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0:06[music]
0:12My name is Max Cfield. [music]
0:14I came back to Arcadia Bay to study
0:16photography at Blackwell Academy. But it
0:20was there I started having visions.
0:22Visions of the town being wiped out by
0:26an impossible storm.
0:28I fled [music] to the bathroom to
0:30compose myself, but instead
0:33witnessed something awful. No.
0:36>> Instinctively [music] reaching out, I
0:39discovered I could rewind time. The girl
0:43Max saved [music] was me. Chloe Price
0:46and I were childhood best friends. We
0:50grew close once more as we reveled in
0:54Max's [music] strange new powers. We
0:56discovered I can freely rewind up to a
0:59few minutes at a time. And if I
1:01concentrate on a photo, I can travel
1:04much further into [music] the past,
1:06projecting my mind back into my younger
1:09body. But we also learned that making
1:12significant changes to [music] the past
1:15can have devastating consequences for
1:17the present.
1:18>> With the aid of my power, we solved the
1:21disappearance of Khloe's friend, Rachel.
1:23[music]
1:25But even though we brought Rachel
1:26justice, Max's twisting of time had a
1:30cost. The storm.
1:34Looking down into Arcadia Bay from the
1:36lighthouse as the storm raged. I
1:41I truly believed the only way to save
1:43everyone else was for Max to rewind back
1:46to that fateful bathroom and let me die.
1:50I was forced to make an impossible
1:52choice.
1:54save Chloe
1:56or save Arcadia Bay. [music]
2:01After everything that happened, I didn't
2:04use my powers for years. [music]
2:06I lost myself in photography, a career
2:10that brought me to Vermont's [music]
2:11prestigious Caladon University at the
2:15invitation of its president, Yasmine
2:17Fiad. Being an [music] artist in
2:20residence, I worked with some incredible
2:22students and staff [music]
2:24like Amanda Thomas, the lively stand-up
2:27comedian who works at the snapping
2:29turtle, and Vin Lang, Yasm mean's
2:31[music] assistant and then leader of the
2:34mysterious Abrais Society. Most
2:37importantly, I became close friends with
2:40Moses Murphy, a nerdy astrophysicist,
2:44and Sophie Llewellyn Fiad, [music] a
2:47glamorous student of poetry and Yasm
2:50mean's daughter.
2:53>> Then tragedy struck. After a night of
2:56stargazing, Max found Safi murdered.
3:02>> For days, I mourned.
3:04Sophie's death bringing back painful
3:07memories of Chloe, Arcadia Bay, of
3:11everything we lost.
3:14>> Then I heard Sophie's voice again. I
3:17reached out with my power, Rusty from
3:20Disuse, and shifted into a parallel
3:24timeline where Sophie was still alive,
3:28but still in danger. Shifting back and
3:31forth between the two timelines, Max's
3:34[music] investigation uncovered many
3:36secrets of Caladon. But the clues didn't
3:38add up until I discovered I was not the
3:42only one with powers.
3:45Sophie was a shape shifter and was
3:47[music] using her ability to sow discord
3:50and suspicion among the Caladon faculty
3:52[music] that she blamed for the fate of
3:54her best friend Maya, who took her.
3:57[music]
3:58Working together, we exposed the truth.
4:01But in so doing, we discovered someone
4:04[music] else had been instrumental in
4:07covering up the lies of Kaledon.
4:10Sophie's mother, Yasm mean. Years of
4:13resentment overrode Sophie's control of
4:15her power. Her consciousness splintering
4:19across the campus as an impossible storm
4:22loomed overhead. In desperation, I
4:25grabbed hold of Sophie and a photo and
4:28pulled both our minds back in time.
4:31>> In the past, Sophie, [music] now
4:34clear-minded, begged Max to shoot her,
4:37to stop this horror from happening
4:39again. [music] But I refused to repeat
4:41my past mistakes. Torrent between two
4:44terrible options, I chose a third way.
4:49Inside the storm, causality fractured. I
4:52faced my past and united the fragments
4:56of Sophie's mind. I merged the timelines
4:59back into one, saving Sophie. And
5:03together, we escaped the storm. An
5:06action that will have significant
5:08repercussions.
5:10And Sophie herself, she left Kaladon on
5:13a quest to find [music] other people
5:14like her. But before she did, she asked
5:18Max if she would support her flaws and
5:21all, or condemn her for the people she
5:24hurt. From the moment I merged the
5:27timelines, my ability to rewind time
5:30started to return.
5:32I have this power to help people. After
5:36everything I've been through, I won't
5:40run from it anymore.
6:08Yeah, to get the out of there.
6:10Okay. I don't know how. Maybe, hold on.
6:15Maybe try reminding her that a drum
6:17machine doesn't take up half the van and
6:19smell like ass after the gig.
6:2320 minutes.
6:27Yeah. Okay, I can make that work.
6:51Last call, deary. Either your band is
6:54heading on stage now or I call the show.
7:00No show means no fee. Means no gas means
7:05no tour means
7:15Look, I hear you. My drummer's being a
7:18real Lars ool right now. Give me
7:21just 20 more minutes.
7:23>> I told you it's now or never.
7:27>> Come on. We know those barflies aren't
7:29going anywhere. Just prorate the 20
7:31minutes out of our cut. All right.
7:33>> I'm taking 30 minutes. You're already 10
7:36over.
7:38>> Damn it.
7:39There goes my new toothbrush money.
8:00Heat. Heat.
8:37Not again.
8:39It keeps getting worse.
8:42But I I just need to find the way out.
8:46How long has this been going on? These
8:49nightmares that feel like memories.
8:52They're only getting worse.
8:59Stop stalling, Max. Pull the trigger.
9:09Stop stalling, Max.
9:12Pull the trigger.
9:21That memory can't be real. The Max I
9:24know wouldn't shoot anyone.
9:27But why does it feel real?
9:36>> I'm so glad you're my partner in crime.
9:39As long as you're my partner in time.
9:51Max is always on my mind.
9:54Lately, I feel like she's the only thing
9:57in my mind that belongs there.
10:15I know I'm alive. I've got a decade of
10:18memories to prove it. But somewhere deep
10:22in a place I try never to go,
10:26I also know I'm dead.
11:03My own death.
11:05The one I begged Max to choose. It feels
11:08realer than my life. But how?
11:43Max.
12:13Who the are you?
12:30Max, no.
12:40[panting and sighs]
12:45There's one person who can help me
12:47understand what the is going on.
12:51But why do I keep hallucinating her
12:53pointing a gun at me?
12:55>> What is going on in there? Where the
12:57hell is the bad?
13:02>> I just told you, man. They're on their
13:05way. Am I talking to a goldfish or did
13:07the septum piercing get into your brain?
13:22>> [music]
13:29[music]
13:32>> Make it fine to the end. [music]
13:36Keep yourself
13:39down.
13:41And I try my best to hold you
13:46like I
13:52miss you.
13:56I miss
14:16>> [music]
14:25>> Wow.
14:32Okay, fine. I'll go get my camera. Just
14:36keep being respplendant till I get back.
14:41How long have I gone on this trip? 3
14:44days. Somehow it still feels good to
14:47come home to Vermont.
14:54My camera is underneath all this. Car
14:57packing for dummies. Whatever you need
14:59most goes to the back.
15:04This weekend was the height of my
15:06professional success and I survived it
15:10on donuts and coffee.
15:19I always tell my students that a key to
15:21being an artist is a daily journal
15:24practice.
15:25Sometimes I even follow it myself.
15:29After last year, it was time to start
15:32fresh with a new journal.
15:39[music]
15:53>> [music]
16:13>> Forever lose your mind. [music]
16:28Earth.
16:45Whoa.
16:58Oh,
17:14forever lose your life.
17:20>> [music]
17:28>> I'm fall.
17:56Oh,
18:12forever. I lose your life. [music]
19:07I never figured out who this was, but
19:11it's nice that somebody cared.
20:11Forever. [music]
20:55You are the god.
21:19My agent, Hazel, said I need to look
21:21more like an artist, so I bought this
21:24hat. I think I'll stick to looking like
21:28Max.
21:34Some of my students take my class so
21:36seriously, it's intimidating.
21:41Loretta is smart enough to halfass her
21:44assignments and get away with it.
21:55One gallery showing, three magazine
21:57meetings, and one commission proposal.
22:00So, of course, I packed 25 different
22:02outfits.
22:06My manager, Hazel, is always looking out
22:09for me.
22:11And sometimes I want to kill her,
22:25my most trusted companion.
22:35The further my life takes me, the more I
22:38find myself coming back to this trusty
22:40old friend.
22:43Nothing like a satisfying click, a
22:45soothing wor, and a toasty photo
22:48blossoming into view.
23:08The selfie I took just before this trip.
23:12I think I knew I'd want to hold on to
23:14this moment.
23:33Time for your closeup.
23:57>> [music]
24:02[music]
24:58>> Something horrible is happening on
24:59campus. I've got to get back now. Heat.
25:24Heat.
25:40I've been gone for 3 days and all hell
25:42has broken loose.
25:53>> This is so horrible.
26:06The Abrais logo.
26:09Killers.
26:11What does all this mean?
26:32Where's the damn fire department?
26:34They're all tied up at that destroyed
26:35building where this mess started,
26:37Fremont. But all the students are down
26:40here.
26:44>> All units on site 1082 at the Fine Arts
26:46Building. Repeat, all units.
26:48>> Damn it. Come on.
27:08Loretta's march. What does Loretta have
27:11to do with all of this?
27:32Where did all this come from?
27:53Get us out of here.
27:58No. Hang on. I will get help.
28:05[groaning]
28:19>> [screaming]
28:36>> Someone set this fire on purpose.
28:56God damn it.
28:58[sighs and gasps]
29:00The
29:01>> security, there's students trapped in
29:02the atrium.
29:03>> No You need to clear out now.
29:17The whole campus is burning.
29:20This is so horrible.
29:24>> Help.
29:29>> Moses, hold on. I'm coming.
29:41>> [music]
29:46>> M hurry. The roof is caving in.
29:54No, no, no, no, no, no.
30:01>> [groaning]
30:19>> No, no, no.
30:29>> [music]
30:38>> Come on.
30:40Come on.
30:44I'll save you, Moses. I'll save
30:46everyone.
30:48Just
30:49give me time.
31:00>> [gasps]
31:00[panting]
31:02[sighs]
31:05[gasps]
31:06>> No smoke,
31:08no screams.
31:11I did it.
31:13[sighs]
31:15Oh god, I did it. I jumped into a photo
31:20again.
31:23I'm sure this won't have terrible
31:25farreaching consequences for the school
31:28or the people I love.
31:33What have I done?
31:40It's Friday. The fire started Sunday
31:43evening.
31:44Okay.
31:46Okay.
31:50Maybe I shouldn't have come back.
31:53Maybe I'll just everything up.
31:57But maybe I can't it up any more
31:59than it already was.
32:03[music]
32:06I'm here now. I can do [music]
32:10something.
32:11I have to do something.
32:20>> [music]
32:23>> What did I do after I took this photo?
32:27It feels like a lifetime ago.
32:30[music]
32:31Yes, I was going to see Moses. If anyone
32:34will know what to do, it's the physicist
32:37who studies time travel.
32:40And we will do something. My powers
32:44[music] are complicated and they can be
32:46dangerous. But this is my home and I
32:50won't let it.
32:52[music]
32:58Oh my god.
33:07[music]
33:13>> [music]
33:23>> Hello.
33:24>> Hi, Hazel.
33:26>> Max. Big night tonight. How are you
33:29feeling?
33:30>> I'm sorry. Something really, really big
33:33has come up. I can't make it this
33:36weekend.
33:37>> You are kidding me, Max. These are not
33:40the kind of people you want to cancel
33:42on.
33:43>> I'm so sorry for the late notice. I only
33:46just found out myself.
33:48>> Okay, I see this all the time. Young,
33:51talented artist on the verge of stardom.
33:54You're feeling some jitters. I get it.
33:56>> No, it's not that.
33:59I know [music] what I need to do.
34:20>> [music]
34:25[music]
34:30>> It's so peaceful.
34:33But for how long?
34:38[music]
34:45>> Moses should be waiting for me in his
34:47office.
35:01That's
35:16forever.
35:56His
36:18students don't call him space daddy for
36:21nothing, no matter how often he tells
36:24them not to.
36:46Is a Jacko'Lantern series too on the
36:49nose for a New England photographer?
37:02He's smiling, but you know he feels
37:05empty inside.
37:17Moses should be in his office waiting
37:19for our hot chocolate date.
37:41I told Moses they should add a laser
37:43light show, but apparently that's not
37:46the point of planetariums.
38:23secrets, corruption, occultism,
38:27power.
38:29Welcome back to Abracast, Kaledon's only
38:32podcast dedicated to uncovering the
38:34hidden underbelly of the Abraasis
38:36Society.
38:45I am your host, Loretta Rice. This is
38:47episode 4, the Hall of Secrets.
38:52It has long been known that Arais is no
38:54ordinary campus club. It seems to
38:57operate by its own rules and logic. Take
39:00the recent battle with the
39:02administration over housing. The Abrais
39:05House is a Caledonowned building at the
39:08periphery of Lakeport. After the storm,
39:11President Owen Teller declared the
39:13building uninhabitable and quickly
39:15advanced plans to have it condemned.
39:18Now, whatever one thinks about the
39:20administration's expansion plans,
39:22branded Kaladon 2.0, No, university
39:25bylaws are very clear that Abraisa
39:27students must submit to relocation or
39:29risk disciplinary action.
39:32But this is not what happened. Instead,
39:36students have been returning to the
39:37building, squatting in their old rooms,
39:39and staging disruptive protests.
39:42The planned demolition has been set back
39:44indefinitely.
39:46Now, my role as a journalist is not to
39:49pick sides, but to uncover the truth.
39:52And I have come to believe that the
39:54reason for Abraas's peculiar leverage
39:56may rest inside the very house they are
39:59illegitimately occupying.
40:02Sources tell me of a section in the
40:04Abrais house known as the Hall of
40:06Secrets. What is contained within it? No
40:09one knows, but I'm told it has been
40:12passed down for decades and remains very
40:15well concealed from even the most senior
40:18Abraasis members.
40:20It stands to reason that these secrets
40:22hold the key to understanding not just
40:24Arais,
40:26but also its peculiar hold over Kaledon
40:29University.
40:31I, your faithful reporter, will not rest
40:34until I have uncovered the hall of
40:35secrets myself and revealed what lies
40:38within.
41:24The planetarium, haven for astronomers
41:27and stoners alike.
41:40I wonder how Moses will react to all
41:42this.
41:54Your honor, my head's not in the clouds.
41:56It's up in space.
42:11Chloe made a model of the solar system
42:13for the Blackwell Science Fair. I wonder
42:16if Joyce still has it.
42:26Yas mean's replacement has some big
42:29ideas for the school.
42:32kind of wish he'd keep them to himself.
43:06Come for the worldclass education. Stay
43:09for the time share presentation.
43:34My classroom is the great outdoors.
43:37At least until it starts snowing.
43:57Moses, I'm from the future. I bring dark
44:00tidings of no, too biblical.
44:06>> I told Dr. Jordan he didn't need to
44:08convince me. My own conversations with
44:11you were sufficient, not to mention your
44:13student ratings. Your intro courses are
44:16nines in a sea of fours. For you to be
44:19so highly regarded, especially by non-
44:21majors, is
44:30[snorts]
44:31>> well, very highly regarded, it seems.
44:35Uh, [clears throat]
44:36>> Max,
44:37you okay?
44:40Sorry,
44:43long day. You were saying
44:47>> I was just telling Moses that he is
44:48officially invited to join the Kaladon
44:51faculty once he becomes Dr. Murphy next
44:54year.
44:54>> Right. The job offer. I remember.
45:00I mean,
45:09it was a foregone conclusion. Moses is
45:12the best.
45:15>> Congratulations.
45:17>> Thanks. I'm still taking it in. But
45:20President Teller's plans for the physics
45:22department are very exciting. This
45:24building is the one real investment that
45:26Kaladon has made in the sciences. With
45:29four departments under one roof, we need
45:31to expand. And that's just the
45:33beginning. In a few years, the whole
45:35school will look like this. A
45:37cuttingedge research institution to
45:39rival MIT.
45:50Sounds like you want to spend a lot of
45:52money while we're still trying to
45:54rebuild from the storm.
45:56>> Well, we have to spend money. My
45:58predecessor's love of historic
46:00preservation has left us with beautiful
46:03buildings and cracked foundations.
46:07Dr. Fiad was a great leader, and she had
46:10an eye for talent. Finding Moses was one
46:12of her many successes.
46:15But she had an idealistic streak. Which
46:19reminds me, Max, do your students still
46:21have all A's?
46:29>> If my students show up and work hard,
46:32they receive A's. Art is subjective.
46:34>> And yet, we've managed to judge and
46:36critique art for centuries, if not
46:39millennia. I see no reason to stop on
46:41your account.
46:45Max isn't a traditional academic,
46:48but she's amazing with her students.
46:51Like you said, Yasm mean has an eye for
46:53talent. She was even talking about
46:56creating a photography major.
46:59It's not that I doubt your talent, Max.
47:01You're just a beneficiary of her
47:04short-sightedness.
47:06I mean, a professor, sorry, an
47:08instructor
47:10with no teaching experience or terminal
47:12degree living rentree in the house that
47:15was once reserved for visiting
47:16luminaries.
47:18It's like, [laughter]
47:20how was this allowed to happen?
47:24>> Wow, I do not remember this conversation
47:27being such a disaster.
47:31Well, duty calls. Moses, contact my
47:34office if you have any questions about
47:37the offer.
47:43>> Man, that guy is just dying to fire me.
47:49You already knew about my job offer,
47:52but you had to remember. So,
47:57you're not rewinding from later today,
47:59are you? [snorts]
48:01>> You're good. I'm back from Sunday.
48:05>> Did you jump back into a photo? We
48:07agreed that that was too dangerous.
48:14>> If you saw the alternative, I think
48:17you'd agree it was worth the risk.
48:20>> What happened? Did something go wrong
48:22with the gallery show?
48:24>> No, the show was great, incredible. But
48:28while I was gone, something at Kaledon
48:31went very, very wrong.
48:39There was a protest about something.
48:43It turned into a riot.
48:46By the time I got back,
48:49the whole campus was on fire.
49:02That's definitely the campus on fire.
49:06Compositionally,
49:08it is a bit more abstract than usual.
49:11>> I wasn't trying to take a photo. I
49:14dropped my camera when I saw you.
49:29Moses,
49:31I'm sorry, but I saw you.
49:39Oh,
49:42[sighs]
49:46wow.
49:51Where was I?
49:53>> On the roof.
49:55I tried to help, but I couldn't get
49:57inside.
50:01>> Working on a Sunday.
50:03I need more hobbies.
50:07>> Okay.
50:10Before you came back here through the
50:12photo,
50:14did you try to rewind in the fire?
50:25I wasn't sure if I should.
50:27I've used my powers to save people
50:30before.
50:31It doesn't always end well.
50:33>> Yet, you came back here,
50:36and I'm glad you did.
50:39>> I've never felt so powerless before.
50:43All that destruction. And there was
50:46nothing I could do.
50:48>> That's not true. You bought us time.
50:52Time that we'll make the most of. So,
50:55where should we start? Fire department?
50:58They'll just laugh at us. We should act
50:59normal. Search for clues. Talk to
51:01suspects without rousing suspicion,
51:04which is exactly what your powers are
51:06perfect for. Did we do any rewind
51:08testing when you were here the first
51:09time?
51:10>> No, we just talked about my trip over
51:12hot chocolate. and let's change that.
51:16We'll practice your skills and if you
51:18run into any danger this weekend, you'll
51:20be ready.
51:30[sighs]
51:31Let's get to work.
51:43Moses is right. I need to be prepared
51:47for this weekend.
51:50Moses likes working on this when I'm
51:53around. I'm his control Z.
51:59Moses's pride and joy, though he hasn't
52:03had as much time for the stars since he
52:05started studying my powers.
52:53I'm 90% sure that Harold isn't real.
52:57Moses just made up a fake grad student
53:00to get an office all to himself.
53:17Sophie's been radio silent for almost a
53:20year.
53:22I wish we knew where she was.
53:35Tony and Moses make it look easy.
53:38How do you keep somebody that close for
53:41that long?
53:50>> Moses is so passionate about physics,
53:53but as far as I can tell, physics is
53:56just loading screens.
54:18A cutting from Maya's memorial tree.
54:22We're planning to give it to Sophie if
54:25she ever comes back.
54:31Aw, Maze at the vet. I was in the mood
54:34for another staring contest.
54:50You really understand how I'm feeling
54:52right now? Turtle strapped to a rocket
54:55booster.
55:17Moses had me rewind after the first
55:19scene of Brain Bucket 3 because he quote
55:23needed to unsee that.
55:31Yasm mean has been through hell in the
55:34last year.
55:36Not that she didn't deserve some of it,
55:39but still
55:56We've covered a lot of ground these past
55:58months together.
56:01People started talking about Safi's
56:04death like it was a bad dream.
56:07Then they stopped talking about it at
56:09all.
56:39After everything with the timelines last
56:41year, Moses thinks my powers might have
56:44evolved in other ways.
56:47Not sure if I want to know if he's
56:49right.
57:04Yeah,
57:05about that whole avoid section.
57:30No crazy storms in the nine months that
57:32we've been testing my powers. That's
57:34something.
58:06I'm a good guinea pig.
58:13For the most part,
58:23Moses has been tracking weather patterns
58:25along with our rewind testing. No
58:28correlation yet.
58:45I was really worried when Moses said I
58:48should practice my powers,
58:51but he was sure we could do it safely.
58:53And so far, he's been right.
58:58>> Yoink.
58:59>> Welcome back.
59:01>> Who's this formidable fellow? That is
59:03the evil swordmaster Frostbite from No
59:05True Samurai. Test number one. Tell me
59:09who killed him.
59:10>> I have no idea.
59:13Let me guess. I can find the answer
59:16somewhere in this very room.
59:19>> Who cares? It's a onestry question. Test
59:21failed.
59:22>> You're the worst.
59:30How dare Moses be good at art and
59:33physics? Some of us can barely be good
59:35at one thing.
59:41I doubt this little guy starred in no
59:43true samurai, but anime can surprise me.
59:53Who was the murder victim?
59:55Frostbite.
59:57Maybe a firefinger did the deed.
1:00:07Are you my mystery killer?
1:00:18A high school girl. The plot thickens.
1:00:22But what's her name? Here
1:00:49she is. But what's your name, young
1:00:52lady?
1:00:55Mina Hiramatu,
1:00:57if I make it through this weekend, I
1:01:00promise to marathon your work with
1:01:03Moses.
1:01:26Okay, ask me
1:01:30>> who killed Sor Master Frostbite in No
1:01:32True Samurai.
1:01:36>> Mina Hiramatsu, the badass high
1:01:39schooler.
1:01:40>> Correct. Are you ready for test number
1:01:42two? Please hand me the object behind
1:01:45that locked door.
1:01:56What is he up to now?
1:02:03>> If you want me to do something other
1:02:05than break into this thing with a
1:02:07screwdriver, speak now.
1:02:10>> I'm just observing my test subject.
1:02:13>> Good to hear.
1:02:19No instructions, just a locked door.
1:02:25Haven't had to break into something for
1:02:26a while. But it's probably just like
1:02:30stealing a bike.
1:02:40>> You just love watching me break things
1:02:42for science. I know I won't remember it,
1:02:44but I still love watching it.
1:02:52[laughter]
1:02:55>> Damn, it's never simple in the time
1:02:58dojo.
1:03:02[sighs]
1:03:18Moses and I don't have many common
1:03:20interests, but Chloe and I didn't
1:03:23either. With the right person, it
1:03:26doesn't matter.
1:03:31Hey, Cushion, want to save a mug in
1:03:34distress?
1:03:51Is this a bonus rewind test? Did you
1:03:54want the mug to fall?
1:03:55>> No, that's just a lucky break.
1:03:59[laughter]
1:04:11Get us out of here.
1:04:32Yes,
1:04:51>> Max, you have to unbust the door.
1:04:55What? Fixing it wasn't part of the test?
1:04:58>> I think you know that it was
1:05:14Mina Hiramatsu, the badass high
1:05:16schooler.
1:05:17>> Correct. Are you ready for test number
1:05:19two? Please hand me the object behind
1:05:22that locked door.
1:05:34Thanks. I'll put the kettle on. Meet me
1:05:38on the X when you're ready.
1:05:48Probably not a buried treasure, but you
1:05:51never know.
1:05:54All right, I'm ready.
1:05:56>> Okay,
1:05:58I want you to teleport to this side of
1:06:00the room in a particular moment.
1:06:01Specifically, the moment before this mug
1:06:04hits the ground.
1:06:04>> Um, Moses,
1:06:06>> it does that sometimes. I'm going to
1:06:08count to three.
1:06:09>> Moses.
1:06:11[screaming]
1:06:16>> Moses, unplug the kettle.
1:06:19>> Oh, it just does that sometimes.
1:06:22Guess I'll have to do this myself.
1:06:28>> Max, why'd you leave the X? What
1:06:30happened?
1:06:31>> Fire happened.
1:06:33>> Whoa.
1:06:35And I was just going to let it spark.
1:06:37Well, thank you, teleporting axe.
1:06:42What?
1:06:43>> That didn't happen before.
1:06:46We had hot chocolate last time, but it
1:06:48didn't combust.
1:06:49I just got back and I'm already changing
1:06:52things.
1:06:54>> That's fascinating.
1:06:56Probably best to skip on the hot
1:06:57chocolate today.
1:06:59Let's debrief when you're ready.
1:07:07>> I saved the observatory this time. Let's
1:07:10just hope I can save it again.
1:07:13Please tell me you'll stop using that
1:07:15kettle.
1:07:17For all we know, it burns down the
1:07:18school in two days.
1:07:20>> I know it's a dysfunctional
1:07:21relationship, but I can fix her.
1:07:23>> You're right, though. Consider this her
1:07:26official retirement party.
1:07:30>> How are you feeling about the disaster I
1:07:34just dropped into your lap?
1:07:36>> Still processing,
1:07:38but I'm glad we still have a chance to
1:07:40do something. How do you feel?
1:07:48I know my powers are well powerful,
1:07:53but that doesn't mean they're
1:07:54dependable.
1:07:56This could end badly.
1:07:59What if it was a mistake to come back
1:08:00here? What if I just make everything
1:08:03worse?
1:08:04>> I know there are risks.
1:08:06There's a reason we never tested your
1:08:08ability to jump into photos. But our
1:08:11testing has proved that some kinds of
1:08:13rewind are safe. If you unbreak a mug,
1:08:16the universe doesn't seem to care.
1:08:22>> But this going back into a photo, trying
1:08:26to stop a major catastrophe, this is
1:08:29where the bad starts happening. We
1:08:31won't try to change everything,
1:08:34but if we figure out where and and how
1:08:37the fire starts, we might be able to
1:08:39change the thing that matters.
1:08:42Let's take stock. What do we know for
1:08:45sure? What leads do we have?
1:08:53>> Vin and Amanda could help us. Vin knows
1:08:56everything about Kaladon, and Amanda
1:08:58knows everything about Lakeport.
1:09:02Too bad I can't tell them why I'm
1:09:04asking. They'd never believe me.
1:09:07>> Because of the storm amnesia.
1:09:09>> We need a better name. That sounds like
1:09:11a disease you get in a fantasy novel.
1:09:14>> Well, you turned down cognitive
1:09:15dissonance triggered collective memory
1:09:17loss.
1:09:20>> Sometimes I wish everyone still
1:09:23remembered
1:09:24the two timelines and everything with
1:09:26Sophie and me having powers. You could
1:09:29remind them. You reminded me when I
1:09:31started forgetting.
1:09:36>> I was selfish.
1:09:39It was so scary when all their memories
1:09:42started fading.
1:09:44I couldn't stand the thought of being
1:09:47alone with everything again.
1:09:49>> Understandable.
1:09:51But
1:09:53why me? I know you could handle it, but
1:09:57most people aren't you. It's better if
1:10:01they don't know.
1:10:03>> Even Amanda and Vin.
1:10:05>> Even Amanda and Vin.
1:10:11The only thing we know for sure is that
1:10:13my powers are going to complicate
1:10:15things. They always do.
1:10:18>> Maybe this time is different. We can't
1:10:20stay locked in the past. like I can help
1:10:23it.
1:10:25Every time a new disaster strikes, it
1:10:27always brings me back to the first
1:10:29disaster.
1:10:32>> Chloe in the school bathroom.
1:10:36>> Yeah.
1:10:38I tried so hard to save her
1:10:42and the one thing I learned is that you
1:10:44can't save everyone.
1:10:47>> I'm sorry about Chloe.
1:10:50And now we could lose a Loretta or a
1:10:53Reggie or a you.
1:10:58>> How are you so calm?
1:11:02>> Because things are different. You're an
1:11:05adult with better control of your powers
1:11:08and you have a brilliant physicist
1:11:10friend who wants to help.
1:11:13>> That I do.
1:11:18So, who would have a motive to burn down
1:11:21Kaladon?
1:11:23I saw signs of a protest, but I'm not
1:11:25sure what it was about.
1:11:27>> We haven't heard from Safi since she
1:11:28left.
1:11:30>> Moses? No way. I didn't see any sign of
1:11:34her.
1:11:34>> Sophie's a shape- shifter. She was
1:11:36furious with her mom and with Kaladon.
1:11:38Could it be her?
1:11:45>> Sophie's been gone for months. Her mom
1:11:48isn't even the president anymore and she
1:11:50works alone. A riot isn't her style.
1:11:53>> A riot is chaos. Sophie's natural
1:11:56habitat.
1:11:57>> Even so, Sophie may hate the
1:11:59administration, but she'd never hurt the
1:12:02students.
1:12:06So, how do we stop a fire before it
1:12:09starts?
1:12:13All right, my class starts in 15
1:12:15minutes.
1:12:17I should cancel.
1:12:18>> No, don't make any changes. You don't
1:12:20have to. If we mess with the timeline
1:12:23too much, we might introduce new
1:12:24variables.
1:12:27>> You know, I saw something in class last
1:12:29time. Reggie took a call and walked away
1:12:32when I got near. I wonder if it was
1:12:35about Abrais.
1:12:37>> Secret society. Shady calls with the
1:12:40Abrais president. It could be something.
1:12:44And in the fire, I noticed some of Bra's
1:12:47graffiti.
1:12:48It seemed ominous.
1:12:51>> Text me if you learn anything.
1:12:53I'm going to steal another whiteboard
1:12:55from engineering.
1:12:59And Max,
1:13:02promise me you do whatever you can this
1:13:03weekend to stop the fire, to save people
1:13:07if it breaks out, anything.
1:13:10I know there are consequences to using
1:13:11your powers, but inaction has
1:13:14consequences, too.
1:13:17Whatever happens,
1:13:19I need us to know that we did everything
1:13:20we could.
1:13:24>> I think I need that, too.
1:13:27>> Have a good class.
1:13:55I'm sorry. So sorry. [clears throat]
1:13:59Crazy day. Crazy crazy day
1:14:04because of your Grand Gallery tour of
1:14:05New York this weekend. I'm amazed you
1:14:08didn't ditch us entirely.
1:14:09>> Yeah, you must be freaking out. When do
1:14:12you leave?
1:14:17>> You know, given my extreme lateness, I
1:14:19think we should jump right into the
1:14:21lesson today.
1:14:22>> Oh,
1:14:24>> I know. I know. But I think you'll want
1:14:26all the time we have for this.
1:14:30So, we've been focusing on composition,
1:14:33character of place, dynamic structure,
1:14:38light, balance, movement, contrast.
1:14:42If you've been paying attention so far,
1:14:45when you look out there, your eyes
1:14:48should find endless patterns of shapes
1:14:52and colors.
1:14:54But today, I want you to see something
1:14:58else entirely.
1:15:00I'll give you a hint. It's the most
1:15:04powerful element a photographer can
1:15:06pursue.
1:15:07Yet, it's the one thing a photograph can
1:15:10never really have.
1:15:18>> Reggie, any guess?
1:15:22Um,
1:15:24the sun.
1:15:26[laughter] What?
1:15:28>> Oh, yeah. Eclipses.
1:15:32That's a good guess. But I'm thinking of
1:15:37life. Human life specifically.
1:15:41It's all around us. Sometimes it's
1:15:44overwhelming.
1:15:46I know it is for me.
1:15:49But when I turn my camera on one person
1:15:52and focus on trying to see them, really
1:15:56see them,
1:15:58I can feel a connection happen through
1:16:01the camera.
1:16:03So look out there again.
1:16:07Find someone you don't know, someone who
1:16:11grabs your attention,
1:16:13someone you want to connect with.
1:16:17your assignment today.
1:16:19Go take their picture.
1:16:21>> Oh, come on. Don't make us do that.
1:16:24>> Strangers, isn't that dangerous?
1:16:26>> Be reasonable, Max.
1:16:29>> Now I remember. I got the same reaction
1:16:31the last time I lived through this day,
1:16:33and the assignment was a total dud.
1:16:37Maybe a demonstration would help.
1:16:40>> All right, you artsy introverts.
1:16:47I, your fearless leader, shall go first.
1:16:52Observe.
1:16:59[music]
1:17:03>> Hey, sorry to bother you. My name's Max.
1:17:08I'm a photographer.
1:17:14I can see that. Max,
1:17:16>> I'm actually teaching a class and it
1:17:20would save me from looking super lame in
1:17:22front of my students if I could take
1:17:24your picture.
1:17:28>> I don't normally let people take my
1:17:30picture, but I'd hate to be the cause of
1:17:32your public humiliation.
1:17:34Shoot. So, uh, why was I selected for
1:17:39this demonstration?
1:17:45You seemed lost in your book as if the
1:17:49rest of the world wasn't here. I find
1:17:52that kind of focus exciting.
1:17:55Exciting, am I?
1:17:58But there's a flaw in your plan.
1:18:00Now that we've started talking, whatever
1:18:03you were trying to capture before must
1:18:05surely be gone.
1:18:08You're right. The camera changes things.
1:18:13That's why I tell my students, you're
1:18:15not capturing reality.
1:18:18You're composing it.
1:18:21My nerdy physicist friend tells me
1:18:23that's called the observer effect.
1:18:25Particles jumping around just from being
1:18:28looked at. [laughter]
1:18:30I have one of those, too.
1:18:33I
1:18:37>> something about her suddenly feels very
1:18:41familiar.
1:19:22Well, did you capture my essence?
1:19:28Did my intrigue translate through the
1:19:30camera?
1:19:32>> I think I captured what you were willing
1:19:35to show me,
1:19:42>> but I never got your name.
1:19:50It was so nice to meet you, Max. I hope
1:19:53your students found this as enlightening
1:19:56as I did.
1:19:57>> My students?
1:19:59I almost forgot about them.
1:20:12>> Everything okay?
1:20:14That looked intense.
1:20:20It was one of the most fascinating
1:20:23pictures I've ever taken.
1:20:27>> Now go spread out. Find your subject.
1:20:31I'll be around if you need me.
1:20:35Was that really Sophie?
1:20:38With a shape shifter, you never know for
1:20:40sure.
1:20:42But if she's really back hiding herself
1:20:45on campus days before a massive fire,
1:20:49that is alarming.
1:20:53Either way, she's gone now.
1:20:56I need to use this time to check in with
1:20:58my students and see if they know
1:21:00anything that could help me understand
1:21:02this fire.
1:21:31Amanda is performing tonight. Last time
1:21:34[music] I had to be on the road and
1:21:36couldn't make it. But tonight,
1:21:42Reggie is the president of Abrais, which
1:21:45is seemingly connected to the fire. And
1:21:48I know Loretta is somehow too. I need to
1:21:51talk to both of them. I think Loretta
1:21:53had a hard time getting a good photo of
1:21:55a student. I should see if she needs any
1:21:58help.
1:22:00Loretta always knows more than she
1:22:03should, which in this case is a good
1:22:07thing.
1:22:09>> I think he was one of Vinn's minions
1:22:12back when he was still in charge of
1:22:14Araxis.
1:22:17Hey, Loretta. How's your assignment
1:22:20going? Terrible. This guy's giving me
1:22:23nothing.
1:22:28It's like that sometimes. Have you done
1:22:30anything to put him at ease?
1:22:32>> I don't want him at ease. I want him to
1:22:34tell me about the drama at Abrais. He's
1:22:36a senior member. He must know what
1:22:38Reggie's hiding.
1:22:44>> That's not the assignment, Loretta.
1:22:48>> Fine. I got his photo and not an ounce
1:22:50of dirt for my podcast. Is there
1:22:52anything else?
1:22:54Kind
1:22:57of a weird question, but are you
1:23:00planning any sort of march on campus?
1:23:04>> That is a weird question. What are you
1:23:06driving at?
1:23:08>> It's this rumor I'm looking into. Humor
1:23:11me.
