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Anton.

Anton. Hey. Hey. Say something.

I know. Oh, I want my story to end.

How is that?

What do you say? Trust me one more time.

I hear Imperium's great this time of

year.

Oh,

heat.

Heat.

Heat.

You okay, honey?

Yeah. Okay. We have to be prepared cuz,

you know, he might be in in really bad

shape.

All right. But I don't think we should

be like prepared for him to be in bad

shape.

No, but he he might be in.

Yeah. But he invited us over to hang

out. Let's treat it like a vacation.

We'll hang out. We'll have some drinks.

We'll get some sun or whatever.

Put him in a straight jacket.

Vic, what? I didn't bring mine. Okay.

I did bring my full leather restraints.

Okay, but we can't make jokes like that

in front of Alan.

I'm going to make jokes like that in

front of Alan.

Honey.

Honey.

You sure this is the right address?

That's what my phone says.

Hey everybody.

Hi Alan.

What? This is incredible.

Holy [ __ ]

That was very cute. I know.

What the heck?

Y'all look so beautiful.

What do you look great?

Me, too. You, too. I hope traffic wasn't

too bad.

No.

I'm looking at your fountain.

Oh, please do. Circus in town,

huh?

The circus in town. They got the

Oh, the termites. It's been a whole

thing. I Man, new house problems.

Is this a [ __ ] Mustang?

You tell me.

Yeah, it's a [ __ ] Mustang.

I would murder a stranger with my bare

hands to drive this.

She really would.

We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. I

take a picture of me.

Okay. I'm just putting this out there.

We're doing Friends. We're standing in

front of the fountain. We're wearing all

black singing.

Yeah. So, this is it. Whoa, man.

Oh my god.

This is insane. Alan,

thank you.

What the hell?

Look at you, bro.

Oh, you started the party without us,

Alan.

Oh, yep. Uh, that is just some wine.

Sorry, my maid is out of town, so it is

just me. Yeah, it's been a whole thing,

man. Such a [ __ ] mess.

Don't worry, we'll help you.

Honey, watch your dress.

My dress is fine.

Mess.

You want a broom or

No, I'm good. Just was a nice bottle. I

would have turned up, but I heard your

car outside.

Oh, it's all good, man.

Did you see on Instagram or Facebook

Ryan proposed?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay,

we're doing it. We're doing the big

thing.

Okay. Okay.

Right.

Yeah. It's about damn time.

You want to try that again?

You want to try like Congratulations.

That's amazing, you guys.

No, congratulations. Yeah, that's that's

what was supposed to come out, but my

mind is all over the place.

Stairs are crazy, right?

This place never ends.

Wow.

Okay, Vic, your room is the first one on

the left.

What? I thought we were all sleeping

together.

Is everything okay?

Yeah.

Yeah, you're okay.

I'm good. Yeah,

you're good. Okay, good. I'm glad to

hear it.

Brian, uh, you and Maddie are the next

one.

Yes. Come check it out.

Oh, man. This is sweet.

Mhm.

Hey, bathroom.

Wow,

Alan.

These are like This is like the YouTube

house tour videos that Ryan and I watch.

Oh my god. Just

you always said you were going to be a

successful writer and here you are.

Yeah, he's not Stephen King just yet.

I know it seems like he is. Ryan,

I'm just saying he doesn't have a book

out yet.

I mean,

I don't mean anything by it. I'm just

saying, you know, put that book out.

Not a point. It's It's all on paper till

it's actually all on paper.

Uh, yeah. Well, when the book comes out,

we'll be able to say that we went to

college and that we're friends with the

great Alan Perkins. This is amazing. I'm

so proud of you.

All right. I'm ready for the tour of the

mansion. Okay. Where you keeping the

bodies, Alan? Where's the dungeon?

Where's the way that your laboratory?

Oh, by the way, is there a sauna or like

a hot tub or something? Because I

brought a new bikini that I'm trying to

test out.

Yes, there is.

Okay, great.

I'll show you.

What are we going to do tonight?

Whoa, Alan.

Come on. We used to be disgusting and

now we leave beautiful sunglasses under

a table. That's not right, Mr. Fancy.

You've changed.

Oh my goodness.

Look at these.

We were such little babies. Look at us.

Yeah,

we looked like [ __ ]

Oh my god. What is in that room? Oh

[ __ ]

I don't get it. His mom made it seem

like he was spiraling.

Maybe she was just being melodramatic.

It's not like he tried anything.

Ryan,

which is good, obviously.

Maybe it's the book deal. It's like all

of his dreams came true and it's he's

succumbing to the pressure and he

doesn't know how to handle. He's like

living in this house all by himself.

Either way, I think you can stop

coddling him.

I'm not coddling him.

The guy lives in a [ __ ] castle. I'm

pretty sure he's fine. Well, I want him

to feel like he can talk to us in case

there is something going on.

