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You said you wouldn't.

I know what I said.

If she's...

if the worst is true,

they'll contact us.

We don't have to watch this.

It's like giving him what he wants.

I'm not giving him a goddamned thing.

Then why are you sitting there

like you're still deciding?

Like you're still deciding?

Because I'm still deciding.

Hello?

Yes, we know.

No, I'm not gonna watch,

and I'd hope you wouldn't either.

Look, it's not a good time, okay?

I'll call you later.

...says the foundation expects

an even bigger turnout next year.

Well certainly a good time and a good cause.

Yes, it was.

Thanks, Edward.

Next up is meteorologist Bill Collins

with a look at weather,

and later tonight on a special edition of NewsLine,

an unprecedented live interview

from inside Death Row.

Jim Gardener, the Lake Livingston killer,

speaks openly for the first time since pleading guilty

to the murders of five young women.

Unlock 58.

Let's go, they're ready.

Move to the back.

Hands on the wall.

Open 614.

Give me your right foot.

Left foot.

Turn around.

Hands behind your back.

Left hand.

Right hand.

Put your hand behind your back.

He's secure.

Inmate's secure.

Warden?

The Detective is here, Detective Carnes.

Show her in.

So I guess this is happening.

I swear to God.

They said the network was taking

every needed measure

to make sure it stayed under control.

I don't know what else I can say.

I've told you repeatedly,

I've told Senator Brady,

all these producers.

It doesn't matter how many fail safes

or kill switches you have

or how long the delay is

you're here at his demand.

Think about what that means.

No, we're here for the families of those girls.

No, we're here for the families of those girls.

For closure.

That's the bottom line here.

On his word.

You're granting the wish of a convicted killer

on the hopes that he'll keep his promise.

It's an interview, Bishop.

It's not a bid for privileges, or a reduced sentence.

It's one interview.

And I'm only behind it

because it's what the families want.

Lawrence wants it for his reasons,

and the network has theirs,

and God knows the Senator has his.

But as far as I'm concerned,

if we can close another dozen cases because of this...

if we can close another dozen cases because of this...

Lawrence isn't ready for this guy.

I keep trying to tell him who Gardener is,

but he can't see three feet in front of him.

Hey!

How do I look?

Good enough for prime time.

Okay, we're good.

I said we're good.

Thank you.

Feel like you're ready?

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Come on, I'm gonna freakin' own this guy.

Well the Warden thinks

he might give you some trouble.

So I guess you should be prepared for that.

Okay.

All right, I have some notes.

Actually, so do I.

Um, I was, ah, thinking about our game plan,

and I think that you are way too sexy for this place.

This bib is sexy.

Oh yeah?

Yeah.

Well don't worry 'cause I'm not

gonna wear it out there.

You, however,

You, however,

you have to watch out

where you're going...

You think?

Little missy, yeah,

'cause somebody may do this...

Or this...

Mmm... Pierce...

All right, come on now.

We have an interview in 36 minutes.

Do we?

Do we?

Yeah, we do.

Go ahead with your notes.

You need to get your head

in the game, okay?

All right...

Go ahead with your notes.

I'm listening.

The network doesn't want the names of any

suspected victims mentioned

only the confirmed ones,

the ones he's admitted to, okay?

Yeah, we already went over this.

And my guess is you paid

as much attention then

as much attention then

as you are now.

All right... yeah...

Now sit down.

I like it when you get fierce.

All right, I'm ready.

Go ahead.

The network wants us to continue taping

after the interview is over

after the interview is over

when we're off the air.

If Gardener holds up his end of the deal

and provides the locations of the other bodies

we'll have all that footage

for a follow up piece.

So, do we need to be here for that?

Well, I do...

you can take off if you want.

Detective, what's-her-name?

Carnes.

Yeah, Detective Carnes

is handling all that stuff.

I need to stick around though.

Well if you're staying, I'm staying.

I mean, I'm not gonna let you walk

around these halls without an escort.

They've got the Livingston Gardener in there.

All right, what else?

All right, what else?

You know, that, that's really it.

Except for what we went over this morning.

The Warden's nervous,

and the network doesn't want to be embarrassed.

Ahh...

Look, you cannot afford

to deviate from the outline.

If he goes off track,

you've got to reel him back in.

Well, we already know that he's gonna go off track.

I mean, he already blames me

for the whole thing with his mother,

and he's probably gonna try to nail me on that,

which, I may just let him.

Let him nail you?

Well, let him try.

Thin ice, Pierce.

Thin ice, Pierce.

Pretty fucking thin.

Yeah, but that's great television.

Plus the network can't blame us

if he's the one that's going

off the outline 'cause

we're just gonna have to roll with it.

Right?

Yeah?

Mr. Lawrence?

You got a minute?

Uh, I don't know.

You are gonna have to ask my boss here.

Uh, yeah, we uh, we have some time.

What can we do for you?

You all know my concerns about Gardener.

You all know my concerns about Gardener.

Now, I don't want to sound like a broken record,

but while I have you in the same room

I want to reiterate that this is my facility,

and I will shut this whole operation down

if I think he's abusing the situation.

Well, we appreciate the concern, Warden.

But I can assure you nothing he says or does

is gonna make it over the air

unless Leslie wants it to,

so, uh, you can rest easy.

Don't worry.

We'll keep it on the rails.

Guys, Senator's here.

Jesus Christ.

Jesse, can you, can you keep him away

until Pierce is in place,

about ten more minutes.

I tried already...

Warden.

Senator.

Andrew Brady.

Pierce Lawrence.

It's a pleasure.

Leslie Ellis.

One of the producers.

I know I don't have to tell you how important this is.

I know I don't have to tell you how important this is.

All those families of missing girls...

it's a nightmare you can't imagine.

But that man out there has been fucking with us

since day one, well that all ends tonight.

Senator, with all due respect.

No, no I'm gonna say my piece.

I don't care about this show, or the interview,

or any of that business you've got going on

between you and Gardener.

All I care about is seeing that this is done right.

All I care about is seeing that this is done right.

Now, when is he gonna give you the names?

Right afterwards?

If he keeps to his word.

But I don't believe names

are part of the deal, just locations.

As hard as it is, it could be a while

before any of them are identified.

Well how long?

You're gonna have to talk

to Detective Carnes about all that.

Is she here?

She's here.

She's in the conference room.

A lot of good families are gonna have

their hopes stamped out tonight.

But the fact is not knowing and

the need to know

is a terrible thing to live with.

