1 00:00:20,588 --> 00:00:22,322 I have to get out of here! 2 00:00:22,324 --> 00:00:24,924 Aah! 3 00:00:39,341 --> 00:00:41,607 Oh, come on. 4 00:00:42,510 --> 00:00:44,477 Answer! 5 00:00:46,614 --> 00:00:48,081 Answer! 6 00:01:09,404 --> 00:01:10,903 What do you mean she's not here? 7 00:01:10,905 --> 00:01:12,572 As in, she's somewhere else. 8 00:01:12,574 --> 00:01:14,640 You mean, she just up and left to go visit a friend? 9 00:01:14,642 --> 00:01:17,844 Yes, something you should all take advantage of more often. 10 00:01:17,846 --> 00:01:20,680 Jenkins, it's working. It's happenin'! 11 00:01:20,682 --> 00:01:22,615 What's working? What's happening? Chupacabra. 12 00:01:22,617 --> 00:01:24,417 You mean that thing we brought back from Elk Grove Village? 13 00:01:24,419 --> 00:01:26,152 Yeah, Jenkins was kind enough to run a pipe 14 00:01:26,154 --> 00:01:28,621 from the room of perpetual fire... He begged me to do it. 15 00:01:28,623 --> 00:01:30,156 ...straight into a smoker behind his lab. 16 00:01:30,158 --> 00:01:32,091 Get ready for chupacabra jerky. 17 00:01:32,093 --> 00:01:33,826 Ew, you're cooking it? 18 00:01:33,828 --> 00:01:36,863 No, he's making it! The chupacabra! He's awesome! 19 00:01:36,865 --> 00:01:39,932 Is that safe? As long as we keep it away from the goats on level four. 20 00:01:39,934 --> 00:01:41,545 We have goats? We have got goats? 21 00:01:41,569 --> 00:01:45,037 Ah. 22 00:01:45,039 --> 00:01:46,606 Hawthorne, New Hampshire. 23 00:01:46,608 --> 00:01:48,875 A young campaign staffer goes missing. 24 00:01:48,877 --> 00:01:50,076 Who wants to go fetch Colonel Baird back 25 00:01:50,078 --> 00:01:51,811 from her "friend"? 26 00:01:51,813 --> 00:01:53,746 I remember you took a jaunt to Oklahoma without her. 27 00:01:53,748 --> 00:01:56,949 Certainly you can handle a small New England town. 28 00:01:56,951 --> 00:01:59,719 I'm sorry for interrupting my opponent's press conference, 29 00:01:59,721 --> 00:02:01,754 but we need to talk about the issues, 30 00:02:01,756 --> 00:02:04,757 like finishing up this nasty gas line construction 31 00:02:04,759 --> 00:02:08,161 and getting our city's parking situation back to normal. 32 00:02:08,163 --> 00:02:10,530 Of course, but we have to ask, Mr. Denning, 33 00:02:10,532 --> 00:02:12,031 about the disappearance 34 00:02:12,033 --> 00:02:14,434 of your very young campaign staffer Brandy Vargas. 35 00:02:14,436 --> 00:02:16,836 Well, as I said to the other reporters before, um, 36 00:02:16,838 --> 00:02:18,671 it's an unfortunate situation. 37 00:02:18,673 --> 00:02:20,506 And until we have more information 38 00:02:20,508 --> 00:02:22,942 and real answers, I really can't comment. 39 00:02:22,944 --> 00:02:25,445 I agree with my opponent. 40 00:02:25,447 --> 00:02:26,679 The disappearance of a young woman 41 00:02:26,681 --> 00:02:28,181 who worked directly with Mr. Denning, 42 00:02:28,183 --> 00:02:31,951 in no way impacts this campaign, nor should the voters 43 00:02:31,953 --> 00:02:35,688 consider anything heinous in regards to my opponent, 44 00:02:35,690 --> 00:02:37,223 despite the police investigation. 45 00:02:37,225 --> 00:02:38,724 It's a cheap shot, Keating. 46 00:02:38,726 --> 00:02:40,226 I'm sorry an innocuous statement of support 47 00:02:40,228 --> 00:02:41,861 affects you emotionally. 48 00:02:41,863 --> 00:02:43,563 Voters should remember, 49 00:02:43,565 --> 00:02:44,864 Mr. Denning is under a tremendous amount of stress 50 00:02:44,866 --> 00:02:46,666 at this moment. 51 00:02:46,668 --> 00:02:49,702 Don't think this is a reflection of how he handles pressure. 52 00:02:49,704 --> 00:02:51,771 Okay. Sorry, I'm out of here. No more questions. 53 00:02:51,773 --> 00:02:55,053 Thank you very much. Mr. Keating, could you elaborate on your plan... 54 00:02:55,710 --> 00:02:58,110 Ha ha. 55 00:02:58,112 --> 00:02:59,946 Impressive debate technique. 56 00:02:59,948 --> 00:03:02,715 Yeah. I showed him. Yep, showed him. 57 00:03:02,717 --> 00:03:05,785 He reminds me of that idiot captain in Ashgabat. 58 00:03:05,787 --> 00:03:07,720 No, no, you're thinking about the one in Jalalabad. 59 00:03:07,722 --> 00:03:10,056 Oh, that guy. He was a tool. 60 00:03:10,058 --> 00:03:12,225 Yes, he was. 61 00:03:12,227 --> 00:03:13,993 Thanks for coming. 62 00:03:13,995 --> 00:03:16,796 You call, I come. What's going on? 63 00:03:16,798 --> 00:03:20,700 We need to find this Brandy Vargas girl. 64 00:03:20,702 --> 00:03:22,134 'Cause if you can't, 65 00:03:22,136 --> 00:03:25,271 my political career is over before it even starts. 66 00:03:25,273 --> 00:03:27,073 Tell me how you met this Brandy. 67 00:03:27,075 --> 00:03:29,509 She volunteered like the others. 68 00:03:29,511 --> 00:03:31,944 She's a poli-sci major, wanted to learn the ropes. 69 00:03:31,946 --> 00:03:33,746 You know, it's the oldest story in the book. 70 00:03:33,748 --> 00:03:35,748 Actually, the oldest story includes... 71 00:03:35,750 --> 00:03:38,017 Oh, come on, Eve, she's just a kid. 72 00:03:38,019 --> 00:03:39,752 Besides, she's not my type. 73 00:03:39,754 --> 00:03:41,187 You know my type. 74 00:03:43,992 --> 00:03:46,192 Yeah, that ended for a real good reason. 75 00:03:46,194 --> 00:03:48,160 Yeah, why was that? 76 00:03:48,162 --> 00:03:49,729 It'll come to me. Uh-huh. 77 00:03:49,731 --> 00:03:51,697 Come on. You did the same job as me. 78 00:03:51,699 --> 00:03:53,099 Better than you, actually. 79 00:03:53,101 --> 00:03:55,601 That's adorable. 80 00:03:55,603 --> 00:03:57,670 You know I have to ask. 81 00:04:01,676 --> 00:04:03,109 Look, I barely spoke to her. 82 00:04:03,111 --> 00:04:05,611 I have no connection to her or her family. 