Okay.

Okay.

What is all this stuff? This isn't just

stuff, Vic. Because a lot of it is the

Neptune cycle.

You're going to have to give me a little

more than that.

It's a series of books written by SJ

Purcell. They adapted them in the films

back in the '90s.

Do you have a whole room dedicated to

this guy?

Some guy? No, he he's the greatest

author in the history of science

fiction.

What? Do you keep a locket of his hair

next to your bed? I can see your boner

right now. It's going to poke me in the

eye.

[ __ ] you.

Oh,

I have the big guy.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Come on. Come on. Just

uh Don't

I actually think this is my boyfriend.

It's not. But it is the mask from the

movie. So, can you

Oh my god. There's like something

happening between us right now.

V.

You don't want me to kiss it?

No.

No one else is kissing either.

V, can you just

He like is in dire need of to secrete. I

have to go.

I think I have to go take care of him.

Oh my god.

Your excuse.

I mean, I definitely know him better

than you do.

That's not true at all.

What are you talking about? He was my

roommate. You guys hooked up like once.

Yeah, but he was my best friend in

college. We did everything.

Yeah, we did everything together.

He's going to scare you.

What? What?

Hello? What's up?

Are you guys Are you guys mad at me? Are

you serious?

What is that?

Is that like a gremlin or what? What is

that?

That's what I was thinking, too.

It's actually a Voxy. They're extremely

intelligent and compassionate beings.

A boxy.

Oh,

so nice.

It's not like real though, right?

What?

Okay. Well, I mean, obviously they're

not real. I more so meant like what's it

from? Like where why is it even a thing?

The Neptune cycle.

He has a whole room dedicated to this

[ __ ]

Oh,

it's not [ __ ]

Sorry,

it's not.

The Voxy are native to one of Neptune's

moons. They come to Earth in secret and

they choose when to be seen and they

choose when to remain hidden.

For years, they live in the periphery

observing us, testing us, trying to

determine who has the greatest

potential.

But it's seldom the one that you think.

In one of the novels, it's this janitor

from Indiana. He's a [ __ ] loser. I

knowbody. But the Fox D, they see

greatness in them.

And when they're ready, they will

shepherd the chosen ones away into a

transport vessel where they will enter a

greater Voxy consciousness called the

Vox Alactis.

It's really beautiful actually.

So they're like the good guys.

Yeah. Don't you remember in college

Alam's always talking about uh like the

the Neptune cycle and

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. the uh

Vox.

The Vox Electus.

How could I forget?

You remember that? The Vox team?

Yeah.

Cool.

It's awesome.

Yeah. And just looking at this thing,

like the detail on it, I'm like, is that

real? Like,

okay. All right. I know it's not real. I

was

Oh, am I upset?

Yeah. No, I'm not actually. I'm totally

I'm having a good time. You saved

yourself.

I'm going to take a nap

and I'm bringing this man with me.

Oh my god. Stop. That's

What are you going to do with that?

Just bring it. Bring it back in one

piece.

That's a foul. It's a foul,

dude.

Okay. Come on, Alan.

I did it. I actually get a point.

So, I was sitting on this roof and all

of a sudden this loser pokes his head

over and I was like, "Whatever. You can

come hang out with me. That's fine."

So, Allan was actually the loser and we

ended up getting high on the roof all

night and we were friends ever since.

Yeah, I am.

Wait, wasn't that the first night you

two hooked up? Uh, I definitely won the

first time.

Well, you know, if it hadn't been for

Allan, I never I never would have given

you a shot.

Oh, yeah.

That's how you want to remember it.

That is how it's the truth. You know

what? Um, to Allan and bringing us all

together

and and to vouching for me because she

would have never ever gotten with me

otherwise.

Yep. I wouldn't have.

Is that a landline?

Are you going to get that?

No, it's probably just telemarketers.

They're probably calling from the

previous owner. So, I just let it ring.

You have one conversation with me and

they'll never call back again.

No, it's cool. Don't worry about it. I

think you should go answer.

Yeah, fine.

Don't. It's cool. I just said it was

fine.

Okay.

Okay.

You have to take you have to pick the

right one.

I would I would love to

What's it say? Like you you meet the

right people and things just sort of

just fall into place.

That's awesome, man.

Really?

Okay, but like how do you come up with

like character names or or is it science

fiction? Like what genre interview?

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry for the

questions, but it's just this is the

most exciting thing that's happened in

my life.

Don't be sorry. Wow.

Don't be sorry at all. I uh it's science

fiction. Yes, it is. Uh but I want my

books to feel expansive.

You know, like each page is a part of a

saga that spans millennia.

So, what's it about?

H

the book. People are paying you millions

of [ __ ] dollars to write it. I'm sure

it's about something, right?

