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You said I was one of your best guys.

Was.

But if you can't hold me back, just ask them to take me off the block list.

Say that again, and I'll kick you and your kid out on your ass.

Bringing her here to guilt me.

Look, I need to work.

She said a few years ago last week.

No, no, no, no, no. That ain't on me.

I'm not the jerk that spoke to a union rep about radiation exposure one time.

You got your daughter.

Your nuts didn't fly.

Take the win.

Bye -bye.

Sick kid in my office.

You don't want to bring her here to kill you.

It's in your face.

This is you.

Not all of you.

Not... Not... Hey, you. Stop

that. Are you mad enough to risk it all? Today is your last chance in the year

to be on The Running Man.

If you can duck the boys in black, the public, and McCone's hunters for 30

you'll run away with a billion new dollars.

Go on.

I'll give you a head start.

You've got the cash if you've got the balls.

Don't miss the final run of the season.

Don't worry.

Daddy's not that crazy.

Walk and feed the wheel. We're a big -boned badass that's bravely the bag.

big bucks. Am I right, bud?

And away we'll go.

For 100 new dollars, the capital of France is A, Marseille, C,

Lyon, or C, Paris?

Paris. That's deep.

Correct.

Paris.

Oh, look at the fuzzy hamster.

Did you see the fuzzy hamster? Bud, next question. For $1 ,000, how many

laboratories does a NetAir Flying V luxury jetliner have?

Is it A4, B5, or C6?

Say B, Bud.

Is it A?

It's...

See, Ted, it's good.

The rich are even more full of shit than Daddy thought.

It's time to speed up, yeah!

Oh, God.

Bud, in my hand is the question that could change your

life. Who in the world is a Catalonian?

Bud,

we hardly knew you.

Okay. How's she doing? Mommy.

How's she doing?

She's really burning up. Hey.

Mommy. Thank God you're here.

Can I feel?

She's hurting back.

That's not good.

Two drops.

All right.

Wait, what is this?

Look, I know.

Molly said he would have real bonds, damn it. Real flumex. Yeah, well, a

black market buddy has all the stuff to kill people, but it's so down to the

thing to save them.

All right.

Thank you.

This stuff doesn't make her better, Leah.

But it makes her feel better.

Look, I just pulled another double at the Hellhole Club, and if it wasn't dead

in the morning, I could still be there. So that's what we can afford today.

I talked to him.

What, you did?

Who watched Kathy?

Took her with me.

Figured, you know, they'll trip him.

No, you took her so you wouldn't beat the crap out of her.

Smart. I left my pride at the door. I was respectful.

Maybe. Got a little heated at the end, but by then it was game over.

They don't want us to win.

I'm sorry, Adley.

I tried.

Hey, you're just being punished for being a good man.

You were just standing up for your guy.

I just didn't seem right. You know, I got to be a dad and they didn't. Ben,

of this is your fault.

It doesn't change our situation.

No.

But we're in this together, right?

Wait, where's your sock?

Oh, Ben, those take forever to make. No, no, it was on when we got home. Hold

on. It's here. It's here. Those are the comfy things.

Shh. Why didn't you kick that off?

Shh. Don't worry.

Dad is going to find it.

Get it together, girl.

Honey, are you going back to the Libertine? I don't want to. I thought

that place was dead in the morning. It is.

Except for the most desperate, wasted loser.

My friend told me how to get tips out of these guys.

You're the way she can do it all the time. No. Look, if these jerks can flash

indie piranhas, they can absolutely save a kid's life. Babe, I can't let you do

that. Ben, she is burning up.

My friend makes 20 new every shift. You usually see just one customer.

Hey, now, you know I'd never do that.

My friend doesn't even let her grab her ass.

She just charms them into tipping for something that's not on sale. And right

now it's prime time for that kind of funny. The wrong exec thinks that you

ripped him off. You could end up in the dump like that girl across the street.

I'm sorry. These men are savages. If we don't get real farms, no real docs,

she's going to survive another night.

We don't have a choice.

Yeah, we do.

Where are you going?

Give money.

Enough for her to see a real doc before bedtime.

I promise.

Hope you enjoy it.

Network building.

Tryouts. Proceed to your destination.

Loitering will be prosecuted.

Thank you.

No!

Eyes full!

Mouth closed!

Do not sit down!

Do not lay down!

Eyes full!

Mouth closed!

Do not sit down! Do not lay down!

Knack?

Have you spatially confirmed the information is correct?

What's the triangle mean?

I'll read it to you. It'll be faster.

Ben Richards, 35, married.

Employment history, hired by C -Gen, fired for insubordination.

Why is there a red triangle on my file?

Hired by Net Utility, fired for... Hey man, I asked you a question.

Insubordination?

Hired by the SenseNet for the daughter, fired for insubordination. Poor kid.

You mention my daughter again, they don't make class sick enough to stop me

choking you out.

Hey.

Go out 27, right?

Yeah. 29, neighbor.

Loughlin.

We've got the cash and you've got the balls.

I'm Tim.

Tim.

Jansky.

Jansky's my last name and Tim is short for Timothy.

Got it.

Should we all go around and say our names in a fun fact?

We can do it later.

Oh, my God!

Obedience. Never.

Heroism. Useless.

Technology. Abuse.

Freedom. No.

Authority. Burn.

Anarchy. When.

Justice.

Hilarious.

Family.

Next image, what do you see?

Hugest puppy ever.

What about this one?

It's my favorite flower.

Giving me a hug.

Final image. Tell me about it.

Infinite bunnies sucked into a naive tornado spraying blood all over the

And Mr. Richards, you are quantifiably the angriest man to ever audition for

shows.

Well, that really pisses me off.

Proceed directly to your next destination.

Final... Assessment.

Ooh, our jumpsuits are in here.

You're required to change your size jumpsuit. You're on bug out.

Bang, bang, nice.