83 00:04:05,613 --> 00:04:08,281 I left this town right after we won State in basketball. 84 00:04:08,283 --> 00:04:11,651 Then I came back six months ago after my last tour of duty. 85 00:04:13,187 --> 00:04:16,622 Local boy, high school jock, war hero. 86 00:04:16,624 --> 00:04:18,257 Elections have been won on a lot less. 87 00:04:18,259 --> 00:04:20,993 Please. Keating's a fourth-generation politician. 88 00:04:20,995 --> 00:04:22,728 He's killing me. 89 00:04:22,730 --> 00:04:25,231 Hawthorne's a good town, you know, it's got good people. 90 00:04:25,233 --> 00:04:27,066 It's just been corrupt for years. 91 00:04:27,068 --> 00:04:28,801 I know I can make a difference. 92 00:04:28,803 --> 00:04:30,937 Help me. 93 00:04:30,939 --> 00:04:32,738 I'm a soft touch for you, 94 00:04:32,740 --> 00:04:34,974 but I need anything you can give me on Brandy, 95 00:04:34,976 --> 00:04:36,576 on what might've happened. 96 00:04:36,578 --> 00:04:38,010 I don't know what happened. 97 00:04:38,012 --> 00:04:39,812 But I had nothing to do with this, 98 00:04:39,814 --> 00:04:42,014 despite what the press and the police think... 99 00:04:42,016 --> 00:04:43,916 What is it? Nothing, I just... 100 00:04:45,954 --> 00:04:47,587 Okay. I'm sorry. I gotta take this. Excuse me. 101 00:04:47,589 --> 00:04:49,088 This is Sam, yeah? 102 00:04:49,090 --> 00:04:51,324 You gotta be kidding me. 103 00:04:51,326 --> 00:04:52,992 Hey. What's... what... Hi. 104 00:04:52,994 --> 00:04:55,995 What are you doing here? What are you doing here? 105 00:04:55,997 --> 00:04:58,097 The Clipping Book called us. There was... 106 00:04:58,099 --> 00:05:00,232 we're here about a girl that's... Missing. Brandy Vargas. 107 00:05:00,234 --> 00:05:01,701 That's why I'm here. 108 00:05:01,703 --> 00:05:03,102 Wait, the Clipping Book sent you? 109 00:05:03,104 --> 00:05:04,870 Thought you were here visiting a "friend." 110 00:05:04,872 --> 00:05:07,907 Yeah, friend or a... friend friend? 111 00:05:07,909 --> 00:05:10,276 Sam Denning. We served together. He's... 112 00:05:10,278 --> 00:05:11,911 The bloke that everyone thought killed the girl. 113 00:05:11,913 --> 00:05:13,646 He did not kill the girl. 114 00:05:13,648 --> 00:05:15,748 First, she's missing, not dead. 115 00:05:15,750 --> 00:05:18,651 Second, I know Sam a lot better than you do. 116 00:05:18,653 --> 00:05:20,853 What? Well, Jones found... 117 00:05:20,855 --> 00:05:23,289 I hacked into your "friend's" phone. 118 00:05:23,291 --> 00:05:27,927 Brandy Vargas texted him the day she disappeared. 119 00:05:34,168 --> 00:05:36,669 Hey, those folks looking for buttons or posters? 120 00:05:36,671 --> 00:05:38,070 We need to talk. Okay. 121 00:05:38,072 --> 00:05:40,673 What's our rule? The one rule all this time? 122 00:05:40,675 --> 00:05:43,409 No lies. And you just lied to me. 123 00:05:43,411 --> 00:05:46,746 Not in the way you think. Oh, now you can tell lies that aren't lies? 124 00:05:46,748 --> 00:05:48,347 Wow, you really are a politician. 125 00:05:48,349 --> 00:05:51,751 Okay, look, I knew her more than casually, yes, 126 00:05:51,753 --> 00:05:53,119 but not in that way. 127 00:05:53,121 --> 00:05:55,187 She was working for me on Keating. 128 00:05:55,189 --> 00:05:56,889 She was digging stuff up. 129 00:05:56,891 --> 00:05:58,924 Using an intern for your scut work? 130 00:05:58,926 --> 00:06:00,760 I couldn't do that. You know that. 131 00:06:00,762 --> 00:06:03,195 But she wanted to do it. She believed in the cause. 132 00:06:03,197 --> 00:06:05,831 She was trying to impress you. 133 00:06:05,833 --> 00:06:08,701 Probably. What else did you lie about? 134 00:06:08,703 --> 00:06:13,039 Nothing. Did she try and contact you the day she disappeared? 135 00:06:16,744 --> 00:06:18,878 Oh, Sam. 136 00:06:20,815 --> 00:06:23,883 Take me to the "usual place." 137 00:06:31,159 --> 00:06:33,325 You sure this is it? 138 00:06:33,327 --> 00:06:35,995 Report said the road worker saw her run in here. 139 00:06:35,997 --> 00:06:38,698 Well, Denning definitely had Brandy's GPS on his phone. 140 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:41,834 Her last text message came from here, guaranteed. 141 00:06:41,836 --> 00:06:44,236 What is that? 142 00:06:44,238 --> 00:06:46,405 Was something roasting marshmallows? 143 00:06:46,407 --> 00:06:48,374 It's definitely a burn mark. 144 00:06:48,376 --> 00:06:50,076 It's more than a burn. 145 00:06:50,078 --> 00:06:52,111 It's a glyph. 146 00:06:52,113 --> 00:06:54,313 Sorry, what? 17th century. 147 00:06:54,315 --> 00:06:55,948 It's a Puritan symbol. 148 00:06:55,950 --> 00:06:57,817 What does it mean? Devil. 149 00:06:57,819 --> 00:06:59,418 Whoa! 150 00:06:59,420 --> 00:07:02,254 Whoa, ah. So glad you're not the devil. 151 00:07:02,256 --> 00:07:03,956 Sorry, who are you? 152 00:07:03,958 --> 00:07:05,958 These are my... co-workers 153 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,761 with the... private security firm 154 00:07:08,763 --> 00:07:10,096 I... run. 155 00:07:10,098 --> 00:07:11,430 "Run." 156 00:07:11,432 --> 00:07:14,166 Uh, we're here looking for Brandy Vargas. 157 00:07:16,237 --> 00:07:18,070 Well, I can tell you, she sure as hell isn't here. 158 00:07:18,072 --> 00:07:20,272 Whoa! Aah! 159 00:07:38,326 --> 00:07:41,026 Figured you're still a double shot cap. 160 00:07:41,028 --> 00:07:44,764 I'll bet you're still a non-fat triple shot latte, right? 161 00:07:49,237 --> 00:07:51,203 So this is nice, huh? 162 00:07:51,205 --> 00:07:53,172 After all these years, 163 00:07:53,174 --> 00:07:55,908 we can still talk over coffee... 164 00:07:55,910 --> 00:07:57,810 Okay, I'm sorry, seriously? 