1 00:00:01,483 --> 00:00:06,535 NARRATOR: In the city of Betaville, in the near future, 2 00:00:06,659 --> 00:00:10,042 the technology we developed confronts us. 3 00:00:10,167 --> 00:00:13,548 The science we created that seduces us, 4 00:00:13,674 --> 00:00:19,269 but will our dreams of tomorrow be turn into a nightmare? 5 00:00:19,394 --> 00:00:20,229 "Welcome to Paradox." 6 00:00:33,256 --> 00:00:35,761 Be careful what you wish for. 7 00:00:35,886 --> 00:00:38,307 Nothing is impossible anymore. 8 00:00:38,432 --> 00:00:40,395 THE HOST: When you enter the underside 9 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,610 of a city like Betaville, technology has taken control. 10 00:00:46,449 --> 00:00:48,494 You find secrets too dark and too 11 00:00:48,620 --> 00:00:53,003 dangerous for the human mind to ever imagine. 12 00:00:53,129 --> 00:00:56,803 Rashid Kaye has been sent here to find a missing person, 13 00:00:56,928 --> 00:00:58,890 but what he'll really discover is that nothing 14 00:00:59,016 --> 00:01:01,771 is what it appears. 15 00:01:01,897 --> 00:01:07,283 People are not what they seem, and the truth is elsewhere. 16 00:01:07,408 --> 00:01:09,077 HERTZAL: I'm afraid my conscience 17 00:01:09,203 --> 00:01:11,750 doesn't leave me any choice. 18 00:01:11,875 --> 00:01:12,794 I quit. 19 00:01:12,918 --> 00:01:15,006 You can't do that, Hertzal. 20 00:01:15,132 --> 00:01:17,469 Nobody just leaves Teraspan. 21 00:01:17,595 --> 00:01:19,349 I was surprised too when I found 22 00:01:19,473 --> 00:01:21,143 out I still had a conscience. 23 00:01:21,269 --> 00:01:26,529 20 years being a corporate spook is a hell of a long haul. 24 00:01:26,655 --> 00:01:28,282 We want the list. 25 00:01:34,587 --> 00:01:38,345 The list of people I recruited. 26 00:01:38,470 --> 00:01:39,179 My agents. 27 00:01:43,314 --> 00:01:46,236 The list of innocent men and women 28 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,492 I blackmailed into spilling secrets for you, 29 00:01:49,617 --> 00:01:53,500 you want me to give it to you so you can squeeze them again. 30 00:01:53,626 --> 00:01:55,922 You want that last, gentleman, you 31 00:01:56,047 --> 00:02:01,517 can have it over my dead body. 32 00:02:13,875 --> 00:02:17,465 Get the list, then kill him. 33 00:02:58,715 --> 00:03:00,594 There is no time to explain. 34 00:03:00,719 --> 00:03:01,471 Quickly. 35 00:03:20,885 --> 00:03:23,432 The name is Manheim, Pablo Manheim. 36 00:03:26,272 --> 00:03:28,275 No need to go into the details now. 37 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,070 Suffice it to say I heard a rumor 38 00:03:30,196 --> 00:03:31,699 you might be having some difficulty, 39 00:03:31,823 --> 00:03:34,078 and you might need a place to hide where no one would 40 00:03:34,204 --> 00:03:38,755 ever find you or what you know. 41 00:03:38,879 --> 00:03:41,093 Follow me. 42 00:03:41,217 --> 00:03:42,303 Follow me. 43 00:03:42,429 --> 00:03:43,180 Come. 44 00:03:46,728 --> 00:03:50,402 This place you're taking me, what makes you so 45 00:03:50,528 --> 00:03:52,073 sure no one will ever find me? 46 00:03:52,199 --> 00:03:54,285 When you get there, you'll have a new name a new identity. 47 00:03:54,410 --> 00:03:56,457 Believe me, Hertzal, it would take a real miracle for anyone 48 00:03:56,581 --> 00:03:57,626 to track you down there. 49 00:03:57,750 --> 00:04:01,049 A miracle is exactly what you need. 50 00:04:12,823 --> 00:04:15,202 RASHID: My name is Kaye. 51 00:04:15,328 --> 00:04:17,332 Rashid Kaye. 52 00:04:17,457 --> 00:04:19,420 I'm an inquiry agent, what they used 53 00:04:19,545 --> 00:04:23,345 to call a private detective back in the good, old days. 54 00:04:23,469 --> 00:04:25,432 Those days have long gone. 55 00:04:25,557 --> 00:04:28,313 Some things never change. 56 00:04:28,438 --> 00:04:30,108 Husbands still cheat on their wives, 57 00:04:30,234 --> 00:04:33,197 employees still steal from their bosses, 58 00:04:33,323 --> 00:04:35,744 and every once in a while, some ordinary citizen 59 00:04:35,869 --> 00:04:37,623 turns up missing. 60 00:04:37,749 --> 00:04:41,130 Someone wants them found, they come to me. 61 00:04:41,256 --> 00:04:42,717 This the kind of work makes it hard to get 62 00:04:42,842 --> 00:04:46,474 an optimistic outlook on the future of humanity. 63 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:48,604 Then again, optimism isn't exactly 64 00:04:48,729 --> 00:04:51,360 what brings in my paycheck. 65 00:04:51,485 --> 00:04:54,657 Now, Hugo Burns had just gotten himself released 66 00:04:54,782 --> 00:04:56,911 on another technicality. 67 00:04:57,037 --> 00:05:01,087 The DA called him slime, he called the DA a moron. 68 00:05:01,212 --> 00:05:02,048 Cats were scratching. 69 00:05:02,173 --> 00:05:03,926 The dogs were snipping. 70 00:05:04,052 --> 00:05:07,391 Yeah, life was looking sweet. 