I... I'll tell you when I find out.

Find out what? What do you need to find out?

Just ask. Ask me.

Or don't you trust me?

It's not a question of trust. I... Of course I trust you.

It... How can you possibly know

what it is that I have to understand for myself?

No, Raymond. Please, no. You don't want to understand.

What do you mean, I don't want to?

You would be-

Mr. Palinov, your mother misses you very much.

I know. I... I'm sorry, sir.

I know. You just want to come back home.

No. There's something very wrong

with what I'm doing in Megaville.

I'm supposed to be an officer of the law.

Mr. Duprell, I need your help.

Certainly.

As soon as you set up a transaction with Newman.

Tell him you have an exclusive customer

for Dream A Life in the Hemisphere.

I'm very disappointed in you, kiddo.

- Very, very disappointed. - Stop being so fucking paternal.

All right.

I just don't know, kiddo. You seem to be

a different person every five minutes.

Let's just deal Dream A Life.

I've got major players back in the Sphere.

They want everything we've got.

The only people back in the Sphere

who can afford everything we've got

is the fucking administration.

What the hell is wrong with you?

You can't spot a CKS trap this obvious?

Move.

- I got good news for you. - Uh-huh.

Newman dropped line up on the deal. D.A.L. is all yours.

- Just like that? - Just like that.

You give yourself a lot of credit

to think you can outsmart someone like me.

Or maybe she'll believe you.

So what? Is this whacked out letter girl

supposed to amuse me?

Let me put this in a way

even you can understand.

If you fuck with me, she's dead.

It would be a shame to let something like this go to waste.

Then again, she was never that alive with me anyway.

You enjoyed that, you bastard, didn't you?

At least I got you out of there.

Yeah, and maybe I was better off back there with your pals.

Well, you want to go back?

What the hell is it with you, anyway?

With me?

Yeah. It's like you're not... I don't know what it is.

It's got nothing to do with you, all right?

What the hell is it?

I'm not who you think I am.

My name is Raymond Palinov. I'm only impersonating Jensen.

Oh, shit.

Come on, goddammit. The CKS, they made me an operative.

I didn't mean to involve you and I'm sorry.

If you are with the CKS,

then why didn't you arrest me back at the Sphere?

I wasn't after you.

The CKS is after everyone.

You watchdogs just can't wait for someone to fall out of line.

"Protective supervision."

Plain and simple, it's state terrorism.

Is that something you learned from your Megaville friends?

I don't need anybody to tell me

that the world would be a better place without the CKS.

Like it is in Megaville.

What is so goddamn perfect about this place?

No, not like Megaville. And maybe not perfect either.

But it could be just a little better.

A perpetual dreamer you are.

What the hell are you doing?

I'm just full of surprises.

Are you sure you know your way around town

considering you've only been here a couple of days?

- Hello. - Mr. Newman?

It's Mr. Palladian for you. Please hold.

Newman, forget Jensen for a moment.

We have a little problem with our plastic surgeon lie.

Well, little problems are my specialty.

Dr. Skutnick is being very unreasonable.

He's trying to blackmail me. Listen, can you pay him

a house call and apologize for me?

I'm already there.

Where is Palladian?

Take it easy, Dr. Skutnick, you might hurt yourself.

Huh. And why not? It would save you the trouble, right?

- What are you talking about? - Put your hands up.

Up!

You don't know what you're doing.

Ah. Why did you come instead of Palladian?

He's a busy man.

He said he'd stop by later if he could.

Am I supposed to wait here?

There's something I have to find out by myself.

Look, Dr. Skutnick,

I'm not going touch you,

but my arms are getting tired up here.

Can I put them down?

Put them on.

Not my size.

Wouldn't be too sporting at this range.

So, I'll be with you a little later-

Dr. Skutnick?

- Dr. Skutnick- - Leave.

- Dr. Skut- - Stand back!

I said stand back!

- Yeah. - Taking a trip,

Mr. Palinov?

How do you know I'm in this car?

We know much more than that.

Mr. Palinov,

I am giving you one last chance to save yourself.