Pierce...

We gotta get you mic'd up buddy.

Tommy's in the monitor room for you.

Well, Senator, I understand

your concern for your daughter

and we all know how much is riding on this.

We're gonna try our best

to get the information that we need.

Whatever it is you need to do, do it.

Whatever it is you need to do, do it.

Do whatever it takes.

Yes sir.

Okay, excuse me.

It's starting.

Turn it up.

♪

Good evening and welcome to NewsLine.

I'm Aiden Reynolds.

Tonight we go inside the walls of Death Row,

at the Remsberg Unit - the Texas correctional facility

at the Remsberg Unit - the Texas correctional facility

that is now home to Jim Gardener,

the man responsible for the murders

of at least five young women

and suspected in the disappearances

of over a dozen more,

including the daughter of Texas senator Andrew Brady.

Here's Pierce Lawrence with more.

The investigation began four years ago,

when the decomposed body of Rose Holland

was discovered in this secluded patch

of woods right near the Lake Livingston reservoir.

In the following years, the bodies of four more women,

In the following years, the bodies of four more women,

from ages seventeen to twenty-four,

would be discovered in areas around Lake Livingston,

with three times as many reported to be missing

in nearby counties.

What was once considered an idyllic and serene community

had now become a nightmarish landscape for fear and dread.

I don't think anyone in the area left their home

without thinking 'he's out there'.

Um, a lot of parents were keeping

their daughters home from school.

Like a morning mist, the gloom of death

fell over Lake Livingston and lingered.

Fell over Lake Livingston and lingered.

It would take investigators over three years

to zero in on a suspect.

And all indicators seemed to point towards a single man.

Well I remember the police coming into the store

on several occasions to talk to Mr. Gardener

but I never suspected it was about those missing girls.

Three of the missing girls had disappeared

near Allendale Community College

in the city of Livingston.

Now Gardener had taken classes there,

and he remained a strong presence on campus

even after he stopped matriculating.

Eventually he began to offer study sessions.

Eventually he began to offer study sessions

to students in philosophy classes.

He called it a study club.

People knew him from around campus,

and we would go to his place because he always

had beer and maybe some other stuff.

What other stuff?

Ah, you know, sometimes weed, or maybe ecstasy.

But he rarely used anything.

He only wanted to get people over there so he could talk

about 'Neechee' and 'Keekergard' and 'Sartra'.

Gardener held the study sessions here,

in his home outside the town

in his home outside the town

of Shepherd, Texas, south of Lake Livingston.

Participants described Gardener as outspoken

and charismatic, but with a dark personality.

You could only listen to so much about death and nihilism

and how everything's lost its meaning.

And when he started talking about creating

his own religion, it just got way too weird,

and people... they stopped coming.

In less than two years after he stopped

holding the study sessions in his home,

Rose Holland disappeared from Lake Livingston State Park.

Rose Holland disappeared from Lake Livingston State Park.

Her case would be the first of several that the police

would ultimately attribute to Gardener.

And when the body of Brandi Evans was found

in the Trinity River just south of Lake Livingston,

a local newspaper outed Gardener as a suspect in the case,

igniting a media frenzy that gained national exposure.

Now I had the chance to interview Abbie Gardener

off the record, and even though our conversation was private,

officials believe it may have played

a significant role in the events that followed.

Just three weeks after I interviewed his mother,

Just three weeks after I interviewed his mother,

Jim Gardener had turned himself in.

He confessed to the murders of Rose Holland,

Brandi Evans, and Evelyn Zabat,

but was only willing to point the investigators

twenty-year-old Liza Sears,

despite the fact that the police suspected him

in over a dozen disappearances.

In fact, Gardener was so determined to keep the other

alleged victims to himself that after pleading guilty,

he willingly accepted the death penalty,

rather than cooperate with investigators.

Rather than cooperate with investigators.

His silence left a chilling pall over the remaining open cases,

until a personal tragedy struck Gardener

a little too close to home.

Earlier this year, three months after he was incarcerated,

Gardener's mother, Abigail, committed suicide.

Officials believe her death may have prompted Gardener

to instigate a deal in the weeks that followed.

A NewsLine interview

broadcast live, in exchange

for the locations of the remaining victims.

For the locations of the remaining victims.

Authorities initially denied the request for a live interview,

until the situation came to the attention

of Texas Senator Andrew Brady,

whose daughter Chrissie is counted among the missing

who are believed to have fallen victim to Jim Gardener.

Senator Brady was instrumental in convincing authorities

that if the network was to move forward,

prison officials held an obligation to provide closure

to the dozens of families for whom the fates

of their daughters remain uncertain.

When asked why suddenly he wanted to speak publicly,

When asked why suddenly he wanted to speak publicly,

Gardener simply replied,

"I want to set the record straight."

Tonight, he'll have that opportunity.

The interview with Jim Gardener,

the Lake Livingston Killer, right after this.

Thanks.

All right places, people.

Two minutes. You ready?

What do you think?

All right, it's time.

Let's do this. Come on.

How you feeling?

Good.

Pretty loose.

Limber.

I'd wish you luck

I'd wish you luck

but I know how you feel about that.

I'm not gonna need it.

Well, go do your thing.

All right.

All right, Pierce is out.

Jim.

How are you feeling?

We're up in ninety seconds.

Cameras ready.

All right he's in place.

Tired of waiting.

Well the wait's over.

Another minute or so and, uh, it's on.

Thirty seconds.

On your marks, let's get ready people.

On your marks, let's get ready people.

Len, how we looking?

Good?

How's my teeth?

Yeah?

All right...

Check, check, one, two.

All right, here we go.

♪

♪

Welcome back, I'm Aiden Reynolds.

The prison unit where Jim Gardener awaits his fate

is located less than a mile

from the shores of Lake Livingston.

Some may call it ironic justice

that this is, in fact, the place where

he's scheduled to be executed

in the very epicenter of his hunting grounds.

Tonight we tread those grounds

in search of answers inside Death Row.

In search of answers inside Death Row.

Inside the mind of a killer.

As a warning, the following interview

may not be suitable to some audiences,

and due to the nature of the broadcast,

there may be brief interruptions.

We now take you live to Pierce Lawrence

at the George K. Remsberg Unit

of the Texas State Prison System.

Good evening, I'm Pierce Lawrence.

Across from me sits Jim Gardener,

the self-admitted murderer who took the lives

of at least five young women,

and likely many more,

and likely many more,

striking terror into the heart

of the Lake Livingston community.