Okay. But please just tell us a little

bit. We don't care about spoilers. We're

still going to read it.

No, man. We're We're all in.

Okay. Okay. I'll I'll tell you. Um

it's about a man who appears in New York

City with no memory and he finds out

that he has the ability to manipulate

matter. Okay. With his dreams

and he meets this genius physicist and

together with his dreams they change the

course of history.

Cool.

Yeah. It's part revisionist history

meets mystery. A little bit of romance

in there because the the the the man and

the physicist, they fall in love. You

know what the man's name is?

Adam.

Oh,

but that's spelled Adam with a D. It's

spelled A T O M.

Oh, like the

Exactly. You know what her name is?

What?

Eve.

Eve.

Spelled the regular way.

Yes. The normal way.

Wow.

But but when the when when the movie

deal closes, you know, all you know,

they're just going to dilute it and make

it simplify. But they do. It's what they

But there's a you you have a movie deal.

Yes.

Wow.

You haven't finished writing the book

yet and there's a movie deal.

Yes. That's how this works.

They want They just want the idea, I

guess.

That's awesome.

Like it's amazing. It

sounds almost sounds almost unbelievable

to be honest. Like I'm almost like, is

he telling the truth?

What about you? You still uh insurance?

What is it? Insurance you're working in?

Yeah, medical sales.

But wait, but also um um you did he you

did have an idea recently that's kind of

like a business idea.

We're not talking about that right now.

I was there was a drunk thing. It's not

a real

Okay. It was like a sports bar where you

can play sports.

That wasn't it. Okay, then explain it.

All right, so basically I was at this

bar where they had axe throwing and I

was looking around. I was going, "Huh,

what if there was a bar that was Olympic

themed? Everybody gets to do shot

putting uh you know uh archery."

Well, you know something,

do it. If you believe in it, you got to

do it.

Yeah.

Go for it.

Yeah, I I would do it, but you know, we

need investors and stuff.

I'll do it. I'll invest.

Alan, are you serious?

Dead serious. I'll do anything for you.

I mean, I'll do anything for any one of

you.

Thank you.

Okay, then tell them tell the backstory.

Okay. So, you know how Facebook was

basically like a college only thing at

first? I'm thinking we could start out.

Keep going.

Where are you going?

I'm listening. I'm just going to go see

the the garbage.

Going to go see the garbage.

What the [ __ ]

What? I think he's really interested.

What the [ __ ] You just ruined my pitch.

I'm not going to be paying for this.

Oh my god.

What are you doing?

I'm chilling. Is everything okay?

Yeah.

Let's go inside.

You want a shotgun?

It's now or never. Dude,

you okay?

Let's go. Come on.

They make these trash bins so heavy now.

Like industrial grade, you know? I guess

to prevent animals from getting in.

Anyway, I slipped outside, made a real

mess. Trash everywhere.

That's not how Okay, I'm I'm sorry. I

didn't mean to like

You're going to be okay, right,

dude? They're getting married.

I know.

Like married married.

I know, Vic.

Okay.

Okay.

Just want to make sure she's happy since

I'm the reason they're together in the

first place,

you know. Um,

I think maybe we should go to bed.

I just made another drink. Oh,

well, I really need to get my writing

done. So,

SJ Purcell is a worldrenowned science

fiction novelist originally hailing from

Albuquerque, New Mexico. As a child, he

looked up to great sci-fi writers such

as John Johnson and Greg Donaldson. He

now,

you know, when I am ready to do like the

whole Shark Tank thing and take my

project out, I'll let you know. There's

like a specific way that it needs to be

done and I just need to make sure it's

airtight before I expose the project to

an investor.

You're right. I'm sorry. I shouldn't

have said anything.

It's fine. I don't I'm being like

it's a good idea.

It's a whatever idea. That's not the

point.

I don't want to be selling [ __ ] for the

rest of my life. But I got our future to

think about. You know,

our family

Whoa.

What?

What the [ __ ] is that?

That's so Alan, isn't it? Like he tells

us he doesn't have time to decorate, but

I bet this is the first thing he did

when he bought the house.

What was like a teenager? It's so

[ __ ] tacky.

Well, you're not really a sci-fi person.

I'm telling you, he's the one.

Now, this is outrageous. No one's seen

the box in over a thousand years. And

you expect us to just believe this

janitor is the chosen one?

Good morning.

Just had this dream. There was like a

hole and I was living in it, but it was

water and everyone was calling me the

dweller. I guess because I was dwelling

in there. That would make sense, right?

You okay?

Yeah, of course. Everything's great.

It's [ __ ] awesome.

[ __ ] That's cool.

What you doing?

Breakfast is prepared and ready on in

the kitchen. I'll be there in a moment.

Okay, cool. Thank you. Um,

is it this way? I don't know this place.

If you're going to be weird by the door,

I'm going to get coffee. All right.