165 00:07:57,812 --> 00:07:59,779 Were you gonna just blow by this thing? 166 00:07:59,781 --> 00:08:01,514 Why did Brandy's body just suddenly appear 167 00:08:01,516 --> 00:08:03,149 and fall through the ceiling? 168 00:08:03,151 --> 00:08:04,416 Who's lying now, Eve? 169 00:08:04,418 --> 00:08:06,218 I'm not lying. Oh, come on! 170 00:08:06,220 --> 00:08:08,020 A-a private security firm, really? 171 00:08:08,022 --> 00:08:09,555 You got a kid, some cute chick, 172 00:08:09,557 --> 00:08:11,423 and a guy who looks like he's a bar fighter. 173 00:08:11,425 --> 00:08:13,392 And a scorched body just falls out of thin air? 174 00:08:13,394 --> 00:08:15,928 You know, you got all high and mighty with me before, 175 00:08:15,930 --> 00:08:18,063 but you are lying through your teeth right now. 176 00:08:18,065 --> 00:08:20,099 You think Cassandra's cute? 177 00:08:29,010 --> 00:08:33,546 Magic... is... real. 178 00:08:37,518 --> 00:08:39,552 Wow. 179 00:08:39,554 --> 00:08:41,954 Wow. 180 00:08:41,956 --> 00:08:43,422 You know what? You don't wanna tell me? 181 00:08:43,424 --> 00:08:45,157 That's fine. I don't care. Magic is real. 182 00:08:45,159 --> 00:08:46,926 Yeah? And we're... my team... 183 00:08:46,928 --> 00:08:48,994 our... our job is to keep it in check, 184 00:08:48,996 --> 00:08:51,897 to keep it out of the hands of those who would use it... 185 00:08:51,899 --> 00:08:53,465 For evil instead of good? 186 00:08:53,467 --> 00:08:56,435 You sound like a freaking theme park ride. 187 00:08:56,437 --> 00:08:58,204 You saw it, Sam! 188 00:08:58,206 --> 00:09:02,141 My team shows up wherever magic is happening. You saw it. 189 00:09:02,143 --> 00:09:05,277 Oh, come on. If that were true, people would know. 190 00:09:05,279 --> 00:09:06,946 People do know. We know. 191 00:09:06,948 --> 00:09:09,548 It's like when we used to hunt WMDs, Sam. 192 00:09:09,550 --> 00:09:11,417 You have to secure the threat. 193 00:09:11,419 --> 00:09:13,219 If Brandy was killed because she uncovered 194 00:09:13,221 --> 00:09:14,954 some magical threat, then the town of Hawthorne 195 00:09:14,956 --> 00:09:18,257 is facing something akin to a loose nuke. 196 00:09:22,496 --> 00:09:25,598 The glyph doesn't mean "the devil." 197 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,567 It means "a devil" or "demon." Catch. 198 00:09:28,569 --> 00:09:31,270 Many evil creatures throughout time 199 00:09:31,272 --> 00:09:33,172 have taken the name "devil." 200 00:09:33,174 --> 00:09:35,174 You know, kind of a shorthand, right? 201 00:09:35,176 --> 00:09:38,978 But make no mistake... very powerful foe. 202 00:09:38,980 --> 00:09:43,582 Well, what do they want? Souls, hence the whole... devil... thing. 203 00:09:43,584 --> 00:09:45,484 They feed on souls. 204 00:09:45,486 --> 00:09:47,920 Well, is it like... does it take human form? 205 00:09:47,922 --> 00:09:50,089 Or is it like a weird-ass monster or what? 206 00:09:50,091 --> 00:09:52,925 Mr. Stone, the thing to remember about devils is that they will 207 00:09:52,927 --> 00:09:54,560 never appear in a red cape and horns. 208 00:09:54,562 --> 00:09:59,565 They will come dressed as everything you ever wished for. 209 00:09:59,567 --> 00:10:03,636 So we should look for... Katy Perry wearing the Crown Jewels 210 00:10:03,638 --> 00:10:05,271 holding a wad of cash 211 00:10:05,273 --> 00:10:08,040 with an unnatural attraction to young Aussie boys. 212 00:10:10,311 --> 00:10:11,677 So it could be one of the candidates. 213 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:13,379 Could be anything, anyone. 214 00:10:13,381 --> 00:10:14,680 That's why you need to read these books. 215 00:10:14,682 --> 00:10:16,548 You got any abridged versions on tape? 216 00:10:16,550 --> 00:10:18,284 Because we're kind of busy. 217 00:10:18,286 --> 00:10:21,086 Very well, and so what you need to find is the Contract. 218 00:10:21,088 --> 00:10:24,290 What does a Contract look like? You know, almost every demon works via a Contract. 219 00:10:24,292 --> 00:10:26,992 Something you desire in exchange for your soul. 220 00:10:26,994 --> 00:10:28,594 Kind of like Robert Johnson down at the crossroads. 221 00:10:28,596 --> 00:10:31,163 Very good, sir. Yes, one of the better known examples. 222 00:10:31,165 --> 00:10:34,066 Also including lottery winners, folks who hate the Cubs, 223 00:10:34,068 --> 00:10:36,602 the moon landing farce. Wait, the moon landing wasn't real? 224 00:10:36,604 --> 00:10:38,504 Oh, no, not that one. 225 00:10:38,506 --> 00:10:41,473 So someone made a deal with the devil to kill Brandy Vargas 226 00:10:41,475 --> 00:10:42,708 in exchange for... what? 227 00:10:42,710 --> 00:10:44,276 Maybe something she found out. 228 00:10:44,278 --> 00:10:45,644 To win the election? 229 00:10:45,646 --> 00:10:47,980 President, maybe. But a small-town mayor? 230 00:10:47,982 --> 00:10:51,083 Don't underestimate having all the power 231 00:10:51,085 --> 00:10:53,152 in a small town or a state. 232 00:10:53,154 --> 00:10:55,020 What would be very helpful 233 00:10:55,022 --> 00:10:56,555 if we had the late Miss Vargas's... 234 00:10:56,557 --> 00:10:58,991 You took it, didn't you? 235 00:10:58,993 --> 00:11:00,993 Of course, mate. 236 00:11:00,995 --> 00:11:02,494 You stole a dead girl's phone? 237 00:11:02,496 --> 00:11:04,163 Well, Jenkins just said we needed it. 238 00:11:04,165 --> 00:11:06,165 I didn't... well, I didn't mean... 239 00:11:06,167 --> 00:11:07,599 Mr. Stone, call Colonel Baird, 240 00:11:07,601 --> 00:11:09,335 fill her in on the devil of it all. 241 00:11:09,337 --> 00:11:11,777 You two start working on the phone that he stole. 242 00:11:18,045 --> 00:11:19,545 I'm thinking it's Keating. 