Get out of your... situation and settle the deal with Newman.

Give him whatever he wants.

Yeah, well, Newman isn't interested in Dream A Life

and he won't make deals with me.

Then you'll have to make it irresistible.

Tell him the CKS will buy Dream A Life.

Mr. Palinov?

Mr. Palinov, answer me.

Newman won't go for CKS involvement.

And what exactly happened during my examination with Dr. Vogel?

First make contact with Newman.

He'll make the deal.

Everybody in Megaville thinks the CKS is corrupt.

Yeah. I'm beginning to see why.

Mr. Duprell!

- Stop that- - It's time that whelp realized

the consequences of betraying his government.

- Mrs. Palinov! - What have you done?

Stop it! Stop it!

Get her under sedation! Here. Please.

Don't-

Mr. Duprell, you said you needed my son

only a few days.

That bastard is jeopardizing

administrative security.

You lied, Mr. Duprell!

You said my son wouldn't even remember any of this!

Oh!

Good night.

Why are you following me?

Dr. Skutnick, I need some answers.

You want some answers?

Well, I want some answers.

Why has Palladian sent all you guys after me?

They're not after you.

It's got something to do with Newman,

but I really don't know.

You can't fool me.

Can Dream A Life be put inside the brain?

How... What do... Uh...

You developed D.A.L., is it possible to implant it

so someone doesn't know he has it?

Why would anybody want to do that?

I mean, everybody loves Dream A Life.

You don't have to force a fantasy life on people.

What if it's not a fantasy?

What if someone wants to make you think you're someone else

without even knowing it's being done?

Oh, sure it's possible.

Well, of course it's possible

given a certain set of- Wait a minute!

Oh no, no, no, no.

You're not going to get me.

Palladian is trying to get rid of me!

I don't work for Palladian.

He wants D.A.L. all for himself! If it wasn't for me,

that witness would have exposed him!

That witness won't expose anybody now,

with or without Dream A Life.

The only great thing you've done is allow Palladian

to get away with murdering the president.

Get in the car!

Get in!

Put it around your wrist.

Go on, do as I say.

Put the other one on the steering wheel.

Dream A Life is a great gift for mankind.

Oh!

He's still not answering.

Will someone stop that woman's incessant howling?

I feel as if I'm inside a damn slaughterhouse.

We'll need her presence here

when we reestablish communication with the subject.

Do you seriously think that will happen?

Increase the output to maximum.

Heller, increase the output.

Heller!

Don't.

Heller, increase the output.

Mr. Heller!

You are aware of the punishment for disobeying a direct order.

We can contact the subject.

Don't treat me like a fool, Doctor.

He won't answer the phone.

We can't make him follow any of our orders.

That electronic placebo of yours can do only two things.

It can let us watch him disobey us...

or it can kill him.

We can talk to him through the Kruger device, hmm?

Through an auditory sensor in the brain

we can communicate directly to Palinov.

Why didn't we use that before?

Because it will gradually stop

the flow of oxygen to his brain.

Hmm.

Give me that!

No, no, Mr. Duprell.

If this is going to work at all,

he must not be overly intimidated.

Mrs. Palinov.

Yes?

Your son would like to speak with you.

Raymond?

Raymond?

Raymond, it's me. Raymond, talk to me.

Yes, Mother, I'm almost ready.

Raymond? Please talk to me.

Raymond, you have to-

Mother?

Yes. Oh, Raymond, I was so worried about you.

I'm so sorry if I hurt you, Raymond.

You have to come home. They...

They tell me that they're bringing you home soon

and you'll get better.

Goddamn, Duprell, what are you doing in my head?

There's no cause for alarm, Mr. Palinov.

There is a device in your brain

that enables me to communicate with you

since you insist on not answering the phone.

You have no right to do this.

If you cooperate, Mr. Palinov,

you will be back in the Hemisphere

by tomorrow evening.

Will you cooperate?

Coop-

First you tell me what you did to my head! Everything.

I don't think you're in any position to bargain.

You put some kind of Dream A Life inside me, didn't you?

Our Dr. Vogel refers to it more simply as a memory implant.