71 00:05:07,517 --> 00:05:11,358 Well, wouldn't you know it, I had myself a visitor. 72 00:05:19,834 --> 00:05:21,337 You're inquiry agent. 73 00:05:21,461 --> 00:05:22,254 Yeah, that's right. 74 00:05:22,380 --> 00:05:23,257 Who's asking? 75 00:05:23,382 --> 00:05:24,885 I'd like an inquiry conducted. 76 00:05:25,011 --> 00:05:25,762 Uh-huh. 77 00:05:29,436 --> 00:05:30,647 This man is missing. 78 00:05:33,820 --> 00:05:34,864 We'd like him found. 79 00:05:34,989 --> 00:05:36,032 We? 80 00:05:36,158 --> 00:05:38,538 My name is Victor Lazar. 81 00:05:38,663 --> 00:05:41,000 I'm a lawyer representing Mrs. Walt Hertz, 82 00:05:41,126 --> 00:05:44,424 wife of the missing person. 83 00:05:44,549 --> 00:05:46,428 Have a seat, please Mr. Lawyer. 84 00:05:50,895 --> 00:05:52,232 This a divorce case? 85 00:05:52,357 --> 00:05:54,486 Mr. Hertz and his wife had been separated shortly 86 00:05:54,611 --> 00:05:57,117 before his disappearance. 87 00:05:57,241 --> 00:05:59,288 Mrs. Hertz is anxious to complete the divorce and reach 88 00:05:59,413 --> 00:06:02,545 a final property settlement, which cannot be done easily 89 00:06:02,670 --> 00:06:04,882 in he Mr. Hertz' absence. 90 00:06:05,007 --> 00:06:06,678 How long has he been out of touch? 91 00:06:06,803 --> 00:06:08,931 Two weeks. 92 00:06:09,057 --> 00:06:11,312 Mr. Hertz works at the Bureau of Records. 93 00:06:11,437 --> 00:06:14,569 One day he didn't show up for work, not a trace of him 94 00:06:14,693 --> 00:06:16,823 at the hotel room where he'd been staying, 95 00:06:16,949 --> 00:06:18,493 and he made a substantial withdrawal from the bank. 96 00:06:18,618 --> 00:06:20,748 So your man took a walk. 97 00:06:20,873 --> 00:06:21,833 Could be anywhere. 98 00:06:21,958 --> 00:06:23,838 Could have left town. 99 00:06:23,963 --> 00:06:26,843 We have reason to believe otherwise. 100 00:06:26,968 --> 00:06:29,014 He was seen a few days ago on Elvira Avenue. 101 00:06:32,145 --> 00:06:33,440 Who's the dish? 102 00:06:33,565 --> 00:06:35,569 VICTOR: Her name is Marsha Trom. 103 00:06:35,695 --> 00:06:37,364 She's an artist of some sort. 104 00:06:37,489 --> 00:06:38,283 A radical. 105 00:06:38,409 --> 00:06:40,203 You think she could help? 106 00:06:40,329 --> 00:06:43,961 I found her extremely unhelpful, as a matter of fact. 107 00:06:44,086 --> 00:06:46,925 But perhaps you'll get better results. 108 00:06:47,051 --> 00:06:47,760 For your services. 109 00:06:50,725 --> 00:06:56,111 Lazar, why come to me? 110 00:06:56,237 --> 00:06:59,743 People say you're the best, and I-- 111 00:06:59,869 --> 00:07:03,960 we need him found quickly. 112 00:07:04,085 --> 00:07:05,379 I'll expect a daily progress report. 113 00:07:11,934 --> 00:07:16,276 RASHID: Something about the man's story just didn't wash. 114 00:07:16,402 --> 00:07:18,990 Maybe it was the lie he told me about this 115 00:07:19,115 --> 00:07:21,996 being just a divorce case. 116 00:07:22,121 --> 00:07:25,420 Property settlements in this town are handled automatically. 117 00:07:25,545 --> 00:07:27,382 People like to keep their human interface 118 00:07:27,506 --> 00:07:31,056 down to a tidy minimum, if you know what I mean. 119 00:07:31,181 --> 00:07:34,395 So Lazar wanted Hertz for a different reason, a reason he 120 00:07:34,521 --> 00:07:37,276 didn't want me to know, which, of course, made me 121 00:07:37,402 --> 00:07:39,699 want to know it all the more. 122 00:07:39,824 --> 00:07:41,493 I hadn't even gotten started. 123 00:07:41,619 --> 00:07:42,788 Already I was hit deep. 124 00:07:45,418 --> 00:07:47,965 Like the man said, life is sweet. 125 00:08:15,687 --> 00:08:17,901 [cab horn blows] 126 00:08:45,790 --> 00:08:47,919 To an inquiry agent, few things are 127 00:08:48,045 --> 00:08:50,842 more telling than the home a man abandons when 128 00:08:50,967 --> 00:08:52,344 he decides to pack it all in. 129 00:09:04,912 --> 00:09:09,462 You're left with the things he leaves, things 130 00:09:09,588 --> 00:09:11,509 he leaves behind with his wife. 131 00:09:16,602 --> 00:09:20,109 Some he doesn't care about, some he forgets. 132 00:09:23,157 --> 00:09:24,826 Times you can tell the difference on site. 133 00:09:28,542 --> 00:09:33,094 Other times, you have to look deeper. 134 00:09:51,214 --> 00:09:52,507 What do you want? 135 00:09:52,633 --> 00:09:55,013 Rashid Kaye I'm an inquiry agent. 136 00:09:59,731 --> 00:10:01,443 Inquiring into what? 137 00:10:01,568 --> 00:10:04,824 The disappearance of Walt Hertz. 138 00:10:04,950 --> 00:10:08,958 Why don't you come in, Mr. Kaye? 139 00:10:09,083 --> 00:10:10,335 Thank you. 140 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:15,972 Someone has hired you to look for him? 141 00:10:16,097 --> 00:10:17,808 A lawyer. 142 00:10:17,934 --> 00:10:19,897 A man by the name of Victor Lazar 143 00:10:20,021 --> 00:10:22,736 who represents Mr. Hertz' wife. 144 00:10:22,861 --> 00:10:23,612 These yours? 