Thanks.

Dig in. Now, I know it doesn't look like

much, but it's got everything that you

need. Got calcium, vitamin K, no piece

of the pyramid unaccounted.

Are Maddie and Ryan coming?

Uh, they're grocery shopping.

Okay.

Why?

What do you mean why?

Did they see breakfast? Did they say

anything about it?

Oh, did they see this?

I don't think so.

Pickle plate.

Stupid.

What? I'm eating that.

[ __ ] stupid.

What was I thinking?

What? Why would she want to eat pickles

for breakfast?

Who?

Maddie. I was eating a pickle for

breakfast. It was good.

Okay. And it's not that big of a deal.

Relax.

Hey, you know what? I was thinking we

could do you and me. Take out the GT

while they're gone.

Take it for a ride. See how she feels.

No.

Is that all you care about?

What? That's it?

I don't want you wrecking my car. Okay.

So, stop asking about it.

Okay.

Didn't know it was like that.

Jesus.

I'm sorry, Vic.

What was that?

I don't know what that was. What's going

on with you,

dude? First of all, I shouldn't have

snapped at you like that. I I apologize.

It's just a lot going on with having

people over. So,

you want to take the car out for a spin?

And you know what?

My friend can drive my car

like right now. Absolutely. There is

nothing better than a morning drive.

Oh, okay.

I'm

[ __ ]

[ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] Oh

my god. Oh. Oh no.

Hey. Hey. Hi. Um, so something has

happened. Um, I accidentally crash I

crashed the car.

Okay. Okay. Well, drive. Just drive it

somewhere fun.

And maybe it's just a dent. I don't

actually even know. Um, but it's I don't

think it's good and it's stuck.

So, what what do you want me to do?

I'd like you to come help, actually.

What was that?

Nothing. Well, I can't because I have to

work. In fact, this whole conversation

is disrupting my process.

I'm sorry for interrupting.

If you can just wait for me outside,

please.

Okay. You don't have to talk to me like

an [ __ ]

Heat. Heat.

Who are you?

Hey

Well, I'm a friend of your dad's.

No, you're not.

Hello, my name is SJ Purcell, Galaxy

Award winner and the mind behind the

Neptune Cycle. In this class, I'm going

to teach you three lessons for becoming

a successful science fiction writer.

Lesson one, write more. World building

takes time. Characters take time. If you

want your little story to become a saga,

you need to write more, more, more. But

SJ, there aren't enough hours in the

day. Nonsense. Half of writing is done

in the head. So, even when you are at

work or doing the dishes, your mind

should be out in the furthest reaches of

the cosmos.

Lesson two, ignore the naysayers. I've

gotten plenty of bad reviews throughout

my career, but I'm consoled by this

truth that they don't give Galaxy awards

to critics.

And lesson three, stay vigilant and keep

your imagination open to all

possibilities. Opportunities often

present themselves when you least expect

them. So when opportunity knocks, be

prepared to answer.

Order.

Hey, what can I get you today?

Hm. Well, let's do the Denver omelette.

Egg whites only, pickled jalapenos,

blanched spinach, and a side of feta.

Oh, feta sounds amazing, but

unfortunately, we don't have any.

No feta?

No.

What a surprise. Okay, scratch that

then. Uh, let's do the Santa Fe wrap,

but make it a salad. No tortilla strips.

Sundried tomatoes.

Oh, I'm so sorry, but we don't have

sundried tomatoes either. Oh, but we

could do like um like a banana pepper or

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Cuz that's the

same thing.

Mr. Purcell. Mr. Mr. Purcell. Mal

Perkins. Uh, big big big fan. Big fan.

Um, how about just a grilled [ __ ]

cheese? How's that? Do you have cheese

and bread? I'm happy to head back there

and explain it to the cook.

Oh, no. Don't even worry about it. Our

grilled cheese is the best in town.

You're going to love it.

Good morning. Oh, it's a hot one today.

What's all this?

Yeah. Oh, it's a It's a letter. Read it.

Better pay him, Simon.

I'm going to

Oh, yeah.

Thought I had till next year.

No, you didn't.

Wait, wait, wait. Does he know about the

TV show?

It's a Neptune cycle. Like, this is a

big deal.

So, he sold it. Oh, I mean not yet, but

we are we are right there. Plus, I've

been selling a bunch of the wine and um

the guest house is almost ready to get

rented out again.

What about the Mustang?

The

I I

got to get around.

Just need two months.

Oh,

if you can just tell Marty, he will get

his money soon.

I don't work for you. I just I'm up to

my neck, you know? Okay. Like uh

alimony, child support, tuition, you

know, just

Hey, [ __ ] face. All I'm telling you to

do is man up and take some

responsibility for your life. Okay?

Nobody asked you to take a loan from

Marty. Okay? You did that.