I knew it! I knew it! You!

You put Jensen inside my brain!

I knew it!

Goddamn you, Duprell! I knew it!

You don't know anything.

You can stop now. He's disabled the Kruger device again.

That's easily corrected.

No, this won't work as long as the Kruger device is out.

He'll smash his head open before he'll give in.

We have to find another way.

We already know about Newman.

Why don't we make the deal with him directly?

That's ridiculous.

With all due respect, sir...

why did you think Palinov could have done it?

No wonder CKS make Palinov their sacrificial lamb.

Dream A Life is one hell of a golden egg.

You almost had feel sorry for the goose that laid it

and then had it stolen out from under them.

The problem is, with compassion...

it's no substitute for balls.

Waiting for me?

Don't go away.

Hello.

Mr. Newman, you don't know me,

but my I'm Officer Heller with the CKS.

What is this, a joke, or something?

No it isn't. I am the personal secretary

to Mr. Duprell, director of our agency.

What happened?

You don't have to tell me.

They planted part of Jensen's memory into my brain.

You shouldn't be here.

I've been to worse places.

You have friends in Megaville.

You should be with your friends right now.

You should forget about my friends.

It wasn't all that... They're all different now.

Things with everything are different.

I got to go back.

Back? To Megaville?

Hemisphere.

The CKS will never let you out of there alive.

I don't care. If I can take one of them with me,

if I can break that neat little chain,

it will make a difference.

Who's the perpetual dreamer now?

You can't fight these people. I know.

That's why I left the fucking army.

Well, that did a lot of good, right?

I mean, you really think you saved that village

by running away? Come on.

They blew the shit out of those people

before you could even change your clothes.

What was I supposed to do?

I don't know. Run away to Megaville.

Pretend you made the least bit of difference.

Save your pink little ass.

Let the rest of the world go to hell.

Don't- I'm sorry.

Unacceptable.

And how am I going to know this is not a set up?

You are, uh, satisfied with our offer

or I should try Mr. Palladian directly?

No, no, that won't be necessary.

"Mr. Palladian directly." Huh!

I hope I'm interrupting. Huh?

Let her go! I'll kill you.

You son of a bitch.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Why don't you and I go talk a little business

while my senior vice president plays with your girlfriend?

Oh!

Well, top of the morning, boys.

Glad to meet you, Mr. Newman.

Now, the name is Taylor. Your, uh, junior partner there

double-crossed me so, uh, I thought maybe you and I,

I mean, I would love to help set up D.A.L. in the Sphere.

I mean, with my connections.

You've got to watch what you pick up in a place like this.

Some of it's likely to ooze.

It's two against one, Mr. Newman.

You can't win.

I won't need you to set up D.A.L.

But I could use the help of your friend here.

How would you like a career change?

Just no loyalty left in this world.

Come on, kid, we've got work.

Big stuff. D.A.L. distribution.

- I thought that wasn't possible. - Nothing ever is.

"Where there's a will..."

So they say.

Excuse my lapse into platitudinal extrapolation.

Why the change?

Do a couple of jobs for me,

I'll sell Dream A Life to my grandmother.

First, we've got to get you better.

What do you mean "better"?

Rumor has it they fucked with your brain a little.

Gotta get you back to Megaville and fix you up.

You know Duprell?

I know a good fucking deal.

Look, we're set up to sell Dream A Life in the Sphere

with insurance by the CKS.

CKS wants to run the black market?

That fits right in.

And that's where we fit in, Jensen.

I'm not Jensen, I'm Palinov.

Well, whatever. Anyway, you're coming back with me.

You don't know who the fuck I am.

Obviously, Duprell didn't tell you everything about me.

My name is Palinov, not Jensen.

I'm only impersonating that despicable bastard.

Obviously, you missed something.

Jensen's memory was replaced with Palinov's,

not the other way around.

I really don't care what they did to Jensen's brain.

You still don't get it.

Ah, you stupid idiot.

You are Jensen!

I should know.

I've known you since before you were born.

What if I told you that I'm your father?

My father was a soldier.

He won medals and he died a hero!