145 00:10:23,738 --> 00:10:25,073 M-m. 146 00:10:25,198 --> 00:10:27,870 Where did you paint them? 147 00:10:27,996 --> 00:10:30,084 Right here. 148 00:10:30,209 --> 00:10:32,839 The subject matter is entirely imaginary. 149 00:10:32,965 --> 00:10:35,344 Nice. 150 00:10:35,469 --> 00:10:39,436 So how long have you known Walt? 151 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:42,233 Three months, give or take. 152 00:10:45,072 --> 00:10:47,703 We met at his office down at the Bureau of Records. 153 00:10:47,828 --> 00:10:52,546 And I'd gone in to renew my license, and we became friends. 154 00:10:56,971 --> 00:10:59,309 He expressed an interest in my work. 155 00:10:59,435 --> 00:11:01,731 In fact, you were having an affair with him. 156 00:11:01,856 --> 00:11:03,359 And you are the reason he left his wife. 157 00:11:03,484 --> 00:11:06,532 In fact, not. 158 00:11:06,657 --> 00:11:09,079 We were not sexually involved, not 159 00:11:09,205 --> 00:11:10,958 that the nature of my relationship with Walt 160 00:11:11,082 --> 00:11:13,672 is any of your concern. 161 00:11:13,796 --> 00:11:14,548 No. 162 00:11:14,673 --> 00:11:16,010 But it is my concern. 163 00:11:16,135 --> 00:11:17,471 And I am, after all-- 164 00:11:17,596 --> 00:11:18,681 --an inquiry 165 00:11:18,807 --> 00:11:20,518 Bingo. 166 00:11:20,644 --> 00:11:23,275 And it is your job to sift through all the lies 167 00:11:23,399 --> 00:11:25,486 until you discover the truth. 168 00:11:25,612 --> 00:11:30,121 Suppose I told you that Walt Hertz has no way wife 169 00:11:30,247 --> 00:11:33,168 and that the man who calls himself Victor Lazar 170 00:11:33,295 --> 00:11:34,546 is not who he appears to be. 171 00:11:37,929 --> 00:11:40,560 My job is to find Hertz, not to investigate 172 00:11:40,684 --> 00:11:43,314 his client's motives. 173 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:44,901 Even if Lazar wants to kill Walt? 174 00:11:45,026 --> 00:11:46,237 Does he? 175 00:11:46,362 --> 00:11:48,074 I was speakinghypothetically, of course. 176 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:50,620 Of course. 177 00:11:50,746 --> 00:11:53,668 You recognize this picture? 178 00:11:53,794 --> 00:11:56,675 Doesn't do you justice, by the way. 179 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:58,052 I've never seen it before. 180 00:12:01,433 --> 00:12:03,438 Was Walt under some sort of surveillance? 181 00:12:03,564 --> 00:12:04,398 Well, he must have been. 182 00:12:04,524 --> 00:12:06,027 Someone took the photograph. 183 00:12:06,152 --> 00:12:08,490 So he was being followed before he disappeared. 184 00:12:08,615 --> 00:12:09,368 Why? 185 00:12:09,492 --> 00:12:10,578 Why, indeed. 186 00:12:10,703 --> 00:12:13,041 Was he in some kind of trouble? 187 00:12:13,167 --> 00:12:14,293 Can you think of any reason why he might 188 00:12:14,419 --> 00:12:17,926 want to disappear or need to? 189 00:12:18,051 --> 00:12:22,184 Perhaps he was tired of his work, his life. 190 00:12:22,309 --> 00:12:25,232 Perhaps he felt he needed a change. 191 00:12:25,357 --> 00:12:27,529 I hear marriage can get terribly boring. 192 00:12:30,911 --> 00:12:33,917 He seemed like such a responsible person, not 193 00:12:34,042 --> 00:12:35,545 the kind to just pick up and disappear. 194 00:12:35,670 --> 00:12:36,963 He'd split with his wife. 195 00:12:37,089 --> 00:12:37,967 Did you know that? 196 00:12:38,092 --> 00:12:39,720 Hertz was a private person. 197 00:12:39,844 --> 00:12:41,557 He never discussed his personal life. 198 00:12:41,682 --> 00:12:42,893 Did you know he was married? 199 00:12:43,018 --> 00:12:45,440 Like I said, Mr. Kaye, we never 200 00:12:45,565 --> 00:12:47,443 discussed personal issues. 201 00:12:47,569 --> 00:12:49,866 Had he seemed like he was under any strain 202 00:12:49,990 --> 00:12:52,663 to you, any unusual problems at work or anything? 203 00:12:52,788 --> 00:12:56,295 Walt was one of our most conscientious employees. 204 00:12:56,421 --> 00:12:57,297 Supervisor. 205 00:12:57,422 --> 00:12:59,469 Records management. 206 00:12:59,593 --> 00:13:01,346 Not what you would call exciting work, 207 00:13:01,472 --> 00:13:04,645 endless lists of names, numbers, but he enjoyed it. 208 00:13:04,770 --> 00:13:05,688 Uh-huh. 209 00:13:05,815 --> 00:13:06,691 Does this mean anything to you? 210 00:13:09,613 --> 00:13:12,452 Looks like his handwriting, but I don't 211 00:13:12,577 --> 00:13:13,622 recognize any of these names. 212 00:13:13,747 --> 00:13:14,498 Sorry. 213 00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:19,925 His wife mentioned he had a thing for spy thrillers. 214 00:13:20,052 --> 00:13:21,555 Does that ring a bell? 215 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:24,436 If Walt Hertz was fond of anything, 216 00:13:24,560 --> 00:13:26,940 it was order, predictability. 217 00:13:27,066 --> 00:13:28,568 He didn't like surprises. 