243 00:11:19,547 --> 00:11:22,414 He'll do anything to stop Baird's friend from winning. 244 00:11:22,416 --> 00:11:24,383 My money is on Baird's "friend." 245 00:11:24,385 --> 00:11:27,987 Would you stop doing that air quote thingy? Hey. 246 00:11:29,190 --> 00:11:31,457 And besides, if Baird trusts him, so should we. 247 00:11:31,459 --> 00:11:34,059 Colonel Baird sees the best in everybody. 248 00:11:34,061 --> 00:11:35,427 That's a character flaw. 249 00:11:35,429 --> 00:11:38,230 Aah. 250 00:11:38,232 --> 00:11:40,532 She sees the best in you. Is that a flaw? 251 00:11:40,534 --> 00:11:45,571 Everybody sees the best in me. I'm Ezekiel Jones. 252 00:11:45,573 --> 00:11:47,373 Easy, almost. 253 00:11:47,375 --> 00:11:49,341 Ah! Stupid bloody brick. 254 00:11:49,343 --> 00:11:53,078 Lightning must've fried all the codes. 255 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,281 No, that's not a code problem. That's magic. 256 00:11:56,283 --> 00:11:59,284 Some sort of blocking spell. It's not Hittite. 257 00:11:59,286 --> 00:12:00,619 It's not Ashanti twi. 258 00:12:00,621 --> 00:12:03,455 Oh, it's Druid. We got this. 259 00:12:03,457 --> 00:12:05,190 We do? 260 00:12:05,192 --> 00:12:08,293 Yeah, we just need to find that greenish bluish stuff 261 00:12:08,295 --> 00:12:12,297 that Jenkins uses to stop a blocking spell 262 00:12:12,299 --> 00:12:14,500 and get the grout out of the tile. 263 00:12:14,502 --> 00:12:16,135 Got it. 264 00:12:18,372 --> 00:12:20,139 Oscail an doras. 265 00:12:20,141 --> 00:12:21,774 Ah! Hmm. 266 00:12:21,776 --> 00:12:26,078 You're a legend, Cassandra! No, we are "legend." 267 00:12:27,348 --> 00:12:29,681 Hey, let's just see what she's got in there. 268 00:12:29,683 --> 00:12:32,451 The Keating family goes back to the 17th century, 269 00:12:32,453 --> 00:12:34,553 same time as the glyph in the motel. 270 00:12:34,555 --> 00:12:37,756 So Obediah Keating helps found the township of Hawthorne 271 00:12:37,758 --> 00:12:41,093 in 1655 by brokering peace with the Pennacook Indians. 272 00:12:41,095 --> 00:12:43,595 Garrison Keating has a line on the Underground Railroad. 273 00:12:43,597 --> 00:12:45,297 Anyplace somebody's doing something good, 274 00:12:45,299 --> 00:12:46,565 there's a Keating. 275 00:12:46,567 --> 00:12:48,567 Yeah, and the glyph is as well. 276 00:12:48,569 --> 00:12:51,270 Joshua Keating wears it as a lapel pin. 277 00:12:51,272 --> 00:12:54,206 Branford Keating has monogrammed handkerchiefs. 278 00:12:54,208 --> 00:12:56,175 This creature signs his work. 279 00:12:56,177 --> 00:12:58,510 And this is where he collects. 280 00:12:58,512 --> 00:13:01,180 Look, scarlet fever outbreak in 1840. 281 00:13:01,182 --> 00:13:05,751 12 land owners killed in a carriage accident, 1752. 282 00:13:05,753 --> 00:13:08,854 Tavern fire. This town of Hawthorne has a history 283 00:13:08,856 --> 00:13:11,457 replete with tragedy, but every time, 284 00:13:11,459 --> 00:13:13,392 there is a Keating offering aid. 285 00:13:13,394 --> 00:13:15,427 Who's this guy? Huh? This... Look at this guy right here. 286 00:13:15,429 --> 00:13:19,698 Look, this picture's from 1884. I swear, that's the same guy. 287 00:13:19,700 --> 00:13:21,700 1928 right after the train crash. 288 00:13:21,702 --> 00:13:23,635 That's our guy. 289 00:13:23,637 --> 00:13:25,170 What guy? That guy. 290 00:13:25,172 --> 00:13:26,839 Brandy had a lot of research on her phone 291 00:13:26,841 --> 00:13:28,540 all related to the Keatings. 292 00:13:28,542 --> 00:13:30,476 Yeah, but that guy appeared in the research, too, 293 00:13:30,478 --> 00:13:32,744 in every story about every disaster. It's not a Keating? 294 00:13:32,746 --> 00:13:35,280 No, a Sesselman, but a different first name every time. 295 00:13:35,282 --> 00:13:38,517 Uh, Cole, Durham, Rory, all with the Sesselman surname. 296 00:13:38,519 --> 00:13:40,285 Yeah, and the dates of the disaster 297 00:13:40,287 --> 00:13:42,821 match up to the dates that Sesselman appears in the photos. 298 00:13:42,823 --> 00:13:44,656 Every 44 years. 299 00:13:44,658 --> 00:13:49,695 An impossibly successful family, a mysterious immortal associate, 300 00:13:49,697 --> 00:13:52,464 periodic tragedy, classic Faust tale. 301 00:13:52,466 --> 00:13:53,899 "The Devil and Daniel Webster." 302 00:13:53,901 --> 00:13:55,701 What, is that some bloke running for mayor? 303 00:13:55,703 --> 00:13:57,336 No, a story. It means the Keating family 304 00:13:57,338 --> 00:13:59,238 has signed a deal with the devil, 305 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,173 and the next Contract comes due... 306 00:14:01,175 --> 00:14:04,176 Now. 307 00:14:04,178 --> 00:14:05,744 Mr. Denning, can we get a photograph? 308 00:14:05,746 --> 00:14:08,413 Hi. Yeah, let's get a picture. Great idea. 309 00:14:08,415 --> 00:14:09,748 Good. 310 00:14:15,589 --> 00:14:17,656 Perfect. 311 00:14:32,773 --> 00:14:35,440 Mr. Sesselman is a soul contractor or executor, 312 00:14:35,442 --> 00:14:38,443 as they prefer... Oh, like I care what they prefer. 313 00:14:38,445 --> 00:14:41,280 Colonel, they are very dangerous creatures. 314 00:14:41,282 --> 00:14:43,415 Hard to stop, nearly impossible to kill. 315 00:14:43,417 --> 00:14:46,585 So he's old and he's powerful. The usual drill. 316 00:14:46,587 --> 00:14:48,620 What's his weapon? The Contract. 317 00:14:48,622 --> 00:14:51,690 Bad fortunes, death, all side effects of the bargain 318 00:14:51,692 --> 00:14:53,292 to protect the agreement. 319 00:14:53,294 --> 00:14:55,928 Anyone threaten the good fortune of the signer, 320 00:14:55,930 --> 00:14:57,963 the Contract will arrange circumstances 321 00:14:57,965 --> 00:14:59,531 for that person's destruction. 