Look at that leg. Look at that fucking scar!

You don't remember where you got it?

You got it in a parking lot.

Some kid bit you in the leg

and you almost killed him for it.

Parking lot.

- Right. - I dreamed that.

Kiddo, you did that.

It's your mind trying to tell you who you really are.

Hey, get him off me!

Jensen, come out of there. I have to talk to you.

You're wasting bullets.

Just talk to him. I'll go around the back.

Jensen, come on!

Just talk to him.

Jensen, it's not like I want you to call me "Dad."

We've got nothing to say to each other!

Just leave me alone!

Just relax.

This is your last chance.

- Come back to Megaville with me. - No.

Boy they really fucked you up with that implant.

I'm glad they did.

This is going to be very hard for me.

This is going to be very easy for me.

Duprell.

Duprell!

I'm here.

Am I Palinov?

He was the most submissive man we could find.

Where is he?

He's safe.

Safe?

You can take solace in knowing

that the mission was successful, Mr. Palinov.

Or, um...

Jensen.

Whichever you are now.

I'll see you dead for this.

Don't think that you've intimidated me

in the slightest.

Why are you selling Dream A Life?

Dream A Life will be used to sedate

the insubordinate elements of our society.

By keeping media illegal

we can ensure that Dream A Life

gets into the hands of the criminals.

Very simple.

Raymond, are you there?

Talk to me, please, Raymond.

What happened two weeks ago

when you dragged me to that unscheduled checkup?

Raymond, they lied to me.

The device in your head will kill you.

You've got to get rid of it before they set it off.

I only wanted the best for you, Raymond.

Your father would be so proud.

- Mother? - Get back!

My father's dead.

You are all liars!

You never intended for my son to come back to me! My real son!

You want your son back?

Heller, go get her son.

But, Mr. Duprell?

Get him!

Mr. Duprell, if you persist in making

some caustic parade of my life's work,

I will be forced to file a formal complaint

to the administration regarding this matter.

My son.

Oh.

Oh, look at him.

He's without...

He's almost dead.

It won't be long...

...before he meets his other half.

No!

Kill her!

Not Palinov.

Not Jensen.

Not either.

Neither.

We... We...

I'm sorry. I can't hear you.

Palinov wouldn't know what to do.

Jensen wouldn't give a shit.

But you have to fight back.

You can't let these people do this to you or anyone else.

I just wound up in a dream.

Dream it away.

You can't dream something like the CKS away.

You have to.

You can.

Ladies and gentlemen, tonight I welcome a most...

I don't believe what I'm seeing, Mr. Duprell.

You have to look at this.

I guarantee after you hear

his testimony tonight,

the world as we know it will no longer be the same.

Ladies and gentlemen,

tonight's surprise guest ofThe Talk Show

will introduce himself.

How did he get away?

What's going on there?

I may not know who I am, Douglas,

but I do know a few other things.

This is a very strange looking news broadcast.

Everything is exaggerated in Megaville.

Mr. Duprell, there's something very wrong here. The-

I'm trying to hear what he says.

He can't prove anything.

I have proof for all of that back in my hotel room

where I keep a permanent rent in the Hemisphere.

What kind of proof?

I have an army issued suitcase filled with notes, tapes

and various documents that will prove beyond a doubt

that the CKS intends on running the black market.

Mr. Duprell.

How could he have proof at the hotel

of what he didn't know when he was there?

We'll find out as soon as we get the suitcase.

- What are you doing? - Get that suitcase right now!

Yes, sir.

Heller? Where's that suitcase?

We could take you downstairs with security.

But they need another 15 minutes-

Get it up here, now!

Right now!

Mr. Duprell wants the suitcase now.

No, just get it up here. And I mean right now.

Do you understand? This is an order.

Open it.

Got you.

"A mind's a terrible thing to waste",

they use to say in the old world.

I'm inclined to agree.

Show me a contented lab rat

and I'll show you its frontal lobes

rotting in a petri dish.

So, I'm busting my nuts out here hoping to help the kid.

What are dads for, anyway?

I wish we could have spent more time together, you and I.