Tonight we have the opportunity to discuss

the obsession that drove him to kill,

as well as the reasoning

behind his reign of terror.

Jim, thanks for being here.

I think the question on everyone's mind is, why?

Why did you do the things you did?

Why did you choose the victims you chose?

And ultimately, why did you kill?

Well it's not something I can just throw out there

and expect people to understand.

And expect people to understand.

And, why is that?

It's not that easy.

It's out of context.

It's like trying to explain

why Lincoln freed the slaves

without putting it into perspective.

One might say, 'Well, Lincoln was such a great man,

he did this kindness to these millions of people.'

But historians know different.

It's, it's more complex than that.

It's, it's more complex than that.

I think the same could apply to me.

One might say, 'What a horrible,

evil man he is, he killed these women.'

But those who truly know me know different.

Well, we should make

as one of our goals tonight

to come to that understanding.

But you do bring up a fascinating point,

so I'd like to ask.

Who are these people that truly know you?

Well there aren't many,

I can tell you that.

I can tell you that.

Are there more than one?

There's at least one, maybe more.

And who would that one be?

Does it matter?

Sure, if we're working towards

an understanding, I think it might--

No, no, no.

Form a better understanding of you.

It's irrelevant.

It's irrelevant.

Would it be your mother?

My mother died, but you already knew that.

Yes, but that's not to say

that she doesn't influence you now.

Or influence who you have become.

Is that what you want to talk about tonight?

Is that what you want to talk about tonight?

My mother, my childhood?

Well if our goal is to understand you

then, yes, I think that's

as good a place as any to start.

Now would you say that you had

a very rough childhood?

I'd say I had a very normal childhood.

Not unlike yours or anyone else's.

So for you, growing up

without a father is normal?

Statistically speaking it is.

Interesting.

Interesting.

Detective, can I have a word with you outside?

What's up?

This was given to one of my officers by an inmate.

It's addressed to you.

It's from Gardener.

You might want to...

Hey, listen, it looks like we're getting started

sooner than we expected.

Gardener's sent some coordinates here.

It looks like longitude and latitude,

It looks like longitude and latitude,

maybe GPS.

I need you to get on this.

Okay, yeah, I'll text you the coordinates.

I was gonna say you might want

to tell your guys to be careful.

Maybe this is exactly what it looks like,

but Gardener's been known to pull some shit in here.

Like what?

He's just extremely manipulative.

He likes playing mind games.

Yeah, I got that.

What aren't you telling me?

Couple of weeks back, we tossed his cell

just a routine search, nothing out of the ordinary.

Except we found a plastic sack with empty trash in it

empty potato chip bags,

candy wrappers, stuff like that.

We also found a receipt.

Stuff that was bought at a convenience store

about a mile from here, just outside of Livingston.

And this is unusual?

Well, yeah.

We don't let anything like that in solitary.

The only way it got in there

is if a correctional officer gave it to him.

Is if a correctional officer gave it to him.

'Course the guards aren't copping to anything,

and by Gardener's version, he bought it himself--

Which is--

Bullshit, yeah.

But we looked at the time stamp on the receipt

against the surveillance cameras at the store,

to see who bought it.

And...

Oh, come on...

Well, the guy had on a cap

and his head was down,

so we can't be exactly sure.

We're pretty certain that he's got

somebody on the outside,

somebody working on his behalf.

And you think it may be a guard?

And you think it may be a guard?

No, no, the thing with the guard,

that's something completely different

that's a payoff.

That happens all the time.

This thing on the outside was something else.

The most disturbing part is

the guy on that video had on the clothes

that Gardener had when he turned himself in.

Similar clothes or the clothes?

We store the inmates' personal effects

on site once they're incarcerated.

And once we started looking into this,

Gardener's stuff was missing.

Gardener's stuff was missing.

Jesus Christ.

It could be the clothes.

We're not sure.

We're still looking.

But I thought you should know

so you could warn your guys.

This may not be what you expect it is.

Well no shit.

I want you to gather up every single officer

you think might be involved in this

and I want to talk to them.

I already did that.

Fact is that Gardener has money

and if you grease a palm here and there,

you get favors.

Well then you've got a personnel problem

that needs to be dealt with

pretty fucking quick.

As in two goddamn weeks ago.

Look, if I fired every officer

who took twenty bucks for a favor,

who took twenty bucks for a favor,

I'd have no one left to watch the inmates.

Just sounds like a little bit more

than a favor to me.

And I'm not treating it like one.

We swapped out every officer on his rotation

and we threatened the others.

Other than that I don't know what else to do.

The fact is, if an inmate has money

coming in, he gets things done.

Well where's the money coming from?

Have you looked into that?

Someone sent it to him.

Who? I don't know.

It's coming in as a money order.

Well, why don't you start there, huh?

Get the bank involved.

Trace it.

Are they all coming from the same bank?

Are they being purchased locally?

These are questions

that should've been asked in the beginning.

Unfortunately, that's beyond.

Unfortunately, that's beyond

the scope of our investigation.

It's not against the law for an inmate

to receive money on his account.

Well given what's going on here

you might want to have told me this

a little bit earlier, you think?

...and, I guess at that point

she felt like she had

fulfilled her obligation to me.

I never got the impression that,

uh, she really thought of me

as anything more than a passing curiosity.

I don't think mothering was part of her essence.

So were you surprised to hear

that she had committed suicide?

I was, but not in the way you might think.

In what way then?

I think it was the most authentic thing

she'd done in her entire life.

I think she wanted to do it for years but kept on living

because others expected her to.

And the media... you in particular,

And the media... you in particular,

you like to try and spin it like

she couldn't cope with the fact that

her son was such a horrible monster

that she couldn't accept

the evil of her offspring...

We need to break.

Cut it off.

...however you phrased it.

So why do you think she did it?

I think she realized what most people don't

that her life was never her own.

Her life was never her own?

And who's was it?

And who's was it?

The world is suffering from an epidemic

of spiritual ignorance, Mr. Lawrence.

I'm not talking about religion.

I'm talking about the blindness of the average

American to the concept of Essential Design,

to the essence of who they really are.

See people, they wake up,

they groom themselves to the standards of society,

they report to whatever job

the establishment has fixed to them,

the establishment has fixed to them,

and then they come home after work,

sink into their couches,

and offer up their consciousness

to the clockwork agenda for the remainder

of their waking hours.