1:23:13>> No, I'm not planning any march, parade,
1:23:17procession, or any other kind of
1:23:19organized walking.
1:23:22>> Understood.
1:23:28You've been digging pretty deep into
1:23:30Arais for [music] your podcast.
1:23:33Any developments?
1:23:35>> Are you trying to get a sneak [music]
1:23:36peek of my next episode?
1:23:39>> That and I have some reasons to be
1:23:42concerned about them myself.
1:23:45>> Well, let me just say I'm following a
1:23:48lead that could blow the top off Arais
1:23:50and its administration.
1:23:53But you'll have to listen to the next
1:23:55step.
1:23:56>> Damn, that's some teaser.
1:24:01[sighs and gasps]
1:24:03>> Illuminating as always, Loretta. That's
1:24:06me shining a light in the dark for those
1:24:08who can't see.
1:24:10>> Are you still taking my picture? I I
1:24:12have to get to jazz practice.
1:24:13>> Cool it, Delonius. We'll be done soon.
1:24:17>> Who else could use my help?
1:24:30This was not a safe area to walk for
1:24:32months after the storm. Lots of falling
1:24:35debris.
1:24:53This is where the brunt of the storm hit
1:24:55on campus.
1:24:57Apparently, the damage was way worse in
1:25:00town.
1:25:10Looks like Kaledon has a new artist in
1:25:13residence.
1:25:23Most of the time being a teacher is
1:25:25amazing.
1:25:27Other times it makes me want to shake my
1:25:29fist and scream about these damn kids
1:25:31today.
1:25:34Half the time the students don't want to
1:25:36figure out how to fix the issue
1:25:38themselves. They just want me to do it.
1:25:42H all seems fine to me. Wonder if it's
1:25:45just jammed.
1:25:52Maybe it just needs the tried andrue
1:25:54smack.
1:26:08>> Well, that's one way to take a photo.
1:26:11Not bad for an accidental portrait.
1:26:19That was an unexpected photo. Been
1:26:22looking to take one of these for a bit
1:26:25and to think the camera was broken.
1:26:38I used to break into buildings like this
1:26:40for photos,
1:26:42but I'm trying to be a good role model.
1:26:51The poor fine arts building was the
1:26:53biggest casualty of the storm.
1:27:14Everyone's used to me and my camera by
1:27:17now.
1:27:42Need to find Reggie and Janette.
1:27:50Squirrels, the unofficial mascot of
1:27:54every college campus.
1:28:11I always thought Chloe would have been a
1:28:14great actor if she wanted to be, but
1:28:17after Rachel, she gave it up for good.
1:28:30One student down. I can probably help
1:28:34two more.
1:28:38All those affected by the storm may
1:28:41participate with care in this act of
1:28:44rebuilding and resilience.
1:28:46I think I count.
1:28:54>> With the FAB closed from the storm
1:28:55damage, they moved a lot of the art out
1:28:58here.
1:29:15Why does Kaledon's new slogan read like
1:29:17a personal threat?
1:29:27>> President Teller is all in on his
1:29:29Caladon 2.0 plan. Personally, I'm a fan
1:29:33of the current original Caladon.
1:29:49Ah, the banner grey squirrel aka Cirrus
1:29:53Carolynis.
1:29:55One of the many fascinating things you
1:29:57pick up while going on a hike with
1:29:58Moses.
1:30:00>> Janette was trying to take a photo that
1:30:02conveyed a lot of emotion.
1:30:04I should check on her.
1:30:09Professor Miha is such a good colleague.
1:30:14>> Hey, Professor Miha.
1:30:16>> Thanks for posing for Janette.
1:30:19>> It's ratty now, Max. And it's my
1:30:22pleasure.
1:30:26>> Janette is a perfectionist.
1:30:28I have to tread carefully when giving
1:30:31her feedback.
1:30:34>> Hey, Janette. How did your assignment
1:30:36go?
1:30:37>> Well, I don't know. You tell me.
1:30:51>> There's a fragile vulnerability here
1:30:54that's quite beautiful.
1:30:57>> No, you don't get it. I was trying to
1:30:59break composition to create a sense of
1:31:01tension and drama. Damn it.
1:31:12Janette, let me see that photo.
1:31:14>> Well, okay.
1:31:20>> Wow. I love how you break the rule of
1:31:22thirds and shortsize your subject. The
1:31:25imbalance is so tense and dramatic.
1:31:28>> Oh my god. Thank you. That was exactly
1:31:30my intention. Just do me a favor. Try
1:31:34the assignment again, but focus more on
1:31:36your subject than your camera. Sure.
1:31:39Thanks again, Max.
1:32:04No judgment. I don't like to share my
1:32:07fries either.
1:32:16I could run really fast, too. I just
1:32:18don't want to.
1:32:30Need to find Reggie.
1:32:38This school runs on coffee and cleaning
1:32:40fluid.
1:32:44>> Looks like I'm not the only one with
1:32:46concerns about our new leadership.
1:32:52Pow!
1:32:54Coming through.
1:33:07Sploosh!
1:33:09Pow! Pow! Pow! Chicka chick!
1:33:14[music]
1:33:18Boom!
1:33:23chick.
1:33:29Would be a shame if someone stopped that
1:33:32graffiti from getting washed off. Would
1:33:35be a real shame.
1:34:02Pow pow pow pow pow. Coming through.
1:34:12Oh.
1:34:15Oh, man. My s
1:34:20weak.
1:34:38>> Maybe I want to protect free artistic
1:34:40expression.
1:34:42Or maybe I just want President Teller to
1:34:44squirm.
1:34:54>> Didn't Reggie have a hard time figuring
1:34:56out how to ask someone to take their
1:34:58photo?
1:34:59Maybe I can help.
1:35:15Who else did I help last time?
1:35:28>> Reggie has been on edge lately.
1:35:32Maybe it has something to do with the
1:35:34Braxus.
1:35:38Hey, Reggie. Find a subject yet?
1:35:42>> Uh,
1:35:43yeah, you could say that.
1:35:48>> Don't stare.
1:35:49>> Okay.
1:35:51>> He's a guy I see at the gym. Spotted him
1:35:54a few times, but he's still very much a
1:35:57stranger.
1:35:58I was hoping maybe
1:36:04>> this camera is the best icebreaker there
1:36:07is. Trust me.
1:36:10>> Yeah.
1:36:13Okay,
1:36:14here it goes.
1:36:24>> Hey, um I'm in a photo class. Uh, we
1:36:27have to take a picture of somebody.
1:36:30Uh, so I was wondering, can I take a
1:36:32picture of you?
1:36:34No, but it so it's a it's a thing I have
1:36:36to do for class, so I don't really have
1:36:37a choice. But
1:36:39no, for sure. No, I'm into that for
1:36:42sure. Hey, no issues here. I'm a safe
1:36:45guy. [laughter]
1:36:47It's good. You have a good one. I'm
1:36:48going to put that away. Okay.
1:36:51Oh,
1:36:52>> what happened?
1:36:53>> Total rejection.
1:36:56He said he doesn't believe in analog
1:36:58media.
1:37:00Then I finger gunned him. Oh god. I can
1:37:04never show my face in that gym again.
1:37:07>> Sorry, Reggie.
1:37:20Reggie does have a type.
1:37:23Is it weird that I know that about one
1:37:25of my students?
1:37:28>> Hello there.
1:37:30>> What's up?
1:37:34>> I'm doing a campus survey. We're trying
1:37:37to figure out where students are from.
1:37:39>> Tyler, Texas, ma'am. Born and raised.
1:37:42>> Thank you kindly.
1:37:47Reggie does have a type. Is it weird
1:37:50that I know that about one of my
1:37:52students?
1:37:56[sighs]
1:37:56>> Sorry, Max. I think I just need to stare
1:37:59off into space for a while.
1:38:14>> Hey, Reggie. Let me guess. You're
1:38:17working up the courage to ask that
1:38:19student to take his photo.
1:38:22>> Uh, yeah.
1:38:25Good guess.
1:38:28>> Little tip,
1:38:30tell him you have some connection to
1:38:31Texas. You know, football, dude ranches,
1:38:36whatever.
1:38:38>> Texas.
1:38:40I can work with that.
1:38:44Thanks, Max.
1:38:46going in.
1:38:53>> Hi. Um, I'm Reggie.
1:39:01>> Super teacher strikes again.
1:39:04Maybe I should have been teaching with
1:39:06Rewind all along.
1:39:11I hate the idea of snooping on my
1:39:14students, but I wonder if there are any
1:39:17Ara secrets that could help stop this
1:39:19fire.
1:39:21I should make my way back to where class
1:39:23started.
1:39:26Oh, this is a weird party.
1:39:37Oh, Reggie, why is Owen so interested in
1:39:41a Braxis?
1:40:15I told the class we'd be using Polaroids
1:40:18today because I wanted them to connect
1:40:20with their subjects.
1:40:23I don't think they realized how serious
1:40:24I was.
1:40:28I'm not advocating for taring and
1:40:30feathering Owen just yet, but this
1:40:34statue does make me think about it.
1:40:48>> I wonder what Chloe would make of
1:40:50Professor Cfield.
1:40:53She'd probably blow out an orbital nerve
1:40:55from rolling her eyes.
1:40:59>> It's almost the anniversary of when she
1:41:02died.
1:41:03Every year I feel her presence grow
1:41:07stronger. But this year,
1:41:10it almost feels real.
1:41:14You don't get it. This Fremont house
1:41:16isn't a joke. If word got out.
1:41:22>> Fremont,
1:41:24is there some connection to the fire?
1:41:34>> How can I hear more without Reggie
1:41:36noticing?
1:42:06He's not going to say anything else now
1:42:08that he knows I'm around.
1:42:17Who is Loretta spying on this time?
1:42:32>> Max, you scared me.
1:42:41Are you spying on Reggie?
1:42:44>> Look, I'm investigating Arais.
1:42:48Their president is having a secretive
1:42:49conversation with this shotgun mic. I
1:42:52can hear everything. Loretta, come on.
1:42:55Max, I heard you asking around about
1:42:57them. If you want to listen in, just say
1:43:00the word.
1:43:22respectfully.
1:43:23I don't think you get it. This with
1:43:26the Fremont house isn't a joke. If word
1:43:29got out,
1:43:31it's not just a house to us. We have
1:43:33history there. our lore, our memories,
1:43:36our
1:43:39No, I I wasn't going to say secrets. I I
1:43:41told you there is no hall of secrets.
1:43:45You sound like Loretta.
1:43:49You're asking me to do something very
1:43:50risky. If I stick my neck out, what's in
1:43:54it for me?
1:43:57Okay. Uh, we'll talk tomorrow then.
1:44:10Do I really want Loretta knowing that I
1:44:12snooped with her?
1:44:16I don't get it. This Fremont house
1:44:19isn't a joke. If word got out,
1:44:24>> Fremont,
1:44:26is there some connection to the fire?
1:44:36Well, that made for an exciting class. I
1:44:40should call everyone back to the statue.
1:44:50>> Great work today, everyone. Drop your
1:44:52assignments off in my mailbox before
1:44:54Monday.
1:45:04Maxine,
1:45:06what a pleasure to see your face
1:45:07>> and yours, too. I didn't know you were
1:45:10back. This campus has not felt the same
1:45:13without you.
1:45:17Yes.
1:45:19Well,
1:45:22a lot has happened in the last nine
1:45:23months.
1:45:25Tell me, how have you been, Professor
1:45:28Cawfield?
1:45:35>> Lately, I feel like everything is on
1:45:37fire and I'm the only one who can put it
1:45:41out. You just summarized my career in
1:45:44academia.
1:45:46>> I'm sure the shift to President Teller
1:45:49has been challenging.
1:45:51Owen and I have different ideas for
1:45:53Caladon. But he is a good man. [music]
1:45:57>> The main idea we seem to disagree on is
1:45:59whether I should have a job.
1:46:02>> Don't worry. Now that I've taken on a
1:46:05more active role in the Board of
1:46:06Regents, I can ensure that Owen [music]
1:46:08does not push you out.
1:46:13[snorts]
1:46:13>> That's a major relief.
1:46:16>> Good,
1:46:18because I have something to ask you.
1:46:21It is about Sophia.
1:46:25We haven't spoken in many months.
1:46:29It has caused me tremendous pain.
1:46:32>> I'm so sorry, Yasm mean.
1:46:36>> I know Sophia has her reasons.
1:46:40There is still so much about that night
1:46:42on the overlook that I do not
1:46:44understand.
1:46:48I sometimes feel the storm was
1:46:54not natural. It was a manifestation.
1:47:07>> I have unfortunately experienced enough
1:47:09trauma to know that the feeling you
1:47:12describe is all too natural.
1:47:17I suppose you're right.
1:47:20>> Still,
1:47:23for months afterwards, Sophia would at
1:47:25least answer the occasional message, or
1:47:27I would see her on social media, but now
1:47:30she's gone completely dark.
1:47:33Maxine, I sense that Sophia may be in
1:47:35some terrible danger.
1:47:37Perhaps it is to herself. Perhaps it is
1:47:40to others. I don't know. If I could only
1:47:43know that she was okay. If I could only
1:47:47Excuse me. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean
1:47:51to intrude.
1:47:54But I am. I see that now. I'll be brief.
1:47:58Professor Cfield, thank you for our
1:48:01private interaction earlier. I am hoping
1:48:04that my appearance in your class can
1:48:07remain in
1:48:09private.
1:48:12Of
1:48:16course,
1:48:18you're welcome to audit my class and
1:48:21keep your photography to yourself.
1:48:26That's why you're top prof.
1:48:31See you later, professor.
1:48:38One of your students.
1:48:40I uh feel like I've met her before.
1:48:45>> Yeah, sorry. She's
1:48:48going through a tough time.
1:48:51Maxine, I beg you. Please tell me if you
1:48:54know anything about Safi.
1:49:10I'm sorry I am as in the dark as you
1:49:13are.
1:49:16>> One of my favorite qualities about great
1:49:18artists
1:49:20is that they are terrible liars.
1:49:27I see we are at an impass.
1:49:30Perhaps in time you will learn something
1:49:32about Sophia that you can share with me.
1:49:36And then you will remember that I have
1:49:38always supported you and your work,
1:49:41which I believe you will find important
1:49:44in the rocky times ahead.
1:49:50Always a pleasure to see you, Maxine.
1:49:55Did I just piss off my one remaining
1:49:58supporter in the administration?
1:50:01Fantastic.
1:50:05[sighs] I hated choosing between keeping
1:50:07Sophie's secret or keeping Yasm mean's
1:50:10trust.
1:50:15I could head out whenever I'm ready.
1:50:20So much going on. A brais, whatever
1:50:25Fremont means.
1:50:27And Sophie,
1:50:30she's back.
1:50:34No time to dwell on it all now. It's
1:50:37Amanda's open mic benefit at the
1:50:39snapping turtle tonight. Last time I
1:50:42left for my trip and missed it.
1:50:45From this point on, my reality will
1:50:48become completely different from the one
1:50:50I lived before.
1:50:52Hopefully I can learn something.
1:51:15[music]
1:51:26>> [applause]
1:51:29>> What a beautiful voice. Thank you. Uh,
1:51:33next we're going to keep the party going
1:51:36with a couple of sonets. Come on up.
1:51:46This This one is called Lessons in
1:51:50Scarcity.
1:51:53>> Time to see if I can find any
1:51:55information on the fire and enjoy the
1:51:58show while I'm here.
1:52:11I know.
1:52:54That's the guy I saw trapped in the
1:52:56observatory.
1:52:59In just a few days, he'll Hey, focus.
1:53:08>> You stole my heart today in econ class
1:53:11and drowned out thoughts of stocks and
1:53:13dividends.
1:53:14I tried to get your number, but alas,
1:53:18you [music] slept through class, then
1:53:20vanished at the end.
1:53:34I asked my buddy Greg [music] to learn
1:53:36your name. He did, then stopped
1:53:39responding to my texts.
1:53:42I know that love can be a [music]
1:53:44ruthless game.
1:53:46But friendship, too, it left me so
1:53:50perplexed.
1:54:00If you were here, I'd ask you out right
1:54:02[music] now.
1:54:04But you have plans tonight with Greg the
1:54:07traitor. I thought your tastes were
1:54:10slightly more highbrow.
1:54:13But hope you're happy with that burnout
1:54:17skater.
1:54:26>> [music]
1:54:27>> Though if by chance his love should
1:54:31prove untrue,
1:54:34I'll try my luck again in [music] Econ
1:54:382.
1:54:40[cheering]
1:54:46This next one is called He Doesn't Even
1:54:48Have a Car.
1:54:50[laughter]
1:55:03>> [laughter]
1:55:04>> Amanda is pretty tapped in to Caladon in
1:55:07Lakeport. Hopefully, she has some weeds
1:55:10about the fire.
1:55:13>> Hey, shouldn't you be on the road by
1:55:16now?
1:55:17>> Something fell through at the last
1:55:19minute. I had to cancel the whole thing.
1:55:22>> What? Ah, I'm so sorry.
1:55:30>> Me, too. But then I remembered I didn't
1:55:33have to miss this anymore.
1:55:36>> In that case, I'm glad your dreams were
1:55:38crushed.
1:55:41I'm so excited to finally see you do
1:55:44standup.
1:55:46>> Thanks. It's been so long. I'm feeling
1:55:49kind of rusty, but I'm glad you're here.
1:55:54>> Hey, um, has anything seemed off
1:55:57recently in Lakeport?
1:56:00>> Recently?
1:56:03Lakeport's been a mess ever since the
1:56:04storm. Town's a tinder box.
1:56:07>> Anything in particular?
1:56:09>> Sorry. Can you hold that thought? I want
1:56:11to run through the routine in my head
1:56:13one more time.
1:56:14>> Of course. Break a leg.
1:56:19Amanda is super stressed about her set.
1:56:28>> Noel is a Caladon security guard. Amanda
1:56:31must be expecting a crowd or a fight if
1:56:35she hired her as a bouncer.
1:56:41Half the town is here tonight. There's
1:56:43got to be something I can learn.
1:56:47I still haven't seen Revenge Horse Live,
1:56:50but I doubt it would compare to my
1:56:51Choose Your Own concert with Amanda.
1:57:15I could never say no to a blue-haired
1:57:17girl.
1:57:25>> Me, too, Ben.
1:57:30>> My photo made it into the turtle's local
1:57:32artist collection. Not the gallery tour
1:57:35I was planning for, but it makes me just
1:57:38as proud.
1:57:46You look pretty smart. Anything in your
1:57:48crystal ball on how to stop this fire?
1:57:51Keep your secrets, then.
1:58:02>> Lakeport has a Fremont Street, but it's
1:58:06across town.
1:58:12No, I am. [music]
1:58:18[music]
1:58:26[music]
1:58:26>> I was honored when Amanda asked me to
1:58:29donate something.
1:58:32[music]
1:58:38This would be a great spot for a fancy
1:58:40date night. So, it's currently useless
1:58:43to me.
1:58:55This is incredible.
1:58:58If the artist is local, I have to meet
1:59:00them.
1:59:04It's for a good cause. I could wait into
1:59:07this bidding war.
1:59:18>> Here goes nothing.
1:59:26>> A philosophy major told Amanda that it's
1:59:28not a grilled cheese if you add meat. I
1:59:31wonder when she's going to unban him.
1:59:44[music]
1:59:46>> Amanda doesn't believe in pumpkin spice
1:59:49as a flavor, but she appreciates a good
1:59:52fall vibe as much as anyone.
2:00:09>> [music]
2:00:09>> Moses would flip out if he saw someone
2:00:12leaving their deck out like this.
2:00:24I can see you.
2:00:29[music]
2:00:44Chain smoking out here.
2:00:49The snapping turtle has art in every
2:00:52nook.
2:00:59Rolling raiders sounds killer.
2:01:04The summer [music] shows with the turtle
2:01:06were awesome. Chloe would have loved
2:01:09them.
2:01:15>> [music]
2:01:22>> Vermont. Even the chairs are beautiful
2:01:25and woodsy.
2:01:28[music]
2:01:32[bell]
2:01:36My powers always force me to look ahead,
2:01:39even when they take me into the past.
2:01:42just once. I'd love to know what's
2:01:45coming and not have to change it.
2:01:56[music]
2:02:11>> [music]
2:02:30[music]
2:02:32>> Amanda stocked up for tonight. I'm glad
2:02:35she had such a good turnout. [music]
2:02:46>> I'm out of cash, but I could try the
2:02:49silent auction table.
2:02:58>> [music]
2:03:02>> I thought I knew everyone who worked at
2:03:04the turtle,
2:03:05>> but this guy's new.
2:03:09[music]
2:03:10>> Hi there. I didn't know Amanda hired
2:03:13some help.
2:03:14>> More like she took it astray. I used to
2:03:16run a bar in Lakeport called Kwers back
2:03:19before the storm ripped its roof off.
2:03:22>> I heard about that. Sorry. Amanda let me
2:03:26pick up some shifts until we reopen. If
2:03:28I can survive this place for that long.
2:03:35>> I take it you're not a fan of the
2:03:37turtle.
2:03:38>> Amanda is one of the good ones. The rest
2:03:40of these students
2:03:42not my speed. I'm used to a less
2:03:46colleial environment.
2:03:50Listen to me getting all worked up.
2:03:53Can I get you something?
2:03:54>> Oh, I'm good. Just wanted to say hi.
2:03:58>> College bars,
2:04:00man.
2:04:04>> The storm hit so many people so hard. I
2:04:09hope he can rebuild.
2:04:12[music]
2:04:14>> Vin has forgotten more about Kaladon
2:04:16than I've ever known. He must have heard
2:04:20of Fremont House.
2:04:22Hey, I thought you were gone this
2:04:25weekend.
2:04:26>> Plans changed.
2:04:28>> Hey, have you heard of a Caladon
2:04:30building called Fremont House?
2:04:34>> Fremont?
2:04:36Not ringing a bell, but they rename a
2:04:39building whenever a donor croaks. Want
2:04:41me to check some old school maps and get
2:04:44back to you?
2:04:45>> Really? That would be a huge help. Thank
2:04:48you.
2:04:49>> No problem.
2:04:50Got any more trivia questions for me?
2:04:57>> Do you still keep tabs on what's going
2:04:59on in Arais?
2:05:02>> Not really. A brais kind of fell apart
2:05:05after I stopped being president.
2:05:08>> I thought Arais fell apart once Diamond
2:05:11left and your boss evicted everyone.
2:05:14>> A valid perspective, but I'm sticking
2:05:17with mine.
2:05:20>> [music]
2:05:22>> How's the MBA going?
2:05:26>> Work, grad school, acting. How do I do
2:05:30it all?
2:05:34[music]
2:05:35But things are good.
2:05:37After undergrad, my life felt really
2:05:41precarious.
2:05:43Now my life feels like
2:05:47a life.
2:05:49one that I built for myself.
2:05:53>> That's a damn good feeling.
2:06:00>> I ran into your boss earlier.
2:06:03Give it to me straight. How much does
2:06:06Owen hate me?
2:06:09>> Hate is a strong word.
2:06:12Fail to see any redeeming value in
2:06:14maybe.
2:06:18You just have to speak his language.
2:06:20Remind him that you're a burgeoning
2:06:22artist who brings value to the school.
2:06:25>> He'll come around.
2:06:28>> I'll see you around.
2:06:30>> Don't be a stranger, Caulfield.
2:06:32>> Amanda will probably get on stage soon.
2:06:35I should find a seat.
2:06:39>> I'm glad Amanda's finally getting back
2:06:41on stage.
2:06:47>> [music]
2:06:50>> The storm hit so many people so hard. I
2:06:55hope he can rebuild.
2:07:04>> Is this seat taken?
2:07:06>> No. Don't mind if I do.
2:07:14>> [applause]
2:07:15>> Hey, remember me?
2:07:18I'm Amanda Thomas. I'm going to be doing
2:07:20a little comedy for you tonight.
2:07:25>> Jesus. Send out someone funny.
2:07:28[laughter]
2:07:30>> Okay,
2:07:32thanks everyone. Uh,
2:07:35good night. hell.
2:07:37>> You suck.
2:07:40That was brutal. That kept
2:07:43interrupting her. She completely lost
2:07:46her nerve.
2:07:51>> Amanda's not coming out anytime soon. If
2:07:54I want to talk to her tonight, I have to
2:07:57get rid of that guy.
2:08:04It's no use trying to get rid of him
2:08:06now. I have to go back before he ruins
2:08:08Amanda's night.
2:08:16>> Hey,
2:08:20I found some car keys on the ground. Do
2:08:23you drive a Ford?
2:08:25>> No, got a Mercedes.
2:08:28Blue like your eyes.
2:08:31>> Um,
2:08:33cool.
2:08:40Hey,
2:08:44>> do you drive a blue Mercedes?
2:08:47I just saw one out front rolling towards
2:08:49the lake.
2:08:49>> What the
2:08:51>> Yeah, you should hurry. It was really
2:08:52picking up speed.
2:09:07Hey, remember me? [laughter] I'm Amanda
2:09:11Thomas. I'm going to be doing a little
2:09:13comedy for you tonight. So, I told him
2:09:16I'm not the expert on duck penises here.
2:09:18Maybe we should ask the magician.
2:09:22[applause]
2:09:24Thank you so much.
2:09:47then outbid me. This cannot stand.
2:09:56>> [laughter]
2:09:57>> I want this sculpture just as badly as I
2:10:00want to stick it to Vin.
2:10:11>> Amanda doesn't believe in pumpkin spice
2:10:14as a flavor, but she appreciates a good
2:10:17fall vibe as much as anyone.
2:10:23Kaladon, disgraced English professor
2:10:25turned Lakeport stirer.
2:10:32>> Lucas
2:10:34>> Max, the newest lamb brought to the
2:10:37slaughterhouse of academia.
2:10:41>> Did you practice that while I was
2:10:43walking over here?
2:10:45>> I'm not getting paid enough to make
2:10:46small talk with you anymore. Excuse me.
2:10:51Lucas is an but he taught at
2:10:54Caladon for years, and I need a lead.
2:11:07>> Lucas
2:11:10Max, the newest lamb brought to the
2:11:12slaughterhouse of academia.
2:11:18So, any new novels in the works?
2:11:22>> I'm exploring new mediums.
2:11:25Not that anyone has noticed yet.
2:11:29>> Oh, what kind of medium?
2:11:33>> It wouldn't interest you. Excuse me.
2:11:41Of
2:11:48course, he has a podcast.
2:11:52>> This might give me an inn with Lucas if
2:11:56I can find somewhere quiet enough to
2:11:57hear it.
2:12:18Vox Populi, Lucas Cotoro. Jam-packed
2:12:21show today. Later on, I will be speaking
2:12:23with Barney Albertson, the Cornell
2:12:26professor who has been wearing a
2:12:28sombrero all semester in protest of the
2:12:31university's Halloween costume code.
2:12:34Should be fascinating.
2:12:36First, an update on the goings on in my
2:12:39own backyard. For those of you who have
2:12:41been following my Sisophian saga, you
2:12:44may be pleased to learn that I have
2:12:45joined forces with a local Lakeport
2:12:48organization who was committed to
2:12:50exposing the rampant corruption of
2:12:52Kaledon University.
2:12:55So many Lakeport residents were
2:12:56displaced, desoiled, or otherwise
2:12:59damaged by last year's storm. And yet
2:13:02Caladon, which was virtually unharmed,
2:13:05has seized on the disaster as a pretense
2:13:07to soop up aid funds and expand its
2:13:10borders.
2:13:11Now readers and fans of my work may be
2:13:14surprised to find me as a leader of this
2:13:17neuvo front popular.
2:13:20True, they are not my usual literary or
2:13:22intellectual codery, but ever since I
2:13:25exised myself from the rank bowels of
2:13:28academia, I have been looking to use my
2:13:30experiences to help the common man.
2:13:33Higher education does not make a person
2:13:36wiser or more capable. It merely serves
2:13:40to mask weaker minds in the language of
2:13:42their intellectual bettererss.
2:13:46The good people of Lakeport and I will
2:13:49not cotton to the demands of these
2:13:51supposed elites. By joining together, I
2:13:54feel confident our voices will be loud
2:13:56enough to crumble the walls of Caladon
2:13:59for good.
2:14:03But the boulder is not up the hill yet.
2:14:05I will continue to update you, my
2:14:08beloved poppies, every step of the way.
2:14:12Okay, quick break to talk about my
2:14:14sponsor, Cash for Gold. [singing]
2:14:20>> I would give anything to unhear that.
2:14:48You know, someone once said that
2:14:51education only serves to mask weaker
2:14:53minds in the language of their betters.
2:14:56>> So, I did though I wouldn't expect it to
2:14:59resonate with you.
2:15:01What did you think? God. Listening to it
2:15:04was one thing, but praising it,
2:15:10it was invigorating to hear hard truths
2:15:14told with such eloquence and passion.
2:15:19>> That's gratifying to hear.
2:15:22>> Good, because it was nauseating to say.
2:15:27>> This is random, but have you ever heard
2:15:29of Fremont House? I think it's a Caladon
2:15:33building.
2:15:34>> Well, the Abrais House is on Fremont
2:15:36Street until the president renames it to
2:15:39Semiconductor Lane.
2:15:41>> The Abrais House? Wait, why would Owen
2:15:45rename this street? The Abrais House is
2:15:48off campus.
2:15:49>> You haven't heard? Caladon is expanding.
2:16:003180
2:16:02Fremont Street.
2:16:04Holy Is this where the fire
2:16:07starts?
2:16:25The landslide took out half the street
2:16:27and the city couldn't afford the
2:16:29cleanup. Now Kaledon is swooping in.
2:16:41>> There's a lot of anger at Kaladon right
2:16:43now. Damn right there is. Lakeport knows
2:16:46when they're being disenfranchised by
2:16:48cloistered elites. I know you haven't
2:16:50been there long enough to understand,
2:16:52but Caladon is corrosive.
2:16:56I hate the person it turned me into.
2:16:59>> It turned you into a plagiarist that
2:17:02stole from a student.
2:17:03>> Judge me all you want, but the town
2:17:06knows the truth and they're mobilizing.
2:17:13So, you still live in Lakeport?
2:17:16>> I do. I'm teaching English at Lakeport
2:17:18High.
2:17:20College students are so set in their
2:17:22views. With teenagers, you get a chance
2:17:25to shape young minds. It's an honor,
2:17:28really.
2:17:32>> Well, see you around, Lucas.
2:17:34>> Take care, Max.
2:17:37>> The fire started in the Abrais house.
2:17:40How and why?
2:17:43Fremont Street.
2:17:45>> I could wait until I had some daylight
2:17:47to look around, but
2:17:50help.
2:17:51>> Waiting can wait.
2:18:04>> Great set.
2:18:05>> Okay. Right. Normally, I'd be humble,
2:18:08but that killed.
2:18:10What were you saying before about the
2:18:13town being a tinder box?
2:18:16>> People are blaming Kaledon for all of
2:18:18their problems, especially now that your
2:18:21new president wants to snatch up more of
2:18:22Lake. And guess who's remaking himself
2:18:25as the voice of the people?
2:18:28Lucas Colemanro.
2:18:31I'm familiar with his podcast.
2:18:33Unfortunately,
2:18:36Lucas never struck me as a spokesperson
2:18:38for the common man.
2:18:41People are angry
2:18:44and he has them throwing rocks at the
2:18:46ivory tower. They're ready to tear down
2:18:48the school.
2:18:50It's really alarming.
2:18:53We need to focus on rebuilding. I've
2:18:56been busting my ass all week to pull
2:18:58this night off.
2:19:00I hope it makes a difference.
2:19:10How are you doing? You seem a little
2:19:13>> Hey, lady. Can I get a drink here or
2:19:15what?
2:19:16>> This lady will kick your dick in. So,
2:19:19back off.
2:19:24Dressed.
2:19:27You know, I love a busy night, but we
2:19:30have some new regulars. At least until
2:19:33the bar in town gets a new roof.
2:19:36I'm going to make the townies get along
2:19:38with the trust fun babies if it kills
2:19:40me. But it might just kill me.
2:19:49How is the fundraising going? Not bad,
2:19:54but there's still so much damage to
2:19:56rebuild from the storm. If one more
2:19:59business folds, Main Street will belong
2:20:02in your Ghost Town series.
2:20:05>> I'll let you get back to it.
2:20:07>> Have fun out there.
2:20:18>> Vin doesn't like any art from the last
2:20:20century.
2:20:21What's he up to?
2:20:27>> All right, that's time on the silent
2:20:30auction.
2:20:42>> Rats, Vinn, what?
2:20:45>> You totally cheated.
2:20:47>> Sorry, Max. Art is a highly fungeible
2:20:50asset. You're welcome to come admire it
2:20:53before I flip it.
2:21:15Vin doesn't like any art from the last
2:21:17century. What's he up to?
2:21:23>> All right, that's time on the silent
2:21:26auction.
2:21:31>> It's the pen. Where's the pen?
2:21:42>> Nice job, Max.
2:21:46>> Well played, Cfield.
2:21:49Well played.
2:22:01>> Success.
2:22:03You are going to love Helerton House.
2:22:13>> Noel is a Caladon security guard. Amanda
2:22:16must be expecting a crowd or a fight if
2:22:20she hired her as a bouncer.
2:22:23>> What do you mean 10 bucks? I totally
2:22:25paid when I got here.
2:22:28Besides, I don't even have 10 bucks.
2:22:31Come on, Noel.
2:22:34>> Serves you right, dick.
2:22:41>> Okay, professor. Time to break and
2:22:44enter.
2:23:03I lost my last bar half an hour ago, but
2:23:06I must be pretty close to campus by now.
2:23:09Looks like they do shows here. Wonder if
2:23:12they're in the market for a Pacific
2:23:14Northwest postindustrial female.
2:23:19>> Hey, uh, so, uh, my buddies and I were
2:23:23wondering
2:23:25why do all you gender studies chicks
2:23:27have weird hair?
2:23:32Gender studies. Is that how they built
2:23:35the special microscope you used to find
2:23:36your dick?
2:23:39[laughter]
2:23:40>> She's savage. You
2:23:42>> Yeah, she's way into you, Ren. Get her
2:23:45number.
2:23:47>> Oh, hold up.
2:23:48>> That's off, dude. [laughter]
2:23:55>> What happened here?
2:23:58It's nothing, Noel.
2:24:01>> We were just messing around.
2:24:03>> The snapping turtle has a strict no
2:24:05fighting policy. You're both out.
2:24:08>> Come on. Be thankful I don't put you on
2:24:10the band list. Leave now.
2:24:18>> I'm sorry. My friends and I were just
2:24:23I'm sorry.
2:24:32Don't worry about it. I've been teeing
2:24:35off on drunk bros at dive bar since
2:24:37junior high.
2:24:39I really could have used a bite.
2:24:43>> Looked like the back patio was open.
2:24:46Noel probably won't notice.
2:24:50>> I'll try that. Thanks.
2:24:55Kicked out of a bar before I even
2:24:57stepped foot in it. That's a new record,
2:25:00but my ass is too hungry to give up just
2:25:03yet.
2:25:05That kid mentioned the back patio.
2:25:08Sounds promising.
2:25:38forever.
2:26:56She didn't respond.
2:26:59What was I expecting? Of course, she
2:27:01moved on.
2:27:37Forever.
2:28:22Thank you so much.
2:28:44This one seems like she'd be immune to
2:28:46both my sweet talk and lime my face off
2:28:48strategies.
2:28:51Hey, about what happened. Not
2:28:54interested. Beat it.
2:28:59>> This place is pretty happening for being
2:29:01in the middle of cow country.
2:29:11Ah, the northern New England douche in
2:29:14its natural habitat. I believe this
2:29:17genus is known as Jagoff Maximus.
2:29:22>> You boys know any good fishing holes?
2:29:25off.
2:29:28>> You got any chaw? I'm fresh out.
2:29:31>> You beat it, freak.
2:29:36Which of you fellas has the signup sheet
2:29:38for the circle jerk? Or did it happen
2:29:40already?
2:29:42[laughter]
2:29:44>> Don't laugh at that.
2:29:57My experience getting kicked out of bars
2:29:59has taught me there's usually another
2:30:01way in.
2:30:24I don't think waltzing right into the
2:30:26kitchen is the move here.
2:30:29Murder cow. Stick cow on plaque. Throw
2:30:32cow in dumpster.
2:30:35The circle of life. So beautiful.
2:30:39This tower is going to keep on piling up
2:30:41till it falls
2:30:43and then it won't be pretty.
2:30:47Don't sweat it, Skull. Sometimes I feel
2:30:49like a pile of garbage, too.
2:31:03Beer and open fire. One of my favorite
2:31:06pairings.
2:31:25If this is like any other place, there's
2:31:27probably an entrance around back.
2:31:37This shitty truck reminds me of my last
2:31:40shitty truck before my current shitty
2:31:42truck.
2:31:49If this truck could talk, it would beg
2:31:51someone to put it out of its misery.