Okay.

Hey,

stop it. Okay,

that creeps me out, man. Look, if

Marty's got to send someone out here

again, things are going to get really

[ __ ] bad really [ __ ] fast. Hey,

look at me. Okay, good.

Heat. Heat.

It doesn't make sense. No, it doesn't. I

Why would I come back home?

I'm doing great. I'm meeting publishers

and all types of people. I mean, you

should see the view from my apartment

window. It's beautiful.

Pel.

Hey,

seems like a lot of pages just to kill

bugs. All right, pleasure. I'll be gone

by Monday. Going to start then. Gate

code is 2001.

No, nothing.

Please don't sell the signature or

signatures,

but if you do, which I would again

rather you not do, please let me know

how much you get.

Hey, Mr. Pel.

Hey, Mr. Purcell. Um, I'm Alan Perkins.

You might have read my my story, my

short pet fiction.

Okay.

Heat. Heat.

convention.

No, I'm not doing another convention.

Why not?

Cuz it's always the same five losers who

want to know if Malibar survived the gas

attack on Titan.

Losers pay the bills. Plus, you'll be in

New York for the pilot meeting.

Really? They want to talk about the

pilot.

Yeah, they loved it.

Why don't you lead with that?

Oh, I thought I told you about.

Yeah, set up at the meeting.

I got other business in New York anyway.

It'll work out perfect.

Okay, cool. How about the 15th? Boom.

Fantastic.

Yeah.

Okay. I'll book a flight for the 14th.

Perfect. And maybe this time

Hello. Hello.

Mhm.

Heat. Heat.

Heat up

here.

What should we do?

How come no one ever asked?

Maybe has some wise [ __ ] to say. Anyone

consider that?

I'm 3,000 years old.

I have Yalitarian blood in my veins.

I've seen everything happen. I was there

when the mind wolf spoke the first

prophecy into the mountain.

Holy [ __ ]

I didn't even know that.

Maybe next time

first instead of wasting all this damn

time.

Oh,

look at you.

Look at you.

Look at you. You beautiful.

I know. I'm sorry.

Are you sure there's nothing you can do?

Forgot it's my weekend with the kids and

Tracy is not answering the phone. She's

just trying to [ __ ] me.

Okay. Well, I guess we'll just have to

cancel it.

No, don't cancel it. Jesus Christ.

Okay.

If he really is the chosen, we'll know

it by the power of the Foxy.

[ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ]

God [ __ ] damn it.

Well, well, well. Look at this. All my

favorite rebels on one planet.

Let's celebrate.

What the [ __ ] Mr. Purscel? Uh uh uh. I

um

nobody let me help please.

You don't have to call anything.

become one with the fox actor.

He is

again

Mhm.

I didn't want to do this, Mr. Priscilla.

[ __ ]

You made it. You made it. Wow, you guys

look great. You guys look great.

Me? Stop. Oh, this.

Thank you. Wow, you're really here.

You're really here. I've been waiting so

long to see you all. I've been waiting

so long to see you all.

Welcome. It's so great to see you guys.

Really, make yourselves at home.

Seriously, please. It's no trouble at

all.

Hey everybody.

God.

Holy [ __ ]

So, the writing's going well.

shot with a archery pole vault if they

want to. Oh, I don't

You know how Facebook was basically like

a college only thing at first? I'm

thinking we could start out on State

Street in Madison.

Where are you going?

I got to go check the garbage.

What the [ __ ] Wait, I think he's really

interested.

You just ruined my

I know I messed up. Please don't kill

me.

What are you doing here?

What? You're supposed to be in New York.

Yeah. Yeah, I know. I'm sorry. I just

I'm working on something new and soon I

will have 10 times what I owe.

Something new?

Yeah.

What's it about?

Yeah, that's complicated. You You'd have

to be familiar with our work.

Well, is it about the Neptune cycle?

Yes, it is.

You said the last panel at Cyclon that

you were done with the Neptune cycle.

What if I did? You said that

definitively.

Well, things change and honestly those

[ __ ] Q&A are worse than this.

Oh, all they want to talk about is

Malibar and the gas attack. Don't you

hate that?

Yeah, I do.

I didn't know it till you said it, but

yeah.

Look, I don't want to

be that kind of guy, but I saw the

proton arrow gun in the house. Is it

true that the director wanted to use

actual projectiles for the Triton

Crusade scene?

You do know a lot.

It's impressive and it's always it's

always good to hear from a fan.

So, how about this? How about we go into

the house and I show you everything I've

got so far of a new journey of the

Neptune cycle

and then

maybe we could figure out a solution to

this.

I can't

Where'd you get those clothes?

Home.

No. Where where did you get them?

I know those clothes. Wait, I need my

Whoa. Oh my god.

Who the hell are you?

Uh, my name's Ann.