Rinse.

Repeat.

Right into spiritual oblivion.

And that's not the way

it's supposed to be, is it?

Well, there you have it.

The spiritual state of the nation

through the eyes of a killer.

We'll be back with Jim Gardener,

We'll be back with Jim Gardener,

the Lake Livingston Terror, right after this.

We're clear.

Can you come back here?

All right.

That was a good start, guys.

Okay, they are asking for me,

so it's gonna be about four minutes

and we'll just pick up where we left off.

Mr. Lawrence?

Yeah?

Could you bring me back a pen

and piece of paper, please?

Uh, I don't think they're gonna allow that.

Nothing is supposed to pass between us.

Oh you don't, you don't have to give it to me.

Oh you don't, you don't have to give it to me.

In fact it's better if you, you write it yourself.

We need to get started on that list.

The list?

What list?

The list.

Yeah, let me see what I can do.

You holding up okay?

Hey, dad?

Hey, dad?

Yeah, it was on the agenda that Monday morning

but gone by Wednesday.

Yeah, absolutely, that's what I told them last week.

Dad?

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Dad?

Could you hang on a second, please?

Thank you.

What?

Can I stay with Heather tomorrow night?

I don't know. Ask your mother.

I did.

She said to ask you.

I'm busy right now.

Can't you see that?

Just try me back later.

Come on, Dad.

I have to know by tonight.

I have to know by tonight.

You know what, if it's okay with your mother,

I don't care.

All right?

Okay, thanks.

Yeah, yep, exactly.

No, I didn't... I couldn't believe it.

Senator?

What?

I asked if you were holding up okay.

I don't know.

I don't know.

Ask me in an hour.

I know how rough it must be.

I don't think you do.

She would've been 17 in March.

She was the youngest of all-

all the missing girls.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I really am.

My daughter and I, we... uh...

I should've been more involved in her life.

I was making mistakes I didn't know I was making.

Selfish mistakes, you know...

with both her and Julie.

With both her and Julie.

My time...

my career...

my priorities...

Now I'll never have a chance to fix them.

You don't know that yet.

She was always too trusting.

You know?

Ah... too easily influenced.

Ah... too easily influenced.

She was really quick

to go along with her friends

no matter what they wanted.

And the last time I saw her,

she was trying to ask me if she

could spend the night at her friend's house.

And I just brushed her off, you know,

to get her out of my business.

You know, if I'd taken just a second,

you know, to think about it...

Sorry, sorry

I figured you'd want to see this.

It came from the inside, just like the other one.

It's for him, for Gardener.

Did you tell Bobby to send it through?

He said it was clear.

What is it?

He didn't say

just said he scanned it

and it was cleared.

Want me to ask?

No. Nevermind.

No. Nevermind.

Thank you.

Okay.

Are you gonna open it?

You know what?

No.

I'm gonna give it to Carnes.

This is her problem.

I don't want to even know.

Yeah, I'll let him know.

Yeah okay!... Okay!

Yeah, I'll tell him.

Tell me what?

He wants you to skip ahead to the murders.

What?!

Says you're putting him to sleep.

Set up's taking too long.

And his suggestion is what?

He wants me to skip the whole second segment?

That's the idea.

Well forget it!

We're not gonna have a payoff then.

How am I supposed to shoot him down

if we don't set him up in the first place?

Look, all I'm saying.

Look, all I'm saying

is what Bryce says, okay, skip it!

Well then Bryce should have

been here to argue his side.

If that guys thinks he can

control the show from the studio,

then he better realize

his juice doesn't shoot this far.

Pierce, do not do this again.

Do what?

Look, he signed off

on the outline, right?

He should've said something then,

not in the middle of the fucking broadcast.

And he's not even here!

No, I'm here!

So whatever I say

is the god damned way it's gonna be!

Forty-five seconds.

Okay, so what are you saying?

You want me to change the game plan

so he can get a free ride at the end?

No I am not saying that.

No I am not saying that.

Look, I trust you okay, but Bryce has a point.

It's moving too slowly.

Keep the setup but cut it down to half the segment.

Can you do that?

For me?

Can you just once not think about yourself

and think about the bigger picture

and everybody else involved?

All right.

For you I can do that.

Bryce can go shit in his own hat.

Thank you.

Twenty-five seconds. Let's go.

Fucking Bryce!

Look... just... Pierce, just relax.

Breathe.

Breathe.

Look, I trust you.

You're sexy when you're angry.

Oh, give me my notes?

Your notes?

Why do you need your notes?

You never need your notes?

It's okay, it's for him, not for me.

For him?

Fifteen seconds.

Please and thank you, let's go!

All right, all right, all right.

Geez!

In 5... 4... 3...

In 5... 4... 3...

Tell us about the study groups that you hosted.

How did they get started, and, what was the purpose?

It wasn't a study group.

The intention was never to study for classes

or go over assigned materials.

Okay then, what was the intention?

It was a forum for the exploration of ideas.

Tell me more about that.

What kind of ideas were you exploring?

Just very basic fundamental concepts of human existence.

Just very basic fundamental concepts of human existence.

What defines a person's essence.

What it means to be alive.

You find that funny?

Ah, no, but...

so you're saying that you invited

these young women into your home

to help them define the meaning of life,

and then you took it away from them.

I don't mean to point out the irony,

but you are on death row because

you're a taker of lives, are you not?

Taker of lives.

Do you even hear your own rhetoric?

Do you even hear your own rhetoric?

That's not who I am at all.

That's the perception of me

that you all perpetuate,

because you make assumptions.

But murder was never a motive for me.

Those girls died because they were

either unwilling to accept

or unable to understand

the truth of their Essential Design.

Essential Design - you've mentioned that a few times.

Is that some sort of a... a spiritual concept?

That's exactly what it is.

So you believe in God?

So you believe in God?

In a manner of speaking.

Now what type of faith

or denomination would you claim?

Denomination.

Do you really believe that God

is something that can be

commonly denominated?

So are you saying that you believe

in a god, but just not

the Judeo-Christian concept, is that it?

Do you know that there are

500 billion galaxies in the universe?

500 billion.

And there are 400 billion

solar systems in every galaxy.

Solar systems in every galaxy.

We are nothing.

If you want to know what God is,

God is happenstance.

It's the luck of the draw.

See I used to think I got

the short end of the stick

until one day I realized,

life is only what you

perceive it to be and nothing more.

Same goes for God.