2:31:58If they take this turtle theme into the
2:32:01food or drinks, I'm out of here.
2:32:06Maybe drugstore makeup can get on the
2:32:08lineup.
2:32:10Not that I have any clue where I'll be
2:32:12then.
2:32:23>> [sighs]
2:32:23>> What kind of basic fairy tale
2:32:26splooge dream is this place?
2:32:32I've never set foot in a frat house. So,
2:32:34I choose to believe this is what a keg
2:32:36stand is.
2:32:46Chloe one strict no fighting policy
2:32:50zero.
2:32:55>> Wait,
2:32:58don't I know you?
2:33:12Max's blue-haired [music] girl.
2:33:18I've met you before in that horrible
2:33:21place.
2:33:24But you can't be real.
2:33:31What horrible place?
2:33:34You mean the lighthouse?
2:34:19Let go of me.
2:34:20>> Wait, I need to see.
2:34:22>> See what?
2:34:36>> [sighs]
2:34:38[panting]
2:34:38>> Well,
2:34:40this is interesting.
2:34:45See you around, Chloe.
2:34:48gets weirder and weirder. I really
2:34:51hope Max can make some kind of sense out
2:34:53of me.
2:35:19The fire starts here in 2 days. Unless I
2:35:24stop it first.
2:35:28There's a lot going on here. I should
2:35:32explore that patio and see if I can find
2:35:34anything suspicious.
2:35:57It looks like the demolition was
2:35:59planned, but they never had a date set
2:36:01for it.
2:36:10It's getting really tense between Abrais
2:36:13and this demolition crew.
2:36:21It's not just this house. Owen's plans
2:36:25are to take over the whole neighborhood.
2:36:40All this firewood is alarming.
2:36:46Abraasis is clearly not leaving this
2:36:49place without a fight.
2:36:54Looks like they trashed half the house.
2:37:04If I insert the right object in these
2:37:07symbols, will this thing turn into a
2:37:10rocket ship and fly me to Abraasis's
2:37:12home planet?
2:37:18This looks like a big operation for one
2:37:21house.
2:37:26New England Wreck Kings. That's a
2:37:29mouthful.
2:37:35I knew Abrais used to be an a cultist
2:37:38group.
2:37:39Maybe it still is.
2:37:51Abrais thinks they can move back into
2:37:53their house, but I don't think the
2:37:56administration is giving up yet.
2:38:12Fireworks outside a demolition site.
2:38:16real smart.
2:38:21>> I don't think the demolition is
2:38:22happening anymore, but this sign is
2:38:25pretty alarming.
2:38:41Whoa.
2:38:43No wonder I felt like I was being
2:38:45watched.
2:38:57I'm an amateur detective at best, but
2:39:00this footprint looks pretty fresh to me.
2:39:07So, in the end, it was the Lakeport
2:39:09Historical Commission that stepped in to
2:39:11stop the demolition. Good for them.
2:39:27That's one way to keep out trespassers.
2:39:41Owen has not backed down in his fight
2:39:44against
2:40:01They're kicked out of their house, but
2:40:03they're still gathering Halloween
2:40:05decorations.
2:40:10Someone tried to get in this way, but
2:40:13they failed.
2:40:31Hey, where are you going? I was enjoying
2:40:34the show.
2:40:47Now or never.
2:41:09We're starting to close up shop, but you
2:41:11can hang out for a bit if you need.
2:41:13>> Thanks. I'll try not to linger too long.
2:41:17>> You hear that, Professor? Last call.
2:41:25Okay, [sighs]
2:41:26let's practice again. Hey, Max. It's me,
2:41:31that girl you don't text back. Um,
2:41:35anyway, I've been having recurring
2:41:37nightmares of you killing me,
2:41:42and they're starting to seem more and
2:41:44more like actual memories of my life or
2:41:48death, I guess.
2:41:52Anyway, how have you been?
2:42:01I must be way closer to campus than I
2:42:03thought. Go fighting Cardinals, I guess.
2:42:11If I see another turtle, I might just
2:42:14scream.
2:42:17Sick. Someone's killing it on the bottom
2:42:20of these coasters.
2:42:22A mysterious bar artist leaves secret
2:42:25graffiti under bar coasters.
2:42:28I'm inspired.
2:42:34I should start leaving mystery graffiti
2:42:36under bar coasters while the band's on
2:42:37tour. Oh, maybe that's whatever the
2:42:40viral marketing means.
2:42:56No sign of the fuzz hanging around here
2:42:58anymore. Maybe I'm in the clear.
2:43:03This place is a brew pub, too.
2:43:06Damn, the hipsters really did win.
2:43:11Lonely guy with book at bar. Usually one
2:43:15of the least threatening species of
2:43:17drunk.
2:43:18Usually
2:43:22>> Kaladon professor.
2:43:25no.
2:43:28>> Okay.
2:43:30I didn't mean anything by it. Just
2:43:32thought you looked
2:43:34professory.
2:43:35>> Oh, I'm highly professory.
2:43:38Too professory for the kid glove
2:43:39cannibals and their shrink wrapped
2:43:41so-called minds.
2:43:47Can I steal Kid Glove Cannibals for this
2:43:49band I manage?
2:43:51>> What kind of music?
2:43:53>> Fourthwave artcore dance emo.
2:43:57>> In that case, have at it.
2:44:04>> So, you're not a big fan of Kaladon? To
2:44:07put it mildly, it is a toxic [music]
2:44:10cesspool of manager class aspirants and
2:44:12moral morons.
2:44:14>> What about the faculty?
2:44:16>> That's who I was referring to.
2:44:22>> I'm no fan of elites or teachers in
2:44:25general, but I do know one instructor
2:44:28who doesn't meet your description.
2:44:32>> If you're right, I would love to meet
2:44:33them.
2:44:34Sounds like a a breath of fresh air.
2:44:40>> I'd better wrap up here.
2:44:43>> It was a uh surprising pleasure to meet
2:44:46you,
2:44:47>> Chloe.
2:44:49>> Well met, Chloe.
2:44:59>> Who just leaves free around like
2:45:01this?
2:45:04That will be mine now.
2:45:06>> Thank you.
2:45:11>> If I stick around with Max a while,
2:45:13maybe I could get the band a gig here.
2:45:17>> That's a big if.
2:45:21>> I don't see any beer or puke stains on
2:45:23these amps at all.
2:45:25Amateurs.
2:45:33Planetarium. You say
2:45:36if I make it to Monday, I know what my
2:45:39plans are.
2:45:48I guess the Vermont music scene is more
2:45:50than drum circles and fish cover bands.
2:45:53Who knew?
2:46:05Hey, Max. It's me, your sexy exie. Want
2:46:09to unpack our trauma together?
2:46:14Hey, Max. Every time you kill me in one
2:46:17of my dream thingies, it feels more real
2:46:19than the last. Faging Dr. Freud, am I
2:46:22right?
2:46:26Hey, Max. What a nice stable life you
2:46:29got here. Girlfriend, boyfriend, actual
2:46:32friends.
2:46:34It's cool. I'll go be a disaster
2:46:37somewhere else.
2:46:42Hey, bartender. Can I get a double shot
2:46:45of direction and a chaser of
2:46:46self-confidence?
2:46:50>> Appreciate you letting me grab a bite
2:46:51before the kitchen closes. No worries.
2:46:54It was a busy night. Plenty of mop up to
2:46:57do.
2:47:04>> How close are we to Kaladon University?
2:47:072 minutes by car, 10 by foot, by
2:47:10electric scooter.
2:47:12Depends on your sense of balance.
2:47:15>> So, this is like a Caladon [music] bar.
2:47:19It's a lot of things, but yeah, we get
2:47:22plenty of students and faculty here.
2:47:25What brings you around?
2:47:27>> Um,
2:47:29I'm visiting someone on campus. I
2:47:31[music] haven't seen her in a really
2:47:34long time.
2:47:36I'm kind of nervous to be [laughter]
2:47:38honest.
2:47:40I guess I'm stalling until I can figure
2:47:42out what I want to say when I see her.
2:47:45The real problem is I
2:47:49I don't think the right words actually
2:47:52exist.
2:47:53>> Oh,
2:47:55she must be pretty important to get you
2:47:57all up in the head like that.
2:48:02>> She's the most important person in my
2:48:04life and has been for pretty much as
2:48:07long as I can remember. [music]
2:48:10Problem is, our lives don't really fit
2:48:13together anymore.
2:48:15>> Yeah.
2:48:18I've been there.
2:48:22Look,
2:48:24I don't normally go in for the whole
2:48:26wise bartender stick, but in my opinion,
2:48:30there are precious few people on this
2:48:32earth worth giving a about. If you
2:48:35found one of them, [music] and it sounds
2:48:38like it to me,
2:48:40you're one of the lucky ones.
2:48:42And then none of the other matters.
2:48:46Just my opinion.
2:48:48Checks on the Bart when you're ready.
2:49:00>> Hey, didn't I kick your ass out? You're
2:49:02going on the band list. Are you a
2:49:04student?
2:49:05>> No.
2:49:06>> Good. Then I'm banning you from campus,
2:49:09too. Name? Better think fast.
2:49:17>> [clears throat]
2:49:17>> thing is I'm actually a prospective
2:49:20[music] graduate student. I'm here to
2:49:22visit campus.
2:49:24>> What program?
2:49:28>> I'm doing [music]
2:49:30astrology
2:49:32and whatnot.
2:49:34>> Uh-huh. And where are you metriculating
2:49:36from?
2:49:38>> Go easy on her. She's not an English
2:49:41major. Metriculating means enrolling
2:49:44[music] in a school.
2:49:45>> Oh yeah, I knew that.
2:49:50[music]
2:49:53Currently at UVM.
2:49:56I'm sorry for hassling you. All
2:49:59the tension around here lately has put
2:50:01me on edge.
2:50:02>> Don't worry about it. You know what?
2:50:05Since we're here, why don't you let me
2:50:08get you your visitor pass? I just need
2:50:10the name of your faculty sponsor.
2:50:11[music]
2:50:12>> My sponsor?
2:50:14>> Yeah. All prospective student visits
2:50:17need a faculty sponsor. So, you must
2:50:19have one.
2:50:22Come on, Chloe. Are you really going to
2:50:24let your reunion with Max start with her
2:50:26bailing your ass out?
2:50:28But what choice do I have?
2:50:38Her name is Ariel Prosper. Professor
2:50:42[music] Ariel Prosper.
2:50:45Oh, yeah. I know her. A bit tempestuous,
2:50:48but has a real way with words.
2:50:55>> Hearing about a lot of activity at 3180
2:50:57[music]
2:50:58Fremont Street. Is the demolition
2:51:00schedule for tonight? Uh, news to me. I
2:51:05did drive by earlier and saw an adult
2:51:06female in the area. Looked a little
2:51:08shady. I doubt she was with the demo
2:51:11crew.
2:51:11>> Oh I think I know who the shady
2:51:14woman was. But they wouldn't do the
2:51:16demolition tonight without [music]
2:51:18warning. Right.
2:51:19>> Who are you talking about?
2:51:21>> The professor. She was asking about
2:51:23Fremont. I didn't think she'd go there
2:51:25in the middle of the night for
2:51:26sake.
2:51:47Is anybody here?
2:51:50Hello?
2:52:10>> [music]
2:52:14>> I just found my first fire hazard.
2:52:17This is insane.
2:52:35>> [panting]
2:52:35>> Oh
2:52:38>> Oh, hey, Max.
2:52:44>> I was just getting in some
2:52:46extracurricular shooting down here.
2:52:49>> Cool spot, huh?
2:52:56Were you just photographing me?
2:52:58>> I was photographing the Abrais house and
2:53:01then you came in. Was I suddenly
2:53:02supposed to stop? Look around. All the
2:53:06secrets about Abrais are right here. I'm
2:53:09finally going to uncover them tonight.
2:53:12Question is,
2:53:14what are you doing here, Max?
2:53:17Are you connected to Abraasis? We can
2:53:19keep this off the record for now.
2:53:21>> No.
2:53:23I have reason to believe there is a
2:53:25danger to the campus and to you.
2:53:28>> To me? No one knows I'm here. You didn't
2:53:30know it when you came in.
2:53:33But you do know something.
2:53:37You have a lot more going on than meets
2:53:38the eye, don't you? I'm not going
2:53:41anywhere until you tell me what's up.
2:53:43>> I can't tell her why, but I need to get
2:53:45Loretta to leave right now.
2:53:51Okay, here's the deal.
2:53:54If you leave right now, I will sit down
2:53:56for an interview with you and tell you
2:53:59everything I learned about a Braxus. On
2:54:01the record,
2:54:04a quidd proquo.
2:54:06You're savier than you look.
2:54:09It's a deal.
2:54:11I got everything I needed anyway.
2:54:14See you around.
2:54:19Okay, time to search around and look for
2:54:22any clues. Uh, problem here.
2:54:26A door's locked. Locked. Oh crap.
2:54:29Someone else must be here.
2:54:34Let's just go out the way we came.
2:54:38>> Shh.
2:54:41We got a call. Someone around. Probably
2:54:45out on I would love to buck one of those
2:54:48secret society ship heads.
2:54:52>> Are those the cops?
2:54:56>> It's stuck.
2:54:58Someone must have locked it when they
2:55:00ran through before. Means it's empty,
2:55:02right? All right, we'll give them
2:55:06the all clear. Come on. It's about to
2:55:07start.
2:55:09>> What's about to start?
2:55:11>> Charges set. Detonation commencing.
2:55:15>> What the They're demolishing the
2:55:18house now. [panting]
2:55:25[music]
2:55:27>> I'll disable the charges. Are you
2:55:29nuts? There's no time. We have
2:55:31to run.
2:55:32>> 1 minute until detonation.
2:55:34>> Just stay back.
2:55:38[music]
2:55:41What the What the What do I
2:55:43do?
2:55:52>> This is crazy. What are we doing, Max?
2:55:55>> Detonation in 20 seconds.
2:56:04>> It's going to come down on our head.
2:56:06>> Crap.
2:56:06>> Max.
2:56:108 7 6 5 4 3 2
2:56:21>> Holy You're [laughter] crazy, Max.
2:56:26>> We need to get out of here before
2:56:27someone finds us. [sighs]
2:56:35>> Hey, is someone there?
2:56:37>> Let's run. No, I want to talk to the
2:56:39who tried to blow us up on the
2:56:41record.
2:56:44>> The cops, pack it up now.
2:56:47Loretta.
2:57:02[music]
2:57:11>> Hey, Max. Heard you were in trouble.
2:57:14[singing and music]
2:57:19impossible.
2:57:22>> Lots to discuss.
2:57:26>> Right now, I think we should run.
2:57:30[music]
2:57:33>> Let's go, Max.
2:57:36[music]
2:57:41[music]
2:57:44before
2:57:48I'm sure
2:57:52back to [music] you. Back to the bra.
2:57:55Back to the break. Back to [music]
2:57:58back to back to
2:58:07[music]
2:58:41And then our walkie went off and I heard
2:58:43that someone was creeping around an
2:58:45abandoned building. I didn't
2:58:49I didn't really need the skezy professor
2:58:51to tell me it was you.
2:58:55Max, you're kind of staring a lot.
2:59:07Sorry, I think I might be in shock.
2:59:13Sure, blast from the past and all.
2:59:18She said it so naturally, like she had
2:59:21no idea how insane it sounded,
2:59:24like she'd never died.
2:59:27Max, we have a lot to catch up on, but
2:59:31I've been awake since Indianapolis.
2:59:33>> Of course. Take my bed. We'll talk in
2:59:36the morning. Thank you for
2:59:38understanding.
2:59:40>> I'm not sure I understand anything right
2:59:42now, but I'm glad you're here. Come on.
2:59:47The bedroom's upstairs.
2:59:50>> Thanks.
2:59:53>> I spent all night thinking of
2:59:55explanations.
2:59:56It was a dream, a hallucination.
3:00:00It was Sophie playing the world's
3:00:02sickest prank.
3:00:05But it's her in a thousand little ways,
3:00:09in every way.
3:00:18You going to sit there all night
3:00:22just resting my legs? It's been a long,
3:00:25strange day. I'll tell you about it in
3:00:28the
3:00:36She didn't vanish overnight.
3:00:39I can let her out of my sight for a
3:00:40minute or two.
3:00:43So, Max, what's it going to take to get
3:00:47ready for the strangest conversation of
3:00:49your life?
3:00:55I don't know what to say to Chloe when
3:00:57she wakes up, but I can guess that she
3:00:59will be cold, hungry, and in need of
3:01:02coffee.
3:01:05Guess I'm checking in with Ben this
3:01:07afternoon. I wonder if this is about the
3:01:10Abrais house.
3:01:33Fore! [singing]
3:03:35I don't know what to say to Chloe when
3:03:37she wakes up, but I can guess that she
3:03:39will be cold, hungry, and in need of
3:03:42coffee.
3:03:48Now I have proof
3:03:50she's [snorts] really here.
3:04:07If you stay in one place long enough,
3:04:10restaurants learn your birthday. Cute or
3:04:13creepy.
3:04:26I bought these in a panic when I started
3:04:28teaching. Sometimes great art is the
3:04:31best mentor.
3:04:34Moses collected a few weird artifacts
3:04:36from the merge. He thinks they're
3:04:39fascinating. I think they're horrifying.
3:05:01Moses says this telescope is an
3:05:03embarrassment, but it helps me look at
3:05:05birds on the lake just fine.
3:05:17If I hadn't been there last night, would
3:05:20Loretta be here now?
3:05:41Diamond is worried about Sophie.
3:05:44I haven't heard from either of them in
3:05:46months.
3:05:47And they were off together.
3:06:14What's going on, Sophie?
3:06:17How do I help you?
3:06:42Maybe if I thaw out my body, my mind
3:06:45will follow.
3:06:48I know I'm very anti-fire right now, but
3:06:51the place is freezing.
3:07:14Hey, Chloe. Welcome back from the great
3:07:16beyond. Here's a muffin.
3:07:23Hazel's a great agent and she put so
3:07:26much work into this weekend. I hope she
3:07:29eventually forgives me.
3:07:42I wasn't planning on being home this
3:07:44weekend. There's nothing in my fridge
3:07:47but film.
3:07:49I should just stop trying to plan my
3:07:51week. It seems to invite chaos.
3:08:03It's my birthday again.
3:08:07Is Chloe's return some kind of birthday
3:08:09wish come true?
3:08:12No. That's crazy.
3:08:31Hey, Chloe. Welcome back from the great
3:08:33beyond. Here's a muffin.
3:08:51Wakey wakey.
3:08:59I have no idea how to handle the next
3:09:01hour, but this is a start.
3:09:17Yikes. I didn't even notice where we
3:09:20parked last night.
3:09:22Better move it. But where did she leave
3:09:25her keys?
3:09:37She rifled through this before she went
3:09:39upstairs. Maybe she dropped her keys
3:09:41inside.
3:09:43It's not snooping if it's Chloe, right?
3:09:50Flannel, banties, and artfully ripped
3:09:53tank tops. Classic Chloe.
3:09:58Chloe's a band manager
3:10:01in a weekend full of surprises. I guess
3:10:04that's the least surprising.
3:10:18There you are.
3:10:32She certainly didn't stop by because she
3:10:34was in the neighborhood.
3:10:50I wanted to ask her a thousand
3:10:52questions, but she barely had the energy
3:10:55to get upstairs.
3:10:59This design must be Chloe's handiwork.
3:11:02Her doodles have gotten a lot more
3:11:04polished ever since
3:11:07um ever since.
3:11:27Max,
3:11:31[snorts]
3:11:35somebody did well for herself. How did
3:11:38Max wind up in the world's bougiest log
3:11:40cabin?
3:11:54What the?
3:12:06That was the girl at the bar last night.
3:12:10Max thinks her name is Sophie.
3:12:15coffee.
3:12:17She's awake.
3:12:23What's the connection with this softie
3:12:25person and Max?
3:12:29Not bad for a girl who never finished
3:12:31high school.
3:13:02Wait, is it Saturday?
3:13:06I showed up on Max's birthday.
3:13:09But why is she here and not on this
3:13:11trip?
3:13:21>> [sighs]
3:13:21>> I've been avoiding mirrors for days. I
3:13:24probably look as crazy as I sound.
3:13:29This is from that film festival in
3:13:31Boise. Two days of movies that made me
3:13:34want to claw my eyes out, but she never
3:13:38stopped smiling.
3:13:47She told me to take the bed and then
3:13:50pretended to go downstairs,
3:13:52but when I peeked later on, she was
3:13:54definitely still watching me.
3:14:27>> [music and singing]
3:14:34>> What? Did she not have enough artsy
3:14:37hipster cred already?
3:14:43Twecor, acoustic chill, and lots of
3:14:47indie rock.
3:14:49Classic Max.
3:14:51It's been years. What has she been up
3:14:54to?
3:14:57At least I still get a spot on the life
3:14:58mosaic.
3:15:07Max knows the woman from the lighthouse
3:15:10and her name is also Sophie.
3:15:12What the hell?
3:15:19Her life is so full now.
3:15:25This place is so beautiful. It makes me
3:15:28want to throw up.
3:15:31If Max was going to try and replace me
3:15:33with someone, I'm glad it was a dog.
3:15:43She's photographed everything under the
3:15:45sun, but she's saving space for more.
3:15:49God, this girl.
3:15:53Is she moving out of her urban decay
3:15:55phase? What's next in the Max Caulfield
3:15:59uvoir?
3:16:01Now she can talk about f-stops and
3:16:03shutter speeds to her heart's content.
3:16:08Max has a whole new life here.
3:16:13Maybe I shouldn't have come.
3:16:22Come on. It'll be okay.
3:16:25It's Max.
3:16:28She still drives like a teenager.
3:16:32Some things never
3:16:42trying to steal my truck.
3:16:48Just joy riding it to a parking space.
3:16:53How long has it been? A year.
3:16:57a decade.
3:16:59I'm not really sure anymore.
3:17:06>> It is so incredibly good to see you,
3:17:09Chloe. [snorts]
3:17:11Don't get excited. I come bearing
3:17:14baggage.
3:17:19And before you say anything, I know I
3:17:22should have called first.
3:17:28I just figured I'd [music] know what the
3:17:29to say when
3:17:32when I was looking at you.
3:17:36Um,
3:17:38okay.
3:17:41The floor is yours.
3:17:54Lately, I keep getting these
3:17:59I don't know,
3:18:01visions.
3:18:03It's been happening for a minute, but
3:18:06they're getting worse. It seemed like
3:18:09maybe some time took place, so I
3:18:13figured I'd come ask the time
3:18:15herself.
3:18:18What kind of visions?
3:18:27A tumble dryer of madness.
3:18:32It's like an acid trip, except I didn't
3:18:34even get to take acid.
3:18:38And lately, I keep seeing this
3:18:40dark-haired woman who just so happens to
3:18:43be on your photo wall.
3:18:45Who's Sophie?
3:18:57Sophie was my friend last year. She went
3:19:00through a hard time, did a lot of
3:19:02damage, and left a school.
3:19:06But did she graffiti the girl's bathroom
3:19:08on her way out?
3:19:10Not that it's a competition or anything.
3:19:13>> [music]
3:19:14>> And who's the friend on your dresser?
3:19:16Your second friend named Sopie.
3:19:18>> This is going to sound crazy, but it's
3:19:20the same person. Sophie can shapeshift.
3:19:29>> So this place is what? Like some freaky
3:19:34power academy?
3:19:35>> No, not at all. It's a coincidence, as
3:19:39far as I know. God, never a dull
3:19:41moment with you.
3:19:45Any idea why your friend is in my
3:19:47dreamscape? Or is that a coincidence,
3:19:49too? I'm not sure. What else do you see
3:19:52in your visions besides her?
3:19:54Me
3:19:57dying on the Blackwell bathroom floor.
3:20:02I know it's not real,
3:20:05but it feels so.
3:20:12And when I met your friend last night,
3:20:14she looked at me like she'd seen a
3:20:16ghost.
3:20:28I know you saved me.
3:20:31But I'm starting to wonder if
3:20:34maybe you didn't.
3:20:41Did I die?
3:20:45I saved you.
3:20:47Then when the storm came, you asked me
3:20:50to go back and undo it.
3:20:53You saved Arcadia Bay when you died a
3:20:57decade ago.
3:21:05I should be dead.
3:21:08Why am I not dead? Am I a ghost? Of
3:21:13course not. Well, I'm not a
3:21:15living person. That much is clear.
3:21:19Hold on.
3:21:21I I remember everything that happened
3:21:23after that.
3:21:25We spent years on the road together,
3:21:28didn't we?
3:21:30>> I spent years on the road, but I was
3:21:33alone.
3:21:41I know this is weird, but what if your
3:21:44memories are what would have happened if
3:21:47you lived
3:21:50or what did happen just to some other
3:21:52version of us?
3:21:57Talk to me.
3:22:00How are you feeling?
3:22:07Max, this is bad. Reality isn't supposed
3:22:11to work like this. I'm a mistake. I I'm
3:22:15You're alive.
3:22:17I don't care how or why.
3:22:20This is beyond anything I ever dreamed
3:22:24of.
3:22:27But what the hell happened? How am I
3:22:30here right now?
3:22:41Let's back up. When did the vision
3:22:43start?
3:22:45Was it just before Christmas?
3:22:48How did you know that?
3:22:51>> Because last December, my friend Sophie
3:22:54lost control of her powers.
3:22:56She had sort of a mental breakdown.
3:23:09I heard someone's voice begging you to
3:23:12shoot her. Did you?
3:23:15>> No, not this time. I mean,
3:23:19it's complicated, but no.
3:23:25For a while, there were two separate
3:23:28realities.
3:23:29One where Sophie was alive, one where
3:23:32she was dead.
3:23:34I managed to merge them back together.
3:23:39But maybe I merged more than that.
3:23:43It's only a theory.
3:23:46We should talk to my friend Moses. He's
3:23:48been studying my powers. He'll want to
3:23:51hear about your visions.
3:23:56This is so strange.
3:23:58I have this brain full of memories of
3:24:00our time on the road together, but it's
3:24:03not even us. That's incredible.
3:24:06What was it like?
3:24:13>> We had a lot of good years together.
3:24:16Then [sighs] my memory is fuzzy. But you
3:24:21were depressed,
3:24:23guilty about Arcadia [music] Bay.
3:24:26Can't imagine having one death on my
3:24:29conscience was bad enough.
3:24:33>> So wait, even the [music] week we spent
3:24:36together in high school didn't happen? I
3:24:38was already dead.
3:24:40>> I guess not.
3:24:43Oh, this is great. My best friend
3:24:46abandons me and I have a decade long
3:24:48hallucination of a friend who didn't.
3:24:58That week at the junkyard on the train
3:25:02tracks,
3:25:03it was the best and worst week of my
3:25:06life.
3:25:08I'm so glad you remember it, too.
3:25:11>> Yeah.
3:25:12But who the hell did it happen to? Not
3:25:15me.
3:25:20I I feel so weird. There's so much I
3:25:24don't know, and half of what I do know
3:25:26isn't real.
3:25:28Well, maybe I can catch you up. I can
3:25:31tell you how reality worked for me at
3:25:33least.
3:25:42What was the funeral like?
3:25:46Beautiful.
3:25:48Filled with people who loved you.
3:25:51You would have hated it.
3:25:54This is some Tom Sawyer But
3:25:58without the sick drum solo. [snorts]
3:26:01I'm sorry, Chloe. What can I do? Max, I
3:26:06don't need you to do anything. I'm not
3:26:09some problem for you to solve.
3:26:17>> Professor Cfield, it's security.
3:26:21>> What are you doing? Don't answer. We're
3:26:23adults. We don't need to hide from the
3:26:25security guard anymore.
3:26:27Max. Max. Max. Max.
3:26:31>> Good morning, professor.
3:26:33Did you park your car near the Abra's
3:26:35house last night?
3:26:45>> Yes. I [music] was coming home last
3:26:49night and my car died.
3:26:52Well, you need to move it. That area is
3:26:54not safe.
3:26:56>> Oh, okay. Bummer. And keep an eye out. I
3:27:00broke up a bar fight last night.
3:27:02I believe tensions are running high
3:27:04between students and Lakeport residents.
3:27:10>> Well, if that's everything, I should get
3:27:14back to my dark room. Have a good
3:27:16weekend.
3:27:19[laughter]
3:27:25>> You're the worst.
3:27:27Did you get in a fight last night? You
3:27:30shove one towny and suddenly you're a
3:27:31danger to the [music] school.
3:27:37>> So, catch me up on you. What did Max
3:27:40Cfield do after she saved a town?
3:27:44Ran away from it as fast as I could.
3:27:48Your mom gave me your truck. I went to
3:27:50all the places you and Rachel had wanted
3:27:53to go.
3:28:00I went through towns like a ghost,
3:28:04just looking for empty buildings so I
3:28:06could haunt them with my camera.
3:28:11At some point, I accidentally became a
3:28:15semi famous photographer.
3:28:18Last year, I came here as a visiting
3:28:21artist and
3:28:24now I'm a teacher.
3:28:28And you've been here for what, a year?
3:28:32Make any friends? Date any babes?
3:28:37Last year I had two good friends.
3:28:40Now I have one friend and a shape
3:28:43shifter with whom I share ideological
3:28:45differences.
3:28:47Dude, what is your life?
3:28:54Um,
3:28:56not that I wasn't happy to do it. But
3:28:58want to tell me why I saved your ass
3:29:00from a demolition site.
3:29:03Only if you're ready for more time
3:29:07If I don't do something to stop it, the
3:29:09whole school will be on fire by tomorrow
3:29:11night.
3:29:17Okay. Um, so what does future [music]
3:29:21Max think caused it?
3:29:31I think it was deliberate. Someone wants
3:29:34to burn down that house. Or maybe they
3:29:37want to burn the whole school. I don't
3:29:40know.
3:29:42My friends, my students,
3:29:46they're in danger. And right now, I
3:29:48don't know enough to do anything about
3:29:50it. And you're sure you want to do
3:29:53something? [music]
3:29:54Not worried about causing a storm?
3:29:56>> I'm terrified of it, but I understand my
3:30:00powers better now. And I can't just sit
3:30:03back when I have a chance to save
3:30:05everyone.
3:30:09That house [snorts] belongs to Abrais
3:30:11Kaladon's secret society, and our
3:30:14president has a weird interest in it. I
3:30:17have questions for both.
3:30:19That Moses guy you mentioned. Do you
3:30:21think he'd be willing to meet with me?
3:30:23>> I think he'd give his favorite telescope
3:30:25to meet with you. He should be in his
3:30:27office now. I'll take you.
3:30:30>> Hey. Um,
3:30:33how are you feeling about me being here
3:30:36with all this going on?
3:30:42>> I didn't know I could feel this happy.
3:30:46You invented a whole new emotion for me.
3:30:51Wow.
3:30:53You're welcome.
3:30:59Your visions, [music] the fire. We'll
3:31:01figure it all out.
3:31:04I'm just so glad you're here.
3:31:07>> Well,
3:31:09good.
3:31:12I guess I'll stick around.
3:31:36dude. Is that what I think it is?
3:31:40You have your own observatory.
3:31:44Okay,
3:31:45I know we have a fire and an existential
3:31:47crisis to solve, but I am definitely
3:31:50breaking [music] in there tonight.
3:31:54Um, Earth to Max.
3:31:57You good? Sorry.
3:32:00I just still can't believe it.
3:32:03You're really here.
3:32:07Listen, if I'm going to feel okay about
3:32:10being here with everything you have
3:32:12going on, I don't want to be weighing
3:32:14you down.
3:32:15>> You're not
3:32:17good. Then let's split up. I'll go up to
3:32:21the science palace and meet your friend
3:32:22while you go focus on the firefuckers.
3:32:31>> I hate it. But you're right.
3:32:34>> It's my curse.
3:32:36Go get some answers. I'll call you soon.
3:32:48[screaming]
3:32:59Chloe,
3:33:02I'm okay. You goober. Now go.
3:33:06>> Good luck.
3:33:09She must have come looking for me. And I
3:33:12wasn't here. She found Moses and they
3:33:16and she. [gasps]
3:33:20But I'm here now.
3:33:23And this time I will make sure nothing
3:33:26happens to her.
3:33:41Hard to think about anything besides
3:33:43Chloe at the moment.
3:33:51But if I want her to remain alive, I
3:33:54need to start finding answers now.
3:33:59Where can I dig up more information on
3:34:01Arais?
3:34:03Maybe I can find someone to help me.
3:34:34Fore!
3:35:18I hope he has mean forgives me for lying
3:35:21about Sophie.
3:35:23I could really use a friend on this
3:35:25president wall.
3:35:28Yasm mean far from perfect, but damn, do
3:35:32I miss having her in charge?
3:35:49I don't think Vin has let all of his
3:35:51recent success get to his head, but it's
3:35:55hard to tell with him.
3:36:00Vin's moved up in the world since his
3:36:02administrative assistant days.
3:36:07I'm guessing the university wouldn't pay
3:36:09for a new name plate, so he made one
3:36:11himself. Classic Vin.
3:36:18Vinn has really built a career for
3:36:20himself as Kaladon's president
3:36:22whisperer.
3:36:29I can't believe Vince saddled his
3:36:31hedgehog with his own totally not
3:36:34embarrassing middle name.
3:36:44[clears throat]
3:36:55What the hell? You towed my car.
3:36:59>> You mispronounced Thank you for saving
3:37:01my job, Vinn. I owe you several drinks.
3:37:05Owen is furious that the demolition was
3:37:08held up.
3:37:10What do you think would happen if if you
3:37:12found out you were there?
3:37:14Why were you there?
3:37:21I think it's my turn to ask the
3:37:23questions.
3:37:25>> Max, I don't have time for your
3:37:28sleuththing. Owen needs my help. The
3:37:31board is asking questions. And
3:37:34there goes my Saturday.
3:37:37>> What has he gotten you mixed up in?
3:37:39>> Nothing. The Abraxis house was
3:37:42irreparably damaged by the storm. Didn't
3:37:44look that bad to me.
3:37:45>> And Owen's Kaledon 2.0 plans hinge on
3:37:49the future site of the Scientific
3:37:52Institute for Caladon, unfortunately
3:37:54abbreviated sick.
3:38:00I know he's a dick,
3:38:02but
3:38:04he's
3:38:06an ambitious leader
3:38:08and he's got the backing of the board.
3:38:11So the house is coming down.
3:38:20>> I saw this day of demolition. According
3:38:23to the court, the house is staying right
3:38:25there.
3:38:26>> And yet calm down at must. Either now
3:38:30due to a miscommunication with the
3:38:32demolition company or later due to an
3:38:35expensive legal battle.
3:38:39I don't understand. You were the
3:38:42president of Abrais. Doesn't this bother
3:38:45you?
3:38:46>> Of course it does.
3:38:49I want to keep Kadon weird. And I want
3:38:52to keep the Abrais house in all of its
3:38:55haunted glory.
3:38:57But this is happening.
3:39:00All I can do is advocate for Arais.
3:39:05You and the arts in general. I I'm doing
3:39:09my best.
3:39:13Now, are you going to take my word for
3:39:15it, or are you going to keep asking me
3:39:18questions that [music] I can't answer?
3:39:28>> If you're working today, does that mean
3:39:31Owen is too?
3:39:33>> Locked in there all morning. And no, you
3:39:37can't talk to him. I can't even get in
3:39:40there. And I've got 10 urgent messages
3:39:42for him.
3:39:48>> If someone wanted to learn more about
3:39:50Arais,
3:39:52who should they talk to?
3:39:54>> Oh god, are you part of Loretta's weird
3:39:57crusade?
3:39:59I don't mean to Braxus any harm, but I
3:40:02have questions
3:40:04and I know better than to ask you.
3:40:10>> Listen,
3:40:12don't bother talking to anyone. The
3:40:15Secret Society has been secretive since
3:40:18the '9s, but
3:40:20it wasn't always that way.
3:40:24All I'm saying,
3:40:29>> I can see you're swamped. I'll leave you
3:40:31to it.
3:40:32>> Stay out of trouble, please.
3:40:55The Kaladon rebrand is beginning.
3:41:01When a slogan feels like a personal
3:41:03attack,
3:41:13can I put my international photography
3:41:16award in here?
3:41:18Maybe you would get Owen to take me
3:41:19seriously.
3:41:27>> Abrais is really going to war with the
3:41:29administration.
3:41:32Not sure who's winning.
3:41:53Did someone vandalize this plaque? Or
3:41:56aren't they trying to add to Gretchen's
3:41:58list of accomplishments?
3:42:10I always make conversation and bad rock
3:42:13puns when I see Greten. She just has
3:42:17sentimental value.
3:42:36I hope Loretta learned something from
3:42:38her brush with disaster last night, but
3:42:41I doubt it.
3:42:44Good morning.
3:42:52Okay. Promise is a promise.
3:42:57What happened last night was terrifying.
3:43:01I hope you're taking care of yourself.