218 00:13:28,694 --> 00:13:30,196 Goodbye, Mr. Kaye. 219 00:13:38,756 --> 00:13:40,217 Somebody wants to see you. 220 00:13:40,341 --> 00:13:41,093 Try just asking. 221 00:13:46,396 --> 00:13:48,734 How about you telling me where we're going? 222 00:13:48,860 --> 00:13:51,948 I could just walk there like we knew each other. 223 00:13:52,074 --> 00:13:59,590 Mr. Kaye, I don't believe we've had the pleasure. 224 00:13:59,715 --> 00:14:01,676 Hugo Burns. 225 00:14:01,802 --> 00:14:04,057 I understand you're looking for Walt Hertz, Mr. Kaye. 226 00:14:04,181 --> 00:14:06,437 You got a mutual friend, or do you just see things? 227 00:14:06,562 --> 00:14:08,649 When you find him, I'd appreciate 228 00:14:08,774 --> 00:14:11,322 it greatly if you would inform me of his whereabouts first. 229 00:14:11,446 --> 00:14:12,990 Appreciate it? 230 00:14:13,116 --> 00:14:15,914 Whatever your current client paying you, I'll do better. 231 00:14:16,039 --> 00:14:16,875 Much better. 232 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:18,461 Bidding war on Walt Hertz. 233 00:14:18,585 --> 00:14:19,964 What's he got that I don't have? 234 00:14:20,088 --> 00:14:24,056 Mr. Kaye, I urge you to consider my offer, quickly. 235 00:14:28,523 --> 00:14:30,944 What's the rush? 236 00:14:31,068 --> 00:14:32,823 You don't find him in time, he turns into a pumpkin? 237 00:14:32,948 --> 00:14:33,699 What? 238 00:14:41,340 --> 00:14:43,636 Don't get smart with Mr. Burns, huh? 239 00:14:43,761 --> 00:14:45,975 He made you an offer. 240 00:14:46,100 --> 00:14:46,893 Think about it. 241 00:15:06,850 --> 00:15:10,399 Hey, Rashid, what's up? 242 00:15:10,524 --> 00:15:11,359 Too much romancing? 243 00:15:11,484 --> 00:15:12,360 You should have seen it. 244 00:15:12,486 --> 00:15:13,571 They get frightening. 245 00:15:13,696 --> 00:15:15,325 Give me the usual, will you? 246 00:15:15,450 --> 00:15:16,201 Thanks. 247 00:15:21,003 --> 00:15:23,007 A little note. 248 00:15:23,132 --> 00:15:24,050 Maybe she's already sorry. 249 00:15:38,622 --> 00:15:40,543 I didn't hear from you last night. 250 00:15:43,674 --> 00:15:47,056 I told you I expect a daily progress report. 251 00:15:49,854 --> 00:15:51,440 Yeah. 252 00:15:51,564 --> 00:15:55,572 Well, you know, I don't seem to be making too much progress. 253 00:15:55,698 --> 00:15:58,329 The thing is Walt Hertz disappeared for a reason. 254 00:15:58,453 --> 00:16:00,083 I think you know what that reason is. 255 00:16:00,207 --> 00:16:02,044 I'm not paying you to find reasons. 256 00:16:02,170 --> 00:16:03,297 I'm paying to find the man. 257 00:16:03,421 --> 00:16:04,925 Is that all you have to say? 258 00:16:05,051 --> 00:16:08,516 VICTOR: Mr. Kaye, you are beginning to try my patience. 259 00:16:08,641 --> 00:16:14,361 In that case, I have no choice but to return this. 260 00:16:14,487 --> 00:16:15,697 Can't say it's been a pleasure. 261 00:16:21,417 --> 00:16:22,962 You're making a mistake, Kaye. 262 00:16:36,364 --> 00:16:38,868 Well, what is it this time Mr. Kaye? 263 00:16:51,853 --> 00:16:53,188 No. 264 00:16:53,314 --> 00:16:54,734 Walt has never mentioned any of these names. 265 00:16:57,949 --> 00:16:59,869 None of them are listed in information 266 00:16:59,994 --> 00:17:01,038 or the Bureau Records. 267 00:17:01,164 --> 00:17:02,374 I checked every one. 268 00:17:02,500 --> 00:17:04,254 They don't exist. 269 00:17:04,379 --> 00:17:07,425 The landscapes I see in my head before I start painting, 270 00:17:07,551 --> 00:17:10,599 it's as though I remember them. 271 00:17:10,724 --> 00:17:13,271 Could it be the same with these names? 272 00:17:13,396 --> 00:17:15,777 Could they be a memory from another place? 273 00:17:33,938 --> 00:17:36,610 Walt used to talk about the graffiti. 274 00:17:36,736 --> 00:17:38,197 He said it was the key. 275 00:17:38,321 --> 00:17:40,952 To what? 276 00:17:41,078 --> 00:17:45,586 He used to say that forgetting was easy. 277 00:17:45,712 --> 00:17:47,800 It was remembering that was hard. 278 00:17:47,924 --> 00:17:51,932 Remembering what? 279 00:17:52,058 --> 00:17:54,271 That was the part he could never remember. 280 00:17:58,196 --> 00:18:00,449 Something happened to the man. 281 00:18:03,455 --> 00:18:05,961 One day everything was normal. 282 00:18:06,086 --> 00:18:08,299 Then out of the blue-- 283 00:18:08,425 --> 00:18:10,595 --a stranger walks into your life. 284 00:18:13,643 --> 00:18:17,358 And everything-- 285 00:18:17,484 --> 00:18:18,737 --changes. 286 00:19:06,708 --> 00:19:10,299 Who comes up with the words? 287 00:19:10,424 --> 00:19:11,176 I'm Kaye. 288 00:19:11,300 --> 00:19:13,723 I'm an inquiry agent. 289 00:19:13,848 --> 00:19:16,061 Who tells you what to write? 290 00:19:16,186 --> 00:19:17,479 The code man. 291 00:19:17,605 --> 00:19:19,526 The code man. 292 00:19:19,652 --> 00:19:20,736 I'd like to talk to him. 293 00:19:20,862 --> 00:19:23,367 Maybe you should. 