You must wear your designated jumpsuit.

Yo, Richard.

It would be us, man.

It would be us.

Come on, shit happens, right?

That's us.

They say you run to add life to your days.

Not days to your life.

I'd say both are pretty fucking true.

Don't miss the final run of the season.

I always thought this was fake, but... Hey, runner.

I don't know.

Yeah, no, but fake.

You look pretty real now.

All right, guys.

I'm feeling really osa.

Disgusting advice.

And it's feeling realer every second, y 'all.

Later.

Hey,

uh, you're the man, Richard.

Never would have made it without you.

You like spaghetti?

Hey, so far, so good.

Don't worry, we'll keep it down.

Now.

Mr.

Richards?

Peter Nunn has curriculum.

There's not death that man should fear.

Never beginning to live.

Dan Killian.

Go ahead. Relax.

Sit.

No. critics say the running man represents a return to the barbarism of

roman coliseum i disagree i'm not doing the running man i'm aware of your family

crisis and i think the contents of this envelope will help if we come to an

agreement it's yours to keep call it a signing bonus i'll do any other

show The most anyone's ever won on another show is a thousand ND, and I

sounds like a tremendous sum, but it's not enough to get your family out of

slumside for good.

Whereas on The Running Man, merely surviving a single week would put the

Richards in the top 1 % of global wealth.

See for yourself.

Page 66.

I'm not trying to get myself killed.

Mr. Richards, I'll be honest with you.

I've said this to every contestant, but this is the first time I've really meant

it.

You have what it takes to win this game.

Our viewers have a burning desire to see a runner go the distance, and we've had

men come close.

29 days in season one.

But it's going to take somebody special to go the full 30.

You tested off the charts, so I looked through your employment history and had

my assistant shoot me your highlights.

And this is the most thrilling 10 seconds of video I've seen all year.

Well, they fired me for destroying the armistice.

But you bounced back.

Hired by DefenseNet, the best wages downtown.

The best dog shit's still dog shit.

Then why beg to be rehired?

Let's be honest.

You stuck your neck out one too many times for your co -workers and got your

head chopped off.

Pretty gutsy, considering half the country thinks the union should be

Well, I come from the other half.

So they can kiss my ass twice.

Right there is why you can win this game.

You're a fighter, Richards.

Network blacklisted you from all the quirks they own, except for this one.

You risked your life for other men and their families long enough. Now do it

you and yours.

Put your boots on.

Make them pay in cash.

Sign the agreement and change your family's life forever.

Father wouldn't want that.

Welcome to the

running man.

This is exciting.

Ah, there you are.

I assume you two had an understanding based on her line of work.

She's a waitress at a club.

I've hit a nerve.

My apologies.

To mutually profitable collaboration.

Amazing gut.

Your Family Alliance liaison.

Family Alliance is the network's premium private security service.

It's included in your contract.

No point in winning all that jack just to get your people robbed and killed.

We'll relocate the fam.

Put them under an assumed name.

That's the one thing you won't have to worry about.

You have one call.

To the wife.

Let her know. We'll be there in the morning.

I need to bring her this tonight. I promise I will be back before the show

starts. No one comes back.

I got to lock you in a really nice apartment.

Come on, man.

I had a sick kid.

I'll deliver it now and bring back her a seat.

Can you give her this too?

Hey, you okay?

Where are you?

I'm at the network building. I'm fine.

Look, a man named Doug, he's going to bring you 500 new in cash.

Take her to Uptown Mercy, all right?

It's 24 -7. Get her a real doc, whatever she needs.

What did you do?

I'm on the running, man.

Listen to me.

I promise I'll be back.

shoes ever your feet smell like dead mice now i have to burn them

Showtime.

Let's roll.

Wrist.

Use your running band.

You're gonna use it for timers, reminders, and rewards.

You got one job out there. Say what's on your mind.

You're feeling angry, violent, aggrieved. Don't think before you speak.

for pussies. Go off. Curse. Shake your dick at the crowd. It's all good

Bobby T.

Daniel, you son of a bitch. How many times I got to tell you, do not put

in my amused boots.

When I pull a mercury poison on a so nice, your boots will not be amused,

Oh, this one?

Yeah, that's that.

Yep. Oh.

I know it's weird to see me in real life, but you're used to it.

I'm flesh and blood just like you are.

My robot puts my pants on one leg at a time.

Classic, Bobby.

Not.

Shake your dick in the crowd. That's a bad note.

You look great.

Twenty seconds, people.

Be out there.

There it is.

The new Coliseum.

America, the greatest country in the fucking universe.

We work hard. After a long day of busting ass, we get to kick back and

good.

But some don't want to work for that privilege.

The Proctor Reloader.

And why should they when they can make it from you?

Welcome to the game where we give three of these tough guys all the freedom they

want.

Biodata erase.

No scanners, no trackers. For 30 days, all that stands between these men and

millions is you.

Record, report, reward. With over 10 million new dollars and prizes won, the

best audience in the world remains undefeated.

your fury at the injustice of the world has stopped you from reaching your full

potential but now that anger is your superpower embrace it tail from right

in co -op city

35 -year -old man who thinks he's too good to work for a living.

Mr. Richards' last job was a full -time position at DefenseNet. Until he built

military secrets to calm the Union, he's not even in.

That's bullshit!

That's bullshit!

Come on now, show this kid. Show up.

That's right.

He's Biff the Hand that feeds him because that's what dogs do.

Remember that face.

You win 3 ,000 new dollars.

For a verified report and $10 ,000 is the means to a kill.

We've doubled the prizes for the last one of the season.

Because when the stakes go up, the stakes go down.

And the stakes be high.

Because the thousand he wins goes to his wife, Sheila.

A night witch who only takes the biggest tips at the Liberty.

If you comprendo, I am your window.

Abandoned by Richards, it's up to her now to raise the tragic kin of their

So with that, I think it's time for... What up, Mr.