Shut up. You have exactly 5 seconds

before I fuse your brain to that wall.

No, wait. I I was brought here by Oh, by

uh I don't know what they are, but they

had these glowing orbs on their

foreheads.

You lie.

No, no, no, no, no.

You know, it's like the fox descent.

It's your destiny. I have to keep going

no matter what.

Come with me.

Where?

So,

I was thinking

book 12, the islands of Imperium are

united by the Treaty of 3000, right? But

that's got to be a misnomer because in

Age of the Voxy part two, you clearly

state that the treaty wasn't ratified

until 3005.

Mr. for so

insulin.

What?

I need my hands.

Where is it? Where is it?

Carry on.

Good morning.

Just had this dream. There's like a hole

and I was living in it, but it was

water. I don't know. I haven't really

figured it out yet.

Um, what are you doing?

So, breakfast is ready in the kitchen.

I'll be there in a moment.

Is that this way?

Okay, I'll I'll see you at breakfast.

Uh, now what? Tell me. Now what?

Pinch the belly. Pinch my goddamn

stomach and stick the needle in

like this.

Do the rest of it. Go. Go.

Now what?

Shake it out.

You feel better? Yes.

Great job.

Thanks.

All right, let's get let's get these off

and

celebrate.

Dig in. Look, I know it doesn't look

like much, but it's got everything that

you need. It's got calcium, vitamin K,

no piece of the pyramid on the where

Maddie and Ryan.

Um, they're uh getting groceries.

Why?

Okay.

Have a good weekend. See you.

See you Monday.

Bye.

Bye.

Hey, you know what I was thinking we

could do

now that they're not here? Take the GT

for a spin. See how she feels.

No.

The stairs are the worst.

There's 76 of them.

And I hate every one of them.

I don't want you wrecking my car, okay?

So, stop asking about it.

Okay.

Didn't know it was like that. Jesus.

I'm sorry, Nick.

Dad.

Dad, we're here.

Dad,

all my stuff is missing.

Your face is missing.

I'm being serious.

Shut up.

Whatever. I'll find him.

Dad.

What the [ __ ]

Dad,

are you there?

Dad.

So, Sorry. I'm really sorry.

Does it hurt?

Okay. So, do you uh are you hungry?

Do you have any allergies?

Any medical conditions?

Okay, great.

Hey. Hey, Alan.

What are you doing?

Hi. So, um, I just did have an accident

in the car. I thought I was driving.

I can't drive. It's stuck in a bush.

What do you want me to do about it?

Come help me.

Help you, Vic. I'm in the zone right now

writing. I'm supposed to, you know, I

have a deadline. Are you serious?

Just I'll meet you outside. Please.

You're so [ __ ] annoying. I'm fine.

Who are you?

Hey.

Well, I'm a friend of your dad's.

No, you're not.

Hey. No. Wait, wait, wait. I'm I'm not

going to hurt you.

Hey. Hey.

Stay away from me. I'm I I'll stay away.

Just can I talk to you inside? No. Wait.

Wait. Wait. I'm not going to hurt you.

I'm not going to hurt you. Just

Just wait. Wait. Wait. Just No.

Hello. Hello.

Hi.

Um, I have to talk to you guys. Uh, I

just something Oh,

hi.

We got the groceries.

Ooh, working hard, I see.

Oh, uh, no, not yet. Not yet.

Okay, fine. Guess I'll just wait for it

to be on the shelves like everybody

else.

Sorry you haven't had the time to work

on that. I'm sure now isn't a great time

to have company.

No. What?

I think you guys are meant to be here.

You know,

it's like the converging of destinies.

Me, you, Maddie,

Ryan,

for sure. Yeah.

Should we go outside?

Oh, you go ahead. I have to stay in here

and finish up something. Oh,

okay.

Uh, guys,

um, something's [ __ ] going on.

Okay, what's going on? Okay. I found

this letter in Alen's car. Well,

why are you in Alen's car?

I'm just going to read it to you.

You're going through his mail,

Maddie. Let her read it.

Okay. It says, "Dear [ __ ] we warned

you repeatedly that failure to pay would

result in serious repercussions. 200,000

by July 15th or we're coming to visit.

Consider this your final warning."

Let me see that.

July 15th, isn't that That's today.

Yeah.

Yeah. which would make sense because

he's acting [ __ ] insane. And you

would think with the book deal and

everything that he'd be fine with the

money

unless he blew his advance.

Think about it. Big book deal, but no

book. Huge house, classic car, but

there's no book. I bet he hasn't even

written it yet. I knew it. I [ __ ]

knew it. This guy is full of [ __ ]

Okay. Well, don't seem too upset.

I'm worried, guys.

Is there a problem here in getting

Hello, Ryan. What if he comes and breaks

his legs and then they break my legs?

Well, why would they break your legs,

babe?