294 00:19:23,493 --> 00:19:24,244 Hey. 295 00:19:46,956 --> 00:19:48,334 You all right? 296 00:19:48,460 --> 00:19:50,213 I've seen worse. 297 00:19:50,337 --> 00:19:52,175 It's about that romance of yours, Rashid? 298 00:19:52,301 --> 00:19:53,302 Maybe, man. 299 00:19:53,428 --> 00:19:54,679 They were looking for something. 300 00:19:54,806 --> 00:19:56,309 Yeah, just maybe. 301 00:20:03,072 --> 00:20:05,619 She's got some nasty habits. 302 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,999 You are absolutely sure about Mr. Lazar? 303 00:20:29,124 --> 00:20:33,090 Like I said, Mr. Kaye, we have no record of any lawyer 304 00:20:33,216 --> 00:20:35,137 named Victor Lazar. 305 00:20:35,261 --> 00:20:39,187 Can I take a look at Walt Hertz' marriage certificate, 306 00:20:39,311 --> 00:20:40,021 please? 307 00:20:40,147 --> 00:20:41,859 Certainly. 308 00:20:41,983 --> 00:20:43,445 If it's not too much trouble. 309 00:20:50,501 --> 00:20:53,882 Mr. Hertz has never been married, not 310 00:20:54,008 --> 00:20:55,135 in this municipality, at least. 311 00:20:55,260 --> 00:20:56,054 Yeah. Yeah. 312 00:20:56,179 --> 00:20:56,930 Yeah. 313 00:21:05,072 --> 00:21:07,786 Yeah. 314 00:21:07,910 --> 00:21:09,664 What can I do for you? 315 00:21:12,670 --> 00:21:13,464 Yeah. 316 00:21:13,589 --> 00:21:15,384 You looking for my wallet? 317 00:21:15,509 --> 00:21:16,219 Hey. 318 00:21:16,344 --> 00:21:17,096 Hey. 319 00:21:19,726 --> 00:21:22,440 So you wanted to know who comes up with the words? 320 00:21:22,566 --> 00:21:25,530 You're the code man? 321 00:21:25,655 --> 00:21:28,912 I do a few jobs for him. 322 00:21:29,036 --> 00:21:32,002 Sometimes it's hard to make ends meet being a painter and all. 323 00:21:32,126 --> 00:21:33,295 I bet. 324 00:21:33,420 --> 00:21:34,966 What's with the gun? 325 00:21:35,091 --> 00:21:35,967 He sent me to pick someone up. 326 00:21:36,093 --> 00:21:38,724 Didn't know it would be you. 327 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:45,111 Nice. 328 00:21:45,237 --> 00:21:47,407 Thanks. 329 00:21:47,533 --> 00:21:48,493 You get it back afterwards. 330 00:21:48,618 --> 00:21:50,664 Now come on. 331 00:21:50,789 --> 00:21:52,168 He doesn't like to be kept waiting. 332 00:22:26,945 --> 00:22:29,116 You're the code man. 333 00:22:29,242 --> 00:22:31,622 People expect you to be a certain way. 334 00:22:31,747 --> 00:22:33,792 When you're not, it confuses them. 335 00:22:33,917 --> 00:22:35,880 Sometimes it makes them think. 336 00:22:36,005 --> 00:22:39,471 So the graffiti is some kind of code. 337 00:22:39,596 --> 00:22:41,349 No. 338 00:22:41,474 --> 00:22:44,522 It's a nickname from a previous existence. 339 00:22:44,647 --> 00:22:46,443 I used to write code, software. 340 00:22:46,568 --> 00:22:51,119 My specialty was simulating environments. 341 00:22:51,244 --> 00:22:54,250 You got the right kind of software, 342 00:22:54,376 --> 00:22:58,091 you can render almost anything, except people. 343 00:22:58,217 --> 00:23:02,141 They're too chaotic, too random. 344 00:23:02,267 --> 00:23:04,688 I need to find Hertz before Lazar gets to him. 345 00:23:04,813 --> 00:23:06,733 I want you to find him fast, otherwise, 346 00:23:06,860 --> 00:23:09,113 a lot of innocent people are going to get hurt. 347 00:23:09,239 --> 00:23:11,451 Afterwards, I'll explain everything. 348 00:23:11,577 --> 00:23:12,411 I give you my word. 349 00:23:12,537 --> 00:23:14,124 Right now find him. 350 00:23:14,249 --> 00:23:15,459 Please. 351 00:23:15,585 --> 00:23:18,049 It's a matter of life or death. 352 00:23:29,906 --> 00:23:34,039 I need you to help me figure this out, OK? 353 00:23:34,164 --> 00:23:35,625 All the time you spent with Hertz, 354 00:23:35,751 --> 00:23:38,338 it must have been something, some thing, 355 00:23:38,464 --> 00:23:40,719 some odd little detail that didn't quite 356 00:23:40,844 --> 00:23:42,431 fit with the rest of it all. 357 00:23:42,556 --> 00:23:44,977 Something you might figured was just a quirk or something. 358 00:23:45,103 --> 00:23:46,690 You wrote it off. 359 00:23:46,815 --> 00:23:50,322 But if you really thought about it, it didn't add up. 360 00:23:50,447 --> 00:23:51,156 Huh? 361 00:23:54,497 --> 00:23:56,417 The taxis. 362 00:23:56,542 --> 00:23:58,129 Walt didn't just talk about the graffiti. 363 00:23:58,254 --> 00:24:00,551 He used to watch the taxis as though they 364 00:24:00,676 --> 00:24:01,594 were going to tell him something, 365 00:24:01,719 --> 00:24:03,725 but he couldn't figure out what. 366 00:24:03,849 --> 00:24:05,393 I used to kid him about staring at them, 367 00:24:05,519 --> 00:24:07,774 and he'd just shake it off and tell me I was crazy. 368 00:24:07,899 --> 00:24:08,609 Taxis. 369 00:24:12,074 --> 00:24:12,825 Let's go find some. 370 00:25:07,226 --> 00:25:09,064 Ah! 371 00:25:09,189 --> 00:25:09,940 Easy man, easy. 372 00:25:10,066 --> 00:25:11,444 I'm here to help you. 373 00:25:11,569 --> 00:25:14,241 I'm not working for Lazar anymore. 