Richards?

Come on, can we hear it? Do you have any famous last words?

Yeah. Fuck you, Dan!

Richards are what they used to refer to as a game changer now listen I shouldn't

say this but when the run begins lay low with your own kind you'll last longer

and also in case you missed it in your contract every goon you kill wins you a

10k bonus and it's a hundo per hunter I don't know how yet

Thank you.

Awards increase by a thousand per day and double at the end of each week. The

grand prize for surviving day 30 is now a billion new dollars!

Before they can win that, who do they have to get past?

Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Hunters!

Five men who fight for real freedom.

Deep undercover where you least expect them. In fact, they may be amongst you

right now!

to destroy, gentlemen.

Take a last look at these thugs.

Observe the typical disguise of their kind used to escape justice.

In mere moments, they will walk among you, free to do whatever they want,

we stop them together!

13th and Obama.

Hey, Running Man!

I was watching you out on the freebie. 13th and Obama.

Okay.

What's up, man?

Hey, take a pic with me. Okay.

What do you mean? No, it's okay.

You gotta be nice, man, so people don't report you.

Okay? Because people will do that. Not me, though, man. I'm a nice guy. No, you

know what? You're right.

Hey, we can pull over and pick up one of these hookers. She can take the pick,

huh?

Sickest idea ever, man.

Yeah.

Hey,

where you going, man?

Yeah, you better run.

You don't see me on the hatch?

I saw you two blocks away on the infrared.

What do you want?

Look, I need two ID cards and a gun.

Forget it. I don't do guns.

Go see Mickey on third.

What in the hell is your problem, man?

The running man?

What are you thinking?

I had you pegged for smarts. Look, I didn't have a choice. Kathy was... Do

know how much danger you put me in coming here?

If you want to kill yourself, fine, but leave me out of it. Okay? You got it?

God

damn

it, Ben.

IDs are a hundred.

It's 30 each for costumes and accessories.

I've got a priest, I've got a combat veteran, I've got an exec.

And the rush order, make it 200 new, all in.

Okay.

Go hide out in survival.

Tile five.

I'm going to lock the incinerator. Oh, I already did.

You don't mind if I check, do you?

Here we go.

All right, you heroes, come and get it.

Listen, George, if he lets go, we're all dead.

You sell a lot of these?

Oh, I can't keep them in stock.

Those TVs don't want you back.

Hold on.

So it's going to work?

Absolutely. Stand and we'll do it.

Okay, you ready?

One, two, three.

All right.

Let's test out this contact.

Can you read anything on that shelf?

B .F .E.

20. Holy shit. How do you have black Irish?

That's not for sale. Yeah, like I put that shit in my pocket.

Only took a couple grams to blow up a fat person in the sewers uptown.

B .F .E.

Big fucking explosion.

So what's your plan?

I don't know.

Play along with my own kind?

Your own kind will sell you out in a heartbeat.

I'd find the busiest place you can and disappear in the crowd. That's my

Well, you can leave the same way you came.

Molly, I had to do it.

No, you didn't.

I should have told Sheila yesterday, but I wanted to tell you myself.

Hey, too late for that now.

Well, let's see.

See you on the big screen.

New York City, one way.

Safe travels, Mr.

Springer.

Hey, mister, your face.

You say anything, I will kill you so fast your mom won't wake up.

But your mustache.

I'm sorry about that.

I'll be right back.

Welcome to the Brass Hotel, Mr. Springer.

You saved your mustache.

Fell off on the train.

I hate when that happens.

Everything okay, Mr. Springer?

Yeah.

Have a good night.

Day. You know what?

Have fun.

be on camera 10 minutes a day they didn't say which part so

guess you can watch my ass take a nap

friends of theirs.

I don't know

And that's Jansky, stepping out with his black window.

What is this?

The fused window.

It's just a matter of time.

Get out of there, buddy.

Better eat up, then.

Enjoy those last bites before it's last. Right. Move, move. You're walking. It's

the fucking running man.

Here we go.

Oh, man.

Hey! And don't you cross the line.

One down.

Hi,

I'd like to extend my stay for three days.

I'd be happy to arrange that for you, Mr. Springer.

In the same room, if possible. Of course. Let me see what I can do.

Thank you.

Your look.

Looks like I can keep you in the same room, Mr. Springer.

Great.

Can I get you a car this morning?

Uh, either way.

I have to go walk.

Attention passengers, this is our final stop, Boston.

Please check your personal belongings before leaving. Thank you for traveling

with us.

Hey brother, I need to get off the street.

Oh yeah?

I'm looking for a place to rack out for the money.

Mm -hmm.

Off Ned, if you know what I mean.

Oh, is that so?

I'll give you a hundred new for your money and another hundred for your

A deuce hundo for this rat -ass jacket and that rat -ass room.

Bella, you need to get a Jamaica plane.

Pick up your head, Ned. Come on.

Put that shit away, will you? Trying to get us killed?

Let me see your face.

Where'd you deploy?

You ain't seen combat, but I reckon it ain't stolen valor if you paid me for

You stay out of my stash.

I catch you in that basement again, I'm gonna stomp you. And I'm gonna get Big

Brother to take care of you. He'll kick your cow ass over the moon. Beat it!

Good luck with that.

to one of these tapes.

You know, I've always been the guy who falls.

I showed up to work very soon.

Obviously.

I mean, I'm on the murder, Joe.

What are you going to do?

Take on the whole world?

Sweet. So here I am, a grown -ass man playing hide -and -seek for money.

They'll just lay low.

Keep it cool.

Try not to burn out.

Depressed. Demonic.

Deceased.

What's happened with the remaining one of the Greeks?

Tune in and find out.

Next stop, rich and bold, it's those Americanos.

Hey, Jim.

How do you like this energy wine?

I'm a big fan.

Love it.