322 00:14:59,533 --> 00:15:01,466 So how does he kill 'em? 323 00:15:01,468 --> 00:15:03,702 The executor actually gets all of his power from the Contract. 324 00:15:03,704 --> 00:15:05,571 The power, focus, effect, 325 00:15:05,573 --> 00:15:08,207 the power being the soul bound to the focus... the Contract. 326 00:15:08,209 --> 00:15:11,977 The effect... all of the death and chaos in the Contract's wake 327 00:15:11,979 --> 00:15:15,614 as it fulfills its signatory's deepest desires. 328 00:15:15,616 --> 00:15:17,849 Are we talking soul soul here? 329 00:15:17,851 --> 00:15:20,719 Well, if you're asking me what happens after you die, 330 00:15:20,721 --> 00:15:22,788 I remind you, I'm one of the least qualified people 331 00:15:22,790 --> 00:15:24,656 to answer that. But, for now, let's think of 332 00:15:24,658 --> 00:15:26,758 the soul as life energy. We've encountered creatures 333 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:28,527 who feed off that kind of energy before. 334 00:15:28,529 --> 00:15:29,962 So it's a parasite? 335 00:15:29,964 --> 00:15:31,830 It feeds off the misery caused by the Contract 336 00:15:31,832 --> 00:15:33,699 and then consumes the signatory once the Contract comes due. 337 00:15:33,701 --> 00:15:35,434 Then that's how we get him. 338 00:15:35,436 --> 00:15:36,835 It's a deal with the devil. 339 00:15:36,837 --> 00:15:39,504 If we can't feed the devil, we beat the deal. 340 00:15:39,506 --> 00:15:41,607 How do we find it? Something that valuable, 341 00:15:41,609 --> 00:15:43,942 the family will keep it very close. 342 00:15:43,944 --> 00:15:46,478 Here. Keating owns half the town. 343 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:49,548 I don't know how you're gonna narrow it down. 344 00:15:49,550 --> 00:15:51,316 Stealing is my job, mate. 345 00:15:51,318 --> 00:15:53,919 Just lean back and listen to Dr. Jones. 346 00:15:53,921 --> 00:15:56,521 Uh-huh. So the Contract is 200 years old, 347 00:15:56,523 --> 00:15:58,724 which means they don't wanna move it around at all. 348 00:15:58,726 --> 00:16:00,726 So it can't be in any of the newer buildings. 349 00:16:00,728 --> 00:16:03,495 That cuts these out, doesn't it? 350 00:16:03,497 --> 00:16:05,430 Exactly. Anyway, according to this, 351 00:16:05,432 --> 00:16:07,466 there's three older buildings in town. 352 00:16:07,468 --> 00:16:09,568 Gives us about a hundred rooms to search. 353 00:16:09,570 --> 00:16:12,404 Now, ordinarily, I would hack into the security database, 354 00:16:12,406 --> 00:16:14,439 look for some clues, but we have magic. 355 00:16:14,441 --> 00:16:16,041 Munchausen's Top. 356 00:16:16,043 --> 00:16:20,746 Keating family, secret treasure, Contract. 357 00:16:22,383 --> 00:16:24,583 Not exact, but it does give us the building. 358 00:16:24,585 --> 00:16:26,351 If you look at the blueprints, 359 00:16:26,353 --> 00:16:29,321 there's space between these walls... secret passages. 360 00:16:29,323 --> 00:16:31,957 Smells like they might... Wait, you... you can find 361 00:16:31,959 --> 00:16:34,426 any valuable object with that thing? 362 00:16:34,428 --> 00:16:36,361 Yeah. Anyway, once we're inside, 363 00:16:36,363 --> 00:16:39,431 we should look for some kind of magical security system... 364 00:16:39,433 --> 00:16:40,832 All this magic around. 365 00:16:40,834 --> 00:16:43,835 You could steal anything you want with that. 366 00:16:43,837 --> 00:16:46,738 Sure. Easy. 367 00:16:46,740 --> 00:16:48,940 Anyway, once we recover the Contract, 368 00:16:48,942 --> 00:16:50,776 we should have a primary exit plan, 369 00:16:50,778 --> 00:16:53,312 a-a way to walk out with it in hand. 370 00:16:53,314 --> 00:16:55,881 And a secondary exit plan, a way to drop it of for a pickup. 371 00:16:55,883 --> 00:16:57,749 Now if you'll notice, there's a mail slot system 372 00:16:57,751 --> 00:17:00,819 that runs through this entire building... Why don't you? 373 00:17:00,821 --> 00:17:03,088 Why don't you? 374 00:17:03,090 --> 00:17:05,023 "I'm Ezekiel Jones, 375 00:17:05,025 --> 00:17:06,825 the best thief in the world, mate." I do not sound like that. 376 00:17:06,827 --> 00:17:09,695 And you don't use this stuff to steal? 377 00:17:09,697 --> 00:17:12,964 Like I said, it's easy. 378 00:17:12,966 --> 00:17:15,834 Ezekiel Jones doesn't do easy. Mm-hmm. 379 00:17:15,836 --> 00:17:17,369 He does impossible. 380 00:17:17,371 --> 00:17:18,937 Yeah, you're becoming a good guy. 381 00:17:21,342 --> 00:17:23,842 You are. 382 00:17:25,813 --> 00:17:28,480 Anyway, the mail slots all empty out here. 383 00:17:28,482 --> 00:17:31,650 We'll put Colonel Baird in this corridor as a backup. 384 00:17:31,652 --> 00:17:35,387 Jones, Jones, Jones. There was money in here! 385 00:17:35,389 --> 00:17:37,756 Cancel that stupid orphans photo op. 386 00:17:37,758 --> 00:17:40,625 And make sure I'm playing the south course on Thursday. 387 00:17:40,627 --> 00:17:42,894 They just aerated the greens on the north. 388 00:17:42,896 --> 00:17:45,397 Nice to see you. Ah, Ms. Boskoski. 389 00:17:45,399 --> 00:17:47,666 Cannot wait to see the smiling faces 390 00:17:47,668 --> 00:17:49,949 of those little orphans next week. 391 00:17:57,611 --> 00:18:00,679 I don't understand why I have to be the chauffeur. 392 00:18:00,681 --> 00:18:02,381 Library's on a budget. 393 00:18:02,383 --> 00:18:03,715 We can only afford to get two of us in the front door. 394 00:18:03,717 --> 00:18:05,484 Mr. Jones will find you access. 395 00:18:05,486 --> 00:18:06,885 I don't understand why I have to be the chauffeur. 396 00:18:06,887 --> 00:18:08,687 These are the true blue bloods. 