374 00:25:20,086 --> 00:25:21,338 What do you want then? 375 00:25:21,463 --> 00:25:23,885 Hugo burns says people die if I don't find you. 376 00:25:24,011 --> 00:25:25,304 I just want to know why. 377 00:25:25,430 --> 00:25:29,397 I just want to know what's going on. 378 00:25:29,522 --> 00:25:31,442 Now, reach into the inside pocket of my jacket. 379 00:25:31,567 --> 00:25:33,154 I've got something of yours. 380 00:25:45,679 --> 00:25:46,932 It's got something to do with this doesn't it? 381 00:25:50,398 --> 00:25:51,232 OK. 382 00:25:54,697 --> 00:25:57,202 I guess it doesn't hurt for somebody else to know too. 383 00:25:57,327 --> 00:25:58,664 Could I get my gun back, please? 384 00:26:01,670 --> 00:26:02,421 Thanks. 385 00:26:14,362 --> 00:26:15,990 I used to have a different name. 386 00:26:20,416 --> 00:26:23,047 He told me he was going to take me to a place where 387 00:26:23,172 --> 00:26:26,428 no one could ever find me, a place where I could have 388 00:26:26,553 --> 00:26:30,060 a new identity, and he did. 389 00:26:30,186 --> 00:26:30,896 Are they dead? 390 00:26:31,020 --> 00:26:32,983 No. 391 00:26:33,108 --> 00:26:36,155 They're in stasis. 392 00:26:36,281 --> 00:26:39,036 Suspended animation. 393 00:26:39,162 --> 00:26:43,003 We slowed the biological clock to a crawl, 394 00:26:43,128 --> 00:26:45,258 but still maintain life. 395 00:26:45,383 --> 00:26:47,846 Most of our clients were about to die 396 00:26:47,972 --> 00:26:53,023 from diseases, from conditions for which there is no cure. 397 00:26:53,149 --> 00:26:55,612 Occasionally, we had one like you who needed 398 00:26:55,737 --> 00:26:57,114 to escape in order to survive. 399 00:27:01,289 --> 00:27:05,382 In stasis, bodily functions may slow 400 00:27:05,507 --> 00:27:09,348 to a point of imperceptibility. 401 00:27:09,474 --> 00:27:13,064 But most brain functions persist what 402 00:27:13,189 --> 00:27:18,866 you might call the subconscious comes fully awake. 403 00:27:18,992 --> 00:27:21,247 HERTZAL: It's like being buried alive. 404 00:27:21,372 --> 00:27:24,754 Yes, that's what started me thinking. 405 00:27:24,879 --> 00:27:27,301 What if I took these minds and plugged them 406 00:27:27,426 --> 00:27:30,015 into a grid, a simulated environment 407 00:27:30,140 --> 00:27:32,811 where they could lead happy and productive lives? 408 00:27:32,937 --> 00:27:37,028 Of course, when you plug in, you have no conscious memory 409 00:27:37,155 --> 00:27:37,864 of who you were. 410 00:27:41,079 --> 00:27:43,249 Your new personality is formed entirely 411 00:27:43,374 --> 00:27:44,837 from your subconscious. 412 00:27:44,961 --> 00:27:50,013 But you get to be who you really always wanted to be. 413 00:27:50,138 --> 00:27:52,352 You never knew it. 414 00:27:52,476 --> 00:27:55,274 We plug you in six months, a year. 415 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:58,906 By then who's ever after you will give up. 416 00:27:59,032 --> 00:28:01,244 And we bring you out. You go your merry way. 417 00:28:01,369 --> 00:28:06,672 A simulated environment and new personality, 418 00:28:06,797 --> 00:28:09,344 how do you know that it works? 419 00:28:09,469 --> 00:28:18,696 Oh, because I've been there, quite often, 420 00:28:18,821 --> 00:28:19,614 as a matter of fact. 421 00:28:22,620 --> 00:28:24,082 I like it. 422 00:28:24,208 --> 00:28:25,501 I like it. 423 00:28:31,430 --> 00:28:34,186 And that's what he said. 424 00:28:34,311 --> 00:28:35,104 Do you think I'm crazy? 425 00:28:35,229 --> 00:28:36,440 No. 426 00:28:36,565 --> 00:28:39,279 What about my name? 427 00:28:39,405 --> 00:28:41,367 Walt Hertz here, TW Hertzal there. 428 00:28:41,493 --> 00:28:42,202 Yeah. 429 00:28:42,327 --> 00:28:43,162 Same nine letters. 430 00:28:43,287 --> 00:28:44,623 Yeah. 431 00:28:44,749 --> 00:28:49,383 But the thing is, from what you just said, 432 00:28:49,508 --> 00:28:51,512 you shouldn't be able to remember what you just said. 433 00:28:51,636 --> 00:28:54,267 I didn't. 434 00:28:54,393 --> 00:28:55,980 Until the day Victor Lazar walked 435 00:28:56,105 --> 00:28:59,028 into the Bureau of Records and tried to kill me for this list. 436 00:28:59,153 --> 00:29:01,574 He's the one that Teraspan sent after me out there. 437 00:29:01,699 --> 00:29:05,123 Don't ask me how he got in here, but when the same guy tries 438 00:29:05,248 --> 00:29:07,169 to kill you twice, I don't care where you are, 439 00:29:07,294 --> 00:29:08,337 you start remembering things! 440 00:29:08,463 --> 00:29:09,173 OK. 441 00:29:09,297 --> 00:29:10,842 So you got away. 442 00:29:10,968 --> 00:29:12,554 Lazar needed help finding you, and that's where I came in. 443 00:29:12,679 --> 00:29:13,390 That's a good story. 444 00:29:13,515 --> 00:29:14,308 It's good. 445 00:29:14,433 --> 00:29:15,852 It's very good. 446 00:29:15,978 --> 00:29:21,531 Doesn't explain what you're doing here, but Walt, 447 00:29:21,657 --> 00:29:22,700 what is it with the taxis? 