How about you, Bill?

That's pretty much my favorite thing, Jim.

So, uh, guys, do you mind if I ask you a personal question?

Why do we all have the same voice?

All right, then.

Mail later.

Good to see you too, Frank.

Give it a rest, Frank.

At least you got someone to talk to.

Damn.

Well, where did you find it?

We don't need to see America.

We don't need to see space. We don't need to see America.

There's no way out.

Never have you wondered.

I saw him. I saw Ben Richards. He's heading downstairs.

Walk the walk.

to the signal.

The rover can never enter the building any moment now.

It won't regain anything.

Here we go!

He's not going anywhere.

Bravo.

Bravo.

Hey,

buddy. You're all free to eat. The hunters are raging to intercept their

Better run, Mr. Richard.

This is why we walk the long way. Okay, let's go.

Stop moving me!

He's headed for the lobby.

Richard,

you're going down.

Closing at the YVA in Fenway takes the lives of eight network team results.

Belinda Gray, coming to the YVA stand at a calico graph that took Boston to a 4

.9.

No confirmation yet on whether this is Boston.

Orangino, the runner, is still at home.

A thrilling live update of the running team from Denver.

I know you're here.

Come here, you rat.

Get off me.

You're the one who reported me. It wasn't me.

I ain't no rat. Oh, yeah?

Let me go.

I'm going to get Big Bro to take care of you. You think your Big Bro can kick my

ass after what I just did?

He's not going to kick your ass. He's going to save it. You need help.

I mean, you've got to get off these streets, man.

Who's in zoos all up in this ditch?

Everyone's looking for you.

I'll be right back.

Got you, Richard.

Don't run the reference about a lot, but they They

can

pay you give me on the street

I'll back you well, Richard.

Faster every day.

Just a shocking amount of destruction here. The NCG on tactical alert as units

pour in from neighboring districts seeking justice for their fallen

The NCG bomb squad is on scene combing through the rubble for evidence.

Preliminary reports indicate Richard set off the explosion in the basement.

His body is yet to be found.

fed the grandkids of her life.

Do you think the network would rather pay us reward money or make up some

bullshit and arrest us?

What if I gave you enough to get your sister real for us?

Say five hundred million.

I can get you out of varsity, but it won't be for money.

Bro, this dude ain't going nowhere.

Goon's got the hood surrounded.

We out. Stop.

You know, you seem like a smart cat.

What made you sign up to be a cog in their propaganda machine?

I'm just trying to take care of my family.

Just like you and your sister.

Jim.

My kid was sick.

I fed my wife enough to get her well.

Now I'm trying to win enough to get them out.

There's only two.

So if I do my job, she'll never even remember Swampside.

Okay, Richards.

I can get you past that blockade.

But I'm gonna need a couple days to set it up, so... How about hearing me, Tom?

You know, you could go to 430 if you play smart.

And what makes you such an expert?

Tune in and find out.

Let's go to 430.

I want you to come. So why is it got to be so damn rough?

What goes on behind the scenes of the biggest 3D show of all time? Welcome to

The Apostle, episode 33 of Rules of the Running Man.

If you did, do it and distribute.

The network has three types for every run. Oh, my God.

Type 1, hopeless dude.

Hopeless dude is cursed with a fatal misunderstanding of human nature.

He usually lasts less than 48 hours.

Come and get me.

Give me a serve, pal.

Take out!

No! He is cooked!

Type 2. Negative dude.

Bro gets smoked by the end of week one because he buys too much ass and not

enough food with his running start.

As blame to his appetite, he often serves himself up.

But if a runner's getting good ratings, they let him run 13 days.

And just like Papa always said, you can cry, but you can't catch a ghost.

By the end of week two, ratings usually peak.

Oh, shit.

The crowd warps blood, and final dude becomes a victim of his own success.

They might hide from destiny, but they never are one.

That's me, Nicole!

I'm the running man!

Double jail!

Rest in pieces!

Let's stand.

Is that supposed to inspire me? Oh, come on, man! Don't you get it?

After that escape tonight, live, prime time, you...

You are my new dude.

And they're gonna squeeze every last drop of ratings out of your ass, so you

gotta leave until negative news comes out to get somewhere safe.

Which gives us enough time to set you up for the biggest underdog win in game

show history.

So where the hell is safe?

So you know what you're doing?

Yes, we'll find out.

Package heading your way.

Yeah, special delivery has been on preview.

Okay, I see you.

And pick up location B. Got it.

Mama's coming, baby.

Okay, okay.

How does a five -year -old get lung cancer?

Radioactive dust.

We rolled out an explosion.

Never heard about that.

Yeah, you never heard of it because the network owns the news.

Just like they own that munitions factory. Just like they own the

why bother complying with safety regs, right?

That's how Joan got sick.

For all you watching, not the exact...

Not the technicals. If you live in a tower uptown, I'm not talking to you.

I'm talking to the people in the co -op.

The ones who can't get a job in squatter tribes.

The kids getting shot for looking at a goon the wrong way.

There's something you all need to know.

The network is giving our kids cancer and they are covering it up.

Previously on The Running Man.

I'm still here, you shit eaters.

Ladies and gentlemen, last night, seven men and one woman gave their lives to

protect ours.

Their love for their country only matched by the love for their children.

Uh -oh.

Someone chose to end the lives of these eight heroes, and that someone was Ben

Richards.

His new face has arrived.

That's all he has to say about it.

For all you watchers, not even death.

Not the technicals. If you live in a tower of town, I'm not talking to you.

talking to the people in the co -op. The squatter tribe.

The ones who take their jobs.

The kids getting shot for looking at a goon the wrong way.

There's something you all need to know.

I laughed my ass off smoking those drinks.

And I wasn't just laughing at the screen.

I was laughing at those kids.

Now do you know how it felt when daddy did it to someone else?