397 00:18:08,689 --> 00:18:10,622 The upper crust, if you will. Know what the upper crust is? 398 00:18:10,624 --> 00:18:12,090 A brunch of crumbs held together by dough. 399 00:18:12,092 --> 00:18:13,658 Very good, sir. 400 00:18:15,429 --> 00:18:16,895 Oh! 401 00:18:17,798 --> 00:18:19,698 Now we must play our parts to perfection. 402 00:18:19,700 --> 00:18:21,600 If we give ourselves away to the executor, 403 00:18:21,602 --> 00:18:23,535 he'll certainly come after the others. 404 00:18:23,537 --> 00:18:24,836 Whatever you say, big daddy. 405 00:18:26,573 --> 00:18:28,940 Is that too much? Mm, fabulous. 406 00:18:32,513 --> 00:18:34,613 Magic is real. 407 00:18:34,615 --> 00:18:36,815 Yeah. Spells, witches, ghosts. 408 00:18:36,817 --> 00:18:40,986 I fought a tentacle monster. It's a weird gig. 409 00:18:43,190 --> 00:18:45,857 How do you use it? This magic? 410 00:18:45,859 --> 00:18:47,926 We don't. 411 00:18:47,928 --> 00:18:49,461 Like I said, magic artifacts 412 00:18:49,463 --> 00:18:50,829 are like weapons of mass destruction, 413 00:18:50,831 --> 00:18:52,464 except every one's different, 414 00:18:52,466 --> 00:18:54,099 and the timer's always set at 45 seconds. 415 00:18:54,101 --> 00:18:57,102 You can't just sit on that power, Eve. 416 00:18:57,104 --> 00:19:00,005 Look at all the terrible things that we saw, 417 00:19:00,007 --> 00:19:02,007 the terrible things that we wanted to stop or change, 418 00:19:02,009 --> 00:19:03,675 and we couldn't. 419 00:19:03,677 --> 00:19:05,677 You don't need magic. 420 00:19:05,679 --> 00:19:08,847 It's a trap. 421 00:19:08,849 --> 00:19:11,082 You're better than you think you are. 422 00:19:11,084 --> 00:19:14,219 You can do more than you think you can. You always could. 423 00:19:14,221 --> 00:19:16,855 I remember the first time you said that. 424 00:19:16,857 --> 00:19:18,457 Same here. 425 00:19:18,459 --> 00:19:21,526 I'm not letting go. 426 00:19:23,096 --> 00:19:25,964 Of the magic thing. 427 00:19:25,966 --> 00:19:27,999 This is where we wait. 428 00:19:29,670 --> 00:19:31,136 Right. 429 00:19:34,241 --> 00:19:37,108 Ah, well, the Hamptons will do in a pinch, of course. 430 00:19:37,110 --> 00:19:39,778 It's sort of the equivalent of a roadside motel 431 00:19:39,780 --> 00:19:41,213 when one can't gas up the jet 432 00:19:41,215 --> 00:19:43,682 and skedaddle off to Corfe Castle in Dorset. 433 00:19:43,684 --> 00:19:45,517 Or when Sugar Rose here 434 00:19:45,519 --> 00:19:47,853 just wants to float around the Mediterranean on the yacht. 435 00:19:47,855 --> 00:19:49,554 I like boats. Mm. 436 00:19:49,556 --> 00:19:52,257 Mm-hmm. 437 00:19:53,794 --> 00:19:55,694 Would you excuse me, Papa Bear? 438 00:19:55,696 --> 00:19:57,229 Mm. Sure. 439 00:19:57,231 --> 00:19:59,531 Whoa. 440 00:20:00,767 --> 00:20:02,267 Used to be a wrestler. 441 00:20:02,269 --> 00:20:06,071 Guy you lifted this from is freaking out upstairs. 442 00:20:06,073 --> 00:20:07,672 You notice these paintings? 443 00:20:07,674 --> 00:20:09,241 I noticed they were... 444 00:20:09,243 --> 00:20:12,077 I noticed they were here. 445 00:20:12,079 --> 00:20:14,579 Different years in different styles. 446 00:20:14,581 --> 00:20:15,914 But it's the same technique. 447 00:20:15,916 --> 00:20:17,716 Look at the backstroke in the reflection. 448 00:20:17,718 --> 00:20:19,684 The feathering in the collar. 449 00:20:19,686 --> 00:20:22,020 These are all done by the same hand. The Sesselman bloke? 450 00:20:22,022 --> 00:20:24,122 Why would he have them all here? Unl... 451 00:20:24,124 --> 00:20:25,757 Unless... 452 00:20:29,997 --> 00:20:35,967 There's elements of a Sumerian protective spell, 453 00:20:35,969 --> 00:20:37,889 Egyptian chromatographic magic... 454 00:20:40,207 --> 00:20:42,974 ...and Brazilian witchcraft. 455 00:20:42,976 --> 00:20:48,914 When the three combine together to form a symbol, it's a sigil. 456 00:20:48,916 --> 00:20:51,116 Protection. For the Contract. 457 00:20:51,118 --> 00:20:53,018 Three pictures, three paths. 458 00:20:53,020 --> 00:20:55,921 Yep. And there's three of us. Jones. 459 00:21:02,329 --> 00:21:04,796 Are you enjoying the champagne? 460 00:21:04,798 --> 00:21:06,131 '84 was a good year. 461 00:21:06,133 --> 00:21:08,066 Well, I find that everything 462 00:21:08,068 --> 00:21:11,970 after the 1756 Dom Perignon disappoints. 463 00:21:11,972 --> 00:21:14,272 Ah, precocious little grape. 464 00:21:14,274 --> 00:21:16,942 You're something of a legend in my profession. 465 00:21:16,944 --> 00:21:21,580 The incorruptible knight. Allegedly. 466 00:21:21,582 --> 00:21:24,316 What I wouldn't give in exchange for your autograph. 467 00:21:24,318 --> 00:21:26,651 I would like to say it's a pleasure, Mr. Sesselman, 468 00:21:26,653 --> 00:21:28,620 but I think we both know that is not the case. 469 00:21:28,622 --> 00:21:31,289 You prefer the adversarial approach. Well, so do I. 470 00:21:31,291 --> 00:21:34,225 Keeps negotiations fresh. How are your friends doing? 471 00:21:34,227 --> 00:21:36,194 You think they found that Contract yet? 472 00:21:36,196 --> 00:21:38,697 Pardon me. I don't know what you're talking about. 473 00:21:38,699 --> 00:21:40,832 Plausible deniability. 474 00:21:40,834 --> 00:21:43,134 Still, in the interest of full disclosure, 475 00:21:43,136 --> 00:21:45,670 you should know that the Contract will protect itself 476 00:21:45,672 --> 00:21:47,372 from being discovered. 477 00:21:47,374 --> 00:21:49,040 The closer your friends get, 478 00:21:49,042 --> 00:21:53,211 the more their luck will turn against them. 479 00:21:55,015 --> 00:21:56,748 Oh! I'm sorry about that. I... 480 00:21:56,750 --> 00:21:58,717 I know you. 481 00:21:58,719 --> 00:22:02,020 You're that chauffeur that nearly walked into me earlier. 