448 00:29:22,825 --> 00:29:24,705 That's the way the software works. 449 00:29:24,829 --> 00:29:26,415 Go into stasis. 450 00:29:26,541 --> 00:29:29,380 All of a sudden, you're in this taxi, and it brings you here. 451 00:29:29,506 --> 00:29:33,054 So I thought if I could find the right taxi, 452 00:29:33,180 --> 00:29:35,351 I could get out, away from Lazar, 453 00:29:35,476 --> 00:29:41,279 but I don't know which one or where it goes. 454 00:29:41,404 --> 00:29:46,248 Please, you've got to help me somehow. 455 00:29:46,372 --> 00:29:48,209 Find out which taxi I take. 456 00:29:48,335 --> 00:29:52,844 The one that takes you back to the stasis warehouse. 457 00:29:56,435 --> 00:29:59,816 Well, do you remember what street it was on? 458 00:29:59,942 --> 00:30:01,862 It was in a rundown, industrial area on D Street. 459 00:30:01,988 --> 00:30:03,032 Pick another. 460 00:30:03,157 --> 00:30:04,284 There is no D Street in this town. 461 00:30:04,409 --> 00:30:05,620 Find D Street, I'm sure. 462 00:30:05,745 --> 00:30:07,916 OK, D Street is good. 463 00:30:08,041 --> 00:30:09,961 Whatever. 464 00:30:10,088 --> 00:30:13,762 You see, every taxi has a trip record, so the taxi you need, 465 00:30:13,887 --> 00:30:17,436 this special taxi, it ought to say D Street. 466 00:30:17,561 --> 00:30:21,611 So all you got to do is just go take a look. 467 00:30:21,735 --> 00:30:24,742 But you're not going to. 468 00:30:24,867 --> 00:30:27,038 Because you don't believe there is any D Street. 469 00:30:27,163 --> 00:30:29,376 [gun shots] 470 00:30:33,342 --> 00:30:34,177 No! 471 00:30:38,143 --> 00:30:39,063 No. 472 00:30:39,187 --> 00:30:39,939 No! 473 00:30:42,570 --> 00:30:43,237 Ah! 474 00:31:15,970 --> 00:31:16,889 You all right? 475 00:31:17,013 --> 00:31:17,766 Yeah. 476 00:31:17,891 --> 00:31:18,726 I'm fine. 477 00:31:45,738 --> 00:31:47,784 It what? 478 00:31:47,909 --> 00:31:49,203 You see that? 479 00:31:49,328 --> 00:31:50,123 Yeah. 480 00:32:07,281 --> 00:32:10,914 What's going on here? 481 00:32:11,039 --> 00:32:13,836 That was Lazar the lawyer, and he had Walt with him. 482 00:32:13,962 --> 00:32:17,636 Walt told me most remarkable story. 483 00:32:20,975 --> 00:32:22,271 Come on. 484 00:32:22,396 --> 00:32:24,984 I can't believe that this isn't real. 485 00:32:27,906 --> 00:32:28,909 I can't believe you're not real. 486 00:32:31,914 --> 00:32:33,168 This is real. 487 00:32:33,292 --> 00:32:34,712 These people are real. 488 00:32:34,837 --> 00:32:36,340 This is what Lazar wanted all along. 489 00:32:36,466 --> 00:32:38,219 But he doesn't have them yet. 490 00:32:38,344 --> 00:32:39,931 He's got Walt Hertz. 491 00:32:40,057 --> 00:32:41,726 And he'll damn sure find a way to get these names out of him. 492 00:32:44,565 --> 00:32:47,488 Unless I stop him. 493 00:32:47,613 --> 00:32:48,740 It's a hell of a long way for Hertz 494 00:32:48,865 --> 00:32:50,369 to come to keep these people safe. 495 00:32:50,494 --> 00:32:52,206 Be a shame if he made the trip for nothing, wouldn't it? 496 00:32:56,547 --> 00:32:58,092 I'm coming with you. 497 00:32:58,218 --> 00:32:59,386 I don't think so. 498 00:32:59,512 --> 00:33:00,639 I'm coming. 499 00:33:00,765 --> 00:33:05,691 So what did you have in mind? 500 00:33:05,817 --> 00:33:08,405 Find another taxi that's going to D Street. 501 00:33:08,531 --> 00:33:10,284 All right. 502 00:33:10,409 --> 00:33:11,662 All right. 503 00:33:15,086 --> 00:33:17,840 All right. 504 00:33:17,966 --> 00:33:20,095 That's the destination column right there. 505 00:33:20,221 --> 00:33:20,972 OK, go back. 506 00:33:21,097 --> 00:33:22,433 Go back. 507 00:33:22,559 --> 00:33:23,268 That one is blank. 508 00:33:23,393 --> 00:33:24,270 Go back again . 509 00:33:24,395 --> 00:33:25,146 That one is blank too. 510 00:33:25,272 --> 00:33:26,024 Why? 511 00:33:26,149 --> 00:33:27,026 CLERK: Special trips. 512 00:33:27,151 --> 00:33:28,362 We lease the cabs out. 513 00:33:28,487 --> 00:33:30,992 To who? 514 00:33:31,117 --> 00:33:40,971 I don't see it.s Codeman. 515 00:33:41,096 --> 00:33:42,557 Mr. Codeman. 516 00:33:42,682 --> 00:33:45,354 Ring a bell? 517 00:33:45,479 --> 00:33:47,484 When does the next Codeman run? 518 00:33:47,609 --> 00:33:49,571 Looks like it's tomorrow. 519 00:33:49,696 --> 00:33:50,699 Cab is in the garage getting looped. 520 00:33:50,824 --> 00:33:51,576 Thanks. 521 00:34:16,208 --> 00:34:18,463 Hey, come back here! 522 00:34:31,071 --> 00:34:32,867 Do you think this is going to work? 523 00:34:32,991 --> 00:34:35,497 Maybe. 524 00:34:35,622 --> 00:34:38,587 That's not what's worrying me. 525 00:34:38,712 --> 00:34:41,634 If we cross back into our real bodies, our physical bodies, 526 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:42,970 we're going to be weak. 527 00:34:43,095 --> 00:34:47,606 If we can't remember our other lives now, 528 00:34:47,730 --> 00:34:50,402 do you think we'll remember these lives when we get there? 