Cuz I'm the pretty friend. Everyone

knows the pretty friend dies first.

Okay, fine. Then let's ask him what's

going on.

No.

Yeah,

Maddie, why not? Why? Why not? Why not?

Why don't we just ask him what?

I'm just saying he's incredibly

sensitive right now. And if what's in

the letter is true, we can't just go

after him like like ganging up on him or

bullying him. We have to be strategic

about it. We have to be understanding

and and and empathetic.

Okay, fine. Then let's empathetically

ask him what this letter is all about.

So Allan,

Maddie and I are thinking about buying a

place sometime after the wedding.

Yeah.

My bad if this is too personal, but

what's a place like this go for?

Obviously out of our range, but

ballpark.

Lions with alien ears castle in LA.

I don't know. You can't tell me you

don't know. You don't want to answer. I

get it.

Can I not?

I'm just asking.

Let me throw a number out there. 10

million.

Ryan,

am I in the ballpark? I got to be close,

right?

This What are you doing?

Say it's half that. He'd still have to

have written at least a dozen

bestsellers by now. And he hasn't

written one.

Yeah, but but there's there's the movie

deal, too.

The movie? Oh, the movie for the book No

One's Read. Who wouldn't want a piece of

that?

Is there a problem, Ryan?

No, there's no problem.

Vic found the letter in your car.

Cool.

Great. What letter?

It was on the dashboard. I I shouldn't

have read it.

It says you owe someone 200 grand, and

if you don't pay it, they're going to

come after you.

Alan, what the [ __ ] is going on, man?

Nothing. Nothing's going on. I

It's going to sound strange, but that

letter has nothing to do with me.

Don't lie to us. I'm

not lying. The car It came from a

production house.

They sell old vehicles for movies and

and and the the letter must be for a

prop or something.

What movie is it from?

They don't tell you that when you buy

the car.

Then what's even the selling point?

Stop with the question.

Oh my god, Maddie, wake up.

Someone gave you a [ __ ] ton of money on

the promise of a book you didn't write,

which is fraud, and now you're basically

trying to do the same thing to us.

Are you jealous of me?

You think I'm jealous of you?

You're delusional.

What?

Dude, you're in my house. You're eating

my [ __ ] food. This is my success, not

yours. You're just mad cuz my dreams

worked out and you're stuck selling

[ __ ] catheters.

Everybody heard the idea for your book.

It's a joke, man.

You think it's a joke,

Nick? You think my book's a joke?

You know what's a terrible [ __ ] idea?

Track and field in a nightclub.

I love you guys.

Wow. Friends fight. It's what we do. And

you know something? That does not mean

the party stops. You keep eating. Keep

drinking. All right. Food's on the

grill. I got to go.

Have fun.

Uh, Maddie,

do you feel safe here?

Good news.

Everything's going to be okay. So, just

hang tight. Can you do that for me? Can

you just hang tight?

And there they stand, two souls forever

bound, alone at the very genesis of

time. Their eyes are like ticking clocks

spinning backwards into infinity.

Fade to black. The end.

What is this [ __ ]

I mean, it's just the first episode.

The right cast and the right budget

could be a hit.

Hey, look. I know it's different, but

the Neptune cycle was over. You know, I

I had to find a way to reopen it for me.

You use dreams.

Dreams are fresh. Time travel. It's

played out, you know, like there's so

many rules and you got to make it make

sense. It never does. But but dreams

work. You can do anything you want with

dreams. You can even

change history.

Exactly. What you were holding in your

hands right now is as good as cash.

It is everything I owe Marty and that

some.

You changed their names.

What are you talking about?

Adam and Eve.

Oh my god.

That's your script.

You're Alan Perkins.

Okay.

Look, um, I am sorry that I borrowed

some of your work. You have every right

to be upset. I would be upset, too.

Do you know what? Here's what we'll do.

I'll just get rid of it. Get rid of all

the stuff that's anything like yours.

Anything even a little bit, it's gone.

No problem.

So,

you liked it?

Liked your story?

I mean, it is a little rough around the

edges, but

yeah,

thought it was promising.

No one's ever said that about my work

before.

Yeah,

pretty good.

I mean, it must be if you decided to

steal from it.

You're You're not mad.

I don't know.

Maybe. Should I be?

No. No. No. No.

You know what it is? It's that someone

of my stature finds it difficult to

admit that I was kind of hoping we could

work together

like

partners.

What do you think of that?

Alan Perkins.

It's just like the fox.

Did you feel that?

I just wanted to ask if we make it out

of here.

Hey, when we make it out of here.

Yeah. Yeah. When we make it out of here,

would you want to uh Whoa. Uh I don't

know. Maybe do something sometime.

Yeah, I'd like that.

You'd like a place like this, wouldn't

you?

A place like like this?

Yeah, if you could have it. I mean

Well, not if it wasn't real.