Don't let him talk to you in abstractions.

Pull him back down.

So sounds like God to you is

something much more symbolic.

No.

Is that correct?

No, no, no, no.

God, if anything, is a reflection.

God, if anything, is a reflection

of one's true self.

Of one's essence.

Constructed from the fabric

of one's own spirit.

That is Essential Design.

See, if you live a disingenuous life,

you turn your back on the design.

If you close your eyes to it,

you'll never know what it means

to be authentic.

The Design is the almighty.

Without it, we are truly lost.

Without it, we are truly lost.

You're a prime example of this,

Mr. Lawrence.

Really?

Yeah.

Don't worry, though.

I'll make you into the man

you never knew you could be.

One who walks among the people,

not over them.

And how do you exactly intend to do that?

Are you familiar with Nietzsche?

Are you familiar with Nietzsche?

'If you gaze into the abyss'--

Sure, 'the abyss gazes back into you'.

Well Jim, I hope you're not saying

that if I stare at you long enough

I'm gonna come around

to see your point of view.

No, Mr. Lawrence, I am not the abyss.

In terms of human experience there is

and always has been only one abyss.

It lives inside each of us.

It's a kernel of knowledge

nagging at our mortal souls.

Most people ignore it, but those who

are truly cognizant embrace it.

Are truly cognizant embrace it.

Sounds like you're talking about death.

Death is the catalyst of all understanding.

It shines a light on everything

that stands before it.

When you stare at death,

death stares at you.

And then you find out who you really are.

So is that why you turned yourself in?

Pled guilty and refused your right to appeal?

Because you wanted to stare

directly into the abyss?

Directly into the abyss?

Well, that could be a part of it.

It could be a big part.

You know Kierkegaard said

that life can only be understood backward

even though we have to live it forward.

I think my life is like that

everything I'm doing here.

Once my Essential Design has been realized,

then will come revelation.

Wouldn't you agree?

That life can only be understood backward?

Well, in terms of hindsight...

Well, hindsight, sure.

Well, hindsight, sure.

But we're also talking about the abyss.

The closer you stand to the edge,

the clearer it all becomes.

The clearer what becomes?

The truth of Essential Design.

The meaning of everything.

Which is what?

Okay.

I'll give it to you.

You ready?

I'm as ready as ever.

Yes.

The meaning of life

is understanding and accepting

is understanding and accepting

that there is no meaning to life

and acting accordingly.

Recognize that it's random, pointless,

and absurd, and live a life

that is true to your own essence.

To the spirit of who you are.

And let that become a conduit

to higher consciousness.

He is one hundred percent crazy.

He is one hundred percent crazy.

That just now clicking for you?

All right, enough, time to move on.

Push him around some.

But that's just your philosophy.

No, no.

That is a universal truth.

And the burden rests on me

to open the eyes of the world.

I had hoped these women

could help me do that

but people are so anesthetized

by the banality of our culture

that it's damn near impossible

to wake them up.

That's why most of the willfully

ignorant people of the world

can't comprehend the scope of my thinking.

Can't comprehend the scope of my thinking.

Well, I think just because

people disagree with your thinking, Jim,

doesn't mean that

they can't comprehend you.

I mean I personally believe

that you can't just justify your actions

by citing arguments of dead philosophers.

But I comprehend exactly

what you did to those young women.

I just found it unacceptable.

Well, unacceptable from your point of view.

That's exactly what I'm talking about.

You have to step outside your frame of reference

to get where I'm coming from.

To get where I'm coming from.

Well I feel like I'm doing that but,

uh, sorry if you don't think so.

I'm just trying to speak from the basic viewpoint

of humanity, of what's considered healthy

and normal in our society.

I know you don't want to hear this,

and, the people don't want to hear it.

But whatever I am, it is normal.

I act on my natural desires.

See if I were to fight that, if I were to not act.

See if I were to fight that, if I were to not act

because of society's rules, then I would be

acting abnormally and against my nature.

See that's the problem with society

and really civilization in general.

You can't objectify human experience.

You can't force uniformity onto desire,

and you certainly can't impose

a single set of values and beliefs

across a diverse slate

of subjective consciousness.

That's why there's so much lawlessness.

That's why there's so much lawlessness.

Because, morality,

just like everything else, is arbitrary.

It's meaningless.

It's born of a herd instinct.

I mean, who are you to say

that I can't take a life

for what I believe in when this country does it

every day on a radical scale.

For reasons far more arbitrary

and less significant than my own.

And less significant than my own.

And for what?

For the greater good?

For some utilitarian sense of positive sum happiness?

Maybe.

But who's to say the lives I take

aren't for the greater good?

You know, when the world looks back on me

in thirty or forty years,

in thirty or forty years,

I think I'll be judged less harshly.

So you believe that the world

is gonna remember you in forty years?

I think you'd be surprised.

You think what I've done is wrong?

You're programed to think that way.

Every belief you claim has been served to you

by the hand of the establishment.

The fact is, a new era of thought is dawning.

And you're all afraid.

And you're all afraid.

You're afraid to let go of anything,

and you're really afraid of individuals who exist

independent of the social machine.

But then again, the weak

have always been afraid of the strong.

So you band together and you form rules,

to prohibit the strong from taking your food,

your property... your lives.

But you cannot take away my essence.

Or my innate right to fulfill its design.

Or my innate right to fulfill its design.

And if that involves taking a girl's life,

and I have that ability,

well, then, by God...

Warden, you need to hear this.

I have that innate right.

And what about her innate right?

What about her right to live her life?

Well, she has that right too.

Just as the gazelle has the right to graze the plain

without being devoured by the lion

without being devoured by the lion

who sees her innocent life

as essential to his survival.

So, can you explain to me, Jim,

how were your victims ever essential

to your own survival?

I thought you'd been listening.

They fit a calling in my belief system.

Okay, so I just want

to make sure I'm hearing you right.

You're saying that it's okay

to abduct and murder women

to abduct and murder women

if that's important

to your personal value system?

Yes.

Have you ever considered the possibility

that you might be wrong about all this?

I'm not wrong.

I'm not wrong.

And I plan to illustrate these facts to the world.

As Nietzsche said, 'It's not enough to prove something,

but you have to seduce the people into believing it'.

Are you trying to seduce me into believing it?

Are you trying to seduce me into believing it?

How about if I show you

what it means to die for something?

We'll be back with Jim Gardener,

right after this.

We're clear.

That was great.