I didn't say that. Okay, I made a video about the network giving kids cancer.

It's all fake.

You're not getting money here.

Tonight. Right now. I want him gone. For your mom.

What kind of woman are you? None of that.

I just heard from producer Dan Kelly, who is personally double from the Lord

Embrace. Now, $20 ,000.

But he confirmed a corporate report that he is going to kill.

No, no.

I know,

I know. Stay cool.

They're still on us. I know.

Go ahead. Go ahead.

Go ahead.

to a skeleton.

You can trust them with your life.

Just don't mention hot dogs around the man.

Say hot dogs?

Yep. Go catch that slow train to Maine.

Less people in the sticks, but keep your head down and don't trust anyone.

This guy.

His name's Elton.

Hardcore. Down for the cause.

You really think this will work?

Look, we know they're tracking down the man.

I appreciate the rest of your self -tape. My man head -stops, drops them on

way while I get safe on the ground. They won't know what hit them.

Out. Unless you got.

Just in case.

Why are you helping me?

You see the power they have.

We don't got each other's back if the game's over before it even begins.

Hey.

Done.

What's up, America?

I was about to tell you the network faked itself, Dave, but if I did, they

faked this one, too. So, I'm just going to read you something instead.

Dear Diary, I woke up with the flaws today.

My regular gig of killing heroic goons was feeling too routine.

Time for a me day.

Though I ate my favorite breakfast in bed, the scent was puffy. I could have

eaten one.

Then I said, yo, Joe, I blow up a courthouse.

I know.

Creature of habit.

And I'm... I'm going to go out.

I'm going to go out.

I'm going to go out. I'm going to go out.

I'm going to go out.

I'm going to go out. I'm going to go out.

I'm going to go out.

I'm going to go out.

We're still here, you shittiers!

Damn, Richard, that's a tough act to follow, but... Challenge accepted!

Yeah!

Oh!

Go off, neighbor.

Oh, my God! Look at it!

Oh!

Definitely hurt.

Walk, Lincoln.

Real. Sheep boy's going down. No way. I got 10 cleanses. Ben Richards dies next.

Oh, come on. He's pissed the network off all the way. That's why he's going to

win. The guy's got marks. Yeah, he's one of us.

Taking on the boys in black.

Giving the world a figure.

He's your final runner.

That's a fact. Damn straight.

What do you think, Reverend?

You seen this Richards guy?

No.

But he sounds like quite the character.

What's wrong with you?

An idiot.

Me again.

Look, here's the real deal.

I'm not out here trying to fight the power.

I'm not out here to have fun.

I'm here to win and get back in the standing.

So you won't see me throwing miles off cocktails. You won't see me throwing

parties. In fact, you won't see me at all.

Just in time, father.

Best take out of Maine.

Have a good

night.

Careful out there.

to the guy who stopped me from seeing my daughter again.

is a message for my fellow citizens and let me make this clear for the cheap

seats if i die on this show i died for the two things i believe in my wife

and my kid everything else and everyone else can fuck off

we

all know what that sound

is

I won for her money.

She rolled the dice on a very public appearance at the Holy Grail Casino. But

didn't gamble that our hunters would be there.

All you managed to kill was my vibe.

Remember, kids, don't freaking drive.

Unless you're good at it.

He hates civilian films.

Things are going to start ramping up.

Mom, wouldn't be surprised if they fire up the DNA sniffers tonight.

Oh, what a tough guy.

Don't ask for it, Mom. Alfie!

What if he's in Derry?

He's not in Derry, Mom.

Don't worry.

She thinks you're an actual demon, but she's fairly deaf. We can use our normal

voice. Kill him.

Well, bastard.

Hunt him down!

She used to be a kind, clever woman.

This is where it all happens.

Amateur lab for making handcrafted soap, as far as you know.

Normal, non -revolutionary literature.

Wink wink.

Copy art from my harmless community newsletter.

You follow my drift?

Huh.

So what's a DNA scanner?

A black -off scanner that ID highly fragmented strands of DNA.

These things are hidden in every street lamp across the country, which is why

you've got to get underground ASAP.

Man, if you want to ask, just ask.

What is that with the hot dog part?

My dad was a cop.

A good cop.

Quit in protest when the network privatized local police.

He believed officers should be accountable to the town, but pay them,

government. Sure as hell not some megacorp.

So he bought the cart, busted his ass. We never missed a meal.

Better an honorable hot dog vendor than a crooked goon.

But his friends who signed on with the NCD didn't appreciate his choices.

And they let him know every chance they got.

He made damn sure we were safe in his house.

But every time he took that card out, oh, you see what I did to my mom.

And this is what they did to my dad.

His buddies on the force never solved the case.

They're the ones who killed him.

But you can't kill an idea.

Dad was their worst nightmare.

A free man with a conscience.

And everything they destroyed in him lives on in me.

Like a nuclear blast.

It never burns out.

What's that?

I'm good.

Abrams, you can't outrun faith.

You cannot hide.

It's different.

That's not true.

I have a detailed map for how to get there. You can survive down there for

years, but you'll only need it for two weeks.

I'll pre -shoot the rest of your tapes tomorrow.

What do you think?

Um... Or... Maybe just... White.

Hardcore.

Check this out.

You can be arrested just for having proof in your house.

So this won't be distributed until right after you win.

What the hell? A special issue on the network's most heinous crime.

What does that have to do with me?

A bomb's chemicals hold great power.

But without an initiator to make it go boom, it's harmless.

You know why they cheered for you down there?

They think you just might win.

And if you can survive against those booms, so can they.

The people have had it.

This country's ready to blow.

And you're the initiator. I'm not.

The initiator.

I'm a guy trying to give back to his family.

It's you against the world either way, brother.

Why not be both?

I don't think the bathroom across the hall is haunted, so that's on you.

If the light in the hall is on, She's asleep.

Hey.

I appreciate what you're doing.