3:43:03>> Thank you. How are you doing?
3:43:06>> Question one. What is your connection to
3:43:09the Abrais Society?
3:43:11>> I don't have one.
3:43:13Some of my students are members, but I'm
3:43:16not. Then why were you in their basement
3:43:19last night?
3:43:26Our new president has a lot of plans for
3:43:29Kaledon.
3:43:30It appears that Arais is standing in the
3:43:33way of those plans.
3:43:36>> Question two, should students be
3:43:38concerned about an unchecked secret
3:43:40society running? Loretta,
3:43:44>> my turn. How are you doing?
3:43:50I'm coping. Honestly,
3:43:53I think it would help me get some
3:43:54closure if I understood what happened
3:43:56last night.
3:44:02I respect the need for closure and for
3:44:05answers.
3:44:08>> [sighs]
3:44:09>> I swear, Max, there's something weird
3:44:12about this.
3:44:14Braxus is hiding something.
3:44:17Nobody's been able to take them on ever.
3:44:20The Caladon Crier has been publishing
3:44:22for 60 years. You know what's in their
3:44:24archives?
3:44:26Puff pieces on how Arais throws the best
3:44:28parties.
3:44:31I've searched Arais and every other
3:44:34creepy occult word I could think of.
3:44:37Nothing of substance.
3:44:41>> I'll make you a deal. In lie of any more
3:44:44grilling, how about I find you some more
3:44:46search terms? Then we can pull our
3:44:49research.
3:44:52I'll consider it.
3:45:00Arais has a lot of secrets. It's time
3:45:03somebody cracked them.
3:45:17If a bunch of rowdy Araxans start
3:45:20building a bonfire, it could get bad
3:45:23past.
3:45:50He
3:46:14Learning through osmosis.
3:46:17Not a wellrespected field, but the early
3:46:20research is promising.
3:46:31Vin adores Jack Parsons. I wonder if
3:46:34it's an Arais thing or a Vin thing.
3:47:16I always thought Araxis was creepy, but
3:47:19at least it's the least creepy rooster
3:47:22reptile hybrid.
3:48:27Try Jack Parsons
3:48:30one article.
3:48:33Already read this one. I told you puff
3:48:36pieces. When I heard about diamond, I
3:48:40[gasps]
3:48:41I know.
3:48:43That's when I really started digging
3:48:44into Arais.
3:49:15Look for Gretchen Ktoff, the founder of
3:49:18the newspaper. There's going to be a
3:49:20lot.
3:49:22Okay.
3:49:23several articles written by her,
3:49:26a few reviews of her films, and
3:49:31huh,
3:49:33the Abrais Society wasn't always the
3:49:36Abrais Society, but it seems like the
3:49:39occultist stuff was there from the
3:49:41Anything.
3:50:12Can you try Bonfire?
3:50:15A few Labor Day parties, a production of
3:50:17The Arsonists, and
3:50:21Oh,
3:50:23look at the date. That's this weekend.
3:50:26Do they have an annual bonfire?
3:50:29They misspelled a brais. Amateurs.
3:50:32>> I mean, it's a student newspaper. You're
3:50:36all amateurs.
3:50:38Excuse you.
3:51:03So, what do we know?
3:51:05>> That Braxis has been getting away with
3:51:07mayhem for decades. They could do
3:51:10anything to anyone and we'd never know.
3:51:14But the party wasn't on just any day. Is
3:51:17there something special about this
3:51:19weekend?
3:51:21I'll be right back.
3:51:33Learning through osmosis.
3:51:36Not a wellrespected field, but the early
3:51:38research is promising.
3:51:48Mapon, that's it. But what is it?
3:52:18A harvest festival.
3:52:21Perfect place to light a bonfire.
3:52:46Okay, try Mayon.
3:52:51Oh, here we go.
3:52:54A masked Mayabon party. And look, it's
3:52:57the same weekend as the other article.
3:52:59They must be prepping for another one
3:53:01tonight.
3:53:22This is what we need.
3:53:24I just have to get my hands on a mask
3:53:26and I could go anywhere. Talk to anyone.
3:53:34Thanks.
3:53:41>> There won't be a party. We need to talk
3:53:45to Vinn and shut it down.
3:53:48Hold on. Think about this.
3:53:51I'll postpart one of my podcast tonight.
3:53:53Then we'll go and ask people about it.
3:53:55They'll spill their guts. No way. It's
3:53:58too risky.
3:54:00Risky. How?
3:54:03You're still not telling me something,
3:54:05aren't you?
3:54:08I told the police I was in that basement
3:54:09alone. Now you're stonewalling me.
3:54:17I'm telling you, I only have suspicions
3:54:20right now. If you're going to blow this
3:54:23story wide open, you need solid proof.
3:54:26>> That's what I'm saying.
3:54:29I'm out of leads.
3:54:31President Teller ignored my requests for
3:54:33a comment. Reggie says I'm crazy.
3:54:36Tonight is my last chance.
3:54:39Okay.
3:54:41I have a responsibility to try and stop
3:54:44the party.
3:54:46But Abrais has ways of getting around
3:54:48the authority, so I don't know how much
3:54:50good it'll do.
3:54:52I know you want answers.
3:54:55I also know that if you go to the Abrais
3:54:58house tonight, you'll be putting
3:55:00yourself in danger again.
3:55:04Promise me you won't do that.
3:55:09I promise
3:55:11I will try to find the truth and not do
3:55:15anything stupid in the process.
3:55:20I'm sorry. That's the best I can do.
3:55:28I could rewind and make Loretta forget
3:55:30the party is even happening.
3:55:33But is that a step too far?
3:55:55I kept her safe and she'll never know.
3:55:59And if she did, she'd never forgive me.
3:56:15Sorry, me again.
3:56:22Vinn, you have to cancel the Mayabond
3:56:25party. He did. I told Reggie there
3:56:29wasn't a good backup spot to build a
3:56:30bonfire. It's canled as of last.
3:56:36Then I need that file from the archive
3:56:37by end of day. Got it right here.
3:56:45>> Sir, about these messages. We'll have to
3:56:46wait.
3:56:49>> Vin looked like he wanted to chase Owen
3:56:52out of the room. Maybe I can push him
3:56:54over the edge.
3:57:01>> I should rewind and convince Ben to
3:57:03leave when Owen does.
3:57:11>> Sorry, me again.
3:57:17You need help getting Owen's attention?
3:57:19Loretta is planning to release her
3:57:21podcast about the demolition tonight.
3:57:24But maybe if Owen gives her the comment
3:57:26she's after, he can reduce the damage.
3:57:30>> Holy
3:57:32That will get his attention
3:57:35and oh god,
3:57:37make him supremely angry
3:57:40still.
3:57:41Thank you,
3:57:43>> Vinn. I need that file from the archive
3:57:45by end of day.
3:57:47>> Got it right here.
3:57:52>> Sir, I I have to speak with you
3:57:54immediately.
3:57:55>> Not now.
3:57:56>> It's new information about that podcast.
3:57:59>> Fine. Walk with me.
3:58:09>> That should buy me enough time to search
3:58:11the office.
3:58:20The thing about rewinding time is even
3:58:23when you undo things, you can't undo the
3:58:26guilty feelings you get for doing them.
3:58:33Normally, I wouldn't suspect Kaledon's
3:58:36president of arson,
3:58:38but someone's about to burn down the
3:58:40building he wants to get rid of.
3:58:54Can I hate something that would make
3:58:56Moses happy? I think I can.
3:59:06Did he lose his key or something?
3:59:09Everyone keeps saying that the Abraxis
3:59:12house is badly damaged, but I didn't see
3:59:16anything wrong.
3:59:31Nice. Still logged in. Guess I'm due for
3:59:34a lucky break.
3:59:51Owen's trying to seem more likable, so
3:59:54he outsources the job to a chatblot.
3:59:57This guy.
4:00:12Oh, that doesn't sound like Owen at all.
4:00:40Owen's trying to seem more likable, so
4:00:43he outsources the job to a chatbot. This
4:00:46guy.
4:00:56Oh, that doesn't sound like Owen at all.
4:01:19>> Hi, I'm Calli, your Kaledon automated
4:01:22assistant. How can I help you today?
4:01:27Instructor Cfield, your class size and
4:01:30inattention to grading have raised
4:01:32questions as to the efficacy of your
4:01:34course.
4:01:35>> Wow, even the robot knows that Owen
4:01:38doesn't respect me.
4:01:41>> Hi, I'm Callie.
4:01:45>> The Abraus Society was founded in 1962
4:01:48by Greten Costa. Originally known as the
4:01:51Kaladon Women's Equality League, the
4:01:53group is open to all students in good
4:01:55academic standing.
4:01:58>> Was worth a shot.
4:02:05>> Hi,
4:02:07President Teller has his weekly meeting
4:02:09scheduled with Reggie Kagan. Location,
4:02:11[music]
4:02:11Central Quad. Wait, he was just here
4:02:18breaking into his own files.
4:02:21That weird email to Yasm mean
4:02:24that wasn't Owen just now. Holy
4:02:31Safi,
4:02:33what was she doing in Owen's office? She
4:02:36asked Vin to get a file for her.
4:02:39She's up to something.
4:02:42>> [sighs]
4:02:44>> Oh no.
4:02:57No. Vin, no problem. Like I was never
4:03:01even here. You want to play cat and
4:03:03mouse, Sophie?
4:03:05Let's play.
4:03:17Safi could be anywhere by now.
4:03:21Knowing her, she probably stuck around
4:03:23to watch me squirm.
4:03:38I need your assurance that our
4:03:40understanding still holds. This isn't
4:03:42just about a Brais' future, Reggie. It's
4:03:44about yours, too.
4:03:47>> Max, hey. Um, I needed to ask you about
4:03:52uh yesterday's assignment. Do you have a
4:03:53minute? Sorry, President Teller. I just
4:03:55I really need to understand this whole
4:03:57uh negative space thing.
4:04:05Why do I suspect you're not looking to
4:04:07talk photography?
4:04:08>> Sorry, I just needed to get out of
4:04:11there.
4:04:14>> Are you okay?
4:04:16>> It's uh been a day. Owen's breathing
4:04:19down my neck, up to my ass, and angry
4:04:22emails. And now Marlin says I'm acting
4:04:24crazy.
4:04:26>> Why would he say that?
4:04:28[snorts] When I saw him this morning, he
4:04:30asked if he could borrow
4:04:32something important, and now he's saying
4:04:34he never even saw me. Stoner. He
4:04:38probably just lost it, and he doesn't
4:04:39want to admit it, but it's extremely
4:04:42important for reasons that are extremely
4:04:44time-sensitive.
4:04:50>> Does it have to do with the Mayaban
4:04:52party by any chance?
4:04:54Mayabon.
4:04:56Uh, what? What is that?
4:04:59>> Reggie, I know the party was officially
4:05:02cancelled. It would be a very bad idea
4:05:06to hold it anyway.
4:05:09>> I always appreciate your advice, Max.
4:05:14>> It's fine. There's probably a whole
4:05:16stack of them down in the basement. I
4:05:18just need to get there early.
4:05:19>> So, the party is still at the Abraasa's
4:05:22house.
4:05:23Good to know.
4:05:25>> What was that talk with you and Owen
4:05:27about? It sounded intense.
4:05:29>> Ah,
4:05:30>> nothing important. Just ensuring the
4:05:34success of Kaladon 2.0. No pressure.
4:05:38>> He said the two of you had an
4:05:40understanding.
4:05:43>> Understanding?
4:05:46Who really understands anything these
4:05:47days? What does that word even mean, you
4:05:50know?
4:05:53Reggie,
4:05:55I know there's a lot going on.
4:05:58Just be careful.
4:06:00>> I always am. See Ram X.
4:06:06>> That was definitely Reggie. But what
4:06:09about the rest of the quad?
4:06:13>> When Sophie was impersonating Owen, she
4:06:16took a Caladon folder from Vin. That's
4:06:19my tell. Anyone
4:06:22with a Caladon folder could be Sophie.
4:06:25>> I need to check out each one I find.
4:06:56Foreful.
4:07:23The man has absolutely no hold on this
4:07:26guy.
4:07:37>> Down with President Keller. Save the
4:07:40Ara's house.
4:07:44Down with President Teller. Save the
4:07:46Ara's house.
4:07:48>> Someone's fighting the power in a weird
4:07:50way.
4:07:51>> Tell her. Save the down with President
4:07:54Teller. Save the Ara's house.
4:08:03>> Hell yeah, man. Exercise that right to
4:08:06protest.
4:08:07>> Use it or lose it. Am I right?
4:08:09Down with President Keller. Save the
4:08:11Ara.
4:08:15Down with President Keller. Save the
4:08:17Ara.
4:08:22>> Sophie saw my class.
4:08:24>> Maybe she'd shapeshift as one of my
4:08:26students to mess with me.
4:08:36>> Hey Janette. Oh, hey Max. Fancy seeing
4:08:39you here.
4:08:45>> Were you pleased with the photos you
4:08:46took in class?
4:08:48>> Definitely, but I wanted to get a few
4:08:51more to choose from. I asked Reggie if
4:08:53he wanted to shoot together, but he said
4:08:54he had some pressing plans. Lame.
4:09:04>> Doing some alfresco homework. Oh, no.
4:09:07It's a personal project.
4:09:14>> I'll leave you to it. See you in class.
4:09:16>> Um, Max, have you ever
4:09:20I'm sort of thinking about applying to
4:09:23grad school.
4:09:25For what?
4:09:27Oh,
4:09:29um, I shouldn't have. Never mind.
4:09:32>> Wait, Janette, I I did it.
4:09:34>> It's cool, Max. See you in class.
4:09:56Hey, Janette.
4:09:57>> Oh, hey, Max. Fancy seeing you here.
4:10:04>> I've been meaning to ask you, have you
4:10:06ever considered applying to grad school
4:10:09for photography?
4:10:10>> Um, yes, actually. I wanted to ask you
4:10:13about it, but I figured if you thought
4:10:15it was a good idea, you would have
4:10:17brought it up.
4:10:23I'm sorry. I'm still new at teaching and
4:10:26I'm not used to people caring about my
4:10:28opinion. But of course, I think you're
4:10:32good enough.
4:10:34Most of the applications require an
4:10:36artist statement, so I've been working
4:10:38on one. Would you mind taking a look?
4:10:40>> I'd love to.
4:10:43It sounds really pretentious. Artist
4:10:46statements are just like that. You're
4:10:48right in the pocket.
4:11:10I know it's a long shot, but I really
4:11:13love your class and some of these
4:11:14programs have financial aid. So
4:11:16>> So what on earth do you have to lose by
4:11:18applying?
4:11:19>> Exactly.
4:11:20[snorts]
4:11:21Okay, let's meet after class on Tuesday.
4:11:25I'll do my own research on MFA programs
4:11:28and we can touch base.
4:11:30>> That would be amazing. [snorts]
4:11:33>> Hey, don't wait for other people to tell
4:11:36you that you're an artist.
4:11:38You are an artist whether they see it or
4:11:42not. Wow.
4:11:45Thanks, Max. I'm so lucky to have you as
4:11:48my mentor.
4:11:51Don't start crying. Don't start crying.
4:11:54[sighs]
4:12:25Is it me or are there more of these
4:12:27gnomes around than there used to be?
4:12:40Still no sign of Safi.
4:12:43I have to keep looking.
4:13:02Sophie knows all the English teachers.
4:13:05If she wanted to blend in, maybe she'd
4:13:08choose one of them.
4:13:17>> Sophie was just shapeshifted as Owen.
4:13:21Maybe she didn't have time to change
4:13:23yet.
4:13:25Sophie was just shapeshifted as Owen.
4:13:28Maybe she didn't have time to change
4:13:30yet.
4:13:33I don't mean to interrupt.
4:13:36>> Well, unless you want to help me liaz
4:13:38with the Abrais alumni network. You are.
4:13:41Excuse me.
4:13:43>> I can't just push Owen to talk. What if
4:13:46it's the real Owen? I need to rewind and
4:13:50regroup.
4:13:58Unsurprisingly,
4:14:00Owen is being a Karen Karen.
4:14:07>> The whole school feels about as stable
4:14:09as you do right now.
4:14:24I can always tell how I'm feeling by
4:14:26what I see in this sculpture
4:14:30>> today. It looks like a dragon.
4:14:37>> Down with President Teller. Save the
4:14:39Ara's house. Down with President Teller.
4:14:43Save the Ara's house.
4:14:48President Teller's sitting in the quad
4:14:50over there. I'm not sure he can hear
4:14:53you.
4:14:54>> I can do something about that.
4:14:56>> Thanks, lady.
4:14:57>> I hope the power of protest is enough to
4:15:00get Owen away from that folder.
4:15:03>> Down with President Ker. Save the
4:15:20I don't mean to interrupt.
4:15:23>> Defend the student's right to
4:15:24selfgovern. Save the oppression.
4:15:27>> What is it now?
4:15:38Well, this certainly wasn't pulled from
4:15:40the archives. Must be the real Owen.
4:16:07Reggie is going to deal with it. Did you
4:16:09know he was an economics major before he
4:16:12met you and switched to visual arts?
4:16:15What a shame.
4:16:25So, you became the president of a
4:16:27liberal arts college, but you hate the
4:16:30arts.
4:16:32What's that about?
4:16:33>> Contrary to the graffiti around campus,
4:16:35I'm not a heartless suit. For example,
4:16:38I'm something of a collector of Stiglets
4:16:40prints.
4:16:47You know, Stiglets was one of the first
4:16:50people to champion photography as an art
4:16:52form.
4:16:53>> He was, though, I'm sure Stiglets would
4:16:55be horrified at the state of postmodern
4:16:57art.
4:16:58>> Well, Stiglets has been dead nearly a
4:17:01hundred years. I'd be disappointed if he
4:17:04wasn't a little freaked out by my work.
4:17:10Your plans to expand the campus are
4:17:13receiving a lot of push back. Have you
4:17:16had any second thoughts?
4:17:18>> Of course not. The situation in academia
4:17:21is dire. If we aren't aggressive in
4:17:24securing our future, we won't have one.
4:17:27>> If you change Kaladon beyond
4:17:29recognition, have you secured its future
4:17:31at all? A question for philosophers and
4:17:34linguists who, despite my better
4:17:36judgment, still have majors here.
4:17:42>> You really seem to have it out for the
4:17:44Abrais Society.
4:17:46>> Yes. How dare I want to get rid of a
4:17:48damaged building and build some much
4:17:50needed classroom space.
4:17:53I have nothing against a new science
4:17:54building, but Loretta
4:17:57>> Loretta Rice is tenacious in her pursuit
4:18:00of
4:18:01rumor and nonsense. All the more reason
4:18:04to demolish the house and move past the
4:18:07rumors once and for all.
4:18:12>> I'll let you get back to it.
4:18:14>> Please.
4:18:38Not a folder to be seen. Good.
4:19:05Hello.
4:19:06>> Hey, hippie. Just checking in.
4:19:11>> Have you talked to Moses?
4:19:13>> Not yet. He was with a student. I'm just
4:19:16sitting outside the planetarium trying
4:19:18to imagine what it would be like to go
4:19:19to school here.
4:19:21>> But if I had that kind of money, I'd
4:19:23probably just buy a tour bus.
4:19:25>> You are going to love Moses. I wish I
4:19:28could be there for this meeting of the
4:19:30minds.
4:19:31>> I don't. This way, we can jump straight
4:19:34into talking about you.
4:19:36>> Har.
4:19:38Well, I'm sure he'll have some theories
4:19:41about what's happening with you. You'll
4:19:43probably want to run some tests, too.
4:19:46You can get a little test happy when it
4:19:48comes to powers and timelines.
4:19:52>> On my trip out here, I spent hours
4:19:54wondering what it would be like to see
4:19:56you again. But I never expected mad
4:19:59scientist friend hang out.
4:20:01>> What did you expect?
4:20:03>> Most often a slam door in my face.
4:20:07>> Really? Why? Well, you never responded
4:20:11to my text, for starters.
4:20:13>> I didn't know it was you. I didn't have
4:20:16your number in this reality.
4:20:18I barely even believed it was you when
4:20:20you showed up in person.
4:20:23>> Excuses, excuses.
4:20:26>> So, what I'm hearing is even though the
4:20:29school's in danger and reality is a
4:20:31mess, this trip is going better than you
4:20:34expected.
4:20:37>> [snorts]
4:20:37>> Oh,
4:20:39damn.
4:20:41I guess it is.
4:20:45I should get back to the search. I'll
4:20:47text you when I know anything.
4:20:50>> See you soon.
4:21:18Sophie knows all the English teachers.
4:21:21If she wanted to blend in, maybe she'd
4:21:24choose one of them.
4:21:27>> Are we sure we want to do this? What if
4:21:30my husband finds out?
4:21:32I already told my husband he was excited
4:21:36until I told him he couldn't watch.
4:21:39>> Oh, Max, can you give us a moment? We're
4:21:43discussing some plans.
4:21:57They certainly seem distracted right
4:21:59now.
4:22:01Maybe I could sneak a peek.
4:22:04Okay, so they were talking about doing a
4:22:07presentation together. That makes way
4:22:11more sense than where my mind went.
4:22:29>> [laughter]
4:22:31>> Please tell me Sophie isn't with her
4:22:33mother right now [gasps] or being her
4:22:36mother right now.
4:23:03Max, you're
4:23:06out here.
4:23:08That's great.
4:23:16Owen has a lot of big plans for the
4:23:18school. How is the board handling it?
4:23:21>> The way they handle everything by
4:23:24clutching their pearls.
4:23:26And they're all rich retirees, so they
4:23:28literally wear pearls.
4:23:30>> We do.
4:23:31We have a call scheduled this afternoon
4:23:34to hear some updates about his Caladon
4:23:362.0 plans. I'm sure it will be as lively
4:23:40as ever,
4:23:41>> if not livelier,
4:23:47>> complaining about the new boss to the
4:23:49old boss.
4:23:51>> And to think I used to complain about
4:23:52her.
4:23:54I didn't know how good I had it.
4:23:56>> Nor does Owen. Once everything calms
4:23:59down, he'll be able to appreciate
4:24:01everything you're doing for him. Just
4:24:03give him time.
4:24:06I know how she manipulates people with
4:24:08flattery, but it still works.
4:24:12[laughter]
4:24:15>> Is this an official graduate program
4:24:18performance review?
4:24:19>> Officially, no. Unofficially, I could
4:24:23not be prouder or more honored that Vin
4:24:26is the first region's chair grant
4:24:27recipient of my tenure.
4:24:30>> I never thought I'd make it to college,
4:24:32let alone business school.
4:24:35Kadon's given me so much and yet somehow
4:24:40I managed to give it even more in
4:24:42return. [laughter]
4:24:44This grant is set up to foster the next
4:24:47generation of Kaladon leadership. There
4:24:49is no one more deserving.
4:24:55>> I'll leave you two to catch up.
4:24:58Enjoy your weekend. The campus is
4:25:00beautiful this time of year. Yeah. Go
4:25:02take your next famous photo, preferably
4:25:05of me.
4:25:06>> You know I always support your work,
4:25:08Maxine. But if you take his portrait
4:25:10before you take mine,
4:25:11>> don't listen to her. [clears throat]
4:25:14>> Maybe I can use this photo to get to the
4:25:16folder on the table.
4:25:27Mind if I move that folder? My last shot
4:25:30felt a little cluttered.
4:25:31>> Thank you for reminding me. It's yours.
4:25:34That auditing student handed it to me
4:25:36and told me to pass it on if I saw you.
4:25:39Strange girl.
4:25:40>> While we'd love to stay in pose, we
4:25:43really should get ready for the call
4:25:44with the board. Pray for us.
4:26:02That was fun. Meet me at the turtle for
4:26:05part two. XOXO.
4:26:10Safi's just with me now. She's
4:26:12not even here.
4:26:18Sophie's been one step ahead of me this
4:26:21whole time. Hopefully now I can get some
4:26:24answers.
4:26:31It started in December, but lately it's
4:26:35been getting worse.
4:26:37So, I came to Max for help
4:26:40and she told me, I guess, you know, that
4:26:45I died.
4:26:48That my memories of what happened to us
4:26:50after high school didn't happen. At
4:26:54least not to her.
4:26:58Basically,
4:27:00I shouldn't be here.
4:27:04By the way, you're doing pretty well
4:27:06with this whole talking to a dead girl
4:27:08thing.
4:27:09>> Well, if you're friends with Max long
4:27:10enough, you get used to it. But I have
4:27:14many, many, many questions.
4:27:18>> Do you know what it means? The visions,
4:27:21the different realities smashed
4:27:24together.
4:27:25>> I have some I want to say theories, but
4:27:28they're closer to fears at this point.
4:27:33Give me a minute.
4:27:39Max told me you're into astronomy. You
4:27:42want to take a look around? There's an
4:27:44image I captured upstairs that could be
4:27:45a new celestial object. Or it's just a
4:27:48speck of dust. Either way, you can help
4:27:50me name it.
4:27:52>> Seriously,
4:27:55you're on.
4:27:57All right, Moses. Let's see if you're as
4:27:59nerdy as Max says you are.
4:28:26Max isn't thinking about her birthday
4:28:28right now. All the more reason to get
4:28:31her something.
4:28:44Wow, Moses flies his wee flag high.
4:28:56In space, no one can hear your sick
4:28:58beats.
4:29:08I should arrest this guy for future
4:29:10arson just to be safe.
4:29:14Is that Nebula Rain? Only lesbians and
4:29:17Uber nerds know about her.
4:29:29I wish my job would let me keep a nerd
4:29:31den.
4:29:32Maybe Moses would let me print something
4:29:34for Max's birthday.
4:29:38Did he paint this himself? Why'd he
4:29:40stop?
4:29:44This guy's being very polite to the
4:29:47crazy girl who showed up at his office
4:29:48and monologued about alternate
4:29:51realities.
4:29:56This is the coolest kettle in the
4:29:59history of heating liquids.
4:30:02I'm not big on the magical schoolgirl
4:30:05thing, but she gets badass points for
4:30:07that eye patch.
4:30:13If I wanted to make Moses's day, I could
4:30:15ask for his anime recommendations.
4:30:19Is this an art room or a physics lab?
4:30:23Moses seems to know how to blend the two
4:30:25with expertise.
4:30:33So many postits. I've got to take this
4:30:37guy outside some night and ask him
4:30:38questions.
4:30:46Moses is going full Pepe Sylvia with
4:30:48this investigation.
4:30:51Is that the dude from the bar last
4:30:53night?
4:30:57>> Those guys at the bar are planning their
4:30:59protest for tomorrow. I don't like that
4:31:01timing at all.
4:31:03>> Agreed. And the form is password
4:31:05protected. If someone was able to obtain
4:31:08it, I'm on it.
4:31:39A bunch of guys getting pissed off on a
4:31:41message board. This never ends well.
4:31:49>> That's where I found Max last night. The
4:31:51place would be rubble if she hadn't been
4:31:53there.
4:31:53>> And Max thinks the house is where the
4:31:55fire started. I don't know why it's
4:31:57important. only that it is.
4:32:41I've barely met this lady, but I keep
4:32:44seeing her face.
4:32:46>> Sophie was my best friend.
4:32:49I hate to put her up here, but she's
4:32:51been acting pretty erratic lately.
4:32:55Whoa.
4:32:57What happened here?
4:32:59>> Max took that photo before she jumped
4:33:00back here. But I swear the fire was in a
4:33:04slightly different place when she showed
4:33:05it to me yesterday.
4:33:07>> So Max's presence has changed something.
4:33:11But the fire is still on its way.
4:33:25So many postits. I've [snorts] got to
4:33:28take this guy outside some night and ask
4:33:30him questions.
4:33:48A horiculturalist, too. What can't this
4:33:51guy do?
4:33:55A pet iguana.
4:33:57Dude, this office has everything.
4:34:04Some of Max's favorites are in here.
4:34:07It's good that she found a new movie,
4:34:09buddy.
4:34:24Did he paint this himself? Why'd he
4:34:26stop?
4:34:48Moses needs a name for this dot. I
4:34:51should help him out.
4:35:13I should see if Moses has made any
4:35:15progress.
4:35:24I'm not usually into the whole sappy
4:35:26nature drawing thing, but this tree is
4:35:29pretty badass.
4:35:32>> Nobody's going to give it to you. You've
4:35:34got to grab the sun for yourself.
4:35:45Wow, you process quickly.
4:35:48>> I'm just laying it all out. We'll see if
4:35:52anything emerges.
4:36:03Is this an art room or a physics lab?
4:36:07Moses seems to know how to blend the two
4:36:09with expertise.
4:36:13>> So, Professor, have you solved me yet?
4:36:16>> Not in the slightest, but I do have some
4:36:19follow-up questions. I'm sure you do,
4:36:22too. Why don't you start?
4:36:29I don't mean to snoop, but who's Maya
4:36:33Akata?
4:36:36>> She
4:36:38she was a friend of Safi's.
4:36:41They were really close until my
4:36:45That's what started all the craziness
4:36:47last year. Safi blamed several people
4:36:49for Maya's death and she used her powers
4:36:52to get revenge.
4:36:56Well,
4:36:57it's great that you bought her book.
4:36:59>> And I wasn't the only one. Ma's work has
4:37:02been getting more attention in the last
4:37:03year. I'm sure Safi's delighted.
4:37:11>> I know we have a metaphysical mystery to
4:37:13solve, but can I use your 3D printer?
4:37:17>> What for?
4:37:18>> It's Max's birthday.
4:37:21She's being so brave about this whole
4:37:22save the school thing, but I think she
4:37:25needs some encouragement.
4:37:27Your anime wall gave me an idea.
4:37:29>> Say no more.
4:37:45>> You have to text me when you give it to
4:37:47her. She's going to love it. You got it.
4:37:54>> Give it to me straight, Doc.
4:37:57I'm ready.
4:38:00I'd like to hear more about your
4:38:01visions. You said they started in
4:38:03December.
4:38:04>> Yeah. And they weren't even visions at
4:38:07first, just weird daydreams
4:38:10of a storm or a path or
4:38:14But they just kept coming.
4:38:18Then I started thinking about them even
4:38:20when I didn't want to think about them.
4:38:23And that moment in the green room a few
4:38:25days ago.
4:38:32I don't think it was a vision.
4:38:35I think I
4:38:37some part of me really went somewhere.
4:38:42>> Okay.
4:38:44What were you doing in the green room
4:38:46before I started?
4:38:50>> Looking
4:38:52in a mirror.
4:38:57That place was a grimy dump. Usually my
4:38:59favorite kind of bar.
4:39:02But for some reason, I started thinking
4:39:05about
4:39:07tornadoes.
4:39:12When Max and I were in high school,
4:39:14there was this crazy week where Max
4:39:16thought a tornado was going to destroy
4:39:17the school. No, sorry. Um, that did
4:39:22happen,
4:39:24but it also didn't happen. I don't
4:39:30what's happening right now.
4:39:41Let's start with what happened 10 years
4:39:43ago.
4:39:44A storm threatened your town and Max was
4:39:47forced to make a choice.
4:39:49She let you die, averted the storm, and
4:39:53saved Arcadia Bay. But I'm here.
4:39:58>> Yes.
4:39:59Somehow the storm didn't destroy the
4:40:01town and you didn't die which doesn't
4:40:04make any sense except
4:40:08a year ago a storm threatened the school
4:40:11and the town and Max made another
4:40:14choice. Or rather she refused to choose
4:40:16between Safi and Kaladon.
4:40:20Somehow she saved Safi and the school.
4:40:23And however she tied those realities
4:40:25together, it appears
4:40:27>> she tied up some loose ends while she
4:40:29was at it. She brought me and Arcadia
4:40:33Bay back together with Sophie and all
4:40:35the rest.
4:40:37>> Yes. Somehow
4:40:40your vision started when you remembered
4:40:42the tornado. The thing that couldn't
4:40:44have happened but did. A paradox.
4:40:49Your life and experiences are existing,
4:40:51coexisting along an entirely different
4:40:53reality.
4:40:55And that's not sustainable.
4:40:58Maybe when you encounter a paradox, you
4:41:00come unfixed somehow. But that
4:41:04that would mean even us talking about it
4:41:06directly could
4:41:09Oh. Oh no.
4:41:21Chloe,
4:41:23can you hear me?
4:41:27[panting and sighs]
4:41:30[laughter]
4:41:32Yeah, I hear you.
4:41:35>> Okay, stay calm and tell me what you
4:41:38see.
4:42:30It's always the same path.
4:42:33It ends in this outcropping with a
4:42:35couple of benches
4:42:37like a viewpoint.
4:42:39the overlook.
4:42:41That's where Safi died.
4:42:45>> There's a sign.
4:42:47It's for Kaledon
4:42:49and my old high school.
4:42:52>> So, this place pulls attributes from
4:42:54both towns, hence the lighthouse.
4:42:59>> The sky is
4:43:02wild.
4:43:05Lots of auroras and
4:43:08So, it's night time.
4:43:13>> She called off the search, stopped
4:43:16looking for herself.
4:43:26Missing, they said. Then lost.
4:43:34Going, she replied.
4:43:37Then gone.
4:43:43>> There's always something weird when I
4:43:46get to the top of the path.
4:43:48Me dead. Sophie alive.
4:43:53A turbocharged lighthouse beam.
4:43:56>> Okay. As far as we know, nothing in this
4:43:59space is real or can hurt you.
4:44:04>> Safi practically lives here now.
4:44:23The uh ground turned to my high school
4:44:27bathroom.
4:44:29>> Interesting.
4:44:30Does that place hold any special
4:44:32meaning?
4:44:34Sure.
4:44:39It's where I died.
4:45:18Okay. Uh,
4:45:21Max is pointing a gun at Sophie and
4:45:25there are
4:45:27a lot of photos.
4:45:30>> Photos of what?
4:45:34No.
4:45:52Stop. [screaming]
4:45:59[gasps and laughter]
4:46:01[sighs]
4:46:03[panting]
4:46:04[gasps]
4:46:09[snorts and panting]
4:46:13[sighs and gasps]
4:46:17I I saw Max.
4:46:21She She had a gun. And it always ends a
4:46:26little differently, but
4:46:30I die.
4:46:33[snorts]
4:46:34[sighs]
4:46:36[groaning]
4:46:39[snorts]
4:46:41[sighs]
4:46:42That's what I've been seeing.
4:46:45me dying.
4:46:49[sighs and gasps]
4:46:50Max killing me.
4:46:58You said there were photos.
4:47:00What happened after that?
4:47:04The lighthouse beam turned on. And
4:47:07[sighs and gasps]
4:47:08[panting]
4:47:09what's wrong,
4:47:12>> Chloe? You vanished.
4:47:14disappeared for about 3 seconds
4:47:18before you came crashing back into the
4:47:20cabinet.
4:47:21>> What?
4:47:23Where did I go?
4:47:24>> I don't know.
4:47:27I think maybe that place takes you back
4:47:29to the moment where Max made her choice
4:47:32about Safi,
4:47:34about you.
4:47:36Max stitched these realities together.
4:47:38But if you keep going back there, it's
4:47:40picking at the [music] stitches,
4:47:43it could all unravel.
4:47:50Arcadia Bay was brought back to life.
4:47:53Why aren't they stuck in that place,
4:47:54too? My mom hasn't told me about any
4:47:57weird visions.
4:47:59>> Have you told her about your visions?
4:48:03My point is, we don't know what's
4:48:05happening in Arcadia Bay. We can
4:48:08conjecture, but my focus is on helping
4:48:11you.
4:48:17>> I saw some of Sophie's thoughts and
4:48:20memories.
4:48:22We're stuck in that place together.
4:48:25>> Makes sense. Sophie is aware of the dual
4:48:28realities and she's suddenly back on
4:48:30campus.
4:48:32Maybe she's looking for the same answers
4:48:34you are.
4:48:35She seems
4:48:37depressed.
4:48:40>> Well,
4:48:41you and she are trapped inside your own
4:48:44deaths.
4:48:46Emotionally, I can't imagine what that
4:48:48is doing to the both of you.
4:48:55>> So, what do I do?
4:48:57How do I make sure I don't think about,
4:49:00you know?
4:49:04>> Well, distractions seem to help your
4:49:06job. Loud music, lots of people probably
4:49:10kept you safer.
4:49:12But now that you're aware of it and what
4:49:15it means,
4:49:18we might have just accelerated whatever
4:49:19is happening.
4:49:22I'm so sorry.
4:49:28Hey man,
4:49:30I asked.
4:49:34>> We won't risk any more explorations into
4:49:36the overlight. That's what we're calling
4:49:38it now. By the way,
4:49:41I'll do some brainstorming. Maybe
4:49:43research mental techniques for
4:49:45>> Don't bother.
4:49:47You've got to focus on the fire.
4:49:49>> But we need a plan. Your visions are
4:49:51growing in intensity, and that place is
4:49:54dangerous.
4:49:58If you spend more time there, you could
4:50:00undo the merge. You could revert back to
4:50:02your own death.