Wow, nice touch

there at the end, Jim.

I was getting shivers.

Okay, guys, two more segments

just like that and,

uh, we'll tie a bow on this thing.

Uh, we'll tie a bow on this thing.

We need to get started on that list, Mr. Lawrence.

Oh yeah, I brought you some pen and paper

if you want to jot down some names.

Otherwise it's between you and the police.

No.

It's between you and me.

Actually it's not.

No, actually, it is.

Sit.

Number the paper for me.

Yeah I'll get right on that.

Hey, how high

should I make that list?

How many can you name?

How many can I name?

What, known victims, or suspected victims?

Oh, missing girls. How many?

Well I don't know, it's uh, I'm sure it's several.

Well you better get to it, I'm guessing

you have about three minutes left.

'Til what, the break's over?

Look I already told you--

No, I'm telling you

as of right now you're going to be

answering my questions and doing what I say.

And you're gonna start by making that list.

And you're gonna start by making that list.

Any names you don't know

or can't remember

before the break is over, they die.

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about the fact

that those girls are still alive.

Bullshit.

Look at me.

Yeah, nice try.

But you're gonna have to do better than that.

Okay.

Get him up.

This interview is over.

Hey, what is this?

Hey, what is this?

What's going on?

They found one of the girls alive.

What? Hey, sir, hold on for a second.

There's no discussion, we're shutting this down.

Don't let the others die, Mr. Lawrence.

What do you mean?

Others are alive?

Well that's what he's claiming but we don't--

This is a police matter now.

Your show's done.

No, hold on god damn it,

just hold on.

This dog and pony show is over with.

Like hell it is! Senator!

What is this?

We're on in one minute!

Get him back in that chair.

You all need to go back.

You know what Senator

we can't be sure of anything now.

We need to sit him down and

sort it out and we aren't gonna do it here.

Just hold up!!

Just hold up!!

We're not moving him anywhere

until we figure out what is happening.

Now, what is he asking you to do?

Well he's telling me

to make a list of the missing girls

before the break's over.

It's the only way you'll see

any of them alive again.

Are you saying that my daughter is alive?

Well unless you move me.

Or the break ends with no list.

Come on, making the fucking list!

Are you serious?

Get him back Senator? In the seat!

Chain him to the god damn table now!

This is not the way to handle this!

What is this, did you hear what I said?!

I can not deal with this guy!

Just slow down for a minute, okay?

Just slow down for a minute, okay?

No, the decision has been made! Get him out!

He's not leaving this room!

That's not your call.

I'm just gonna do it.

I'm thinking it's two minutes now.

Just fucking try it.

My daughter might be alive.

And until that's confirmed, or disconfirmed,

we're gonna do exactly what he says.

In fact this should be treated

like a hostage situation, and negotiated.

No. There's nothing to negotiate.

Good boy.

That's exactly what he wants!

If you're going to argue please step outside!

Please!

Guard, lock him up.

Get on the phone and let the studio

know what's happening.

We'll need to have Aiden introduce the back up reel

and run that until we can figure this thing out.

And run that until we can figure this thing out.

All right, gotcha, let's go.

Pierce, what's happening in there?

Talk to me, I'm listening.

I'm not saying we let him do anything,

I'm saying we get someone down here

who's equipped to handle this.

I'm here, and I'm dealing with this!

And with all due respect,

you need to back the fuck off!

That's enough!

You know what, if those girls

are alive, time is a factor.

We can't just stand here and debate this!

We haven't even asked him what he wants.

Could we at least do that?

Huh?

What do you want?

What do you want?

Oh, I just want to finish the interview.

Can I talk to you both outside

before we make a decision, please?

All right.

How's it coming?

How's it coming?

It would help to know how many there are.

Well, how many do you have?

Twelve.

There's more.

How many more?

Well, I can't help you there.

When you're done, you're done.

Are you done?

There's hardly twenty minutes left.

There's hardly twenty minutes left.

And he's chained to the god damn table,

I don't see any reason why we wouldn't--

Because it's what he wants.

And because it's stupid to let him

hold this over us on national TV.

Well then don't broadcast it.

Look, turn on the cameras,

finish the interview

but don't broadcast it.

Just let him think that it's still live.

You can do that, yeah?

We need to finish the show

as planned, if possible.

Yeah you can do that. They can do it.

Look, it's twenty minutes, let's finish this.

And then you can take him

wherever the hell you want

and get it all out of him,

but you will remember that lives are at stake.

Possibly at stake.

Possibly at stake.

My daughter's life, Bishop

don't fuck with me!

Fine. Finish it.

Twenty minutes off the air.

Off air?

How can we do that?

Jesse?!

Pierce, can we have a word outside?

Yeah.

Nice try.

You think it's the pen you have to worry about?

Looks like they're gonna keep running the show.

Good.

You may think you have us

all by the sack but you don't.

No matter what's tumbling around in your head,

No matter what's tumbling around in your head,

you'll still be here at the end of the day.

And you'll still die in November.

With me standing right over you.

Maybe.

Maybe not.

Keep telling yourself that.

Bishop.

Bishop.

I'm gonna need that package.

You know the one I'm talking about.

I ask him live, on the air,

put the pressure on him--

Warden, they said they're ready.

Warden?

He's not gonna help us.

That motherfucker.

You're gonna need to rethink your plan.

Here's what's gonna happen.

You're gonna get your interview,

you'll get your airtime,

but first you're gonna tell us

where those girls are.

Dead or alive, you're gonna give them back.

Fine.

Pick a number.

Pick a number.

What?

Pick a number.

One through fifteen - random.

Fine.

Eight.

Can she borrow your pen?

Borrow his pen.

Number eight, Ava Barnes,

Number eight, Ava Barnes,

cross her off the list.

Go ahead, cross her off.

Why?

Because you just killed her.

You'll get her back dead.

Every five minutes I sit here

waiting to go back on the air,

it'll cost you another life.

Listen--

No, no, no, I hear you.

Keep trying to stall for time.

Keep trying to stall for time

while your guys back

at the hospital talk to Maggie.

But every five minutes I sit here,

every five minutes you kill,

you take another girl with you.

So keep talking.

I'm listening.

Look, there's nothing you could've done.

I'm done here.

I'm gonna go talk to that girl.

Detective... Detective?!

This is all on you now.

You're the only negotiator that we have.

Why are we negotiating?

He's a lunatic.

Try to stay calm.

Keep things on an even keel.