But if they find out you're helping those same goons that got your dad,

come for you.

Once and all.

Take care of your mom.

I wish you the best.

Rule two.

Bullies are cowards.

Hit me.

Rule three.

Rule four.

Don't cross the network.

Ever.

Rule five.

You remember.

Your dad had loved you. whole lot.

I'll be looking out for you, no matter what.

Ha!

I knew it was you, devil murderer!

Stay away from my house, you savage!

Wait, Mark!

Oh, never eat puppies again!

press that button, the NCG will come and fire you. Okay? We will not care who

gets caught in the crossfire. It will be a bloodbath.

We don't need every goon in the state coming through that door, right?

Mr.

Richards just broke into my home!

You can't stay where you are. Who are you? We gotta get going.

I just need five minutes to follow these guys before we do.

What? Grab your stuff. I'll get the beams.

They're coming to get you.

You're not listening. It's dangerous.

No. No.

Get in the safe room. No. No.

Egyptian! You shot up the wrong hall!

We're over here!

Here we go.

Are you crazy?

We don't have time to play games. Oh, yes, we do. Dr. Sondra's ever arrived on

scene in four minutes and 30 seconds.

We'd be blown away by that.

You can fly down a pole. I brought us up here. So we can fly.

A pole!

Eight, four minutes left.

Don't leave me long enough. Long gone?

We are still in the goddamn house.

He's going to have to run in person on him.

People are dying, you fucking psychopath.

If you can fake everything, why don't you just fake the whole show?

Believe me, we have tried.

But humans bring that special, unpredictable spark.

The audience lives for these happy accidents.

A little advice?

I'll pay.

Make sure my family gets the money.

You want me to off one of your own guys?

It's all good for me.

Okay, on you. In five, four, three, two,

one.

Into action.

Get in.

What? What about the door?

Thank you very much.

Bright red blood pumps adrenaline through your veins.

This game is no game.

Life and death are on the line.

Can you feel it, Mr. Richards?

Congratulations.

You took out a hunter.

Now it's down to four of them.

Plus, every citizen of this great nation.

One in five pages with the big rock.

Bunkers dug into the hill.

Malak.

Reacric thinks of fear as the prey animal realizes he's surrounded by

Reality thinks then as he scurries to hide, desperately hoping to survive.

But deep down, he already knows it's too late.

Because this is America, goddammit! And we don't put up with no bullshit!

Let us!

It's our birthright!

Set it free!

Richard chose this path, and it's up to you to show him where it ends.

Keep your eyes open so you can see the terror in his, and hunt him down!

People on this show never come back.

Hey, Dan.

I'm starting to get how this game works.

It's not about me winning or losing.

It's about your ratings.

About how much chaos I can cause.

I'm taking this thing all the way to the end.

And I'm done playing defense, I promise you that.

But here's the deal.

I will see my family again.

And as long as they keep getting paid...

Click whoever you want in front of me. I will run through all of them.

I know you're about 30.

So guess what, you son of a bitch.

I'm from Swampside.

Let's throw the rule book out.

Here's to mutually profitable annihilation.

You want to go?

I'll give you a show.

Americano.

Americano.

Americano.

Americano. Let's do this.

We interrupt the Americanos for a live update from the running man. Who even

likes this show? The board, duh. Duh -duh. You're the only one dense enough

think I know.

So, baby.

Please, thank you.

I can't hear you.

I can't hear you. I can't hear you. I can't hear you. I can't hear you.

I can't hear you. I can't hear you.

I can't hear you.

Those goons are going to frag us if you don't back this car!

Right now!

Your car! Your car!

and people need self -driving cars.

Recalculate.

Keep it pointed north.

All the way to the border.

Go ahead.

Why?

You can go crazy and kill me?

No.

You have one minute to speak freely.

How'd you live with yourself?

criticize my driving?

Tell me how to operate my own car?

I am a member of society.

You disgust me.

You abandon that starving baby, that horrible wife of yours.

You can what?

Kill people for money?

And you only kill the best people.

The people who protect us from the worst like you.

And that's not a word I use.

That is my family.

Our number finally came up for the part.

Watched Kathy try ice cream for the first time.

That was the best day of my life.

But yeah, you're right.

The show is so big.

Not the bull.

Not the death.

Just the part that makes people like you think you're better than people like

us. Let me ask you something. How much was that scarf?

Huh?

More than the meds my daughter needed when she was dying of the flu?

The flu!

That is a human life hanging around your neck.

You seem to be doing fine.

Who can blame you? It's a nice scarf.

I'm not of that person.

No, do not start crying.

I will shoot us both if you start crying.

Cry when it's over.

What will that be?

Yielding for an emergency vehicle.

Ninth. Disable it! Disable it! Do not pull!

Yielding in 20 feet.

In 20 feet.

You have successfully yielded. Ninth.

Sorry, lady. We're the good guys.

Step out of the car.

You'll be safe with us.

It's here we want.

What the

fuck

is happening?

Producers just killed an hour and a half.

Instead of me.

I don't want to do that.

All those members are trying to protect me from you.

What is it going to take for you to get?

I'm not the bad guy.

Take the car.

Drive away. I don't want to hurt you. You think they're going to let you walk

after seeing that?

You're on the show now.

No, I'm not.

Richards lives.

And it's time that he's got a hostage.

Amelia Williams, a 27 -year -old realtor from Bangalore, Maine. Help me!

They've got him!

the crisis continues as ms williams gray albine heads north on rustic rock

sighting road the hostage situation has triggered the mct to go into full

tactical order unbelievable

They're just going to keep filming us?

If a runner gets good ratings, they let him run.

Oh, God.

Is that a plus eight?

All right.

From Clara Park to Les Pass.

Keep driving.

I'm not going to shoot.

How do you know?

Because I've got to wait for the show to start. It's going to be live.

In what live?

Filming.