4:50:05I'm serious.
4:50:08It's okay.
4:50:12[sighs]
4:50:17Why should I get to cheat death?
4:50:20It's not like I deserve it more than my
4:50:22dad
4:50:24or Rachel.
4:50:28Max saved me in the bathroom,
4:50:31but she couldn't make it stick.
4:50:34The time she bought me,
4:50:37it's enough.
4:50:39More than I deserve.
4:50:42>> What do you mean? Of course you deserve
4:50:45to exist. [snorts] Not according to
4:50:48reality or the universe or whatever
4:50:51keeps trying to make me dead.
4:50:54Max has done everything she could for
4:50:56me.
4:50:58She always has.
4:51:00The least I can do is be there for her
4:51:03now.
4:51:08So, on to the good stuff. Who do we
4:51:12think is planning to start a fire?
4:51:15I met this guy last night. Didn't seem
4:51:18like a criminal. Criminally pretentious,
4:51:21maybe.
4:51:22>> Lucas Kro is a former Kaladon professor.
4:51:25He's been stirring up animosity between
4:51:27Kaladon and Lakeport.
4:51:29>> If he hates Kaledon, you and Max won't
4:51:32be able to get much out of him. Max may
4:51:35have gone full ivory tower, but bars are
4:51:37still my scene.
4:51:40I'll head back there right now to chat
4:51:41with him and his protest buddies. Maybe
4:51:44I can learn more about their plans.
4:52:14You can do this, Max. It's only Sophie.
4:52:46Forever.
4:53:08The quiet conversation of lake and
4:53:11shore. I hope my conversation with
4:53:14Sophie turns out this peaceful, but I
4:53:16doubt it.
4:53:24She's actually here.
4:53:27I almost can't believe it.
4:53:32Sophie
4:53:36in the flesh.
4:53:45Putting aside everything that just
4:53:47happened,
4:53:49I'm really glad to see you. The real
4:53:52you.
4:53:54Oh,
4:53:57I do not deserve you, Max Cfield.
4:54:08That's it.
4:54:17>> Well, don't just sit there and gawk.
4:54:19What did you want to talk to me about?
4:54:22Why are you here after all this time?
4:54:27>> Oh, is that it?
4:54:30I don't know.
4:54:32Maybe I miss this place. Maybe I wanted
4:54:34to peep those famous leaves. Or maybe I
4:54:37have some unfinished business.
4:54:41>> Sophie,
4:54:42>> come on, Max. If you ask me basic ass
4:54:43questions, you'll get basic ass answers.
4:54:48Whatever brought you back, I'm glad
4:54:50you're here. I've been worried about
4:54:53you.
4:54:56About little old me.
4:55:00Even so, I
4:55:03do appreciate you keeping my cameo in
4:55:05your class to yourself.
4:55:08That's why all students go gaga for you,
4:55:10professor.
4:55:14[sighs]
4:55:16The sad truth [music] is
4:55:19I'm here for you.
4:55:23Don't give me that dewy eyed look. I
4:55:25can't decide if it makes me want to kiss
4:55:27you or murder you.
4:55:35Then why are you returning to Kaledon
4:55:38now? Did something happen on the road?
4:55:42>> I left here believing I had a purpose. I
4:55:45was going to find more people like us.
4:55:48But the further I got from Kaladon, the
4:55:50more I started to feel,
4:55:54what's the word,
4:55:56unmed, deranged?
4:56:00These intrusive thoughts started playing
4:56:02in my head. My emotions
4:56:05were all over the place. in the visions.
4:56:09Horrible
4:56:11waking dreams of my death, the storm.
4:56:17And I realized
4:56:19it wasn't being on the road or being
4:56:21away from Kaladon. It wasn't my mother
4:56:24or Diamond or anyone else.
4:56:27It was you.
4:56:30You did something to me.
4:56:37I saved you. Your powers were out of
4:56:41control. And I found a way to stop the
4:56:43storm and pull you out of there. You
4:56:47talk like you understand what happened.
4:56:53Everyone here has forgotten what
4:56:55happened in the storm, but I'm still
4:56:57living it. Do you even know?
4:57:01>> Your power went haywire.
4:57:04You broke into pieces. I had to pull you
4:57:07together.
4:57:08>> And then what? Think.
4:57:11Where did you go in there?
4:57:23It was all these motel rooms,
4:57:29like the ones I stayed in after Chloe
4:57:31died.
4:57:34Have you considered why?
4:57:42After Arcadia Bay, I took my grief on
4:57:45the road from one motel room to the
4:57:48next. The storm brought me back there.
4:57:53>> Where did you go next?
4:58:00I'm remembering.
4:58:03It was like the eye of the storm.
4:58:07Did I block this out?
4:58:10Was I affected by storm amnesia?
4:58:13>> Did you and Moses come up with that
4:58:16cute?
4:58:20The lighthouse,
4:58:22the overlook.
4:58:24I remember thinking,
4:58:26"It's the same storm. It's all somehow
4:58:30connected."
4:58:33And then I saw you. You were dead on the
4:58:36ground.
4:58:38I thought I could use my power to bring
4:58:41you back
4:58:42to merge the timelines.
4:58:45>> But you saw her, too, didn't you?
4:58:55Chloe,
4:58:57she was there, too. Like she'd been
4:59:00trapped in the storm this whole time,
4:59:04waiting for me.
4:59:09All I needed to do was
4:59:25The moment you saw her, she was [music]
4:59:27all that mattered.
4:59:31She forgot all about me.
4:59:36[music] I didn't forget about you.
4:59:40You and Chloe are the two people I care
4:59:42about most in the world.
4:59:44I thought I could save you both.
4:59:49Of course you did. You're Max
4:59:52Cfield, Spaceime's Golden Girl. You'll
4:59:55always try to save everyone and
4:59:57everything you can. But how many
5:00:01times do you need the universe to tell
5:00:03you it's not interested? These things we
5:00:06have, they're just cruel jokes.
5:00:12Chloe and I may be here now, but a part
5:00:15of us, maybe the part that really
5:00:18matters remains trapped in that
5:00:20nightmare.
5:00:23I thought I was beginning to understand
5:00:25my powers,
5:00:28but you're right. I've been
5:00:34naive to think I could ever really know
5:00:37them.
5:00:40Moses and I have been working for months
5:00:42to understand and control my powers.
5:00:46How can I understand them if I don't
5:00:48even trust my own mind? Now, there's a
5:00:52question worth asking. And while you're
5:00:53answering that one, maybe throw in what
5:00:56you and Moses are up to. What are you
5:00:59collecting evidence for? What is that
5:01:01weird selfie photo of you? And why is my
5:01:03name on a whiteboard labeled suspects?
5:01:07>> You snuck into Moses's office. Don't
5:01:09deflect.
5:01:10You say that you're my friend, that you
5:01:12care about me. Prove it. Tell me what is
5:01:16going on.
5:01:26This campus is going to burn to the
5:01:28ground tomorrow unless I stop it.
5:01:31>> How do you
5:01:33Oh, I see. Then you can understand why I
5:01:38am using my powers and doing everything
5:01:40I can to figure out how it starts.
5:01:45>> If you saw this campus burn down, then
5:01:47it means it was supposed to happen. Who
5:01:50are you to stop it?
5:01:51>> What are you saying? I can't just let it
5:01:54burn.
5:01:55>> Reality is cruel, but it's still
5:01:58reality. It doesn't bend to your will.
5:02:06I saw an innocent student suffocate to
5:02:09death. It was horrible. There were many
5:02:13more all across campus.
5:02:17I'm sorry. I
5:02:21didn't realize. I know you're doing what
5:02:23you think is right.
5:02:26I really hope it is this time.
5:02:35Why is Diamond calling me? Are you
5:02:38responsible for this?
5:02:40>> No, I mean maybe a little, but she's
5:02:44worried about you.
5:02:47>> Fine. Enjoy the lakeside vibes.
5:02:52I'll be back.
5:02:57>> Sophie seems really messed up.
5:03:00After talking to her, I have even more
5:03:02questions than before.
5:03:05Sophie could be a while. When I'm ready,
5:03:08I should text Chloe and check in with
5:03:10her.
5:03:35Even for Sophie, that's some heavy chain
5:03:37smoking.
5:03:44Sophie never used to let me see what she
5:03:46was working on. Is this an olive branch
5:03:50or a trick?
5:03:52Sophie's been gone for 9 months.
5:03:56It must feel so surreal to be back here.
5:04:19Sophie.
5:04:48Chloe used to love collecting these.
5:05:17Whatever Chloe's doing now, I hope she's
5:05:19okay.
5:05:28>> I'll check in with Max, then see what we
5:05:30can dig up about the protests.
5:05:48Not sure I want to step into the middle
5:05:50of whatever this is. New plan. Find out
5:05:55more about the protests, then come back
5:05:57to Max.
5:05:59Moses mentioned that professor in some
5:06:01townies organizing a protest on a
5:06:02message board.
5:06:04>> Better look into it.
5:06:35Forever.
5:06:50Absolutely.
5:07:36Fore.
5:08:02Hey, buddy. You're like a month early.
5:08:08Maybe this pumpkin's actually an alien
5:08:10monster just pretending to be a
5:08:12jacko'lantern. This guy's out of his
5:08:14gourd.
5:08:30>> I'll need that password if I want to get
5:08:31into the forum.
5:08:37Is there some sort of celebration this
5:08:40weekend?
5:08:44>> Hey, what's the deal with these? Damn
5:08:48it. Hey, Joey.
5:08:50We got to keep these firecrackers
5:08:52outside with the rest.
5:08:55Some of the Lakeport dudes are
5:08:57apparently planning a fireworks party
5:08:59this weekend. Doesn't matter to me as
5:09:01long as it's not in here where they
5:09:02could quite literally blow up in my
5:09:04face.
5:09:05Sounds reasonable.
5:09:14>> Not much of a stage, but I could see
5:09:16drugstore makeup blowing some Mountain
5:09:19State minds here.
5:09:26>> Oh, cool. It's my new best friend.
5:09:31>> I guess security is pretty lax around
5:09:33here. Guess so.
5:09:42>> What do you do when you're not getting
5:09:43in fights with strange women at bars?
5:09:46>> I used to pull shifts at Krellers before
5:09:48that closed. Now I'm trying to get a job
5:09:50at the timber mill where my dad worked.
5:09:53>> What happened to him?
5:09:55>> He skipped out on us when I was pretty
5:09:56young.
5:09:58Don't know where he went.
5:10:04That's up.
5:10:06>> I'm sorry.
5:10:14>> I've been hearing about this
5:10:15anti-Caladon group.
5:10:17>> How do I get in?
5:10:18>> You want to protest Caladon? Aren't you
5:10:21a student there?
5:10:26>> No, I grew up in the area. I'm moving
5:10:28back home and I hate what Kaledon is
5:10:30doing to the community.
5:10:32>> I'm tired of seeing rich
5:10:34bulldoz through small towns.
5:10:36>> I feel that. Well, there are
5:10:39someformational flyers at the last
5:10:40meeting here.
5:10:43Joey told us to destroy them after, but
5:10:45we never know.
5:10:47>> I'll look around. Thanks.
5:10:54>> So, what's this protest against Kaledon
5:10:56all about? You'll have to ask Joey. He's
5:11:00the man behind the plan.
5:11:01>> But you're part of that whole group,
5:11:04right? There must be some reason.
5:11:07>> Everyone's got their reasons. I don't
5:11:09expect we'll accomplish all, but it
5:11:12beats sitting around and bitching about
5:11:14it.
5:11:18>> See you later, Ren.
5:11:20>> You got it.
5:11:21>> Nothing to go off of yet. Maybe I can
5:11:24get someone else to open up. Imagine
5:11:32living in a place where you can just
5:11:34leave your coat somewhere and it's still
5:11:37there later.
5:11:47>> I can't make out much, but I think this
5:11:49is the password I'm looking for.
5:11:55Got the password. Now time to take a
5:11:57look at that forum.
5:12:04>> So this is Joey.
5:12:07He seems intense.
5:12:11>> Hey, I hear you're the guy to ask about
5:12:13the protest.
5:12:15>> No clue what you're talking about.
5:12:28Everyone knows the best grilled cheese
5:12:31comes from a shopping cart in the
5:12:32alleyway outside the bar at 2:00 a.m.
5:12:46>> This guy seems like he knows something.
5:12:56So, do you live here or what?
5:12:59>> I'm working.
5:13:01Many great writers worked in bars.
5:13:04Capot, Carowak, Burroughs.
5:13:07>> I get it. I do my best work in bars,
5:13:09too. Could any of those dudes set up a
5:13:11merch table in under five minutes?
5:13:18So, what's your deal? You got booted
5:13:21from Caladon, but you're hanging around
5:13:23because
5:13:26I bet I know. Divorce.
5:13:31>> Actually, yes.
5:13:34I'm staying in Lakeport to remain
5:13:35connected to my son.
5:13:38>> How did you know?
5:13:39>> You have strong divorced guy vibes.
5:13:42>> Uh-huh. And your obvious daddy issues
5:13:44are from your own parents' divorce, I'm
5:13:46guessing.
5:13:47>> No, my dad died when I was a kid.
5:13:51>> Oh.
5:13:53Um,
5:14:02I'm hearing about this protest against
5:14:04Kaledon. I want in.
5:14:08Why do you want to protest a college
5:14:10that you're considering for graduate
5:14:12school?
5:14:19>> I was considering it before I met you.
5:14:23You said everything I needed to hear
5:14:24about that place.
5:14:31>> This is the forum we're using to
5:14:33organize.
5:14:36All of the planning is done there.
5:14:48>> What's the deal with that guy Joey? Is
5:14:50he like your leader?
5:14:53>> There are different types of leadership.
5:14:55There's thought leadership as
5:14:58exemplified by my podcast.
5:15:01But every protest movement needs a
5:15:03figure head who can translate its aims
5:15:06and precepts into the language of the
5:15:08working class and translate that
5:15:10language into stark and powerful action.
5:15:14That is Joby.
5:15:16>> So yes, then got it.
5:15:23Always a pleasure, Professor.
5:15:26>> If you say so.
5:15:29>> Got the password. Now, time to take a
5:15:31look at that forum.
5:15:52Angry townies plus firecrackers.
5:15:56I'll go ahead and put this down as
5:15:58concerning.
5:16:08>> Always a pleasure, Professor.
5:16:11>> If you say so.
5:16:13Got the password. Now, time to take a
5:16:16look at that forum.
5:16:22>> If I knew college involved dark gun
5:16:25battles, I might have applied myself
5:16:27more in high school.
5:16:38>> Her laptop and my truck would have a
5:16:40great time getting high together.
5:16:44Glad she's back today.
5:16:49>> Hey, Amanda, right? Oh, hey.
5:16:53It's quite a show you put on last night.
5:16:54Wish I could have sold tickets for it.
5:17:02>> I appreciated our chat last night before
5:17:04everything got crazy.
5:17:06>> I'm just glad Max is okay.
5:17:09>> More than okay, actually. She's like
5:17:12glowing. You didn't knock her up, did
5:17:15you?
5:17:20>> Really? I mean, it was kind of an
5:17:23intense night and morning. I'm
5:17:27surprised. You can go see for yourself.
5:17:32She was meeting someone.
5:17:35I think one of her students.
5:17:38I'm underst staffed, so I'm not serving
5:17:40back there today.
5:17:42Makes sense. Thanks.
5:17:49>> If you're looking to book any shows this
5:17:51month, my band is headed east soon.
5:17:53>> Oh, you're in a band?
5:17:54>> Oh, I manage them. Drugstore makeup.
5:17:57They're a mathcore synth pop art punk
5:17:58band.
5:17:59>> Oh, sweet. So, like the Minutemen mixed
5:18:02with a little fall of Troy.
5:18:04>> Uh, [snorts] yeah.
5:18:08Spot on. Send me their stuff. I'll see
5:18:10if there's a date that works.
5:18:16>> Do you know anything about this protest
5:18:18that people are planning online?
5:18:21>> I've heard some things.
5:18:24I tried looking into it, but their form
5:18:26is password protected.
5:18:28>> I think I might have that password,
5:18:31actually. For real?
5:18:34Let's take a look.
5:18:48And
5:18:51we're in
5:19:18Nothing like a little Latin to class up
5:19:20your angry protest.
5:19:24>> I'm guessing the mod is Joey.
5:19:29Anyone willing to skip bowling league
5:19:31must be serious about combating
5:19:33institutional corruption.
5:19:36>> This dude is legit scary. And none of
5:19:39his buddies seem concerned at all.
5:19:43And the winner for most creative use of
5:19:45the dollar sign goes to Cardinal Sin.
5:19:50They're pretty paranoid about
5:19:51infiltrators,
5:19:53which means I'd better do a really good
5:19:56job infiltrating their
5:19:59Nothing like a little Latin to class up
5:20:01your angry protest.
5:20:06>> These
5:20:11>> How is any of this going to help?
5:20:13They're going to set back everything
5:20:14we're doing to rebuild the town.
5:20:21>> The protest hasn't happened yet. We
5:20:23could still keep it from getting out of
5:20:24hand.
5:20:26>> You're right.
5:20:27I'll tell Noel to get campus security
5:20:29ready.
5:20:30>> Good plan. I'll see if I can get any
5:20:33more info out of Joey.
5:20:39>> See you later. I'll be here.
5:20:45>> The forum is scary,
5:20:48but it gave me a lot of good intel to
5:20:50use with the bartender.
5:20:58We'll go for tomorrow.
5:21:03>> Excuse me.
5:21:04>> Protest man. I'm on the message board
5:21:09>> with your tag.
5:21:16>> We've been chatting for weeks. I'm
5:21:17Cardinal Sin.
5:21:19>> I see.
5:21:22Maybe you are, but no way to know for
5:21:25sure, is there?
5:21:29Why weren't you at the last meeting?
5:21:35>> Dude, it was bowling league. We had our
5:21:38match against those dillweeds from
5:21:39Brattleboro. Did you expect me to no
5:21:41show?
5:21:42>> I guess that checks [music] out.
5:21:46Maybe you missed the meeting, but you
5:21:48must know the group motto from the
5:21:50message board.
5:21:51>> [music]
5:21:51>> What is it?
5:21:57>> Six Emperor Tyrannis, which I believe
5:22:00translates to, [music] "How sick will it
5:22:02be when we squash these tyrants?"
5:22:05[laughter]
5:22:06>> Close enough.
5:22:10>> All right, you're good. Hate to be so
5:22:13paranoid, but you know how it is. We
5:22:15muster here noon tomorrow and then head
5:22:18straight for the admin building and
5:22:19prepare yourself. This reckoning [music]
5:22:21has been a long time coming. Things
5:22:24could get heated.
5:22:27>> That's what I'm banking on.
5:22:34>> This lady doth protest.
5:22:38Time to tell Max she's got a girl on the
5:22:40inside.
5:22:59Hello, ma'am. Can I tell you about our
5:23:01grilled cheese specials today?
5:23:02>> Chloe.
5:23:04Jeez. Okay. You do not need to act this
5:23:07surprised every time we see each other.
5:23:15How did it go with Moses?
5:23:17>> You did not prepare me for that guy's
5:23:19office. Holy
5:23:22>> No, I mean, did he help you?
5:23:26>> He tried. I'm not fixed yet, as far as I
5:23:29can tell.
5:23:32What about you? Did you crack the case
5:23:34with the Abra holes? No, I'm at a dead
5:23:38end.
5:23:39I know Sophie is hiding something in her
5:23:42bag, but she was too smart to leave it
5:23:44with me.
5:23:45>> What's with all the sneaky stuff? Why
5:23:47don't I just run over there, grab what's
5:23:49in her bag, throw the bag in the water,
5:23:51and give you the stuff. Throw her bag in
5:23:53the water.
5:23:56Yo,
5:23:57You did not just What the
5:24:00Here, take the mask before she comes
5:24:02back and beats my ass.
5:24:06[gasps]
5:24:18>> [sighs]
5:24:19>> Sophie had an Abrais mask in her bag. We
5:24:23have it now thanks to you.
5:24:26>> So many questions. Uh but for now, I
5:24:29think we better run before she realizes
5:24:30she's missing it. And I have just the
5:24:32getaway.
5:24:37>> [laughter]
5:24:39[gasps]
5:24:47[laughter]
5:25:04[laughter]
5:25:13[laughter]
5:25:15>> And then did I say something badass like
5:25:18it's time to fight fire with fire?
5:25:20>> You did not. [laughter]
5:25:22I thought about it but decided it would
5:25:24be lame. At least coming for me.
5:25:35I bet I loved being a part of it, using
5:25:38your powers. I bet it felt
5:25:46exciting,
5:25:48like
5:25:50being in on it again after all this
5:25:52time. Of course you are. Ever since that
5:25:57day at 2 L's, I think I would have gone
5:26:00insane a long time ago without you as my
5:26:02confidant.
5:26:04But
5:26:05it's weird that version of me that just
5:26:08with your friend. What happened
5:26:10to her after you rewound?
5:26:13Moses has his theories. I don't really
5:26:16understand them.
5:26:24I just think we are much more than the
5:26:28one version of ourselves.
5:26:31We're like a kaleidoscope of all the
5:26:34choices we could make and the people we
5:26:36could be.
5:26:38Damn, Max. You send a girl to Vermont
5:26:41for one year and she gets all heady.
5:26:44I like it.
5:26:53I know he didn't fix you, but was Moses
5:26:56able to figure out anything?
5:26:59Hard to say. I got the feeling he
5:27:02couldn't decide if he was more
5:27:03interested in helping me or studying me.
5:27:06>> What does he think is going on?
5:27:09>> The word paradox was thrown around a
5:27:12lot. also anomaly.
5:27:22Apparently, me and this safy chick are
5:27:25cosmically entwined because we occupy
5:27:28the same quantum position.
5:27:31Really, Max? You should buy a girl a
5:27:32drink before you cosmically entwine her
5:27:34next time. Har.
5:27:37The fact that you can joke about your
5:27:39existential crisis is actually pretty
5:27:43unsurprising.
5:27:44Thank you much.
5:27:55Hey, um, [clears throat]
5:27:57I made you something.
5:28:01Now that Super Max is back in action, I
5:28:04thought she needed her own badass action
5:28:06figure.
5:28:08Happy birthday.
5:28:11This is incredible.
5:28:15With everything going on, I barely
5:28:17remembered today was my birthday.
5:28:21Good thing my ass is here, then.
5:28:31So, I know President Teller was the one
5:28:34who ordered the demolition last night,
5:28:36and I'm pretty sure Reggie was involved
5:28:38somehow. He's the president of Abrais.
5:28:42>> Double presidential crime. Two for the
5:28:44price on one.
5:28:46>> There's a secret occultist party at the
5:28:48Abrais house tonight. Sophie must be
5:28:51going. That's why she had the mask.
5:28:54>> And now we have it. Next stop, freaky
5:28:56college party.
5:28:59What about the protesters?
5:29:01Could one of them really start the fire?
5:29:04They're super pissed off and looking to
5:29:06make themselves heard.
5:29:18Honestly, with what I've learned about
5:29:21Kaladon using the storm to take over
5:29:22more of Lakeport,
5:29:24I can't say I blame them for being
5:29:26angry, but this shit's dangerous.
5:29:30At least we know about it now.
5:29:34That gives us a shot, right?
5:29:44So, your crew here is the sassy
5:29:46bartender, the Uber nerd, and the
5:29:50shape-shifting wild card. That it?
5:29:53>> You make it sound like I'm assembling a
5:29:55team to rob a bank. Well,
5:29:57>> if so, you're obviously missing [music]
5:29:59someone.
5:30:00>> Oh, who's that?
5:30:09the Barbarian. Who else is going to go
5:30:11berserker on their asses?
5:30:14>> Good point.
5:30:16>> Glad to have you as part of the crew.
5:30:23What happened between you and Sophie?
5:30:27I told her about the fire.
5:30:30Her reaction was disturbing.
5:30:35She blames me for what's happening to
5:30:37her and to you.
5:30:41And I think she's right.
5:30:45What's scary is that I didn't even know
5:30:48I was using my powers this time. And I
5:30:52still created a mess.
5:31:00So, she blamed you for bringing her back
5:31:03to life and then you agreed with her.
5:31:07That's such
5:31:10Yes, your powers are weird and sometimes
5:31:14freak me out, too. But there isn't a
5:31:17single person in the world I would trust
5:31:20with them more than you.
5:31:23>> I
5:31:24think I needed to hear that.
5:31:27Thank you.
5:31:29Don't mention it.
5:31:48When I was living this weekend the first
5:31:50time,
5:31:53I really thought my life was starting to
5:31:55make some sense.
5:31:58But it seems like chaos always finds me.
5:32:14The only chaos you're dealing with is
5:32:16me.
5:32:18Everything was fine before I showed up.
5:32:22You have a whole new life here.
5:32:25I know I don't fit into it.
5:32:29No, that's not what I meant at all.
5:32:34Okay.
5:32:37So,
5:32:38try again. And if you rewind, I'll know.
5:32:42I wouldn't dare.
5:32:45I meant I thought my life was starting
5:32:48to make sense. But I was wrong.
5:32:53All those years I spent grieving you.
5:32:58I was grieving myself, too.
5:33:03I never felt more alive than that week
5:33:05we spent together.
5:33:09I convinced myself I could never be that
5:33:11person again.
5:33:13Not without you.
5:33:17And now you're here.
5:33:23I don't really know how any of this
5:33:26works,
5:33:28but somehow with all this crazy stuff
5:33:30happening,
5:33:32you're here now.
5:33:36And I know it's because you needed me.
5:33:40But I think I needed you just as much.
5:33:45And I wasn't brave enough to realize it.
5:34:30>> [laughter]
5:34:34>> Be careful.
5:35:16Come on.
5:36:15You ever feel like the universe is
5:36:17trying to with you?
5:36:20>> We have met before, right? I'm Chloe
5:36:24Price, the universe's crash test dummy.
5:36:27[snorts]
5:36:32Max Cfield, did you try to kiss me?
5:36:36>> What? How did you know?
5:36:39>> Again, I do know you a little bit.
5:36:43So, what happened?
5:36:45>> I
5:36:47fell into the lake.
5:36:52Wait, wait. How many times did you try?
5:36:57Twice. Both were a disaster.
5:37:02seemed like the perfect moment.
5:37:05But I guess not.
5:37:08>> Well,
5:37:10we'll just have to find the next perfect
5:37:12moment, won't we?
5:37:20After I'm finished laughing my ass off
5:37:21at the image of you going overboard.
5:37:24>> Shut up. [laughter]
5:37:25>> You fell, too, you know.
5:37:31I can't believe I never took a boat out
5:37:34here until now.
5:37:35>> Just add it [music] to the list of
5:37:36conveyances I've dragged your ass into
5:37:38over the years.
5:37:40I mean, in my reality anyway.
5:37:45>> I want to hear so much about your
5:37:47reality that it becomes mine.
5:37:50>> Let's hear the list.
5:37:52Uh, well, there was my truck, of course.
5:37:56That shopping cart in San Francisco. Uh,
5:37:59then there was that Vespa we had in Salt
5:38:02Lake City.
5:38:03>> Was I in the front or back? [music]
5:38:05>> Are you kidding? You were in the back
5:38:08holding on to me so tight I thought I
5:38:09would suffocate.
5:38:12We had that tandem bicycle in Chicago.
5:38:15That was a disaster. Um, and Izzy's
5:38:19friend's weed dealers tuk tuk we joy
5:38:21rode in Nashville. You're just making
5:38:23stuff up now.
5:38:24>> I am not.
5:38:41[music]
5:38:43The mayon party is starting soon.
5:38:46We've got to get to the Abra's house.
5:39:06[music]
5:39:07>> So, what's next? Change into black
5:39:10robes?
5:39:11>> Black shirts going by the old photo.
5:39:14Then we head over to Fremont Street and
5:39:16[music] look for smoke.
5:39:46This is it. It could all start tonight.
5:39:50>> We know that Reggie kid is up to
5:39:52something. Think you can get me another
5:39:54Eyes Wide Shut Mask so we can sleuth
5:39:56together?
5:39:56>> You're on. Stay out of trouble.
5:40:22Between all the drinking and making out,
5:40:25someone must have taken their mask off.
5:40:57>> [music]
5:42:01>> I got you.
5:42:07Mayabon is about the cycle of death and
5:42:10rebirth.
5:42:12So this skull collection is totally fine
5:42:14and normal.
5:42:26>> Midnight is hours from now. I might head
5:42:29out before the ritual.
5:42:30>> Don't let Reggie see you sneak off. He's
5:42:33been in a mood all day.
5:42:41>> Could this be the fire that starts
5:42:42everything? I could douse it right now,
5:42:46but I'd blow my cover.
5:42:49Better stick to the plan.
5:42:54Whoa.
5:42:56Where did they even find this?
5:43:00If anyone gets on this thing, I'm
5:43:02weaving.
5:43:10>> Don't you dare start moving.
5:43:17>> Leave it to Abrais to turn eggs into
5:43:19something that screams death cult.
5:43:31Glad the freaky masks didn't scare you
5:43:33away.
5:43:40>> Okay. I thought I'd hate the mask, but
5:43:43it feels kind of cozy. Is that weird?
5:43:46Just keep it on in the bathroom. You
5:43:49don't want to accidentally look in the
5:43:51mirror.
5:43:57Did this guy not get the dress code?
5:44:09>> So the door password is whatever monster
5:44:12is on the tapestry.
5:44:14That's dumb.
5:44:16>> Yeah, I think Reggie was trying to draw
5:44:18a Braxus and it up. And we're
5:44:21stuck out here because we didn't major
5:44:23in mythological monsters. Sometimes I
5:44:26hate Araxis.
5:44:27>> The password is on the tapestry.
5:44:30>> Thanks for the info, fellow Abrains.
5:44:37>> Did this guy not get the dress code?
5:44:40>> Are you ready for uh the ritual? I'm the
5:44:44sacrifice this year.
5:44:46sacrifice
5:44:48as in
5:44:49>> as in human sacrifice. [laughter]
5:44:53See you at midnight.
5:45:03>> Due to my newfound knowledge of
5:45:05feathered reptiles, I can conclusively
5:45:07state that this is a Which one was
5:45:11it?
5:45:20Due to my newfound knowledge of
5:45:21feathered reptiles, I can conclusively
5:45:24state that this is a Which one was
5:45:28it?
5:45:37>> What's the point of a Mayong party? Half
5:45:40of these decorations are for Sin.
5:45:42Anyway,
5:45:43>> you haven't been inside yet, have you?
5:45:46Trust me, Mayaban has its own special
5:45:49charms.
5:46:00>> Even candles seem threatening right now.
5:46:14How is this tapestry connected to the
5:46:16password?
5:46:20>> Here goes nothing.
5:46:24>> Password.
5:46:33>> Basilisk.
5:46:37>> [music]
5:46:46[music]
5:46:55[music]
5:46:56>> I need to blend in and find that mask
5:46:58for Chloe.
5:47:01[music]
5:47:02I thought a brais was mostly about
5:47:04parties and ambiance.
5:47:06But there are rituals involved, too.
5:47:12[music]
5:47:13>> At least it's not a dance party. My
5:47:15undercover skills only go so far.
5:47:19[music]
5:47:23[music]
5:47:24There's a label on it. Presidential
5:47:27thonged.
5:47:30I'm not sure I want to know what this
5:47:32was [music] used for.
5:47:37What do you think they told the carver?
5:47:40Please turn this New England mansion
5:47:42into a vampire castle.
5:47:46[music] Maybe Mr. Cool here would like a
5:47:49drink. And dare [music] I suggest his
5:47:53picture taken?
5:47:56[music]
5:48:01He [music] thinks he's the coolest guy
5:48:03here. But he's trying too hard.
5:48:10[music]
5:48:11Even the coolest devil needs a chill
5:48:14drink now and then.
5:48:18[music] Somebody suggested brain bucket
5:48:20three.
5:48:22The kids are all right.
5:48:29If I really wanted to freak these kids
5:48:31[music] out, I'd play something from my
5:48:33DVD collection on here.
5:48:40[music]
5:48:41Reggie doesn't seem super comfortable
5:48:43with leadership, but he's definitely
5:48:46trying his best.
5:48:50[music]
5:48:59>> [music]
5:49:03>> This guy doesn't seem like he'd miss his
5:49:05mask.
5:49:07Okay, you're too drunk to have something
5:49:10over your face right now. This isn't
5:49:13theft. It's a safety issue.
5:49:20She's in the trees.
5:49:26[music]
5:49:31Blood wine.
5:49:36[music]
5:49:41[music]
5:49:42>> Oh, thank God it's not blood.
5:49:49>> [music]
5:49:54>> Reggie has been dodging me for days.
5:49:57Time to get him to talk.
5:50:04[music]
5:50:08What cursed flora is growing out of that
5:50:10thing?
5:50:14The tug of war for this house is getting
5:50:16intense.
5:50:23[music]
5:50:27A brais really wanted to dress up their
5:50:29fruit punch,
5:50:38[music]
5:50:40Greg. Right. Congrats on becoming a
5:50:42senior member.
5:50:48[music]
5:50:50Oh, sorry, Alana. I didn't even
5:50:53recognize you. Actually, you've been a
5:50:55member here a [music] while, right? I
5:50:58can't remember. When Vin was president,
5:51:00he'd recite the Alistister Crowley poem
5:51:02at Mayon wearing [music]
5:51:04What would he wear for that?
5:51:12That's right. No wonder [music] I fell
5:51:15for that guy. Well, maybe that's a
5:51:18tradition that should end with then.
5:51:21Maybe that's all Arais is. Just a bunch
5:51:23of [music] traditions that no
5:51:25one will miss.
5:51:27This stuff secrets is [music] silly,
5:51:29right?
5:51:32We wouldn't ruin a brais if I destroyed.
5:51:37Sorry for [music] venting like that.
5:51:40[laughter] Uh, you're a very good
5:51:42listener. Uh, see you around.
5:51:44[clears throat]
5:51:46>> Wow, Richie,
5:51:48I think it's time to level with him and
5:51:50get the full story.
5:51:58>> Enjoy the party.
5:52:02Reggie's at his breaking point. And
5:52:05maybe I can talk to him now if I say the
5:52:07right thing.
5:52:09>> Enjoy the party, [music]
5:52:18>> Greg. Right. Congrats on becoming a
5:52:20senior member.
5:52:25>> Reggie, it's Max.
5:52:28Max,
5:52:30what the hell?
5:52:32>> I know Arais is just a club, but I also
5:52:36know that it matters to you. If Owen
5:52:38wants you to destroy something
5:52:40important, you need to
5:52:41>> It's not Owen. He's
5:52:45It's
5:52:49[music]
5:52:55all been getting pushed around by the
5:52:56board. Some of them are former Abrais.
5:53:00In return for their support, they told
5:53:02him to destroy the innermost secret. The
5:53:05what? The innermost secret
5:53:09located in the hall of secrets [music]
5:53:11in the basement. It's the most sacred
5:53:14place in Arais. Only the president is
5:53:16[music] allowed inside. Owen needs the
5:53:19board to approve his Caladon 2.0 plans.
5:53:21So, he told me to find the innermost
5:53:24secret and destroy it. And you're trying
5:53:27to decide if you should.
5:53:28>> No, I'll do it. Anything to get him off
5:53:30my back, but I can't get inside. There's
5:53:33a code to get in and it's nonsense. I
5:53:39Did I leave my notes down there? Oh,
5:53:43I've said way too much. Anybody could be
5:53:46listening and anybody could be behind
5:53:49those masks.
5:53:53I can't know you're here. In fact,
5:53:57you're not here.
5:53:59>> Understood.
5:54:01It's all going to be okay, Reggie.
5:54:03>> Mhm.
5:54:10>> Wow, Reggie, that was way more than I
5:54:13expected. [music] I've got to get this
5:54:15information and this mask back to Chloe.
5:54:33Hunting [music] for a secret room in a
5:54:35spooky house. Chloe's going to love
5:54:38this.
5:54:50I've been to plenty of bonfires and a
5:54:53handful of pagan parties. Thank you,
5:54:55Portland. But a secret society pagan
5:54:58bonfire, that's a new one for me.
5:55:03Vermont air so peaceful.
5:55:07Peace and calm.
5:55:10The kind of calm that makes you think
5:55:12about the endless void of non-existence
5:55:15>> here.
5:55:16>> Jesus.
5:55:17>> Sorry.
5:55:19[sighs and gasps]
5:55:21>> I think you should check out the
5:55:22basement. The door password is basilisk.
5:55:26I'll do another sweep and sneak. I'll do
5:55:29another sweep and try to snoop.
5:55:32>> What's in the basement?
5:55:34>> Hall of Secrets. Owen told Reggie to
5:55:36destroy whatever's inside. He's looking
5:55:39for a way in. We have to get there
5:55:41first.
5:55:42>> We know the fire started here, but was
5:55:45it to destroy the house or the thing
5:55:47inside?