Listen, the network is saying

to milk this all you can, okay.

This is breaking news, it may as well be our story.

Get in there, talk about

what's happening right now

and get him talking about it.

He knows what to do.

He knows what to do.

Look, can we have a second?

Please?

This is not a good idea.

Just hang in there.

It'll be over before you know it.

Hey, I love you.

I love you.

Come on, before he scratches another name out.

Here, take this.

And good luck.

It's for you.

How you feeling?

Another minute or so and it's on.

Yeah, that's funny.

Would you tune this for me, please?

It's Channel 11, right?

Just put it there on the floor.

I want to be able to see my face on TV.

You want to know how you did?

You want to know how you did?

Not really.

All but two.

Not bad overall.

Thirty seconds.

Why are you doing this, man?

Just between you and me.

No cameras, no bullshit.

What do you want?

Somebody has to save us.

We're on in 5... 4... 3...

Hi, I'm Pierce Lawrence,

sitting down with Jim Gardener,

who has just made what has proven to be

a very shocking revelation during the break.

He's now claiming responsibility

for all of the missing women

thought to have fallen victim to him,

only now he's claiming that

all of the victims are in fact, still alive.

Oh my God. Now, authorities have just confirmed

that one of the missing girls has been found

and is now safe in police custody.

Her identity has yet to be confirmed,

Her identity has yet to be confirmed,

however-- Maggie Bernard.

Excuse me?

Maggie Bernard.

And, uh, she's not the only one.

They're all alive

except for the two you left off the list

and the one the detective killed

when she tried to stall for time.

Oh my God, what if that's Lindsay??

Listen.

So, let me ask you this, Jim--

Tell them about this list.

Well I think what's more important than--

Nothing's more important than the list.

I don't think that would

I don't think that would

be appropriate for the families--

Nobody cares what you think.

They don't care what you think.

Read the list.

Go on.

Lindsay Colson, Chrissie Brady,

Caitlyn Ward, Katie Todd,

Avery Lamar, Brenda Stevens,

Stephanie Greer, Ava--

You can skip Ava, she's dead.

You can skip Ava, she's dead.

Ava Barnes, Georgette Whittington,

Beverly Decatur, Maggie Bernard--

Circle her, she's safe.

You sure?

Oh I'm quite sure.

Janice-Claire Jordan, Erin Wheeler,

Erin Grove, and Erica Bloomfield.

Erin Grove, and Erica Bloomfield.

Very nice.

So just to be clear,

you're saying that all of the women

on this list are currently still alive?

Well, for the time being,

but that really depends on you,

doesn't it?

What does that mean?

Because today is the day

of reckoning and revelation.

I'm bringing an indictment

against all things false

and you, Pierce Lawrence,

will stand for the masses

and the guileful media

that preaches to them every day.

All right, I'm gonna have to stop you right there.

No, you don't have the power to stop me.

No, you don't have the power to stop me.

You've had your chance,

your moment is gone.

This is my time, and I'll be heard.

Well, I'm sorry

but there's nothing more you can say.

You're seriously trying to hold this paper

above our heads, like it means something?

This is just a piece of paper.

Okay, you want to prove

that this is worth anything,

why don't you back it up

and let someone else go?

In fact, let me choose a name, any name,

on this list, at random,

and you prove to us,

that that person is still alive.

How does that sound?

How does that sound?

You want to pick a name?

I'm saying show us proof

that this is what you say it is!

Fine.

Pick a name.

Pick a name and cross it off the list.

Wait, no, that's not what I--

No, no, no--

This doesn't prove anything.

No, your reticence proves everything.

Now pick a name.

Go on.

Okay, look, I'm not saying that what you claim--

If another word comes out of your mouth

before you pick a name,

it will be three instead of one.

Now pick your name.

Now pick your name.

I'll make it easy for you.

The first name or the last name.

The Alpha or the Omega?

Pick a name.

Come on, time's wasting.

Pick your god damn name!

Lindsay Colson.

Lindsay.

What does he mean?

I don't know.

Go get the phone.

Do you think he might have...

I don't know!

That wasn't easy was it?

Don't question me again,

and you'll save yourself the grief.

Look, you got what you wanted.

Why don't you just let them go?

All right?

This is your chance to talk,

you can say whatever you want.

But whoever you're working with out there,

you tell them right now to let those girls go free.

Like I said, that's up to you.

Then tell me what you want me to do.

I'm gonna ask you a series of questions,

I'm gonna ask you a series of questions,

and I want you to answer them

immediately and honestly.

No stalling.

If you don't answer immediately,

a name comes off the list.

If I catch you in a lie, a name comes off the list.

If you answer with a question, or say 'I don't know',

or in any other way interrupt the process,

a name comes off the list.

Are we clear?

What is that going to accomplish?

Okay, that one's free.

Okay, that one's free.

But the next one will cost you.

The rules apply now.

Where were you born?

Seoul, South Korea.

Is Pierce Lawrence your real name?

Yes.

Of course it is.

Your birth name?

No.

I didn't say that.

Well what is your birth name?

Yoo Young-chun.

Why did you change that?

Why did you change that?

For my career.

I see.

And how did your family feel about that,

your parents?

They understood.

They didn't object?

Well at first, maybe, but they understood.

Growing up, was your family religious?

Yes.

Christian?

Yes.

Oh, let me guess.

Catholic?

Very good.

Very good.

That's correct.

Did you masturbate as a teenager?

Oh for Christ's sake!

That's not a valid answer.

Try again.

No.

Never?

No, don't look at the door, look at me.

If you look at the door again

another name comes off the list.

Don't look over there either.

You keep your eyes on me.

You really have a hard time facing me,

don't you?

Don't you?

Or maybe you have a hard time facing yourself.

Answer the question.

Sometimes.

Sometimes you masturbated?

Yes.

But not frequently?

No.

Even though you wanted to, am I right?

Break to commercial, get outta this.

Did you feel guilty?

Sure.

Sure.

Like any good Catholic boy

in conflict with his essence?

All right I've just been told that we

have to take a commercial break.

We'll be right back--

No, we don't take a break!

We keep going.

That's not my decision.

No, the decision is mine,

and I say we keep going.

Next question

why did you get into journalism?

I enjoy reporting.

Investigating the truth.

I see.

And did you always report on assignment,

And did you always report on assignment,

or did you do your own stories?

You're getting calls from all over:

The FBI, the FCC.

Refer them to the police, or leave them on hold.

I don't care.