482 00:22:02,022 --> 00:22:03,622 What? No, no, no, 483 00:22:03,624 --> 00:22:05,790 I-I don't... I don't drive myself, sweetheart. 484 00:22:05,792 --> 00:22:07,993 Unless I'm riding a horse. 485 00:22:07,995 --> 00:22:11,062 What are you doing in here? Where's security? 486 00:22:12,799 --> 00:22:14,699 Security! 487 00:22:17,638 --> 00:22:20,005 Is that what happened to Miss Vargas, the intern? 488 00:22:20,007 --> 00:22:23,141 Oh, well, I can neither confirm nor deny my culpability 489 00:22:23,143 --> 00:22:26,077 in that rather unfortunate series of coincidences, 490 00:22:26,079 --> 00:22:28,747 but let's just say that it would be a shame 491 00:22:28,749 --> 00:22:32,250 if it were to happen again. 492 00:22:42,929 --> 00:22:45,697 Well, these aren't interns. 493 00:22:45,699 --> 00:22:47,899 These are Librarians. 494 00:22:50,137 --> 00:22:53,071 Librarians? 495 00:22:54,675 --> 00:22:57,375 Ooh! Ooh! 496 00:22:57,377 --> 00:22:59,878 Okay, that shouldn't have happened. 497 00:23:04,284 --> 00:23:07,452 Oh. Well, it seems Librarians are about to be caught 498 00:23:07,454 --> 00:23:09,354 in flagrante delicto. 499 00:23:11,692 --> 00:23:14,292 That's legalese for "red-handed." 500 00:23:14,294 --> 00:23:17,162 Literally, it means "in blazing offense." 501 00:23:17,164 --> 00:23:19,931 I love the term. In flagrante delicto. 502 00:23:19,933 --> 00:23:21,866 Oh. 503 00:23:21,868 --> 00:23:24,302 Hey. I just got made by the only person who saw me 504 00:23:24,304 --> 00:23:26,271 playing a chauffeur. How's that for luck? 505 00:23:26,273 --> 00:23:27,939 Yeah, well, I feel like every time I touch one of these, 506 00:23:27,941 --> 00:23:29,274 it breaks. 507 00:23:29,276 --> 00:23:31,009 I wonder if Cassandra's having bad luck. 508 00:23:31,011 --> 00:23:33,044 Hi! So I sorta tried a locating spell, 509 00:23:33,046 --> 00:23:36,214 and the only thing I kinda sorta managed to locate was security. 510 00:23:38,752 --> 00:23:42,253 Please tell me you got something before it all went wrong. Nope. 511 00:23:42,255 --> 00:23:44,723 Okay, well, check this out. 512 00:23:44,725 --> 00:23:46,925 I cased this joint to a tee. 513 00:23:46,927 --> 00:23:49,027 There must be a secret door somewhere. 514 00:23:49,029 --> 00:23:51,362 These sconces are not actually sconces. 515 00:23:51,364 --> 00:23:55,433 Where's Stone? 516 00:24:02,843 --> 00:24:04,342 Where'd everybody go? 517 00:24:17,124 --> 00:24:20,125 Let's just get it and go. 518 00:24:23,830 --> 00:24:26,998 Hurry up. Come on. Where is it? 519 00:24:30,270 --> 00:24:32,804 Gentlemen? Got it! 520 00:24:32,806 --> 00:24:34,172 I need you to... Ow! 521 00:24:34,174 --> 00:24:35,807 Plan "B"! Plan "B"! 522 00:24:35,809 --> 00:24:37,809 Eek! 523 00:24:37,811 --> 00:24:40,879 Plan "B"! 524 00:24:40,881 --> 00:24:42,514 I thought they were only supposed to do that 525 00:24:42,516 --> 00:24:44,449 if it all goes pear-shaped. Apparently, it did. 526 00:24:44,451 --> 00:24:48,219 What are we supposed to do? Run! 527 00:24:48,221 --> 00:24:51,189 Get this to Jenkins. Wait, who's Jenkins? 528 00:24:53,226 --> 00:24:55,626 Jenkins is... Sorry. I need this. 529 00:24:57,130 --> 00:24:59,798 One quick signature, and all your dreams come true. 530 00:25:08,375 --> 00:25:10,575 So... so how does this work? 531 00:25:10,577 --> 00:25:13,144 Well, it's very straightforward. 532 00:25:13,146 --> 00:25:14,813 Now that you hold the Contract, 533 00:25:14,815 --> 00:25:16,181 you simply tell me what you want, and then you sign. 534 00:25:16,183 --> 00:25:17,582 This is Keating's Contract. 535 00:25:17,584 --> 00:25:19,450 All null and void once you sign it. 536 00:25:19,452 --> 00:25:21,486 I mean, the Keatings were good clients, 537 00:25:21,488 --> 00:25:24,122 but possession is nine-tenths of the law. 538 00:25:24,124 --> 00:25:26,057 So what is it that you want? 539 00:25:26,059 --> 00:25:27,525 Sam. 540 00:25:27,527 --> 00:25:29,360 You know, I enlisted right out of high school. 541 00:25:29,362 --> 00:25:31,563 I just wanted to do good, in the world and I did. 542 00:25:31,565 --> 00:25:33,364 You know, I was a hero. 543 00:25:33,366 --> 00:25:35,834 And now the press is saying that I'm sleeping with this girl. 544 00:25:35,836 --> 00:25:37,335 The cops wanna arrest me for her murder. 545 00:25:37,337 --> 00:25:38,603 I just want my reputation back. 546 00:25:38,605 --> 00:25:40,205 So you want to be a hero again. 547 00:25:40,207 --> 00:25:42,574 You leave him alone, Sess. Don't call me that. 548 00:25:42,576 --> 00:25:44,108 I wanna make a difference, you know? 549 00:25:44,110 --> 00:25:45,376 I think I could make a difference. 550 00:25:45,378 --> 00:25:47,111 And so you shall. 551 00:25:47,113 --> 00:25:50,215 You're a good man, Sam Denning. 552 00:25:50,217 --> 00:25:52,417 Always the best kind. 553 00:25:52,419 --> 00:25:56,321 Now what I want you to do is initial here, here, and here. 554 00:25:56,323 --> 00:25:58,289 And then sign there. 555 00:26:05,999 --> 00:26:08,132 Excellent. 556 00:26:16,276 --> 00:26:18,109 So now what? Oh, nothing. 557 00:26:18,111 --> 00:26:20,879 Terms of the Contract will handle the rest. 558 00:26:20,881 --> 00:26:22,881 Your good fortune is assured, 559 00:26:22,883 --> 00:26:27,118 and anyone who opposes you will wish they hadn't. 560 00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:28,419 You see a chance to make a difference, 561 00:26:28,421 --> 00:26:30,889 you have to take it. There's a price! 