5:55:50>> So, split up, meet at the bonfire when
5:55:54we know more.
5:55:58>> I just want you to know
5:56:01I'm so excited to make these memories
5:56:03with you.
5:56:23The Hall of Secrets.
5:56:26Do Braxtons [music] really say this
5:56:27with a straight face?
5:56:30Let's see what these kids are hiding
5:56:31down here.
5:57:00forever.
5:58:01Forever alive.
5:58:17>> [music]
5:58:17>> Oh, you can't get away.
5:58:21I'll meet you in the [music]
5:58:30>> sense of justice.
5:58:33>> Interesting.
5:58:44Only justice will open the door. What's
5:58:48wrong with the damn key?
5:58:51Justice is blind. But this lady looks
5:58:54like she's waiting to receive something
5:58:57other than justice.
5:59:01Justice in scales is a thing. Keep on
5:59:04weighing crystals or whatever it is you
5:59:07do. Keep on weighing crystals or
5:59:11whatever it is you do.
5:59:25Looks like the blade is dull. That's
5:59:28relief.
5:59:34What are the odds that this party turns
5:59:36into an orgy?
5:59:40Please open a hidden door. Please open a
5:59:42hidden door.
5:59:49Damn.
6:00:13Good decision by the Caladon president.
6:00:17Maybe even a just one.
6:00:41yes, ladies.
6:00:46I'll bet these symbols are the start of
6:00:48a grand quest to find a fancy engraved
6:00:51disc. But uh I don't read Latin, so I'm
6:00:55just going to look for something round.
6:00:58I'll bet these symbols are the start of
6:01:00a
6:01:04Who knows? Maybe the symbols say secret
6:01:08door opener.
6:01:18Stupid creepy art.
6:01:28Where's Max when you need her? Maybe
6:01:31there's some other round crap I can find
6:01:33down here.
6:01:45Too small. Also too tacky.
6:01:49Too small. Also too tacky.
6:01:57Too big. Also don't want to let out
6:02:00whatever demon is trapped inside.
6:02:04That might fit.
6:02:06and seriously piss off the pretentious
6:02:08puzzle master who built this place.
6:02:13Come on, you've got a date with a wall.
6:02:26Keep on weighing crystals or whatever it
6:02:30is you do.
6:02:49Heat. Heat.
6:03:16Sweet. I didn't even have to chant
6:03:19anything.
6:03:42Time to find whatever this big spooky
6:03:44secret is and get the hell out of here.
6:03:48What in the witchy cottagecore grimoire?
6:04:08At least these weirdos aren't playing
6:04:10with knives anymore.
6:04:38must be the founder. What a baddie.
6:04:49What kind of freaky would someone
6:04:51want to listen to in here?
6:04:53Amaze Balls. New wave postcore
6:04:57experimental rock. Sounds weird as
6:05:01I'm in.
6:05:03My record player probably misses me.
6:05:07Maybe I'll buy her this as a souvenir
6:05:08for when I get back.
6:05:12As long as kids are getting high in
6:05:14basement and listening to weird music,
6:05:16there's still some hope for the future.
6:05:26The Renfair cosplay is reaching new
6:05:29levels.
6:05:32[music]
6:05:34Hello. What's this? Why did they bother
6:05:38to keep these photos?
6:05:41I should give them a closer look. Maybe
6:05:43somewhere with better lighting.
6:05:58I should go find Max and show her what I
6:06:00found.
6:06:02Nice to see some ugly frat house vibes
6:06:05mixed in with the creepy gothic
6:06:49How hard can it be? Just a puzzle. You
6:06:52love puzzles. You used to do word
6:06:54searches with Nana all the My gosh.
6:06:59He sent you, didn't he?
6:07:03What are you going to do to me?
6:07:08I said no.
6:07:11[gasps]
6:07:32Holy It's the cops
6:07:35down here. There's a psycho with a
6:07:37sledgehammer.
6:07:40>> Hey, man.
6:07:42>> Thanks for the assist.
6:07:44>> What are you talking about?
6:07:46Hurry before those cars start yelling
6:07:49again.
6:07:53>> God, how drunk are these kids?
6:08:22Maybe Reggie was being paranoid earlier.
6:08:25Or maybe Chloe and I aren't the only
6:08:28party crashers.
6:08:31I should do a loop around.
6:08:34Sophie might be here. But where?
6:09:23What happens if two people in masks get
6:09:26married?
6:09:28Do they ever get to take the masks off?
6:09:33Do you guys think my dad is mad at me?
6:09:43Was
6:09:50that Sophie
6:09:58there? No. Sophie.
6:10:08Why is everyone being weird besides me?
6:10:14And I stood out there for an hour
6:10:17calling her name, but she was just
6:10:21gone.
6:10:23>> The bonfire is so beautiful. Sometimes I
6:10:27just want to stick out my hand to caress
6:10:30it, you know.
6:10:37Um, excuse me.
6:10:49I won't find any party crashers by being
6:10:52shy.
6:10:55>> Um, excuse me.
6:11:02Is that blood? Wait, no, it's just fruit
6:11:06punch.
6:11:08Oh, I want to get on this.
6:11:13Oh, did I miss a game of Stab a Straw
6:11:16Guy?
6:11:21Something's not right. Why is Sophie
6:11:24doing this?
6:11:28Everyone here seems drunk, but nobody's
6:11:31really drinking.
6:11:34You know that autumn equinox is the
6:11:37moment the sun is positioned rightly
6:11:39over the equator at which time I have
6:11:43nearly equal length
6:11:47sis.
6:11:48>> Don't worry, we're not really here.
6:12:03I see some new masked faces around. I
6:12:07should investigate.
6:12:11You don't have to turn on your love
6:12:13lights for me.
6:12:15I'll love you anyway.
6:12:25What the? That wasn't there before.
6:12:32Is the furniture always this antsy?
6:12:53Something's not right. I need to find a
6:12:57place to sit down.
6:13:00Why is everyone being weird besides me?
6:13:06What are you doing here? Are you lost?
6:13:10Am I?
6:13:12So, did a snake a rooster or
6:13:19what's happening?
6:13:29Oh, well, it would be rude not to
6:13:32listen.
6:13:42>> Welcome back to Maxcast, the number one
6:13:44source for all your Max Caulfield
6:13:46updates. Good evening to all you Max
6:13:48Heads out there. We have a very special
6:13:51episode for you tonight. That's right.
6:13:53Please join us in wishing Max a happy
6:13:55birthday. Now listeners, our favorite
6:13:58photographer is another year older, but
6:14:00is she another year wiser? Let's play a
6:14:03round of classic Cfield.
6:14:06Oh, I've got a good one. Despite being a
6:14:08professional photographer, Max still
6:14:11doesn't know how to work the flash on
6:14:12her cell phone camera.
6:14:15Classic Cfield.
6:14:17Okay, that's embarrassing, but get a
6:14:19load of this. In the last year, Max has
6:14:21tried and failed to make three grilled
6:14:23cheese sandwiches, only to give up an
6:14:26order of pizza every time. Classical
6:14:28call. Wait, how how can you screw up a
6:14:32grilled cheese sandwich? Also, why is
6:14:36she still eating cheese? Hasn't she
6:14:39learned her lesson yet? All right, we've
6:14:42had our fun, but remember listeners,
6:14:44this is a very tense week for Max.
6:14:47Absolutely. trying to save Kaladon
6:14:49University from an unknown arsonist.
6:14:52>> Still unknown after a day and a half
6:14:54because Max keeps taking breaks for long
6:14:56winding conversations with her badg girl
6:14:58exhaive
6:15:02of the space-time continuum at this
6:15:04point, huh? What do you think,
6:15:06listeners? Will she be able to untangle
6:15:08this fiery mystery and help Khloe
6:15:10navigate her paradoxical existence?
6:15:13Please. Kloe is living on a fault line
6:15:16in reality. You don't need to be an
6:15:18omnisient multiversal podcast host to
6:15:20know what happens to her.
6:15:22>> We're going to take a quick ad break.
6:15:24Afterwards, we'll have an interview with
6:15:26Tim Dilva, a Lakeport waiter who says
6:15:29that Max only tipped him 12% on her meal
6:15:32last week.
6:15:33>> Shocking. What do you think? Terrible
6:15:36manners or terrible math skills?
6:15:39>> Why not both? [laughter]
6:15:42Stick around, folks.
6:15:59I need to sit down.
6:16:07It's quieter in there. I should see if
6:16:10that guy will share the couch.
6:16:14Back to nerd.
6:16:29Wrestle breaks.
6:17:06What was in that blood I drank?
6:17:17Who's the guy?
6:17:55>> [laughter]
6:18:10>> I'll sit here and let Things calm down.
6:18:16Are you drunk, too?
6:18:23>> Oh, sorry. I forgot to water you.
6:18:29Hey, little guy. Are you hungry?
6:18:34>> Did you come down the chimney?
6:18:37You're early.
6:18:44I keep meaning to learn more about
6:18:46tarot.
6:18:50>> Whoa.
6:18:51I wonder what this one means.
6:19:00>> Who's hiding behind there?
6:19:18Nope. Not ready to face myself yet.
6:19:22[sighs]
6:19:32I'll work up to looking in the mirror on
6:19:35my time.
6:19:38Wait, I think it's bad to feed them if
6:19:40you see them in the wild.
6:20:09Fine. [sighs]
6:20:11Let's go see what she wants.
6:20:20Oh, great. It's you.
6:20:25>> That kind of negative selft talk isn't
6:20:27good for you.
6:20:35What's it like to live in a mirror?
6:20:41Is there a flat Chloe in there, too?
6:20:44>> Oh, wow. Everyone here is tripping, but
6:20:48you're just in freef fall.
6:20:52So,
6:20:54how is [panting and sighs]
6:20:56all of this going?
6:20:59Great.
6:21:00Never better.
6:21:03You and Chloe are having a fun little
6:21:05adventure together. Just like the old
6:21:08times. Think it'll save her?
6:21:19I just got her back. I'm not losing her
6:21:23again. There must be something I can do.
6:21:28You can always do something. That's the
6:21:31trouble, isn't it? Always something.
6:21:34Never enough.
6:21:38I'm wasting my breath. You've already
6:21:41bent, broken, and skull reality
6:21:44trying to save her. I know I can't stop
6:21:46you.
6:21:48So do what you want. Nuke the school,
6:21:52flatten the eastern seabboard, but
6:21:54please try not to give yourself false
6:21:57hope, okay?
6:22:00Because you already know how this ends.
6:22:16>> [screaming]
6:22:17>> Somebody just attacked me in the
6:22:19basement with a sledgehammer.
6:22:27>> No.
6:22:33Chloe, are you okay?
6:22:36Please be okay. This is heavy.
6:22:41You're not going to believe what just
6:22:44Max.
6:22:45Oh, what happened to you? I think I'm
6:22:48allergic to fruit punch. Either way, we
6:22:51should stay down here until those
6:22:52rolling balls go home.
6:22:55Max Cfield tripping balls.
6:22:59I never thought I'd see the day.
6:23:07What were they fastening around up
6:23:08there?
6:23:09>> Blood wine. What do you think was in it?
6:23:12Please don't say blood.
6:23:15Mushrooms by the looks of you. But Chloe
6:23:18the tripsitter is at your service. Let's
6:23:21get you out of this spooky wizard
6:23:22basement. And no, we can't go up there.
6:23:26Please. The girl in the mirror, don't
6:23:29listen to her. Promise me.
6:23:33>> [gasps]
6:23:33>> Hey. Hey.
6:23:35It's all going to be okay.
6:23:38I'm right here for now.
6:23:42That's how it works. You drive your
6:23:44truck back into my life. We have a few
6:23:48incredible days together.
6:23:51And then you're gone.
6:23:54And I have to learn how to live without
6:23:56you. And I don't know if I could do it a
6:23:59second time.
6:24:02and I love you so much, but it's not
6:24:05enough. If I really loved you, I'd tell
6:24:08you to leave. To get as far away from me
6:24:11and my powers as
6:24:14[gasps and laughter]
6:24:15But I can't.
6:24:18We're doomed. We are not doomed.
6:24:22We're Max and Chloe.
6:24:29I'm sorry.
6:24:31No one should ever have to make the kind
6:24:33of choice you made back then. We were so
6:24:36young and you had to be so brave for so
6:24:40long.
6:24:42Listen,
6:24:44I don't know if the school will still be
6:24:46standing tomorrow. I don't know how much
6:24:49time I
6:24:51But it doesn't matter.
6:24:54Who knows what will happen next?
6:24:56But it will happen to us. Okay.
6:25:00Because I'm not going anywhere.
6:25:27Sit tight for a second. Okay, I'm going
6:25:29to get you out of here,
6:25:31but I got to check on something first.
6:25:34Somebody came down here with a
6:25:36sledgehammer looking for this. What do
6:25:38you think? Finally, some real pirate
6:25:40treasure.
6:25:43What am I saying? Given everything, it's
6:25:45definitely drugs.
6:25:59>> [laughter]
6:25:59>> What is it?
6:26:00>> Nothing. Max, you don't want to see. Oh
6:26:03my god.
6:26:14That That
6:26:16That was the innermost secret.
6:26:18The thing Owen told Reggie to destroy.
6:26:22Must be.
6:26:23Poor kid.
6:26:28All of Owen's lies and manipulation.
6:26:32It wasn't about a science
6:26:33building. It was about that.
6:26:37[gasps] What do we do?
6:26:40Hide.
6:26:48This is the person who came down with
6:26:50the sledgehammer.
6:27:03Get ready, Max. They'll come for you
6:27:06next.
6:27:08[laughter]
6:27:10Sh.
6:27:14Hey, try to focus. Okay, we need to
6:27:17figure out who this is and how they know
6:27:19about it.
6:27:33>> No sign of that box. Damn it.
6:27:36>> Yes, it's 3180 Fremont Street. It's the
6:27:41house where all the keeps
6:27:42happening.
6:27:46>> Sopie. No, Max. That's
6:27:51Damn it.
6:27:53You both really love up my
6:27:55plans, don't you? So, you called the
6:27:57cops on us, dude. What is your deal? Or
6:28:02you saw a bonfire and a bunch of
6:28:04tripping students and decided that you
6:28:07wanted to protect the school even though
6:28:10it got in the way of your sneaking into
6:28:12the party.
6:28:17>> Guess we'll never know.
6:28:21See you kids.
6:28:26Somebody knew about that body. They got
6:28:28it out and then they doubled back for
6:28:30it. Still, the party was shut down. The
6:28:34cops will put out that bonfire. Maybe we
6:28:37still stopped the Max.
6:28:40>> I don't think we stopped anything.
6:29:00From our neighbor Alpha Centauri to the
6:29:03distant shores of Irrenel, some 28
6:29:07billion light years away, our universe
6:29:09remains a vast and mysterious tapestry.
6:29:13and our solar system, but a single
6:29:16thread. Our planet Earth, a speck of
6:29:20fiber, and we who inhabit it so many
6:29:24atoms.
6:29:28This has been Moses Murphy at Caladon
6:29:30University. I hope you have enjoyed your
6:29:32journey through space, the [music]
6:29:34majestic tapestry.
6:29:38>> I thought that would wake her up for
6:29:39sure.
6:29:40>> You did? Dude, your voice is like a
6:29:43velvet snuggy.
6:30:41Uh,
6:30:43[gasps and sighs]
6:30:44where am I?
6:30:46>> She's up. I'll go get some hot chocolate
6:30:48ready.
6:31:19Forever lose your life.
6:31:57>> [sighs and gasps]
6:32:01>> So, is Max's magical mystery tour
6:32:04finally over?
6:32:06>> I feel like I could sleep for a month.
6:32:09>> And what's the verdict, Alice?
6:32:13I think my daily double shot Americano
6:32:16is enough chemical enhancement for me.
6:32:20>> Understood. It's plenty trippy being
6:32:22inside your mind as it is.
6:32:26Did I sleep here all night?
6:32:28>> Yep. Moses and I found you the chillest
6:32:31spot in the building while we kept
6:32:32working in his office.
6:32:35The fire.
6:32:38It's today. Unless, did we stop it?
6:32:42>> Negatory.
6:32:44Moses and I have been at it all night.
6:32:46There's a lot we need to catch you up
6:32:47on. But one thing's for sure.
6:32:52The fire has shifted, but it hasn't gone
6:32:54away.
6:33:00Last night, the body,
6:33:03the sledgehammer. Was all of that real?
6:33:06>> Afraid. So, the human sacrifice part was
6:33:10just a gag. But there are some seriously
6:33:12up going down in that
6:33:13basement.
6:33:15>> And we're no closer to solving anything.
6:33:21[sighs] All the secrets in my ass. When
6:33:24I saw these photos down there, I was so
6:33:26sure it was the key to everything. But
6:33:28Moses and I have been pouring over them
6:33:29all night.
6:33:31It's just some old Mayabon party.
6:33:33Everyone's wearing masks and one of
6:33:35those photos is too blurry to see much
6:33:37of anything.
6:33:40Hey, maybe you could zip into one of
6:33:43them real quick and find out what's
6:33:44going on.
6:33:46My power doesn't work that way. Even if
6:33:49it did, I don't know. Maybe Sophie was
6:33:53right. Am I just making everything
6:33:55worse?
6:34:02No. Are you kidding? Look how much we
6:34:05learned already. We're so close. We just
6:34:07need that one missing piece.
6:34:10Hey, I have an idea. Let's take
6:34:13advantage of your mushy brain. I'll
6:34:15throw you some topics and you tell me
6:34:17what you think. [snorts] Go for it.
6:34:29Reggie and Owen are Mount Rushmore of
6:34:31suspects.
6:34:34>> Reggie was willing to destroy the
6:34:36evidence last night. And Owen was trying
6:34:39to bring the whole house down.
6:34:41>> Maybe today's the day they finish the
6:34:43job with a fire that quickly gets out of
6:34:46hand. Could be whoever took that body.
6:34:55I'd say there's a good chance the fire
6:34:57starts at the Abrais house and one or
6:35:01both of them have something to do with
6:35:03it.
6:35:13I know Sophie is your friend, but
6:35:23Sophie can be volatile.
6:35:26I know. But she wouldn't do anything to
6:35:30hurt innocent people,
6:35:33especially now that she knows about the
6:35:35fire.
6:35:37You're a good friend.
6:35:39Better than she deserves.
6:35:45What do you make of my dude bros at the
6:35:47bar? Do you think they could get rowdy
6:35:49and start a fire on campus?
6:35:52We know the protest is happening in a
6:35:54few hours and according to Joey, it
6:35:56could get quote heated.
6:36:04I think it's a high possibility.
6:36:07We know there were protests on campus
6:36:09before the fire last time.
6:36:12>> It only takes one to go rogue
6:36:14and turn a protest into a riot.
6:36:20Do you think there are any suspects we
6:36:22haven't been thinking of?
6:36:27It could still be anyone. Hell, Moses
6:36:30almost set his office on fire two days
6:36:33ago.
6:36:34There's no way to know.
6:36:37At least there's still time.
6:36:41Last night is still pretty jumbled up in
6:36:44my head.
6:36:45I know. I went to a dark place by myself
6:36:49for a while and then a really dark place
6:36:52when we saw that body.
6:36:55But somewhere in the middle there when I
6:36:58saw you in the basement,
6:37:00I felt filled up with so much joy and
6:37:04gratitude.
6:37:09I'm not sure if I managed to get those
6:37:11words out so clearly last night. So, I
6:37:15wanted to make sure to say it today.
6:37:18[sighs and snorts]
6:37:19>> I feel the same way,
6:37:21>> even without the benefit of the freaky
6:37:23fruit punch.
6:37:38That punch must be working through my
6:37:40system.
6:37:42I'm still hearing things. No, I can hear
6:37:46it, too.
6:37:48It sounds like a party.
6:38:10>> Max, what's happening? I don't know.
6:38:15Are you seeing this? You bet your
6:38:18ass I am.
6:38:21Holy Is this what your power looks
6:38:24like?
6:38:27Max Cfield. Laser light spectacular.
6:38:32I don't know what I'm doing. I've never
6:38:34done this before.
6:38:36>> Well, hey,
6:38:39let's find out together.
6:38:47This is incredible.
6:38:50When are these pictures from?
6:38:52>> I don't know.
6:38:56>> Hey, man. Senior members only.
6:38:58>> Holy It's real. These college kids
6:39:01are nuts, man. Real Illuminati type
6:39:06Just stay cool. Stay cool.
6:39:10I don't even know if that guy was a
6:39:12member. I've never seen him in my life.
6:39:15These masks.
6:39:18>> Who are they talking to?
6:39:21The person taking the photo.
6:39:26>> I ready the ceremonial dagger for the
6:39:29blood offering. With love and gratitude,
6:39:33we offer this sacrifice upon the Mabon
6:39:36altar.
6:39:38>> No way. They're about to kill this guy.
6:39:40>> Who the hell let you in? Someone get him
6:39:43out of here.
6:39:46>> Bro, you're supposed to just take one
6:39:48sip, not gulp it down.
6:39:52>> Epic.
6:39:54>> Imagine if you drank that much of the
6:39:56nightmare juice. Actually, don't.
6:40:02[laughter]
6:40:02I offer my final testament to this
6:40:04cardboard camera.
6:40:06>> [laughter]
6:40:06>> Let it bear witness to this great
6:40:10sacrifice.
6:40:14I have obtained the ceremonial dagger.
6:40:18The blood sacrifice was insufficient.
6:40:22The offering will not be accepted.
6:40:28[panting] My own blood is pure and will
6:40:30satisfy the right. It is why I'm here.
6:40:35It is why I was always here.
6:40:40>> Is that blood?
6:40:42Oh god.
6:40:46>> Did that camera just go off? Put that
6:40:49away. This is a joke, right? Dude,
6:40:53wake up. Wake up.
6:40:56you. This is your fault.
6:40:58>> Oh god. This is real. He's dead. He's
6:41:03dead. Should someone call the
6:41:04cops
6:41:05>> and say what? That some towny
6:41:08killed himself with our dagger because
6:41:10he was high on our drugs.
6:41:13Lock the door. No one is going anywhere.
6:41:19Holy
6:41:22That was
6:41:26incredible.
6:41:28It was like we reached into the photos
6:41:30and pulled out what really went down.
6:41:34That poor kid. Sneaks into a party,
6:41:38drinks the punch, loses his
6:41:41>> Seems all too relatable right now.
6:41:44>> Except they weren't around back
6:41:46then. Real knife, real blood, and they
6:41:49ended up with a real human sacrifice.
6:41:52>> So they covered it up. And now decades
6:41:55later, what what does any of it have to
6:41:59do with the fire?
6:42:03There was something else in the hall of
6:42:04secrets. A record number from the
6:42:06archives. Moses was going to try to pull
6:42:08it.
6:42:09>> All right. Is Max ready for some
6:42:15>> uh
6:42:17What am I looking at?
6:42:35When all this is done, you and I are
6:42:37going to need a whole battery of
6:42:38testing.
6:42:40>> You're on. Did the archive number turn
6:42:42up anything interesting?
6:42:44>> In a sense, when I got there, it had
6:42:47already been checked out. Max, why would
6:42:50Vin want to pull these exact files from
6:42:51the archives yesterday?
6:42:56Sophie,
6:42:57she was impersonating Owen. I saw her
6:43:00ask Vin for a document from the archive.
6:43:03Damn, Max. Look at those synapses firing
6:43:06again.
6:43:08>> So, Sophie knows something related to
6:43:10these photos,
6:43:12but she was still poking around the
6:43:14Abra's house last night. What does that
6:43:17tell us?
6:43:18>> Not a damn thing. And we still don't
6:43:21know how any of it connects to that
6:43:22original fire. or my protester friends.
6:43:26>> And here's some more disturbing news.
6:43:29I walked by the chem lab this morning.
6:43:32Someone had broken in there.
6:43:35I alerted security and I locked away the
6:43:37most flammable solutions I could find.
6:43:39But whoever it was now has a powerful
6:43:42fire starter.
6:43:46>> What do we do?
6:43:49>> I suggest we all review the evidence,
6:43:51then reconvene. to share our thoughts.
6:44:01>> Let's see what Professor Murphy has been
6:44:03up to.
6:44:20I thought Moses was just being a mad
6:44:23scientist when he sent the photo was
6:44:24reacting to what we were doing, but he
6:44:28was right.
6:44:34So, we know the fire has changed, but
6:44:37does it tell us anything we can use?
6:44:40>> No.
6:44:42only that right now it's definitely
6:44:45still happening.
6:44:58She stayed up all night with Moses.
6:45:02Whatever the future brings, I'm so lucky
6:45:06she's here.
6:45:09I don't think I've said thank you.
6:45:11>> For what?
6:45:12>> You came here looking for help. I don't
6:45:15know how much of it you found, but you
6:45:17definitely helped me.
6:45:21If we stop this fire, you'll be a hero
6:45:23to the whole campus.
6:45:26Well,
6:45:27I haven't really been thinking about the
6:45:30whole campus.
6:45:32I've been thinking about you.
6:45:36But if we're throwing the hword around,
6:45:39I will take a plaque when all this is
6:45:40over. Or a statue.
6:45:47Definitely a plaque. It'll read Khloe
6:45:50Price, slayer of fires, greatest Vermont
6:45:54hero since Ben and Jerry.
6:45:57>> Hell yeah. I'm going to hold you to
6:45:59that.
6:46:02After
6:46:11the break-in, Moses isn't taking any
6:46:14chances.
6:46:16Hope he can keep any combustible science
6:46:18stuff from falling into the wrong hands.
6:46:27With everything going on, I still can't
6:46:30believe Chloe remembered my birthday and
6:46:33made such a kick-ass gift.
6:46:38Maybe it's the sleep deprivation,
6:46:40but I don't think I've seen Moses look
6:46:43this beaten down before.
6:46:45It's scary.
6:46:49>> Thank you for helping Chloe yesterday.
6:46:52>> I'm not sure how much I helped her. I
6:46:55don't know if anyone could. I'm highly
6:46:57concerned.
6:47:03>> I know my powers are imperfect,
6:47:07but I don't think they would bring Chloe
6:47:09back to life just to have her die again.
6:47:14>> I've used up any scientific
6:47:16understanding I have on her situation.
6:47:19All I have left to offer is hope.
6:47:23As your friend, I sincerely hope reality
6:47:26isn't as unforgiving as it so often
6:47:27appears.
6:47:41The selfie that started this all and the
6:47:44fire that will be here soon if we can't
6:47:46stop it.
6:48:19Poppies. Let me begin today with one of
6:48:22my favorite quotes from President John
6:48:23F. Kennedy. Those who make peaceful
6:48:26revolution impossible will make violent
6:48:29revolution inevitable. Perhaps
6:48:31Lakeport's struggle with the corrupt
6:48:33Caladon administration does not rank on
6:48:36the great struggles of our time. Outside
6:48:38of the local press and you dear
6:48:40listeners, few have even paid much
6:48:43attention to our cause. But revolutions
6:48:46are not confined just to national
6:48:48projects or massive institutions.
6:48:51Sometimes the greatest way to affect
6:48:54change is to focus with all your
6:48:56collective might and conviction on
6:48:58rooting out the evil in front of you. My
6:49:01brothers and sisters of Lakeport are not
6:49:03focused on greater political movements
6:49:05or ideologies. They simply want to
6:49:08protect their homes and their families.
6:49:10It is perhaps the most ancient and
6:49:13universal human struggle there is. And
6:49:16that is why I am so honored to be
6:49:18counted as one of the leaders of the
6:49:20protest this Sunday. When we finally
6:49:23march on Kaledon, we do not come as meek
6:49:26petitioners to their mercy. We do not
6:49:29submit to their elitist codes of conduct
6:49:32and acceptable political speech.
6:49:35No, we come to shake the foundations, to
6:49:39instill a healthy appreciation and yes,
6:49:42fear for the power of our cause. Because
6:49:45make no mistake, power is the only thing
6:49:48these people understand.
6:49:50When I speak to you next, it will be on
6:49:53the far shores of the Rubicon.
6:49:57Until then,
6:50:28still at the vet. One less potential
6:50:31victim to worry about.
6:50:40Thus began the curious caper of the
6:50:43missing Miss Mag.
6:50:55Could the fire come from somewhere
6:50:57totally unexpected?
6:50:59What else is going on at Caladon?
6:51:04No forced entry means it was someone
6:51:06with the right key card or someone
6:51:08impersonating them. Either way, this is
6:51:12really bad.
6:51:21I'm glad they're taking the threat
6:51:23seriously, but do they really need to
6:51:26shut off the water lines?
6:51:46It's bad enough fighting a Braxis, the
6:51:48protesters, and the administration
6:51:51without also battling the unseasonably
6:51:53dry weather.
6:52:03Moses really loves that flamethrowing
6:52:05kettle. It doesn't make him a suspect,
6:52:08but I imagine he's feeling some guilt
6:52:10about it now.
6:52:21Between Reggie's actions last night and
6:52:24that poor kid, I just know Abrais has to
6:52:28be connected to the fire.
6:52:31There's something in the archive that
6:52:33Abrais wanted to keep secret. Owen
6:52:36wanted to destroy and Sophie wanted to
6:52:39find. It must be important.
6:52:48Vinn has his entire future tied to Yasm
6:52:51mean and Kaledon.
6:52:53Could he be involved in covering up the
6:52:55death at the Abraasis house?
6:53:28Someone is desperate to cover up this
6:53:30kid's death from decades ago. Why? And
6:53:34what does it have to do with the fire?
6:53:40Mayabon's history is darker and more
6:53:43mysterious than anyone realizes. Even
6:53:46Loretta
6:54:25Owen is corrupt, and I know he is up to
6:54:28something, but does any of it have to do
6:54:30with the fire?
6:54:33It wasn't just Owen who wanted to expand
6:54:35Caladon into Fremont. A lot of people in
6:54:39the administration and on the board
6:54:41supported his plan, too.
6:54:51Abrais wanted an inspection to prove
6:54:53their house didn't need to be
6:54:55demolished. But maybe someone was more
6:54:58concerned about the dead body being
6:55:00discovered.
6:55:04Owen risked his whole presidency to
6:55:07demolish the Abraasis house illegally.
6:55:10Is he about to start a fire to finish
6:55:12the job?
6:55:28Owen, members of the board, even Vin.
6:55:32They all worked together to bring down
6:55:34the Abraxis house.
6:55:37But did they know about the body?
6:55:40Or is it a coincidence?
6:55:43>> As Sherlock says, the universe is rarely
6:55:46that lazy.
6:55:55Owen is a young and ambitious new
6:55:57president. What wouldn't he be capable
6:56:00of to protect his Caladon 2.0 plan?
6:56:08I didn't realize how involved Yasm mean
6:56:10has been since leaving the presidency.
6:56:14I wonder how much she knows about the
6:56:16Abraasis house.
6:56:35These were Reggie's notes from talking
6:56:37to Owen days ago before the demolition.
6:56:41Clearly Owen was hellbent on demolishing
6:56:43that house.
6:57:07Chloe has dug up a lot about the threats
6:57:10on the Lakeport side. Don't know what I
6:57:13would have done without her.
6:57:17Moses was able to recreate the flyer I
6:57:19saw during the fire, but I still don't
6:57:22know what Loretta's march means.
6:57:27It must have been Loretta's death from
6:57:29the illegal demolition that led to the
6:57:31original fire.
6:57:33>> Loretta's march, right? That makes
6:57:35sense. But does any of it lead to a fire
6:57:39in this timeline?
6:57:50The anger behind this Lakeport protest
6:57:53is truly scary. I'm so glad Chloe is
6:57:57here to get to the bottom of it.
6:58:01It feels like you're so close to
6:58:03uncovering the violent protester from
6:58:05the message board.
6:58:07>> I hope so. And I hope it's enough to
6:58:10stop the fire.
6:58:15Lucas reshaped his whole personality
6:58:18around fighting academic corruption.
6:58:21Is it just talk or would he actually
6:58:24attack Kaladon?
6:58:28Joey lost everything in the storm and
6:58:30stands to lose even more if the Caladon
6:58:33expansion goes through. He has every
6:58:36reason to be angry.
6:59:04Holy crap, that's a lot of firepower for
6:59:07one protest.
6:59:13This group has been growing and
6:59:15organizing for some time, and it's all
6:59:18been leading to today's protest.
6:59:28Moses has dug up everything he can to
6:59:31help me and Chloe.
6:59:33We'd be lost without him.
6:59:56Moses took a very comprehensive approach
6:59:59to this suspect list.
7:00:03The timing of this protest with the fire
7:00:06has to mean something.
7:00:09But which of the protesters is the most
7:00:11dangerous?
7:00:25There's a lot of circumstantial evidence
7:00:27around Sophie,
7:00:29but does any of it mean she'd actually
7:00:31start a fire?
7:00:43have to appreciate Moses's thoroughess,
7:00:46even if I don't quite agree with any of
7:00:48these points.
7:01:02I appreciate your thoroughess, but I
7:01:05think you can remove May JSON as a
7:01:07suspect. Not to mention you, me, and
7:01:10Chloe. Until exonerating evidence is
7:01:13presented, I'm keeping all possibilities
7:01:15open.
7:01:23Would Reggie actually burn down the
7:01:25Abrais house?
7:01:28And Vinn, he's the ultimate puppet
7:01:31master.
7:01:32But why would he start the fire?
7:01:44Kaledon's two power players.
7:01:47Could one of them be behind all of this?
7:01:50Could both?
7:02:17Okay. What do we know about the fire?
7:02:26We know it centers around the Abrais
7:02:28house, either because of the body or
7:02:31Owen's plans or both.
7:02:33>> I agree there's a plausible outcome, but
7:02:36we don't know it's true. Just because
7:02:38the fire happened one way before doesn't
7:02:41mean it'll play out the same way now. I
7:02:44think at this point we have to consider
7:02:45the fire might be a constant. You've
7:02:47made many changes to reality yet it
7:02:49remains. Last time it was Loretta's
7:02:52death at the demolition that led to it,
7:02:55but now there was no demolition, so we
7:02:58don't know.
7:03:01It could be Arais. It could be the
7:03:03protest. It could be any of those other
7:03:05suspects on the board. There's no way to
7:03:07know.
7:03:08Furthermore, every step we take to stop
7:03:11the fire, even something as small as
7:03:14this conversation, is likely to shake
7:03:16the snow globe again and change what
7:03:18causes it. So the more we do, the less
7:03:21we know. That's stupid.
7:03:23>> No, that's reality.
7:03:30>> But we know so much more than we did
7:03:32before. We know about the protest. We
7:03:35know about the body. We know about the
7:03:38illegal demolition.
7:03:40All that knowledge has to make some
7:03:42difference, right?
7:03:44>> I don't know.
7:03:50Hold up, professors.
7:03:52There's one giant variable that wasn't
7:03:55in your equation last time. Me.
7:03:59We know reality is obsessed with mind
7:04:01me right now. Maybe whatever is
7:04:04going on with me and Safi will, I don't
7:04:06know, cancel out the fire. Maybe the
7:04:10fact that I'm here this time, if I can
7:04:12figure my out, is the missing
7:04:15piece.
7:04:19Max,
7:04:22what's up?
7:04:31Last time, last reality, [music]
7:04:34you were here.
7:04:36You came to find me and I was gone. But
7:04:39I guess you met Moses.
7:04:42>> How do you know?
7:04:44>> Cuz I saw you.
7:04:46You were passed out from the smoke.
7:04:49Moses was carrying you
7:04:52before he
7:04:55You
7:04:59Oh.
7:05:03Why didn't you tell me?
7:05:11At first, I didn't realize what I'd
7:05:13seen.
7:05:15And by the time we pieced it together,
7:05:18I was too shocked to tell you.
7:05:21But that was last time. Like Moses said,
7:05:24everything is different. Now we know
7:05:27it's coming.
7:05:28>> Yeah. And we still can't stop it. What
7:05:32if the fire isn't the only constant?
7:05:35What if our deaths are, too?
7:05:39>> It's possible.
7:05:40>> No, it doesn't work that way. It can't.
7:05:46[gasps]
7:05:47There is only one thing to do when
7:05:49reality you this hard.
7:05:52I'm going to go smoke.
7:06:00That really messed Chloe up. I should
7:06:03wrap up here and go check on her.
7:06:11Stay safe, Moses.
7:06:13You too.
7:06:18[music]
7:06:55How are you feeling?
7:07:02I think you mean any last words?
7:07:05>> Please don't joke about that. You could
7:07:08have given me a heads up, you know.
7:07:11>> I'm sorry. I couldn't let myself imagine
7:07:14a world where it happened again.
7:07:22I get it.
7:07:24I just got you back, too.
7:07:26There are
7:07:28things I can't let myself think about
7:07:30either.
7:07:33Still,
7:07:35I'm sorry.
7:07:39I'm going to the admin building.
7:07:42Hopefully Owen is there and I can
7:07:44confront him with the evidence.
7:07:47What about you and Moses?