Amelia,

can you give me the gun?

Why not?

You're obviously the hero.

Trust me.

I don't think we're going to need it anymore.

According to report, state your claim.

Oh my God, I just saw Ben Richards.

I'm sorry, wait. I am Ben Richards.

And if you don't want to be the reason Amelia dies, get this message to kill

him. Do it, Ted, please!

You heard the lady.

some bullshit that had to be done.

Look at all these people who know the truth.

Are you willing to kill all of them?

Because I am.

I'm holding on to this bullhorn with my right hand.

My left hand is in my front pouch, wrapped around 12 pounds of black

Irish.

But I used to work at Network Public Utility.

You get these two -thumb fatbergs, take less than a gram and blow those up.

12 pounds of vaporize -everything -in -a -half -mile -radius.

Oh, yeah.

BFB -20, the most highly regulated industrial explosive.

Nobody even said a fucking thing about that.

Guess Molly didn't tell you everything.

I got my finger stuck in the detonator ring, and it's on half -cock.

So, I want one of those big, fancy, flimsy airplanes.

I want two auto -shoots handed to Amelia at the bottom of the ramp.

If the shoots are sabotaged, if you make any sudden moves, if you don't back

those trucks up and let me on that tarmac right fucking now, you won't even

a go -boom.

I'll just see you in hell and laugh in your face.

You got one minute.

This didn't take long.

You got a direct line of law.

Last chance to run.

No.

You made me feel like I'm the bad guy.

Now I have to prove I'm not.

Why don't you give a shit what I think?

I'm going to convince them your handbag is a bomb long enough to bail out over

Canada.

They'll never let me win, so I'm going to slip out the back door and wait out

the clock.

We just have to keep the audience entertained until that jet crosses the

What if they call your bluff?

You make sure they know it's real. Get scared, freak out, curse, scream, call

the worst thing that's possible.

Just remember, everything bad, it's all good freebie.

Act terrified when we're going into the shoot.

I won't have that.

When Grabs is gone, you'll know it's time to go off.

So, you think you're the guy who stopped me from seeing my daughter again?

So start today.

Get on the plane. Only if you take your mask off.

Audience will love it.

Keep dreaming.

Welcome aboard, Mr. Richards, to the Metair Flybee Luxury Jetliner, the

ultimate in private travel.

With state -of -the -art safety features, this is first -class comfort

-high. So sit back and enjoy the most relaxing flight of your life.

Welcome aboard, Mr. Richards. I'm Captain Holloway.

You'll excuse me if I don't shake your hand.

That's First Officer Dunninger and Navigation Officer Dunning to your left.

Looks like you're missing one.

Hey, Captain. How many lavatories are on this rust bucket?

Four. Six.

Why don't you check them all for stowaways? Anyone sneaks up on me, it's

to be a real short ride.

So where are we headed tonight?

Plot a route.

over the richest homes from here to Canada.

Fly as low as you can. Let me know when we're 10 minutes from the border.

As you wish.

Hey, Richard.

Six minutes. Showtime.

Get that last meal before they continue to blow your head off in front of a

couple billion people.

Oh, yeah?

You know, you should really put the makeup on before the show starts. Come

show. Let's go. Oh, you want to go? We can all go right now. Stop!

Do it! Do it, tough guy!

Why are you doing this?

She's my twitch. Show him the bomb!

Show it to him before he shoots you and kills us all!

No, stop it!

Because I don't want to feel like this anymore!

Do you fucking hear me? I'm done!

I'm fucking done!

Hello, Richard. What if I offer you an amnesty deal and an exit visa?

You're nothing but a Halloween costume.

You can't offer me shit.

Be true, Mr. Richards.

You can, but I can't. How about I offer you a deal? You tell your hunters in the

cockpit to do what I tell them, otherwise I blow up this jet and

Ben, I admire your commitment to the bit, but we're short on time, so I'll be

blunt.

We know you're bluffing.

Flying V Mark II has scanners built into the doors.

It's been wildly entertaining, but you can give Amelia her lovely handbag back

now.

Evan?

Evan, don't.

That's game.

Thank you.

You can remain there until I say otherwise.

I need a moment to have a word with Mr. Richards to discuss a sensitive matter.

Let's keep this between us.

It wasn't too long ago that someone with my job thought it was more important to

force some hypocritical moral message down society's throat than to simply

entertain them.

They forgot about the power of illusion, the power of the star, which is what

you are, Richard.

And this is why we want to offer you your own show.

Now picture it.

A former runner, redeemed through righteous vengeance, turns his life

become a lethal force of good.

They call it...

The boy's authorized me to pay you five million new dollars per season. There's

only one condition.

Sit back, watch the intro, and when Bobby cues you, kill every hunter on

jet.

Condition met.

I'll remote pilot you back to the studio jet port where the president of the

United States will induct you as hunter number six.

Another title ID on climate.

The data says the revenge plot. Revenge?

Revenge for what?

Who is going to root for a guy who kills your national heroes?

I call bullshit, Dan. Let me worry about the police.

No deal.

Revenge for your wife and child.

Why would I ever believe you?

Because if they were still alive, I'd hold them at gunpoint and force them to

whatever I want.

You tortured him right in front of you.

I didn't want to show you this, but I'm out of time to save your life.

The hunter you killed was part of a tight crew.

McCone and the men in that cockpit flew to co -op city, refueling Pathies who

crept down location.

They badged their way past the family alliance agents and... I'm sorry, Ben.

Not all accidents are happy.

want you to win.

The audience is already on your side.

Once I show them footage of McCone and his men killing your family, they will

follow you into hell.

Think of what this does to your narrative.

30 seconds to showtime, Ben.

You'll find a gun by the coffee station in the galley, but if you don't sign

before the theme music ends, I'll order the bastards that killed your family to

kill you too.

You can find out.

Everyone, everyone, freeze still!