Even the Governor?

I'll talk to him.

You can tell the rest of them to go to hell.

Okay, one more thing,

where's the detective?

Gone.

I asked for it, yes.

Why?

Because I thought it was a good story.

You gotta let me know as soon as you do.

I'll call you back.

What's the word?

It's strange up there.

She's not offering much.

She's on and off like a light, she zones out,

she's shaky, nervous.

How bad is she, mentally?

It's not good.

Parents here yet?

Still on the way.

Okay, anything on the other girls?

She said the only ones he killed

were the ones who couldn't accept

the truth - her words.

The truth - her words.

And how many is that?

All of them?

It's anyone's guess.

She was with them as recently as a week ago

then she was moved to a separate location.

Whoa.

By who?

She doesn't know - or won't say.

She's spotty like that.

She's vague on some points,

and then she's clear with details.

But, she said she thinks

she can take us to where they were kept.

She knows where they were held?

She recognized the area.

Outside of town,

just out in the woods somewhere.

This is bullshit.

I don't like it at all.

But she said she could lead us there?

She thinks she can.

She thinks she can.

All right, well, who's jurisdiction?

Just south of the lake, probably yours,

or Liberty County.

All right, we gotta move on this.

Where is everybody?

Phil's back at the scene,

Gavin's in there with her now.

Okay, pull the van around.

We're rolling in five minutes.

I'm on it.

Hi Maggie.

I'm Detective Carnes.

How're you holding up?

Okay, I know you've been through a lot,

and we all want to make this

as easy on you as possible.

As easy on you as possible.

I just need to know a few things,

and then we can get you rested up, okay?

Okay.

I need to know if there's anyone else

working with Gardener.

Another man, maybe?

With him?

No.

So you don't know who it was

that moved you away from the other girls?

He did.

Gardener?

Well you see Maggie, that's not really possible.

Well you see Maggie, that's not really possible.

He's been in prison for several months.

In fact he's there now

threatening the lives of the other girls.

We need to find them as soon as possible,

do you think you can show us where?

Okay, I'm gonna see if I can get her checked out.

They won't do it. We've asked.

Then don't ask.

She can't leave right now.

There are fourteen other girls out there,

maybe alive, maybe dying as we speak.

She's leaving.

Live your life, is the point.

The ill and the favorable alike.

Love your fate.

And I'm not talking about fate

in the sense of pre-determined destiny,

I'm talking about fate in the sense of things

falling randomly into your life.

That we met is kind of providence.

Don't you think?

Providence of coincidence.

We both stand to benefit by it.

But the overriding question is,

having looked back at your life,

having looked back at your life,

do you still believe yourself

to be a genuine person?

Living by the law of your own essence?

No.

That's not how I lived.

See?

Admitting guilt can be vastly more liberating

than the indignity of justifying your actions

to people who can't understand your choices.

To people who can't understand your choices.

I see promise in you, Pierce.

I do.

And I wish circumstances

hadn't brought us to this place,

but you and those you represent

put us on this path.

Unfortunately, this is where it ends.

If I'm to be judged,

then you'll be judged as well.

You better back off from me.

You better back off from me.

Back off!

Stay out of it.

What do you think you're doing?

I'm taking full responsibility for this.

Lives are at stake, more than just my daughter's,

so we will let this play out.

Either your body or your soul will die

before you leave this room.

The choice is yours.

The reckoning will be mine.

This is the abyss.

Look at it.

If you want to save the girls on that list,

you'll take this pill.

I have no idea if anything

you've said to me today is even true.

Nor will you.

Nor do you need to.

You only need to look.

You only need to look

into the living rooms of the people

you've lied to over the course of your career

and take this pill.

What is it?

Salvation.

Don't worry, though, I have one too.

You don't have to go alone.

None of us have to go alone.

None of us have to go alone.

Now is the time to save yourself.

Open your eyes.

Come to the light of awareness.

In 27 days

I will be reborn of a virgin mother,

seeded in the Church of the Real,

reared in absentia,

cultured as a father

to the nation of the awakened,

godhead to the Experience

of the Essential Design.

If you want to break the mold that binds your essence,

if you want to see the world how it truly is,

if you want to see the world how it truly is,

if your life is numb, your friends are false,

and your soul is empty. Come to me.

Converge, brothers and sisters,

on the city of Livingston.

Seek the Church of the Real.

Seek your Essential Design.

It is here, and it is happening.

It is here, and it is happening.

God is dead,

but the medium is not the message.

We are the message.

We are alive,

and we have the ability to exist and experience

beyond the confines of the machine.

And that, dear friends, is the only Good News.

For you, though,

This is your only hope.

The disservices of your falsehood revisit you now.

It's time for you to realize.

Take it.

You have ten seconds or they all die.

No, Pierce, please.

No.

It's okay, baby.

It's about the big picture, right?

Don't worry about me.

I'm not afraid of him.

If I take this pill, they all go free.

That's the deal.

This is not for you.

It's not for anything you stand for,

you understand me?

I'm doing this for the lives of the girls on this list.

I'm doing this for the lives of the girls on this list.

You say that, but you won't

know the reason until it's in your blood.

Go on.

Take it.

Swallow.

Good.

All right.

Tell us where they are.

Shhh.

Shhh.

Clear your mind.

Where are they?

No, no, no, you have to focus.

Focus.

Hey.

Amor fati, vox nihili.

Hey!

Where are they?

Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus.

TELL ME WHERE THEY ARE!

TELL ME WHERE THEY ARE!

HEY!

WHERE ARE THE GIRLS?

You can't save the girls.

You can only clear the graft

from your own soul.

What are you talking about?

What do you mean I can't save them?

The girls are beyond you.

They're dead to this world.

They're dead to falsehood, dead to insincerity.

What are you saying?

The girls are dead?

Yes.

Yes, they've died and been born anew,

just like I will be.

You lying son of a bitch,

we had a deal!

We had a deal!

Cut.

Cut the program.

No, the rules apply.

I can't breathe.

Cut the camera, right now!

Pierce!

No, you need to get back--

We're done.

No, we are not done!

It is not over until I say it's over.

Get off me!

Look me in the eye!

Look me in the fucking eye!

Yes.

Yes.

Do you see it?

It's so fucking beautiful.

Is this it?

You sure?

Okay, you get her back in the van.

What are we doing?

Just stay back.

Safe distance.

Get inside.

Don't move.

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Chrissie?

Oh God.

Welcome.

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