7:07:52I'm going to head to the turtle. The
7:07:54protesters should be meeting there soon.
7:07:56If I can figure out who's plotting
7:07:58violence on Kaledon today, I can tell
7:08:00Noel and maybe we can stop this.
7:08:04I'm basically an honorary member of the
7:08:06Lake Porties.
7:08:08Someone is going to let something slip.
7:08:11I know it.
7:08:19>> I wanted to [laughter] I I
7:08:25have [sighs and gasps]
7:08:30you first.
7:08:33Okay.
7:08:35[clears throat]
7:08:38[sighs]
7:08:39That week we spent together in high
7:08:41school.
7:08:43[laughter] I still don't know who it
7:08:44happened to. I don't know which Chloe I
7:08:47am or which Max you are.
7:08:50And I don't care
7:08:53whatever comes next.
7:08:55I'm just really glad I'm the Chloe that
7:08:59gets to be here with you right now.
7:09:04Um,
7:09:06[snorts]
7:09:08your turn.
7:09:10[gasps]
7:09:12I don't know what I was going to say.
7:09:17I
7:09:22I just still can't believe you're here.
7:09:57We'll get through this, Max. This isn't
7:10:00another goodbye.
7:10:25This is it. If the fire starts from
7:10:27here, I have to stop it now.
7:10:30>> I'm telling you, there are elements
7:10:32within the protest who are actively
7:10:33threatening the school. We need a
7:10:36credible threat. Online posts don't
7:10:38count. If something happens, we'll
7:10:40respond to it then.
7:10:41>> When it's too late, I know your response
7:10:44times.
7:10:46You're basically telling us to fend for
7:10:48ourselves.
7:10:49>> Hey, isn't that what Kaledon always
7:10:51wanted? Your students can put all of
7:10:54their defund the police theories into
7:10:56practice.
7:10:58Good luck.
7:11:07Noel and I have had our differences, but
7:11:10she's probably my best bet for stopping
7:11:13this fire.
7:11:45Oh my god.
7:12:01Forever. Foolish.
7:12:29Let's go.
7:12:32I'm glad I managed to stay on Noel's
7:12:34good side. Maybe she can help stop this
7:12:38fire.
7:12:40Have you learned anything about the
7:12:41protest that could head off the threat?
7:12:45No. I've been interviewing the leaders.
7:12:48Joey, the bartender, was highly
7:12:51belligerent.
7:12:52Lucas referred me to his podcast. The
7:12:55rest just shouted slogans at me.
7:12:58I should do the rounds. see what I can
7:13:00find out.
7:13:02I guess people are steering clear of
7:13:04this place today with the protest
7:13:06looming.
7:13:10Not cool, man. What did group cheese
7:13:12ever do to you?
7:13:17Did someone hide a gnome in the rafters?
7:13:22How did they even get it up there?
7:13:26creeping on you from high above. He is
7:13:29the knight.
7:13:45>> Pleasure to be here. What's up?
7:13:47>> And it's just the three of you, right?
7:13:50>> Yeah. Sometimes our manager comes out
7:13:52and plays some percussion for us during
7:13:54shows
7:13:55>> until she left us.
7:13:57>> Bash,
7:13:58>> sorry, what was that? Did you part ways
7:14:01with your manager?
7:14:02>> No, she was with us on the first leg of
7:14:05our tour, but we're traveling separately
7:14:06for a bit.
7:14:07>> Yeah, I play my own cowbells now,
7:14:10>> Uh, okay. So, you're on the road
7:14:12promoting your new album?
7:14:14>> Yes. Welcome to the gyocray. I think
7:14:18it's our best yet. Yes. Can I say
7:14:22>> No.
7:14:23>> Well, I agree. It's a deep throat into
7:14:25queer rage and Why are you glaring at
7:14:28me? A deep dive into queer rage and
7:14:32righteous anger. hell, Bash.
7:14:35>> It's fine.
7:14:36>> Listen, the punk scene has gotten
7:14:38hopelessly corporate. It feels like
7:14:41everybody is sponsored by Ballout Energy
7:14:44Drinks or brought to you by Jump Kick
7:14:47Amps. Yep. And this album is ours. It
7:14:51says exactly what we want to say without
7:14:53anybody breathing down our necks.
7:14:55>> Um, great. We'll be right back after a
7:14:58word from this episode sponsor, Jump
7:15:01Kick Amps.
7:15:03>> Seriously, dude.
7:15:05>> Hey, I've got bills to pay. Back in a
7:15:08moment, everyone.
7:15:14What
7:15:32the thought?
7:15:51Nothing like an angry arts and crafts
7:15:53project.
7:15:56These protesters do make it look fun.
7:15:59Aside from the whole burning down the
7:16:01school thing,
7:16:06Amanda is definitely focused on more
7:16:08important things than mopping up right
7:16:10now.
7:16:12Amanda's [music] benefit for Lakeport
7:16:14was just two nights ago. She must be
7:16:16wrecked by all of this.
7:16:19Have to admire what Amanda has tried to
7:16:21do with her bar.
7:16:23Too bad it all led to this.
7:16:28What kind of bar are you running here
7:16:30anyway?
7:16:31It's hardly my bar anymore. Belongs to
7:16:34the angry throng. Bring together Lake
7:16:36Port and Kaladon, she said. Create a
7:16:39space for coexistence and learning.
7:16:42You can see how that turned out.
7:16:49Honestly, I think it [music] turned out
7:16:51pretty well.
7:16:53This protest would have happened with or
7:16:55without [music] you. At least you gave
7:16:57them an alternative to screaming at each
7:16:59other in flame posting.
7:17:02Thanks.
7:17:04I actually feel minutely better now.
7:17:10Anything I can help with?
7:17:18Who do you think wants the protest to
7:17:20turn [music] violent?
7:17:23I hate to say it,
7:17:26but Joey has gone straight off the deep
7:17:29end. It's sad. I don't want [music] to
7:17:32say he's capable of violence, but I
7:17:35don't know anymore.
7:17:37What about Lucas or Ren?
7:17:42I don't know.
7:17:44Lucas seems like all talk and no action.
7:17:46And Ren,
7:17:48Ren's my guy.
7:17:50He helps me mop up around here and we
7:17:52talk music. He's a sweet kid. He just
7:17:55needs to keep better company.
7:18:02What's your plan? Are you going to
7:18:04campus? [music]
7:18:06As much as I love watching dudes walk
7:18:09and chant slogans, I will remain here
7:18:12[music] serving up cold glasses of
7:18:14everyone calm the down. What if
7:18:17some violence breaks [music] out?
7:18:19Hopefully the police will be on top of
7:18:20it. Although,
7:18:23I very much doubt it. They like to leave
7:18:24Kaledon to its own fate.
7:18:27So, I guess if the really goes
7:18:30sideways, I'll lock the doors and try to
7:18:33stop the idiots from burning my bar
7:18:35down.
7:18:43So, Max [music] has this I don't know um
7:18:47feeling about what will happen today.
7:18:50>> Oh,
7:18:52she says there will be this fire [music]
7:18:55on campus.
7:18:58I I know it sounds kind of hard to
7:18:59believe.
7:19:00>> I believe it.
7:19:01>> You do?
7:19:03I'm not super into the new wavy stuff,
7:19:05but whether it's a third eye or a six
7:19:09sense or whatever else you want to say,
7:19:11Max has it.
7:19:13I take anything that girl has to say
7:19:15seriously.
7:19:17That is when I'm lucky enough to see her
7:19:18ass these days.
7:19:22Thanks for the tip. You got it.
7:19:27>> Stay safe today.
7:19:29>> You too, Chloe.
7:19:41>> [snorts]
7:19:42>> No more secret meetings or private
7:19:44message boards. The protest is fully out
7:19:47in the open.
7:19:51>> He doesn't look like a guy ready to set
7:19:53fire to the campus. But maybe that's
7:19:56intentional.
7:19:59Hey, Professor
7:20:01>> Chloe.
7:20:03Glad you made it. The group is gathering
7:20:05up back.
7:20:06>> And what are you doing?
7:20:08>> Committing this moment [music] to my
7:20:09memoir now so it doesn't get lost in the
7:20:12torrent of what's to come.
7:20:14>> Right. Like when you're trying to text
7:20:17someone from inside a mosh pit, [music]
7:20:19it always comes out like don't forget
7:20:21the beer.
7:20:26>> Sure.
7:20:31There's concern about violence breaking
7:20:32out. Maybe someone trying to set a fire.
7:20:37I wouldn't be concerned. [music] Joey
7:20:39has the group under close watch.
7:20:44>> What if someone goes rogue? Someone he
7:20:48doesn't expect?
7:20:49>> It's possible, but ultimately it's
7:20:52[music] Kaladon's responsibility to
7:20:54police its own security. Our job is
7:20:57simply to get our message out.
7:21:00[snorts]
7:21:02>> Hey, uh, when you were at Kaledon,
7:21:07did you hear anything about someone
7:21:09dying at an Abraxis party?
7:21:12>> Not per se, but there were many rumors.
7:21:16I recall Vin Lang being something of a
7:21:19lore [music] keeper. Why do you ask?
7:21:23Let's just say I received [music] a
7:21:26message from beyond the grave that I'm
7:21:28looking into.
7:21:29>> Well, good luck with that.
7:21:32>> But after this protest starts, you may
7:21:34find it hard to look into much of
7:21:36anything.
7:21:39>> Bye, professor.
7:21:41>> So long.
7:21:42>> I can talk to more people or check back
7:21:45with Noel when I'm ready.
7:21:49Looks like Joey and the group are
7:21:51gathered out there.
7:21:53All right, this [music] is for Lakeport.
7:21:55So glad all you guys turned out. We're
7:21:56going to make a huge difference here.
7:21:58All right, let's get ready to go. Yeah.
7:22:01All right.
7:22:05>> You ready to rock and roll?
7:22:06>> Most of us. Some got cold feet at the
7:22:09last minute.
7:22:12>> Who do you mean?
7:22:14>> That guy Ren. He's been shaky from the
7:22:16start. Now he's just sitting in there by
7:22:19himself.
7:22:22That's what happens before a battle,
7:22:23though. People show you who they really
7:22:25are. Glad you're one of the good ones.
7:22:28>> I'd like to give you a good one between
7:22:29the ass cheeks with my boot.
7:22:41I can talk to more people or check back
7:22:44with Noel when I'm
7:22:47Ready.
7:23:11>> If something has to burn today, I vote
7:23:13for this painting.
7:23:19Maybe someone lost a can of gasoline and
7:23:21matches. If only we were that lucky.
7:23:35>> Ren is a fellow doodler, huh? Isn't I'm
7:23:39going to set a fire today doodle too
7:23:41much to ask for?
7:23:44mewhere.
7:23:55[singing and music]
7:24:02>> Looks like Ren's been dabbling in the
7:24:04uncommissioned public arts.
7:24:07Interesting.
7:24:11Wonder what made Ren sit out from the
7:24:13rest of the group.
7:24:16>> Hey, Ren. [music]
7:24:17>> Oh, hey. What's up?
7:24:21>> Joey said you chickenened [music] out of
7:24:22the protest.
7:24:24>> Joey's an Let him think what he
7:24:26wants.
7:24:28>> Ren seems pretty alienated from the
7:24:30group. Maybe because he knows something.
7:24:34Or is he planning something himself?
7:24:42All right, here's the deal. One of the
7:24:44protesters is planning to unleash some
7:24:46fiery ultraviolence on Kaledon.
7:24:49>> Is it you?
7:24:50>> What? No. I told you I'm done with all
7:24:53that.
7:24:53>> Ren, trust me, I can pin anything that
7:24:57happens on you and make your life hell.
7:24:59You better talk.
7:25:01>> What do you mean?
7:25:07>> [music]
7:25:07>> I'll tell Noel that you had information
7:25:09that could have helped her. She'll ban
7:25:12you from the bar for life.
7:25:14>> Ma'am, what is your problem?
7:25:16>> My problem is a fire. Now start talking.
7:25:21[music]
7:25:22>> Look, if someone's going to do what
7:25:23you're saying, then they must be super
7:25:25angry.
7:25:27What makes you think I care about Kalon
7:25:29that much?
7:25:34Maybe the fact that you've been
7:25:36graffitiing threatening messages on
7:25:38campus.
7:25:40I found your paint can.
7:25:42That's uh I've
7:25:44just some housework I've been doing.
7:25:49Dude, one tagger to another. Half the
7:25:52game is covering your ass. And you suck
7:25:55at it. His armor is about to break. I
7:25:59need to hit him with something brutal.
7:26:04I know about your daddy issues, but just
7:26:06because some deadbeat ran out on you
7:26:08before you were born doesn't give you an
7:26:10excuse to be an
7:26:14Don't talk about my dad.
7:26:19Kadon deserves everything that's coming
7:26:21to it and more.
7:26:23>> Like what?
7:26:24>> You smug punk You're all
7:26:29pathetic losers.
7:26:30It's thanks to people like you that my
7:26:32dad is dead today.
7:26:34>> Why? What happened?
7:26:37>> Holy
7:26:39The Abrais house. You're the one who
7:26:42wrote that graffiti. Your dad?
7:26:44>> My dad went to a party and never came
7:26:46[music] home.
7:26:48Caladon has been ducking my family ever
7:26:50since.
7:26:52>> Ren, listen to me. I know what happened.
7:26:55off.
7:27:05I think I'm ready to talk to Noel again.
7:27:07I can talk to more people or check back
7:27:10with Noel when I'm ready.
7:27:13>> I know who is planning on turning Violet
7:27:15today.
7:27:16>> You do?
7:27:26>> It's Ren.
7:27:28He's lying about sitting out the
7:27:29protest.
7:27:31It's a vendetta about his father. He
7:27:33believes Kaledon has been covering up
7:27:35his death. I actually think he's right.
7:27:39Okay, I will alert the security team and
7:27:42keep a close eye on him. Thanks.
7:27:49Not sure if there's anything else I can
7:27:51do. Hopefully Max finds something.
7:28:00It's a quiet Sunday morning
7:28:03for now.
7:28:08>> Finch. Sh.
7:28:09>> Shh. They're really going at it in
7:28:11there.
7:28:13>> They told me you were a snake in the
7:28:15grass. I should have listened.
7:28:17>> Stop being so dramatic. You knew what
7:28:20kind of risk you were taking. You go and
7:28:21muck up the whole thing and suddenly
7:28:23it's my fault.
7:28:24>> Vincent Omni Veritoss.
7:28:28Truth conquers all. You'll see.
7:28:30>> Now you're boring me in two languages.
7:28:32I'm leaving.
7:28:33>> Don't bother. This office will be yours
7:28:35soon enough.
7:28:46Well, that was worth the price of
7:28:48admission. [laughter]
7:28:54Sophie,
7:28:56I didn't realize. Of course you didn't,
7:28:58Dingus. That's what makes it fun.
7:29:02What are you doing here? And no more
7:29:04games, please.
7:29:20Wait. Yes. Mean.
7:29:32>> Oh my god.
7:29:34Yasm mean was in Arais.
7:29:37She was there on the night when that kid
7:29:39died.
7:29:40>> What do you know about him?
7:29:42He was a Lakeport local who snuck into
7:29:45the party then got way too high.
7:29:50There was a cover up. I had no idea your
7:29:54mom was involved.
7:29:56I'm impressed.
7:29:58Of course, when it comes to cover-ups,
7:30:00you should always assume that my mom is
7:30:01involved. That's how I got tipped off to
7:30:03all of this. Seeing how she was talking
7:30:06to you, how confident she was that she
7:30:08[music] had Owen wrapped around her
7:30:10finger, I knew she was up to something.
7:30:12The Abraxis house, the demolition, the
7:30:14cover up. She was right there behind
7:30:17him, letting him be the face of it all.
7:30:20She steered his ass straight from poster
7:30:22boy to fall guy.
7:30:26That fire you saw, guaranteed she was
7:30:29behind it, too.
7:30:36I'm not saying your mom is fully
7:30:38innocent, but how can you be sure she
7:30:42was behind Owen's plans
7:30:45or the fire?
7:30:49Does Owen seem like the criminal
7:30:50mastermind type to you? No. This is my
7:30:53mom all over.
7:30:56Let's confront her with the evidence.
7:30:59We can hold her accountable for the
7:31:01cover up and whatever else she's
7:31:02planning.
7:31:04Not interested.
7:31:07I have a better offer.
7:31:10Let's leave right now. Let's pack up the
7:31:13car and get the out of here. We can
7:31:16be New York by sundown from there.
7:31:19Who knows?
7:31:21Yes, you can bring the girl, too. We can
7:31:24link back up with her band. Reconnect
7:31:25with Diamond. Hit the mountains. Head
7:31:27west. We can find your town.
7:31:31>> Sophie,
7:31:32>> we could head straight there and get you
7:31:34some of that sweet, sweet closure you've
7:31:36always wanted.
7:31:38>> Sophie, I don't know where you're coming
7:31:40from. You ignore me for months. Then
7:31:44you're on campus hiding from me, and now
7:31:46you want us to run off together.
7:31:54Look, there will be a fire today. People
7:31:57will die. I have to stay and do
7:32:00something.
7:32:02>> You promised me, Max. You said when I
7:32:05came back that you would be there for
7:32:07me. Well, I'm calling it in.
7:32:11I know between us has gotten weird,
7:32:14but it's still me. You're my best
7:32:17friend. And if you still care about me
7:32:19at all, you need to trust me.
7:32:23This is why I'm here. I thought it was
7:32:25because I needed your help, but I was
7:32:26wrong. We need each other. You, me,
7:32:31Chloe, maybe even Moses. Who knows? Your
7:32:35power call this together from afar. Like
7:32:38some kind of beacon or [laughter]
7:32:41or a lighthouse.
7:32:43>> Exactly. Why do you think that is?
7:32:45>> I don't know.
7:32:46>> I do. It's so we could start over
7:32:49together. be free of this place
7:32:52the way he was always meant to be.
7:32:57No, Safi, I'm sorry. I do care about
7:33:02you,
7:33:06but right now I have a job to do.
7:33:11There are people who could die today if
7:33:13I don't help them. Don't you understand?
7:33:17That should be enough for you.
7:33:20>> I should be enough for you.
7:33:23[sighs and panting]
7:33:24Please, I I'll be good. I
7:33:28I won't shapeshift. I won't I won't lie.
7:33:32Just please.
7:33:37I don't want to be alone.
7:33:40Sophie,
7:33:45fine. Enjoy playing the hero. Just don't
7:33:49act surprised [music] when you make
7:33:50everything worse again.
7:34:04Who is it?
7:34:09Maxine.
7:34:11Hello. Are you here for Owen? He's just
7:34:14stepped out.
7:34:16No, I'm here for you, actually.
7:34:19>> I see. I was just indulging in a bit of
7:34:23nostalgia.
7:34:25Intoxicating, but deadly in high doses.
7:34:29Please,
7:34:39let's see what Yasm mean has been
7:34:41hiding.
7:34:54Oh my god.
7:35:11Heat. Heat.
7:35:59I bet even the world's greatest scient
7:36:02Scientists would be stumped by the
7:36:03physics of time travel.
7:36:07Yasm mean Owen Abrais
7:36:10all these crazy convoluted plans.
7:36:14How important is it all in the end?
7:36:22Am I the ball that sets the others into
7:36:25motion
7:36:26or am I one of the ones being crashed
7:36:28into?
7:36:31Owen really ramped up his security after
7:36:33Sophie and I broke in here.
7:36:41>> Yasm mean is the ultimate chess master.
7:36:44I wonder if I'll be able to get her to
7:36:46open up to me.
7:37:04Talking to Yasm mean is hard enough as
7:37:06it is. Getting her to tell me the truth
7:37:09about Arais and Owen has my hands
7:37:12shaking.
7:37:20So, this is a rare treat. What would you
7:37:23like to discuss?
7:37:31I saw Owen running out of here. He
7:37:34seemed very upset.
7:37:38>> I'm sorry you saw that.
7:37:41As you know, Owen and I don't see eye to
7:37:43eye. Unfortunately, this has become very
7:37:46personal between us.
7:37:48What?
7:37:49>> To call me a snake after all that I've
7:37:51done for him?
7:37:54>> Well, I always try to keep my cool, no
7:37:57matter how upset I am.
7:38:03>> Why did he call you that?
7:38:07>> He's invested everything in this [music]
7:38:08Kaledon 2.0 plan,
7:38:11but in the end, it's just administrative
7:38:13politics.
7:38:19I'm sorry, Maxine. I don't have anything
7:38:22more to say.
7:38:34I know about the body in the Abrais
7:38:37house
7:38:38and I know you've been trying to cover
7:38:40it up,
7:38:43but I also know that you're not a snake.
7:38:48I might not agree with all of your
7:38:50decisions,
7:38:52but I would like to understand.
7:38:56>> Understand? She says, "How could I make
7:38:59you understand something that remains a
7:39:01mystery to me?"
7:39:04>> I know it was an accident and you were
7:39:07just a kid.
7:39:10>> And somehow even then I was the only
7:39:12adult in the room.
7:39:15Everyone else was on drugs, barely
7:39:17functioning.
7:39:19I was barely in Abrais then, not even a
7:39:22senior member.
7:39:25But someone had to act so that all of
7:39:27our lives weren't ruined forever.
7:39:32I wish I were never there.
7:39:36I sometimes think that night was a
7:39:37poison that has infected the rest of my
7:39:40life.
7:39:46Why did you hide the body in the
7:39:48basement?
7:39:50And why keep all the evidence?
7:39:53The evidence was supposed to protect us
7:39:55from each other.
7:39:57I remember the term mutually assured
7:40:00destruction used.
7:40:03Over the years, the evidence took on a
7:40:06kind of mythology within Arais.
7:40:09Even as its meaning became lost,
7:40:12a succession of students came and went,
7:40:14nobody guessing at the secret.
7:40:17Foolishly,
7:40:18I too began to feel as though the demon
7:40:21in the basement had lost its power
7:40:24over me, over Caladon.
7:40:29How wrong I was.
7:40:34Did Owen know about the evidence or
7:40:37anyone else?
7:40:40>> I never told anyone and Owen never saw
7:40:42beyond his own flimsy scheme.
7:40:46I suppose those close to me may have
7:40:49picked up on my peculiar weariness
7:40:52regarding Abrais,
7:40:54but I don't know.
7:41:01I was there last night.
7:41:05Maybe you didn't know about the
7:41:06sledgehammer, but I still think you were
7:41:09connected somehow.
7:41:11Don't you see that my guilt is
7:41:13suffocating enough without your spurious
7:41:15connections, [music]
7:41:16Maxine?
7:41:18>> Yasm mean feels guilty about what
7:41:20happened. If she
7:41:34>> So this is a rare treat. What would you
7:41:37like to discuss? I know about the body
7:41:40in the Abraasis house and I know you've
7:41:43been trying to cover it up.
7:41:46I might not agree with all of your
7:41:48decisions,
7:41:50but I would like to understand.
7:41:53I know it was a
7:42:11And that's why you were willing to risk
7:42:13Loretta's life to cover it up. Loretta
7:42:17came within seconds of dying in that
7:42:19basement.
7:42:21I know because I was there, too.
7:42:28I know you have been drowning in guilt
7:42:30since then.
7:42:32that you feel suffocated,
7:42:35but I'm worried that the threat isn't
7:42:38over.
7:42:40I need you to tell me everything you
7:42:42know.
7:42:47That poor child's death decades ago,
7:42:52it was the crisis that taught me who I
7:42:54am.
7:42:57I am the one everyone turns to when
7:42:59there's a problem that must be solved.
7:43:04There have been more crises since. Some
7:43:07have propelled my career to new heights
7:43:09and others
7:43:11have destroyed me.
7:43:16Owen Teller was another kind of crisis.
7:43:19[music]
7:43:20A dull, ambitious man with all purpose
7:43:24and no sense.
7:43:26When he let me in on his plan to destroy
7:43:28the Abraasis house, I knew I must act.
7:43:32With one move, I could ruin Owen,
7:43:37rebuild my reputation from the Maya
7:43:39[music] disaster, and finally put the
7:43:42threat in the basement away for good.
7:43:51You manipulated Owen into his whole
7:43:53plan.
7:43:56No,
7:43:58it was his idea.
7:44:01He had the whole scheme worked out.
7:44:04He only needed me to take his hand and
7:44:06tell him it would all be okay.
7:44:09Then
7:44:11I learned about Loretta,
7:44:13what I had nearly done, how my actions
7:44:17years ago lit the fuse that almost
7:44:18killed her.
7:44:20In an instant, I saw what I had become.
7:44:24sloppy,
7:44:26reckless,
7:44:27not someone to be trusted in a crisis.
7:44:31I thanked God I had been given this
7:44:33lesson without [music] any more
7:44:35suffering.
7:44:38But
7:44:39perhaps it wasn't a higher power I
7:44:42should have been thanking.
7:44:48I called Owen and told him I was out.
7:44:51And I am. I await the upcoming
7:44:54inspection to turn up the horrible
7:44:56evidence of my crime and I will face up
7:44:58to it.
7:45:03>> The body is gone now. I have the
7:45:06evidence, but it doesn't implicate you
7:45:08at all.
7:45:11>> That
7:45:12is surprising.
7:45:15I suppose I should feel relieved, but I
7:45:17do not.
7:45:20Right now, what I care about is stopping
7:45:22another catastrophe,
7:45:25which will happen unless you tell me the
7:45:28whole truth about the body. I understand
7:45:30that you do not trust me, but if this
7:45:33crisis is truly coming, then you must go
7:45:35and look for it elsewhere
7:45:38before it is too late.
7:45:48After my reputation is destroyed,
7:45:52at least one of my decisions will be
7:45:53viewed positively.
7:45:56Hiring you.
7:45:58Good luck, Max.
7:46:07I won't find more here. Time to leave.
7:46:18Whether Yasm mean told me the full truth
7:46:20or not, she definitely wasn't the one in
7:46:22the basement with the sledgehammer last
7:46:24night.
7:46:27Time is running out. I need to decide
7:46:30now who took the remains from the
7:46:33basement last night. Who will start a
7:46:36fire by trying to destroy them?
7:46:51between Owen Yasm mean and Araxis
7:46:55all roads lead back to Vin.
7:46:59I don't know his motivation,
7:47:01but he must be behind this.
7:47:14>> Hi. I think I know who will start the
7:47:16fire today. I just hope I'm not too
7:47:19late.
7:47:20[sighs]
7:47:28Max has a suspect. I have a suspect.
7:47:31It'll be enough to stop the fire. It has
7:47:35to be.
7:47:38[music]
7:48:04>> [sighs]
7:48:05>> Paradox stuff.
7:48:08Paradox stuff.
7:48:15I can't stand this.
7:48:17When will we know if it worked?
7:48:20>> How will [music] we determine a fire
7:48:21didn't start today?
7:48:23>> Wait until midnight.
7:48:25[groaning]
7:48:29>> I talked to Max. She thinks Vin is going
7:48:32to start the fire.
7:48:35>> And you still think it's going to be
7:48:36Ren?
7:48:40[music]
7:48:44I watched the protesters leave for
7:48:46[music] the school carrying torches.
7:48:48That's not a coincidence.
7:48:52>> You know, maybe I've been too
7:48:54fatalistic.
7:48:56Maybe it's not a question of how
7:48:57inevitable the fire is, but how to
7:48:59mitigate the damage using what we know.
7:49:03If someone had a telescope and [music]
7:49:05the right vantage point, they could
7:49:08probably spot a fire as soon as it broke
7:49:09out.
7:49:10>> Oh, yeah. Since they know the fire might
7:49:13be coming. Said someone's could [music]
7:49:15take measures to protect themselves.
7:49:18>> Oh, it's someone's now. Is it?
7:49:21Where could we get the best view of
7:49:22campus?
7:49:24>> The observatory.
7:49:26I'm not saying it's the safest plan, but
7:49:29we know the risks and can take
7:49:31precautions.
7:49:33Hypothetically, we'd be in no more
7:49:35danger than if we stayed here.
7:49:37You want to tempt fate that much?
7:49:41That's
7:49:43so incredibly hardcore.
7:49:48Max will be so pissed [music] if we put
7:49:50ourselves in danger.
7:49:52But if she winds up in danger, we might
7:49:54be close enough to help.
7:49:57>> I don't imagine you'd let me go by
7:49:59myself.
7:50:00>> Not a chance. [music]
7:50:03Let's go.
7:50:32We are Lakeport. report. We will not be
7:50:37silenced.
7:50:41[cheering]
7:50:42>> Shake the ivory tower. Let your voices
7:50:46be heard. We will not be silenced.
7:50:55[panting]
7:50:59>> Max, it's like a zombie movie. Do do we
7:51:03run or do we start shambling around and
7:51:05hope we blend in?
7:51:08>> Have you seen Vin? I need to talk to him
7:51:10right now.
7:51:12>> Owen came through here a bit ago. Vin
7:51:14wasn't with him, though.
7:51:17>> Wait,
7:51:18I just got a call from security.
7:51:20Somebody was spotted on Fremont Street a
7:51:23few minutes ago. It was a friendly
7:51:25reminder that the area is off limits.
7:51:28But then, get this. They called back a
7:51:30few minutes later, said not to worry. It
7:51:32was somebody from the administration's
7:51:34office.
7:51:36What is Vin doing there now?
7:51:40Okay, thanks, Reggie. Now, get the hell
7:51:43out of here. It's not safe.
7:52:03No, stop.
7:52:10[screaming]
7:52:19>> Nice work, Chloe.
7:52:22My turn.
7:52:34She'll be fine. She's got
7:52:36superpowers. Of course, she'll be fine.
7:52:39What if she's not? What if there's, I
7:52:43don't know, a stampede?
7:52:45>> I sent out a mass email this morning
7:52:46with a copy of the school's fire escape
7:52:48plans. If something goes wrong,
7:52:51hopefully people remember where to go.
7:52:56>> Moses, that's amazing. You thought of
7:53:00everything.
7:53:01>> I'm sure I didn't, but every little bit
7:53:04helps.
7:53:11You see anything?
7:53:13>> Maybe a blade of grass. Not sure.
7:53:17It's the wrong eyepiece.
7:53:20When I get stressed out, I can become a
7:53:21little scatterbrained. But I I really
7:53:23thought I brought that other eyepiece up
7:53:25here, though.
7:53:25>> Hey, my brain is always scattered.
7:53:29I'll search around.
7:53:31>> Thanks.
7:53:35>> Where would an absent-minded Moses have
7:53:38left a telescope lens?
7:54:09Forever lose your life.
7:54:12Beautiful.
7:54:50Moses is my first choice for
7:54:52post-apocalypse bunker mate after Max.
7:54:55Of course,
7:55:01I can't imagine what my death did to my
7:55:04mom. Is it weird that I feel guilty
7:55:06about something I don't even understand?
7:55:08Feels
7:55:22like no matter what I do, every choice
7:55:25turns into a tragedy. We make choices
7:55:28and another part of us dies.
7:55:43Bingo.
7:55:48Moses thinks we took enough precautions.
7:55:51I hope he's right.
7:55:55Moses tried to show me how to smother a
7:55:57fire with one of these last night, but I
7:55:59almost fell asleep in it.
7:56:05Security is on high alert. What will we
7:56:08say if anybody asks why we're up here?
7:56:11>> Working on my dissertation.
7:56:14Loving physics isn't a crime,
7:56:16thankfully.
7:56:18>> For a science nerd with a favorite
7:56:20nebula, Moses is pretty damn cool.
7:56:24No eyepiece. Some sweet wrenches,
7:56:27though.
7:56:30Lots of effort to look at some burning
7:56:32balls of gas.
7:56:41I thought Max and Moses got along
7:56:42because they were both nerds, but now I
7:56:45think it's because they're both heroes.
7:57:04Scatterbrain doesn't cover it. Moses is
7:57:07lucky he managed to get dressed this
7:57:08morning.
7:57:17That [sighs] thing was a to set
7:57:18up. But if things go bad, we've got
7:57:21another escape route. Anyone who chain
7:57:25smokes on rooftops while staring up at
7:57:27the stars is a kindred spirit of mine.
7:57:32>> Do you come up here often?
7:57:36>> I used to, but after Safi,
7:57:39I prefer the telescope in my office now.
7:57:45>> Got the eyepiece. Now back to Moses.
7:57:54being known.
7:58:03>> This little adventure is making me want
7:58:05to get my own telescope. I'll look into
7:58:08it.
7:58:10>> Thanks.
7:58:19There's definitely a crowd down there. I
7:58:22think
7:58:24Oh Look,
7:58:31>> they caught running in time. Noel did
7:58:33it.
7:58:34>> You did it.
7:58:38[laughter]
7:58:39>> Did we?
7:58:42I think it's over. [laughter]
7:58:46>> [panting and sighs]
7:58:49>> It may be a rich kid sandbox, but
7:58:53this place sure is beautiful.
7:58:56Glad it's still standing.
7:58:58>> We save the school with a telescope.
7:59:01It's basically the premise of that manga
7:59:03I wrote.
7:59:13Max,
7:59:21>> I'm going to check something out.
7:59:25>> I'll be right here
7:59:28restarting my heart somehow.
7:59:56Ben, [screaming]
7:59:59Well,
8:00:01[sighs] this is a nice surprise.
8:00:10>> I thought this area was off limits.
8:00:14>> Call me sentimental.
8:00:15I just wanted to see the place again
8:00:18before they turn into some
8:00:20modernist nightmare of a science
8:00:22building.
8:00:25Finn,
8:00:27show me where you put the remains.
8:00:31>> How the
8:00:34Do you have some kind of psychic power
8:00:35to with me?
8:00:37>> Something like that. Show me.
8:00:43>> You just threw him in there.
8:00:45>> Hey, he he's been shoved behind the wall
8:00:47for decades. I don't think he minds.
8:00:52I didn't have a lot of options
8:00:56last night. It got a little chaotic.
8:01:00Thankfully, he's still here.
8:01:07I was just about to be done with it.
8:01:10[sighs and gasps]
8:01:11>> Max.
8:01:12Max, listen to me. You don't have to.
8:01:14>> Hello,
8:01:16>> Moses. What would happen if you combined
8:01:19nitric acid with explosives?
8:01:21>> Don't do that. That's a terrible idea.
8:01:24>> Understood. But theoretically, would it
8:01:27start a fire?
8:01:28>> Yes. If it reacted with the explosive
8:01:30agent, it could start a combustion
8:01:32chain. Big boom. Scientifically
8:01:34speaking,
8:01:37>> thank you. I'll call you again soon.
8:01:42>> What are you doing?
8:01:43>> Confirming a theory. Meanwhile, you need
8:01:46to start talking.
8:01:50>> When Owen announced the demolition, I
8:01:52thought Yasm mean would be furious, but
8:01:54she was excited. Talked about putting
8:01:56the past behind us.
8:01:59She hooked Owen up with a demo company
8:02:00that wouldn't ask too many questions.
8:02:04>> And then the demolition failed. The
8:02:06inspectors were called in and the demo
8:02:09crew decided to hide the evidence.
8:02:13>> Okay.
8:02:15I'm tired of asking. How do you know all
8:02:17this?
8:02:18>> When you know what's going to happen,
8:02:20you just have to work backwards to
8:02:21figure out what causes it.
8:02:24>> What the does that mean?
8:02:27>> I've been looking into this weirdness
8:02:28all weekend. And you've been lying to me
8:02:31at every step because you were so
8:02:34desperate to protect your job.
8:02:38>> My job?
8:02:40You think this is about me?
8:02:48Yes. Mean,
8:02:54she's not even your boss anymore, and
8:02:56she's still manipulating you.
8:02:58>> You don't need to remind me what that
8:03:00woman is capable of. Yes, she's used me
8:03:03before, and still I owe her everything.
8:03:08You have no idea what it means to have
8:03:10someone like Yes. Me and Fiad believe in
8:03:12you. Of course, I'd do anything for her.
8:03:18When she learned the demolition was
8:03:19canceled, the look on her face,
8:03:22I didn't know what to think. I pulled
8:03:25her aside after the board meeting. I I
8:03:27thought she was upset about Loretta
8:03:29being in danger,
8:03:31but then she just
8:03:36confessed.
8:03:39the party,
8:03:42the death, the cover up. She spilled
8:03:45everything. But
8:03:47she was so resigned.
8:03:50Like all the fight had just left her.
8:03:54So I took it on myself.
8:03:57>> Why? She said she was ready for the
8:04:00truth to come out.
8:04:01>> The truth would destroy the school.
8:04:04And what about her?
8:04:06Yes. Mean already lost everything.
8:04:09She isn't perfect, but that's what makes
8:04:11her a great leader.
8:04:18>> And the man whose body you threw in the
8:04:20dumpster,
8:04:22what does he deserve? What does his
8:04:24family deserve?
8:04:25>> I don't know.
8:04:28But he's not my responsibility.
8:04:31It's school, students, my job. Those I
8:04:35can do something about.
8:04:39I'm calling the police. Feel free to be
8:04:42somewhere else when they arrive.