529 00:35:08,271 --> 00:35:11,528 I won't forget you. 530 00:35:11,653 --> 00:35:12,406 Ever. 531 00:35:16,371 --> 00:35:17,665 Here goes nothing. 532 00:35:57,371 --> 00:36:00,085 [coughing] 533 00:36:36,490 --> 00:36:38,704 [coughing] 534 00:36:44,591 --> 00:36:47,096 So we remember coming back this way. 535 00:36:51,521 --> 00:36:52,815 Have you been? 536 00:36:52,941 --> 00:36:54,235 [inaudible]. 537 00:37:16,948 --> 00:37:17,782 Hey. 538 00:37:22,709 --> 00:37:24,504 Kaye, I'll be damned. 539 00:37:24,630 --> 00:37:26,424 How did you get here? 540 00:37:26,550 --> 00:37:30,265 We took the taxi. 541 00:37:30,391 --> 00:37:32,186 Lazar was here. 542 00:37:32,312 --> 00:37:34,274 He surprised me. 543 00:37:34,399 --> 00:37:37,530 He's got Hertzal, I mean Hertz. 544 00:37:37,656 --> 00:37:39,160 Are they still here? 545 00:37:39,284 --> 00:37:41,580 I think so. 546 00:37:41,705 --> 00:37:42,666 But you better hurry. 547 00:37:42,792 --> 00:37:43,835 Where are they? 548 00:37:43,961 --> 00:37:47,968 I think in the workshop downstairs. 549 00:37:48,093 --> 00:37:49,096 Stasis tanks. 550 00:37:49,221 --> 00:37:51,058 We'll be back as soon as we can. 551 00:37:51,183 --> 00:37:52,437 You'd better hurry. 552 00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:05,003 OK, my friend, let's try it again. 553 00:38:05,128 --> 00:38:06,464 Where is the list? 554 00:38:06,588 --> 00:38:08,468 I told you I don't know. 555 00:38:08,593 --> 00:38:10,973 But you remember the names on the list. 556 00:38:11,099 --> 00:38:12,142 No, I don't think so. 557 00:38:12,267 --> 00:38:13,854 Everything is so mixed up. 558 00:38:13,980 --> 00:38:15,733 Maybe this will jog your memory. 559 00:38:15,858 --> 00:38:17,988 If I remembered, I wouldn't tell you. 560 00:38:18,112 --> 00:38:19,448 This time it's going to hurt a little more. 561 00:38:19,574 --> 00:38:20,742 Go to hell. 562 00:38:20,869 --> 00:38:22,037 What was that? 563 00:38:22,162 --> 00:38:23,289 I said hell will freeze over before-- 564 00:38:23,415 --> 00:38:25,461 That's enough, Lazar! 565 00:38:25,586 --> 00:38:27,714 Ha. 566 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:30,971 So the inquiry agent wants to be a hero. 567 00:38:31,097 --> 00:38:31,808 How noble. 568 00:38:36,524 --> 00:38:39,281 [sparring sounds] 569 00:39:21,281 --> 00:39:23,995 [shivering] 570 00:39:29,465 --> 00:39:32,096 I still got the old touch. 571 00:39:32,220 --> 00:39:34,766 We'd better get him to a hospital. 572 00:39:34,892 --> 00:39:39,987 No, not the hospital. 573 00:39:40,111 --> 00:39:44,745 I want to go home. 574 00:39:44,871 --> 00:39:47,126 I want to go back home. 575 00:40:00,611 --> 00:40:04,285 RASHID: There's an old saying the more things change, 576 00:40:04,411 --> 00:40:07,082 the more they stay the same. 577 00:40:07,207 --> 00:40:09,462 I used to think that was true. 578 00:40:09,587 --> 00:40:12,301 Now, I'm not so sure. 579 00:40:12,427 --> 00:40:14,597 I found out a few things about myself. 580 00:40:14,723 --> 00:40:16,268 In my old life, I was an accountant 581 00:40:16,392 --> 00:40:21,319 to the boring 9:00 to 5:00 guy, a slave of routine. 582 00:40:21,444 --> 00:40:24,409 I'd rather die than go back to being that person. 583 00:40:24,534 --> 00:40:28,458 And I almost did. 584 00:40:28,584 --> 00:40:31,965 Now, here I am again. 585 00:40:32,091 --> 00:40:33,803 Back home. 586 00:40:33,928 --> 00:40:34,763 It feels good. 587 00:40:34,888 --> 00:40:36,058 It feels right. 588 00:40:36,183 --> 00:40:38,187 Of course, feelings don't get the rent, 589 00:40:38,311 --> 00:40:40,232 so once again like always I needed 590 00:40:40,358 --> 00:40:44,366 a job, a new case, a client. 591 00:40:47,747 --> 00:40:50,001 I'm looking for something. 592 00:40:50,127 --> 00:40:51,755 I was hoping you could help me find him. 593 00:41:09,292 --> 00:41:11,797 I think maybe you're right. 594 00:41:11,921 --> 00:41:12,965 How is that? 595 00:41:13,090 --> 00:41:15,178 The code you wrote is circular. 596 00:41:15,304 --> 00:41:17,391 It curves back on itself. 597 00:41:17,515 --> 00:41:18,642 No beginning. 598 00:41:18,769 --> 00:41:20,772 No end. 599 00:41:20,898 --> 00:41:22,819 Just the middle. 600 00:41:22,944 --> 00:41:24,947 No yesterday and no tomorrow. 601 00:41:25,073 --> 00:41:26,325 That's the way I like it. 602 00:41:26,451 --> 00:41:29,247 Dick, another round for me and my friend here. 603 00:41:35,051 --> 00:41:37,264 [laughing] 604 00:41:59,141 --> 00:42:02,106 In the future, the difference between the real world 605 00:42:02,231 --> 00:42:05,112 and cyberspace is a thin line. 606 00:42:05,238 --> 00:42:07,700 Rashid Kaye has just crossed it and found 607 00:42:07,825 --> 00:42:10,122 there's no coming back. 608 00:42:10,247 --> 00:42:11,123 "Welcome to Paradox."