What do you mean? Of course it's real.

Is it though?

I I told you that stupid letter. It's

nothing. It has nothing to do with me.

Then why'd you lie about it?

It's like all the stress you're under,

the way you're acting. It really feels

like you're not yourself.

I know. I know.

But I'm better now.

I've had a breakthrough, Maddie. A big

one. I figured out an ending

for your story.

That's great, Alan. I'm really happy for

you. Yeah. Uhhuh.

Alan, what the [ __ ]

No. I thought

what? No.

Well, why not?

Why not? Cuz cuz I don't want to. That's

insane. We're friends.

We weren't always like that.

Jesus, Ellen. That was in college.

I thought you wanted this.

What gave you that impression?

I haven't talked to you in years. Then

you get engaged and all of a sudden

it's, "Hey, Alan, how are you?" Alan,

let's get together. Alan, you were

making sure you didn't make a mistake.

No, that's not why I reached out.

Then why did you?

Because your mom called me.

My mom?

Yeah. because she hadn't heard from you

in a few weeks and she was worried that

you might hurt yourself and she asked me

if I knew anything and it broke my heart

because I didn't and and

we used to be so close. I

I just wanted to make sure you were

okay.

There's still time.

You're engaged to Ryan, but you're not

married yet.

I'm sorry.

What's going on?

We're leaving

now.

Was right about Allan.

Everything he's told us is a lie. No, I

know.

Sh.

I know it looks bad. I'm okay. Where is

your brother?

I don't know.

Okay, everything is going to be fine. Do

not go to Dallas. There is a bad man.

Dad, there's more than one. I heard

their footsteps. There's a There's at

least three.

answering this [ __ ] phone.

Hello.

Time's up, [ __ ] Time is up.

Who is this?

Who the [ __ ] is this?

It's Vic.

What are you, the new girlfriend?

What? No, I I think you have the wrong

number.

I don't have the wrong number.

Get Simon on. There's no Simon here.

Look, I'm hanging up the phone. Don't

keep calling.

I'm coming over.

I suggest you get the [ __ ] out of here.

[ __ ] [ __ ]

Guys.

Alan.

What the [ __ ]

Hey,

Heat. Heat.

And this whole weekend you've been

fawning over him. And it just makes you

wonder if you want something that I

can't really give you.

No, Brian. I don't want any of this.

Like you keep finding all these little

things about me that you don't like. And

yeah, I I I'm sorry. I didn't It's okay.

So I I can make up fake books and stuff.

That's all you want.

Oh,

let's go home and get married now.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Deck. Deck.

Deck. Wake up, buddy.

Deck.

Decker.

Decker.

Get

out of here.

Yep. Yeah, I'm here.

Marty, Marty, me. Marty. Okay, I get it.

I get it. Okay. If he doesn't have it,

I'll put an end to this. Okay. Hold.

Yeah. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Did you

already send somebody out here?

Okay. So, then uh I'm going to have to

call you back.

I'm going to Go get the car.

I'll go find Vic.

Vic. Yo, Vic.

What the [ __ ]

What have you done to my tongue?

Come on.

Come on.

Buddy. Hey,

heat.

Why did you do that?

Surrender now.

Help me.

Here's the power of the box.

Help me.

Don't shoot, man.

Please don't. Please.

She She's She's dead because of you.

Not now.

Heat. Heat.

Anton.

Anton. Hey,

say something.

I know. Oh, I want my story to end.

How is this?

Heat. Heat.

the code again.

Heat. Heat.

What do you say? Trust me one more time.

I hear Imperium's great this time of

year.

For a long time, I felt without style or

grace, wearing shoes with no socks in

cold weather.

I knew my heart

was in the right place.

I knew I'd be able to do these things.

As we watch him digging his own grave,

it's important to know where he's at.

Can't afford to stop and tell that what

he believe.

Keep on doing for a thousand years.

I'm walking alone.

I'm thinking about

I'm walking alone.

Just enough to be living.

Get out of the way.

No time to begin.

This isn't the time.

So nothing

about

turning around.

No trouble at all.

And notice there's nothing around you.

I'm walking.

Never get to say much. Never get to

talk.

Tell us a little bit but not too much.

Right about then is where she give up.

She has closed her eyes. She has give up

hope.

I'm walking alone.

I hate to be dreaming.

I'm walking alone.

Just bring it up to

get out of the way again.

This isn't the time.

So nothing

about nothing at all. I'm turning

around. No trouble at all.

I'm keeping my fingers.

I'm walking away.

Hey.

I'm walking.

I'm visiting houses.

I'm walking alone.

Just barely enough to be living.

Get out of the way.

This isn't the time. Nothing's done.

Not something about

not many at all.

No trouble at all.

Two different houses around you. Around

you.

Oh

yeah.

Heat.