8:04:45>> I know you think you're above it all,
8:04:47but life is about making tough choices.
8:04:51>> You don't get to tell me about tough
8:04:53choices. I have made tough choices. This
8:04:56isn't one.
8:04:59We know what happens when someone goes
8:05:01down this path. Just look at Yasm mean.
8:05:06I'm giving you a doover, Vin. Don't
8:05:09waste it.
8:05:14[sighs]
8:05:18>> Hi. I need to report something.
8:05:22[sighs]
8:05:35Chloe, thank God you're okay,
8:05:38Max.
8:05:42The school is safe. The protest is under
8:05:44control. Let's leave right now. Slow
8:05:48down.
8:05:50Come on, Chloe. It's you and me.
8:05:54Kadon. Sophie and Moses. All
8:05:57that matters is us, right? We can get
8:06:01through anything.
8:06:05>> Safi, I've known Max my whole life. If
8:06:09you're going to trick me, you'll need
8:06:11more than just her face.
8:06:17What? I threw in a hug and everything.
8:06:20That girl is such a hugger.
8:06:30What was your plan? You'd steal me away
8:06:33pretending to be Max until what? Does it
8:06:37seem like I'm in a 5-year plan mindset
8:06:39right now? Listen, I'm not stealing you.
8:06:43I'm asking you. Can we get out of here,
8:06:47please?
8:06:49I know you love Max. I love her, too.
8:06:53But where has that love ever gotten us?
8:06:56Mindfucked, chewed up,
8:07:00half dead.
8:07:02Maybe all of this has been about
8:07:04bringing us together. We're two broken
8:07:08halves that have a chance to be whole.
8:07:10Come on, I'm serious. Do you want a new
8:07:14start, or do you want to keep being
8:07:15Max's sidekick and victim?
8:07:22I know you've been through a lot, but
8:07:25I'm sorry. I can't give you what you
8:07:27need.
8:07:32Guess that's it then.
8:07:35What do you mean?
8:07:36>> Cut the You know we're hanging on
8:07:38by a thread. Maybe the thread's already
8:07:40snapped.
8:07:41>> You're not making any sense.
8:07:43>> You don't see it? Look. Open your eyes.
8:07:54No,
8:07:56>> I get it.
8:08:01You're the big hero. You, Max, saved the
8:08:04day.
8:08:06You really think it'll be enough?
8:08:12You can run all you want, the rest of
8:08:16your life, maybe.
8:08:18But I doubt it
8:08:20because at the end of the day,
8:08:22>> shut up.
8:08:24[panting]
8:08:25>> We're dead.
8:08:55>> [panting]
8:10:05>> I spent so long
8:10:08blaming other people.
8:10:11Lucas,
8:10:13my mom,
8:10:15Max.
8:10:18I mean, Max did point a gun at me.
8:10:24Let's be honest, she was never going to
8:10:26shoot me.
8:10:28Such a tease.
8:10:39It's not her fault.
8:10:41I'll bet that night at the overlook it
8:10:44wasn't even her finger on the trigger.
8:10:47>> Stop.
8:10:48What are you doing? I'm sorry, Chloe. I
8:10:51really am. It was shitlock for your
8:10:52halfife to be knotted up with mine, but
8:10:54I know what I need to do. Wait, just
8:10:58just hear me out.
8:11:10Spare me the speech, okay? I already
8:11:14know what will happen if I do this. My
8:11:16mom will mourn me for a minute and move
8:11:18on. My friends already have.
8:11:26Max loves you. You know she does. Of
8:11:30course I know. Why do you think it hurts
8:11:32so much?
8:11:35Max is my best friend,
8:11:38but I it all up.
8:11:42She'll never trust me again.
8:11:48She trusted you enough to tell you about
8:11:50the fire, and you trusted her enough to
8:11:52take her seriously.
8:11:54There's still hope for you two.
8:12:01Please, I'm begging you.
8:12:05You don't want to do this.
8:12:08Just
8:12:10nothing makes sense anymore. This is the
8:12:14only thing that does. I'm not crazy.
8:12:18Of course you're not crazy.
8:12:29Moses told me about Maya.
8:12:35I lost someone like that once.
8:12:38It felt like
8:12:41like every light went out in [music]
8:12:44every room,
8:12:47everywhere.
8:12:50Of course, you're not crazy.
8:12:53And Maya wasn't crazy when she either.
8:12:57But that doesn't mean it was the right
8:12:59thing to do. You've got a lot of
8:13:02Tell me I'm wrong.
8:13:06Please,
8:13:08let's just talk outside of this place.
8:13:10We can go find Max. Maybe your mom.
8:13:14I know there's some bad blood there, but
8:13:18I'm sure your mom still loves you. She
8:13:20doesn't love me. She's just desperate to
8:13:22control me again.
8:13:25I haven't even really seen her since the
8:13:27night that I shot her.
8:13:30She's been badgering Max for information
8:13:32on me. You know, Max lied to her face.
8:13:43If she's so desperate to get in touch,
8:13:45it's because she knows you're better
8:13:47than this.
8:13:48>> Oh, she knows. I've heard it my whole
8:13:50life. Sophia, you can do better.
8:13:54my mantra. And it's wrong.
8:14:01Chloe,
8:14:03look around.
8:14:05We shouldn't be here. Max had no right
8:14:09to bring me back.
8:14:11We're dead women walking.
8:14:14A
8:14:16bastardization of reality.
8:14:26So, we have this
8:14:30inside us.
8:14:33Fine.
8:14:34But we're also alive.
8:14:37Max made that choice for us. But we have
8:14:41to choose it, too.
8:14:46[laughter]
8:14:50Sophie, listen to me. You are the most
8:14:54stubborn, self-destructive person I've
8:14:57ever met. And that's saying something.
8:15:01But you were right when you said that we
8:15:03are together for a reason. We can save
8:15:06each other. You have to trust me.
8:15:13>> [music]
8:15:15>> You really got to work on your bedside
8:15:17manner. Well, nobody else makes house
8:15:19calls in the void. So,
8:15:23[gasps]
8:15:24come on. Let's go.
8:15:43Moses.
8:15:46[panting]
8:15:56I thought we stopped it, but it's
8:15:58happening again. Moses was right. Oh my
8:16:03god. Moses and Chloe, [gasps]
8:16:06where are they?
8:16:28Heat.
8:16:44Heat.
8:16:58There's so much life in this place.
8:17:02What will it look like after today?
8:17:06Didn't Janette say she was working on
8:17:08her graduate essay? She could be in the
8:17:11observatory now.
8:17:25No Moses or Chloe.
8:17:28Maybe they're safe.
8:17:44>> Oh god. Oh What's happening?
8:17:49>> I don't know what happened. Everything
8:17:51was normal. Then suddenly there was a
8:17:52loud blast from inside the building.
8:17:57What the I'm just a custodian. Why
8:18:00the hell is this on me? I don't know
8:18:02what to do.
8:18:06>> It doesn't matter. We're here. We can do
8:18:09something.
8:18:11I see a hose. Is there somewhere we can
8:18:13hook it up? Yeah, there's a connection
8:18:15in the atrium, but we need to open the
8:18:18shut off valves. There's three around
8:18:20the back of the building.
8:18:21>> I'll do that part.
8:18:22Okay. I don't know how long I'll
8:18:25last once I'm inside. Be fast.
8:18:27>> Can do that.
8:18:36>> I'm not too late this time. I still have
8:18:38a chance.
8:18:40I need to open.
8:19:25Reality is cruel, but it's still
8:19:28reality. Does it bend to your will?
8:19:34One down, two to go.
8:19:38As if I couldn't hate Owen's expansion
8:19:41plans anymore.
8:19:48>> Looks like the sprinkler system tripped.
8:19:51Hopefully this makes a difference.
8:20:05I hope that helped.
8:20:20>> Good thing Noel's here. Maybe she can
8:20:22help.
8:20:24>> I don't know how many students. There's
8:20:26too much smoke to see.
8:20:28No, that's too long.
8:20:33I'm going in there. Anything you want to
8:20:35tell me?
8:20:42Take this.
8:20:46Thank you.
8:20:51>> My student Janette, she's in classroom
8:20:54112 with a tutor.
8:20:55Okay, got it.
8:21:00My friends, Chloe and Moses, they
8:21:03shouldn't be there, but something tells
8:21:05me. Oh, God. If I see them, I'll save
8:21:09them.
8:21:11Good luck in there.
8:21:12>> Okay, I'm going in.
8:21:24>> Max, hurry. The roof is coming in. I'll
8:21:27save you, Moses. I'll save everyone.
8:21:31Just
8:21:32give me time. One more valve and I'm
8:21:35done.
8:22:13And that's three. The water should be
8:22:15running. I should check the other side
8:22:17of the building and see if anyone else
8:22:19needs my help.
8:22:40This is where those students were
8:22:42trapped last time.
8:22:44Any
8:22:49students in there? There's an opening
8:22:52through the front door.
8:22:55>> Hear that? Let's go.
8:22:58>> That should do it. Now I need to get
8:23:00back to saving Moses and Chloe.
8:23:10I did everything I could.
8:23:13Maybe it's okay.
8:23:30No,
8:23:43stopie.
8:23:44Stop
8:23:46here.
8:23:48>> Chloe, I'm trying to get to you, but the
8:23:51stairs are collapsing. [laughter]
8:23:53I can't see
8:23:57>> They're down there by the whiteboards.
8:24:07[panting]
8:24:08[laughter and gasps]
8:24:08>> Is someone
8:24:16[laughter]
8:24:30>> [groaning]
8:24:31[laughter and gasps]
8:24:36>> Damn it. [laughter]
8:24:39We were supposed to be saving your ass
8:24:40this time. What the hell were you
8:24:43thinking being in there?
8:24:45She came inside for me
8:24:48and I'm grateful she did.
8:24:51I'm grateful for all of you. Actually,
8:24:55>> I'm just glad you're here. The real you.
8:24:59>> Cosignite.
8:25:01Now, how do we get off this roof?
8:25:09>> Moses, your ladder.
8:25:12It's happening, isn't it?
8:25:18>> No.
8:25:34>> [panting]
8:25:39>> Hey,
8:25:41it's okay.
8:25:43No, it's not. I can do something. I can
8:25:47reset the ladder. I can put you back
8:25:49before the fire.
8:25:51My selfie. I can go back to the
8:25:54beginning and do it right this time. The
8:25:57photo is long gone.
8:26:10>> [panting]
8:26:20>> I tried everything to stop this,
8:26:23but I failed you again.
8:26:28What good am I or my powers if I can't
8:26:32save you?
8:26:42Hey,
8:26:44I chose to be here by your side. Even
8:26:48now, there's nowhere else I'd rather be.
8:26:53And no matter what happens,
8:26:56I'm so glad we were given this time
8:26:58together.
8:27:05I'm so sorry, Chloe.
8:27:08It's not supposed to end like this.
8:27:32>> [panting]
8:27:35>> You'll be there for me, Max. You always
8:27:38are.
8:27:43>> No.
8:27:50All
8:27:55>> [groaning]
8:27:56>> right.
8:28:20>> [music]
8:28:31[music]
8:28:36[music]
8:28:43[music]
8:28:51>> And Max Cfield,
8:28:53don't [music] you forget about me.
8:28:55Never.
8:29:01[music]
8:29:04Heat.
8:29:12[music]
8:29:17[music]
8:29:24Heat.
8:29:25[music]
8:29:31>> [music]
8:29:50>> Chloe. Chloe, please.
8:30:01>> [gasps]
8:30:02>> You're okay.
8:30:06>> What' I tell you? I knew you'd be there.
8:30:10You always are.
8:30:15[panting]
8:30:17The ladder.
8:30:23Heat. Heat.
8:30:53>> [music]
8:31:00[music]
8:31:01>> Show me where the bullet hit you.
8:31:06Show me where [singing] the poison
8:31:08burned.
8:31:11I'll play the
8:31:14bandage [singing]
8:31:15the hurt,
8:31:19[music]
8:31:20but everything's caught in [singing] a
8:31:22balance.
8:31:25And suddenly I've tipped [singing] the
8:31:27scales.
8:31:29[music]
8:31:30What do you do when the [singing] best
8:31:33you got fails?
8:31:37[music]
8:31:39It feels like I've been cut
8:31:42[singing and music]
8:31:43right through the middle.
8:31:48[music]
8:31:49Could it be [singing]
8:31:51I've been running [music]
8:31:53out of time?
8:31:59Oh, I've tried turning the tide, but
8:32:03[music] what was it [singing] good for?
8:32:10Oh my god, [singing]
8:32:12I'm so
8:32:15down
8:32:17and out.
8:32:21>> Sophia,
8:32:22>> there's no relief for good behavior.
8:32:27The thought alone is my [music] name.
8:32:32This might be the lowest [singing] that
8:32:35[music] I've ever
8:32:42I used to have the answers ready.
8:32:47Played them like [singing and music] an
8:32:48instrument.
8:32:52But now I do anything to
8:32:54[singing and music] be her again.
8:33:00Oh, it feels [singing]
8:33:02like I've [music] been cut right through
8:33:07the door.
8:33:09[music]
8:33:10Could it be [singing] I've been running
8:33:15out of time.
8:33:26A school is many things. A home, a
8:33:31classroom,
8:33:33a space for [music] dreams.
8:33:37It is a grand collaboration between
8:33:40[music] scholars of the past, present,
8:33:43and future.
8:33:46Like all worthy projects, [music] it is
8:33:49difficult to build, rewarding to
8:33:51maintain, and frighteningly easy to
8:33:55destroy.
8:33:57Never has this been more apparent.
8:34:03Caladon is a name we put to an [music]
8:34:05ideal,
8:34:06one which demands the best of us.
8:34:12Many years ago,
8:34:14I made a decision that [music] fell
8:34:16terribly short.
8:34:20I have been running from it ever since.
8:34:24But we can all choose [music]
8:34:27today, this moment,
8:34:31to begin living up to that [music] ideal
8:34:35to reject hate,
8:34:37to choose
8:34:40life.
8:34:43Thank you.
8:34:57I should make the rounds.
8:35:00I'll be out back. Take your time.
8:35:36Fore! [singing and music]
8:35:43Heat. Heat.
8:36:21All the
8:36:37forever was your life.
8:36:42It's been a hard week. I wonder how
8:36:45everyone is feeling. I should keep
8:36:47checking in with people.
8:36:55>> That's the kid from the observatory.
8:36:58What's he up to?
8:37:02>> Through smoke and screams, you flood my
8:37:05mind. My heart pounds. Fear and lust
8:37:09combined.
8:37:11Now I need a better rhyme.
8:37:18>> A face most lovely and heart most kind.
8:37:22It's stupid.
8:37:28>> How about true love won't let you leave
8:37:31it behind?
8:37:33>> Whoa. Thanks, lady. You're a lifesaver.
8:37:47Janette seems really shaken up after
8:37:50last week.
8:37:53>> Hey Janette, doing okay?
8:37:56>> Oh, hey Max. It's [music] been a rough
8:38:00couple of days. Kind of in my blue
8:38:02period, you know.
8:38:07You've been through a lot. Take all the
8:38:09time you need.
8:38:12>> I'll be okay. Just get ready for a lot
8:38:16of high contrast [music] black and white
8:38:18sadness landscapes if classes ever start
8:38:20again.
8:38:22>> Don't threaten me with a good time.
8:38:25>> I should keep checking in with people.
8:38:32Amanda is answering the call as always.
8:38:45Amanda's love language is open mic
8:38:48nights.
8:38:56Yasm mean has been getting some push
8:38:58back on her return to the presidency. I
8:39:01think Sophie is getting a real kick out
8:39:03of it.
8:39:06Mixin,
8:39:08it was good to see you [music] in the
8:39:09audience.
8:39:11>> Your speech was lovely.
8:39:15Do you really think Kaledon can rebuild?
8:39:18>> I think we must.
8:39:21Necessity is the mother of many things.
8:39:23[music]
8:39:30How does the board feel about having you
8:39:32back in charge?
8:39:34>> Delighted,
8:39:36especially when I told them I would only
8:39:38step in until a suitable [music]
8:39:39replacement could be found.
8:39:43The police have asked to speak to
8:39:44[music] me, and I plan to tell them
8:39:45everything. I only hope I can write the
8:39:47ship before my image is tainted beyond
8:39:49repair.
8:39:52Besides,
8:39:54my time would be better spent elsewhere.
8:39:56[music]
8:39:57I have been given a second chance to
8:39:59rebuild a relationship with Sophia, and
8:40:01I don't plan to waste it.
8:40:08>> What's next? Do you know when the school
8:40:11will reopen?
8:40:12>> As soon as we can.
8:40:14I wish I knew more than that.
8:40:17In truth, I wish I knew many things
8:40:19about Kaladon's future and what parts,
8:40:22if any, I will play in it. [snorts]
8:40:25>> I know the feeling.
8:40:27>> Just know, [music]
8:40:28should you choose to remain, you will
8:40:31always have a home here.
8:40:35Caladon needs you. And while I'm still
8:40:38working to understand my daughter, I
8:40:40suspect that she [music] needs you, too.
8:40:44>> Take care, Yasmin.
8:40:48I can check in with Chloe when I'm ready
8:40:50to go.
8:40:54>> I almost feel bad for Owen.
8:41:29Looks like the gnomes managed to
8:41:31evacuate.
8:41:42This must be the busiest news day in
8:41:44Lakeport's history.
8:42:22Amanda was horrified to hear about Ren.
8:42:27Hey,
8:42:28I'm so glad the turtle wasn't damaged in
8:42:31the fire.
8:42:32>> Yep. Are still standing? I'm still
8:42:34standing. Trying to focus on that for
8:42:37now.
8:42:43>> Have you heard anything from the protest
8:42:45crowd?
8:42:47>> After I fired Joey and banned the
8:42:49others.
8:42:51Only rumors.
8:42:53Ren's going to get his day in court. and
8:42:54[music] his friends are already
8:42:55disavowing him.
8:42:59But Kaladon has a lot to answer for, and
8:43:02the administration seems to recognize
8:43:04that. Maybe Lakeport will listen.
8:43:11Thank you for helping Chloe last
8:43:13weekend.
8:43:16If you two hadn't worked together, she
8:43:18[music] might not have gotten to the
8:43:19bottom of all this.
8:43:21>> My pleasure.
8:43:23It's a very special girl you've got
8:43:25there.
8:43:27>> Take care of yourself, Amanda.
8:43:30>> You first.
8:43:32>> I can check in with Chloe when I'm ready
8:43:34to go.
8:43:36If I hadn't gotten there in time, Vin
8:43:39could have started this fire.
8:43:41He knows that, too.
8:43:46>> Crazy week, huh?
8:43:47>> One word for it. A fire breaks out, a
8:43:50body's discovered.
8:43:53Kaladon's making headlines again.
8:43:55>> Yasm mean must be busier than ever.
8:43:58>> I wouldn't know.
8:44:02>> Handy did my resignation on Monday.
8:44:03[music]
8:44:05I'm actually on my way out of town.
8:44:12Where are you heading?
8:44:16>> Who knows?
8:44:19Who cares?
8:44:21I just need to get away from here.
8:44:30I um
8:44:36I lost myself for a second there, Max.
8:44:41I mean, I I care about Yasmin, but I
8:44:44never wanted to turn into her.
8:44:47I mean, I almost
8:44:55>> I just wanted to thank you
8:44:59for um
8:45:02pulling me back from the edge.
8:45:05[snorts]
8:45:06You knew who I was even when I forgot.
8:45:18Take care of yourself.
8:45:20Don't be a stranger.
8:45:25Thank you. I um
8:45:30Thanks.
8:45:38I can check in with Chloe when I'm ready
8:45:39to go.
8:45:48I couldn't save the observatory,
8:45:51but I managed to save Moses.
8:45:54I'll take it.
8:45:58>> Enjoying your victory [music] lap.
8:46:00>> What are you talking about? Fire still
8:46:03happened.
8:46:05There was so much damage and suffering.
8:46:10But no deaths, Max.
8:46:14That's incredible.
8:46:17You and Chloe saved so many people that
8:46:19day. [music]
8:46:24>> I couldn't have done it without you.
8:46:27You did everything you could to keep
8:46:29people safe,
8:46:32and they'll never know.
8:46:35>> I'm happy to share that secret podium.
8:46:39We did what we could
8:46:41with the time we had.
8:46:44I can live with that.
8:46:51>> So fire still happened no matter what we
8:46:54did.
8:46:56Was it inevitable?
8:46:59>> It appears so.
8:47:01I guess time really does have a sense of
8:47:04irony.
8:47:05So, I'm trapped.
8:47:08If something terrible happens, [music] I
8:47:10can't undo it.
8:47:13>> Not trapped, free.
8:47:16If something terrible happens,
8:47:20you do the best you can, like the rest
8:47:22of us.
8:47:27>> The fire started in your lab. Did the
8:47:30police suspect you of anything?
8:47:33>> Thankfully, no. If anything, they're
8:47:36wondering if Ren had a co-conspirator.
8:47:41>> Sorry about the observatory.
8:47:44I know you love that building.
8:47:46>> I did,
8:47:48but we'll rebuild, and the stars will
8:47:51still be there when we do.
8:47:54>> I think Chloe and I are going to hit the
8:47:56road for a while while we wait for
8:47:58Kaledon to figure itself out.
8:48:03It's too bad that you're leaving just
8:48:04when Safi came back. But I understand.
8:48:09Next time you're in town, we're having a
8:48:11No True Samurai marathon. Lo said she
8:48:14went to check it out.
8:48:17>> This is what I get for introducing you
8:48:18two.
8:48:28Looks like these two bonded after their
8:48:30near-death experiences.
8:48:34So, you play a card, then count how many
8:48:37points you pulled from the mana
8:48:38reservoir.
8:48:42>> I can't believe I let you talk me into
8:48:44this.
8:48:46You said you wanted to clear your mind
8:48:48and you didn't want to try my cabbage
8:48:50cookies. So,
8:48:54[sighs]
8:48:55>> Fine, go fish.
8:49:02>> So, you agree that your podcast was
8:49:03essentially a form of stochastic
8:49:05terrorism?
8:49:06>> I never said that. And you have no
8:49:08evidence.
8:49:08>> The Countdown Truth episode 21. Somebody
8:49:11needs to show the administration [music]
8:49:12that we're a force to be reckoned with,
8:49:13whatever it takes. When I said that,
8:49:24>> look who's here. I can talk to them when
8:49:27I'm ready to go.
8:49:47for those we've left behind.
8:49:55I normally hate the spotlight,
8:49:58but I can handle being on the hero
8:50:01board.
8:50:17Noel was incredible that day.
8:50:27No casualties.
8:50:30I can hardly believe it.
8:50:59Glad he's getting some recognition,
8:51:03but this kind of makes it seem like
8:51:05Kaledon doesn't know his name either.
8:51:13>> I know it's just a building,
8:51:16but this was basically Moses's home.
8:51:19I wish I could have saved it.
8:51:34I could use a break from the mingling.
8:51:38Final episode. Somehow I doubt that
8:51:41Loretta is announcing her retirement. I
8:51:44can't imagine a Caladon without
8:51:46Loretta's flyers wallpapered to
8:51:48everything.
8:52:09Welcome back to a Bracast. If you
8:52:12haven't heard, last week was a grim one
8:52:14for Kelladon University. Details are
8:52:17still sparse, but an explosion rocked
8:52:20the campus last week with the flames
8:52:22consuming the observatory.
8:52:24The sudden spotlight on Kaledon means
8:52:26that this podcast has received some
8:52:28attention lately. Critics have accused
8:52:31me of clout chasing, or worse. But I've
8:52:35always doggedly pursued one thing above
8:52:38all, the truth.
8:52:40My school was targeted for violence by a
8:52:43man who had been denied the truth.
8:52:45It did terrible things to him and he
8:52:48nearly did terrible things to us. This
8:52:51man may not be worthy of your sympathy.
8:52:54I certainly can't give him mine, but
8:52:56everyone is entitled to the truth. And
8:52:59when the powers that be conspire to hide
8:53:01the truth, well, that is where I come
8:53:04in. This will be the final episode of a
8:53:07Bracast. I will pivot to uncovering the
8:53:10corruption in both Kaladon and Lakeport.
8:53:14How did a disgraced English professor
8:53:16reinvent himself as an activist figure
8:53:19head? Why were the police so slow to
8:53:21respond to the threats against Kaladon?
8:53:24I will pursue these questions and many
8:53:26more.
8:53:28To the various news outlets who have
8:53:29reached out to me, please know that I'm
8:53:31reviewing your messages as fast as I
8:53:33can. I may be a burgeoning media empire,
8:53:36but I'm only one person and midterms are
8:53:39coming.
8:53:41Listeners, if there were ever a time to
8:53:44like, [music] comment, and subscribe,
8:53:46it's now. There is always more to be
8:53:49revealed.
8:54:06>> Diamond.
8:54:07>> Hey, Max. I know I've been mostly
8:54:10ducking you since I left Kaladon, but I
8:54:13heard about the fire. [music]
8:54:15I'm so sorry.
8:54:18>> Thank you.
8:54:19>> Are you and Moses doing okay?
8:54:26It's too early to say. We're starting to
8:54:29work our way back to normal,
8:54:32and it will take time.
8:54:34But it could have been so much worse.
8:54:38I'm so ungrateful.
8:54:40>> I'm guessing you had more than a little
8:54:42to do with that. That's actually what I
8:54:45wanted to talk to you about. [music]
8:54:47You and Sophie are the only two people I
8:54:49know who are like me. But for Safi, I
8:54:53don't think her power makes her feel
8:54:55powerful. I think it makes her feel
8:54:57trapped. [music]
8:54:59What about you, Max? Does your power
8:55:01feel like a gift? Or do you feel
8:55:03trapped, too?
8:55:07No matter how hard the responsibility
8:55:09is, I have the power to help the people
8:55:13I care about.
8:55:15I will always be grateful [music] for
8:55:17that.
8:55:18>> That makes sense. Thanks, Max.
8:55:21>> Come on, you have to give [music] me
8:55:23more than that. What's going on with
8:55:26you?
8:55:27>> I
8:55:29I'm almost ready to talk about [music]
8:55:31it. And when I am, you'll be my first
8:55:34call. I promise
8:55:36>> I'll be waiting for it.
8:55:44I should get back to the memorial.
8:55:47Keep in touch. Okay,
8:55:49>> I'll be around.
8:56:05I never thought these two would meet
8:56:07each other. I'm so glad they get along.
8:56:13>> Chloe said it went well.
8:56:15>> It did. People are still hanging out
8:56:17inside. If you want to. [music]
8:56:22>> Nah,
8:56:23still wrapping my head around the fact
8:56:25that this was all my fault.
8:56:28I can mourn from [music] out here.
8:56:36Yas mean seems happy to be back in
8:56:38charge. My mother is good in a crisis,
8:56:42especially the one she created.
8:56:45I wish she had told me what happened
8:56:47when she was in Arais. [music]
8:56:49It It doesn't excuse anything, but
8:56:54helps me begin to understand her.
8:57:03Have you been back to that weird
8:57:04lighthouse since last week?
8:57:07>> No, I can still feel it, but [music]
8:57:10it's
8:57:12manageable.
8:57:14Like an itch that I'm [music] learning
8:57:16not to scratch.
8:57:19I guess all of us have the seeds of our
8:57:21deaths [music] planted inside of us,
8:57:24but I'm trying not to focus on mine
8:57:27while I still have
8:57:29a life to live.
8:57:32That was so metal.
8:57:40What's your next step? Going to hit the
8:57:42road again
8:57:44>> since it worked out so well last time.
8:57:47No, I think I'll stick around. Get
8:57:50[music] used to wearing my own face
8:57:53again.
8:57:55[laughter]
8:57:56>> It's a face I'm glad to see.
8:58:02[clears throat]
8:58:04>> Ready to head out? If you need more
8:58:07time, I could find my towny buddies and
8:58:10start around a cornhole.
8:58:12>> No, I'm ready.
8:58:17Where's Sophie?
8:59:00Who told you to eat Thai food served in
8:59:02a bowling alley? Cuz it sure as
8:59:03wasn't me. Look, the only reason we were
8:59:06even allowed back here was because I
8:59:08promised that you would be well behaved
8:59:10and on time.
8:59:13>> No, I don't know what I was thinking
8:59:15either.
8:59:1720 minutes.
8:59:19I could work with that.
8:59:28>> I know. I put that letter from Moses
8:59:30somewhere.
8:59:58Foreign
9:00:02Heat. Heat.
9:00:43Oh,
9:00:59forever your Hi,
9:01:13beautiful.
9:01:56Even after the disaster last show, They
9:01:59still invited us back and hung our
9:02:01poster in the green room.
9:02:16>> Since we left Kaledon, it's been an
9:02:19absolute whirlwind
9:02:21and everything I dreamed our life on the
9:02:23road together could be.
9:02:28This was when Max pioneered the mosh pit
9:02:31selfie. Somehow she and her camera
9:02:34survived.
9:02:38The spread is slightly less shitty than
9:02:41last time. Hope it doesn't give the band
9:02:43big heads.
9:02:47Last time I was here, I thought my whole
9:02:49life was shattering.
9:02:52But here I am, relatively whole.
9:02:57Drugstore makeup destroy America part
9:02:59two now with award-winning photography.
9:03:07It must have taken a lot of work to find
9:03:09a TV shitty enough for this room.
9:03:12Respect.
9:03:16I still cannot believe the fight I had
9:03:18to have to convince the band not to
9:03:20print child sizes.
9:03:25The band better get here soon. These
9:03:28guitars aren't going to smash
9:03:29themselves.
9:03:48>> They're unloading the gear now, man.
9:03:50Chill. Oi, they better be in love or
9:03:53it's the right mess for you.
9:03:58>> Did I fool you? Be honest.
9:04:06>> Honestly,
9:04:08I think you could have been a pretty
9:04:09intimidating bar manager in another
9:04:11life.
9:04:15How's your shoot going?
9:04:17>> This is my favorite spot yet. The
9:04:20people, the stories, the life. You can
9:04:24practically feel it radiating from the
9:04:26walls.
9:04:27>> Are you sure that's not just the spilled
9:04:29beer and puke stains?
9:04:30>> It's part of it. How did I not come up
9:04:33with a dive bar series before?
9:04:38Nothing can make up for lost time, but
9:04:41getting to be with you, seeing your
9:04:44world along for the ride, it's amazing.
9:04:49Well, I love getting to see it through
9:04:51your eyes. It always makes everything
9:04:54more
9:04:55magical. [laughter]
9:04:58>> Oh, before the bang gets here, I need to
9:05:00get one of you alone.
9:05:02>> Aha. Uh,
9:05:03>> wherever you want to stand. Nothing
9:05:04fancy.
9:05:06>> Yeah. Um, okay. [clears throat]
9:05:13Uh,
9:05:15let's do the mirror.
9:05:17>> You sure?
9:05:19It's only fitting.
9:05:31>> A rare moment of Chloe letting her guard
9:05:33down. I'll treasure it forever.
9:05:46Ready
9:05:57[snorts]
9:05:58to head in? I need to set up my tripod
9:06:00for the show. Give me 2 minutes. Of
9:06:03course.
9:06:33Chloe, I miss you and Max both and can't
9:06:36wait to hear about life on the road. But
9:06:38this letter is about something more
9:06:40urgent.
9:06:41On the day of the fire, I took many
9:06:43measures to protect us and the school.
9:06:46Most of them failed, but one remains
9:06:48unresolved.
9:06:50I've always tried to help Max with her
9:06:52powers. But in that moment on the
9:06:55rooftop with her photo in my pocket, I I
9:06:59froze.
9:07:01The implications were too large. The
9:07:03questions too many.
9:07:05You and Max saved many people. If she
9:07:09had another chance, who knows? Maybe she
9:07:11could stop the fire completely. I don't
9:07:14know what the right answer is. I'm not
9:07:16the one who should answer it.
9:07:19But I don't think Max is either. I think
9:07:22Max knows she cannot carry the burden of
9:07:24her powers alone, even if she
9:07:26desperately wishes she could spare the
9:07:27people she loves. Max's power is a gift,
9:07:30but it is also a trap.
9:07:33There are moments in time that she
9:07:34cannot let go of. the lighthouse, the
9:07:38overlook, and now maybe the fire.
9:07:43If Max knows the photo survived, I don't
9:07:46believe she will ever be able to let go.
9:07:49She will want to try again to save more
9:07:51people, to stop the fire, if she knows.
9:07:56We understand Max's power now better
9:07:58than ever. But so much remains a
9:08:01mystery. If she goes back again, does
9:08:04she risk another storm?
9:08:08There is one more thing. What happens to
9:08:11this timeline when Max leaves it? What
9:08:14happens to you?
9:08:17I wish I could tell you.
9:08:20Chloe, I'm sorry to put this burden on
9:08:22you, but I know whatever you choose will
9:08:25be right for Max,
9:08:27whether she knows it or not.
9:08:30Your friend, Moses.
9:08:34>> Thanks, Moses.
9:08:38Of course, I I trust Max more than
9:08:40anyone in the world, but maybe loving
9:08:44her means protecting her, even from
9:08:47herself.
9:08:49Or am I just saying that because I can't
9:08:51imagine losing her again?
9:09:07>> [snorts]
9:09:14>> What's wrong?
9:09:16I
9:09:18have to give you something.
9:09:28Moses.
9:09:31He had it all along. He sent it to me
9:09:34with a letter.
9:09:36Said I should decide what to do. Give it
9:09:40to you or
9:09:43destroy it.
9:09:46Oh,
9:09:48I see.
9:09:58I know what this photo means.
9:10:01It's not just a chance to try again.
9:10:04It's an obligation.
9:10:07I I can't be mad about it. It's what I
9:10:10love you for.
9:10:11>> Chloe,
9:10:13just
9:10:16promise me you'll always find me.
9:10:20>> [gasps and sighs]
9:10:20>> Maybe not me, but some version of me.
9:10:26Promise me she gets to be with you if I
9:10:28don't.
9:10:30Hey,
9:10:31right now the only thing that matters in
9:10:34the world to me is being here with you.
9:10:43[sighs]
9:10:45Okay,
9:10:47[snorts]
9:10:48good.
9:10:51Then
9:10:53let's go [clears throat] get set up so
9:10:55we can spend the rest of the night
9:10:56[music] head banging until we see stars.
9:10:58Hell yes.
9:11:04[music]
9:11:07It's got to give. I know
9:11:10[music] I've been [singing] pulling
9:11:12strings
9:11:14for too long.
9:11:19Bright ide. [music]
9:11:27[music]
9:11:33[music]
9:11:40>> [music]
9:12:01>> Ready
9:12:26[sighs and gasps]
9:12:27[snorts]
9:12:29for the mosh pit?
9:12:32always hit me. Is something wrong?
9:12:38I just
9:12:41I just want you to know that I'm not
9:12:43taking any of this for granted.
9:12:46You, us, this timeline,
9:12:51I'm going to fight for it no matter
9:12:53what.
9:12:54>> Hey, of course. We'll fight for it
9:12:58together, right?
9:13:06>> [gasps]
9:13:07>> Thank you.
9:13:14Um,
9:13:17[snorts]
9:13:19so, uh,
9:13:21where are we heading next?
9:13:24Uh, the band's only got two more gigs
9:13:27and then they're on hiatus.
9:13:29We could head back east and check on
9:13:32your friends
9:13:34or we can go west.
9:13:39We've never been back home together.
9:13:43It might be time.
9:13:48Or um
9:13:50maybe that's a terrible idea.
9:13:54Right now I don't want to think about
9:13:57the future.
9:13:59or the past.
9:14:02I just want to be here with you,
9:14:05capturing every moment.
9:14:10[music] Deal.
9:14:19[music]
9:14:24[music]
9:14:33Something's
9:14:34got to give. [music] I know
9:14:38I've been pulling [singing] strings
9:14:42for too long. [music]
9:14:46Bright ideas are little to fade.
9:14:51I figure I've [music] got months
9:14:55to change place
9:14:59and I just wanna [music and singing]
9:15:01feel
9:15:06something [music]
9:15:09different.
9:15:13I [music] just want to feel
9:15:18[music]
9:15:19something
9:15:21that's not so damn persistent.
9:15:273 a.m. and I'm awake. [music]
9:15:32Staring at [singing] my phone
9:15:36all day.
9:15:40courtroom [music]
9:15:42dramas on the screen
9:15:45makes me [singing] lose my faith.
9:15:50This city [music]
9:15:56[music]
9:16:03[music]
9:16:10>> [music]
9:16:20>> I just want to feel [music]
9:16:26something
9:16:29different. [music]
9:16:33I just want [singing] to feel
9:16:39something
9:16:41that's not so damn persistent. [music]
9:16:54[music]
9:16:55Oh,
9:17:08[music]
9:17:14[music]
9:17:24[music]
9:17:52>> [music]
9:18:04[music]
9:18:09[music]
9:18:23>> Heat. Heat.

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