Out, out!

Running fans!

We start today with a sober atmosphere.

We here at The Running Man believe in following the rules.

So it amazes me to tell you that one of our most important years This is broken

by the very men we entrust to enforce them.

It's McConaughey, and it's Hunter.

And that rule is, he protected the Runner's family from harm.

No one would believe we did this.

We thought it only fair to let Richards administer the penalty for this grave

infraction.

As we go on to Richards, we close this meeting.

You're making coffee?

Yeah. And drink it!

When you are still and real,

I took the other parachute. I couldn't stop

it.

if you had that the prayer has become

That's it. That's it.

That's it.

That all comes down to this.

I'm taking a savage blow.

Shut the fuck up, Bobby!

This is how they fire me. What do you think they'll do to you?

Chum?

You think you're the only runner ever got offered a deal?

Think surviving two weeks in prison is going to be great?

Good 29 days.

What's more likely?

A. I killed your family.

B. Killian sold you just the right lie to get a bloodbath season finale.

Or is he too fucking stupid to figure it out?

Take it from someone who took the deal to be a hunter instead of the hunter.

The only time you'll ever see your family again is when they torture them

front of you.

Fuck with your head enough to make you want to kill it all away.

You're full of shit.

You're all full of shit.

Who did?

I'm giving you a paper.

I will help you.

That came.

Troubled corpse.

Get them back on the ground.

Listen,

you should open on its own.

But if it doesn't, just let it rip.

When you get on the ground, just run like hell. Don't look back.

When I tell you, you're going to pull that down all the way.

I did it to myself.

Ben Richards, you are the man.

We have command of the jet.

Our best trauma surgeons are already on the tarmac, ready to pack you up as good

as new.

But wait.

Making his freebie debut with a special message.

The creator of Running Match, super producer Ben Killian.

Mr. Richards, we here at the network believe you embody.

The raw strength and salt of the earth moral backbone this country stands for.

And we want, no, we need to see more.

Congratulations,

Ben, and welcome to the network family.

I already got a family.

You kill them or not, Dan.

Give it up for Dan Killian.

times do you get to tell 10 billion people how you really feel?

How does it feel to be a hero, Ben?

Nothing I've done on the show makes me a hero.

I tried to be a hero once.

They blacklisted my ass.

My daughter got sick.

It was the only job I could get.

Seems like the whole point of FreeZine is to make us hate each other so

they can keep stealing from us while we fight in the mud.

Do you want the truth?

Turn it off.

We are all being fucked by the network.

Find out who really runs it.

The cord.

Report them.

Get their names.

You just met one of them.

Dan Killian.

You remember that face.

The Watch Freebie.

Watch pays for it.

Turn it off.

We've been on an ad break since you said nothing you did on the show made you a

hero. You think it was worth it? You think your little rant makes you a

We're going live again in 30, and this time you'll play your part, because if

not, we're going to run this instead.

I told you I was going to burn this building down, and everyone did it!

I'm fed.

Work with me, Richards. Don't throw your life away.

Don't make me fly that jet into the network building.

They'll blow you out of the sky.

Are they dead or alive, dude?

Who? My family. Who cares? If I told you they were alive, would you even believe

me? We are alive in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Okay, out of your way.

I told you I was going to burn this building down.

There's 5 ,000 innocent people in this building!

We're most clear.

Engage.

Look at what you've done.

Think big.

I told you I was going to fuck you up.

Mia.

No.

No, no, no.

The men called everyone.

The MCG will blow him out of the sky!

You don't do that.

True believers?

Let's wind that back.

Ben Richards.

Legend. The network wants you to think that on day 18 of his run, after taking

out all five hunters, the longest surviving contestant in season one

suicide by surface -to -air missile.

The apostle calls bullshit.

First of all, they cut the ad six minutes earlier than usual and ran them

twice as long. They must have needed the time to write this fake -ass shit.

I will stick it in your mouth and laugh in your face!

And then, they swamped the crowd.

Where does Mr. Guy come from?

Season 5, episode 13 to be exact.

That's how dumb the network thinks we are.

Their viral distortions meant none of us knew the truth about what happened on

that jet.

Until... A revolutionary riot girl found a jet black bus on the roof of her co

-op. Her uncle had the audio duped, distributed, and put it on blast.

Turn it off.

And God damn it, did we ever. The network wasn't about to give us the

we learned how to give it to each other. Ben lit the fuse, and the truth

exploded like a nuclear blast before the network even knew it existed.

Don't watch TV.

Watch the page board.

But questions remain about that fateful night.

Who's going there?

Did the Hunters really assassinate Ben's family?

Did Cillian sell him just the right lie for a bloodbath season finale?

And the big one, on everyone's mind, did Ben survive?

The Apostles' research reveals that one of the Flying Bean Mark II's state -of

-the -art safety features was a crew of people just about the size of this sofa.

called to bring Nick Bench, Chief Depp, one last time. Stop filming me! The

network won't say, but one thing's for sure.

I'm still here, you jitter.

Oh my god, these are adorable.

Oh, sorry, they're not mine.

The guy outside bought them for you, Mrs. Richards?

Groceries too?

Yes.

tough act to follow.

Where do you think you're going?

You don't hear that?

I say that's some valuable audience feedback, Dan. No, no, no, no. You get

out there and you do your job. How about you do my job?

Hey, you're crushing the rage for 20 years. I own that audience. You don't

I can turn this around?

You're the one who wants to make him a star, Dan.

Mission accomplished.

It's his show now.

You think you can just walk?

Please, please.

Check another look at my book.

Page 42, paragraph 6.

There's a special clause in the smallest of print that reads, Fuck you.

Ten seconds?

Ten seconds.

Coco,

come on, let's go.

You know what?

Fuck that.

This is my house. I set the rules.

It's nice to see you drowning out so many short things.

Play the theme right now.

Roaming.