562 00:26:30,891 --> 00:26:34,259 You told me yourself. I can do more than I think I can. 563 00:26:34,261 --> 00:26:35,493 Sam, no! 564 00:26:37,063 --> 00:26:38,363 No! 565 00:26:38,365 --> 00:26:39,564 No! 566 00:26:39,566 --> 00:26:42,533 No! 567 00:26:44,371 --> 00:26:46,437 Oh, Colonel, we have a problem. I know we do. 568 00:26:46,439 --> 00:26:48,606 Dennings signed the Contract. He's using it himself. 569 00:26:48,608 --> 00:26:50,675 Then I stand corrected. We have two problems. 570 00:26:50,677 --> 00:26:52,377 Any idea what he's doing with it? 571 00:26:52,379 --> 00:26:54,646 He said something about wanting to be a hero. 572 00:26:54,648 --> 00:26:56,281 How bad can that be? 573 00:26:56,283 --> 00:26:58,249 Well, there's always a catch with a Soul Contract. 574 00:26:58,251 --> 00:27:00,084 The executor's power makes sure of that. 575 00:27:00,086 --> 00:27:02,654 But... In order to have a hero, one must have a calamity. 576 00:27:02,656 --> 00:27:05,023 Where are the Librarians? 577 00:27:05,025 --> 00:27:06,591 That's the other problem. 578 00:27:06,593 --> 00:27:08,593 Professional thief here advising that we do not stop. 579 00:27:08,595 --> 00:27:10,194 Well, you escaped. 580 00:27:10,196 --> 00:27:11,930 I thought we'd lost you for good that time. 581 00:27:11,932 --> 00:27:14,032 Ezekiel was right. This place is a maze of secret doors. 582 00:27:14,034 --> 00:27:15,500 You got the Contract? 583 00:27:15,502 --> 00:27:17,335 I did until Denning re-signed it. 584 00:27:17,337 --> 00:27:19,137 The 44-year disaster? It's happening now, today. 585 00:27:19,139 --> 00:27:20,672 We have to stop it. 586 00:27:20,674 --> 00:27:22,974 And it will be designed to have the maximum pathos. 587 00:27:22,976 --> 00:27:24,542 The bigger the disaster, the bigger the hero. 588 00:27:24,544 --> 00:27:26,110 I know where. 589 00:27:26,112 --> 00:27:29,080 I know where he is. 590 00:27:30,617 --> 00:27:33,718 Sam says the whole town is coming out for this. 591 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:35,553 Jenkins and I will try and find him. 592 00:27:35,555 --> 00:27:38,589 You three figure out what the disaster is and stop it. 593 00:27:38,591 --> 00:27:40,091 How typical. 594 00:27:40,093 --> 00:27:42,026 Why does she always get the easy jobs? 595 00:27:42,028 --> 00:27:44,462 Like, how the hell are we supposed to... 596 00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:49,300 You've already figured it out, haven't you? 597 00:27:49,302 --> 00:27:52,036 The pink lines are temporary survey marks. 598 00:27:52,038 --> 00:27:53,304 That's where they're planning to dig. 599 00:27:53,306 --> 00:27:55,173 The orange is for telephone cables, 600 00:27:55,175 --> 00:27:56,574 and the white... 601 00:27:56,576 --> 00:27:58,443 is for digging over gas. 602 00:28:00,613 --> 00:28:02,380 They're repairing the gas mains. 603 00:28:02,382 --> 00:28:04,182 Contract magic works by coincidence... 604 00:28:04,184 --> 00:28:06,517 taking what's already present and using it against you. 605 00:28:06,519 --> 00:28:08,319 Gas mains are gonna blow. 606 00:28:08,321 --> 00:28:11,189 The gas line construction's part of Keating's campaign. 607 00:28:11,191 --> 00:28:14,192 Yeah, and it runs right under Town Square. 608 00:28:21,101 --> 00:28:23,034 Bypass junction should be down here. 609 00:28:23,036 --> 00:28:26,504 We'll divert the gas to another line, away from Town Square. 610 00:28:28,475 --> 00:28:30,108 Well, hang on. 611 00:28:30,110 --> 00:28:32,043 Uh, Cassandra, you said that the bad magic works 612 00:28:32,045 --> 00:28:34,312 by taking what's around and using it against you. 613 00:28:34,314 --> 00:28:38,282 So if the Contract knows we're trying to stop it... 614 00:28:38,284 --> 00:28:40,651 It's gonna use the gas. 615 00:28:40,653 --> 00:28:44,422 Well... Occupational hazard, I guess. 616 00:28:44,424 --> 00:28:46,791 I was so hoping you weren't gonna say that. 617 00:28:51,598 --> 00:28:55,166 There! We shut that off and we close the gas line. 618 00:28:58,071 --> 00:29:00,538 It's stuck. It's no coincidence. 619 00:29:00,540 --> 00:29:02,607 The Contract's trying to stop us. 620 00:29:02,609 --> 00:29:05,176 All at once? As a team. Yeah. 621 00:29:05,178 --> 00:29:08,179 One... two... three! 622 00:29:11,418 --> 00:29:14,352 That's good. Let's go! 623 00:29:20,527 --> 00:29:22,126 What now? 624 00:29:37,844 --> 00:29:40,511 Hey. 625 00:29:40,513 --> 00:29:43,281 Master thief, pick the freaking lock. 626 00:29:43,283 --> 00:29:44,649 Sure! 627 00:29:44,651 --> 00:29:47,085 Just find me a blowtorch. 628 00:29:47,087 --> 00:29:51,622 Listen, this is an old school bolt mechanism. 629 00:29:51,624 --> 00:29:54,692 The bolt sets. The end. 630 00:29:54,694 --> 00:29:57,428 Just everything's gonna be all right. 631 00:29:57,430 --> 00:30:00,364 We're... just gonna have some really psychedelic dreams 632 00:30:00,366 --> 00:30:02,333 before we stop breathing forever. 633 00:30:02,335 --> 00:30:04,435 That's the spirit. 634 00:30:09,242 --> 00:30:11,642 Ooh. Look at that. 635 00:30:14,547 --> 00:30:17,381 Is that the gas? Hmm? 636 00:30:17,383 --> 00:30:20,318 Hey, am I the only guy that sees that guy? 637 00:30:21,588 --> 00:30:25,756 Yep. No. Yeah. No, that guy's real. 638 00:30:25,758 --> 00:30:29,694 So very real. And that was a good try. 639 00:30:29,696 --> 00:30:32,163 It was more than just a try. 640 00:30:32,165 --> 00:30:34,765 We made the gas stop getting out. 641 00:30:34,767 --> 00:30:39,871 Well, sadly, even if you have stopped this explosion, 642 00:30:39,873 --> 00:30:42,840 the... the power of the Contract will simply cause 643 00:30:42,842 --> 00:30:46,477 a train to derail or a-a dam to burst. 644 00:30:46,479 --> 00:30:48,379 What? 645 00:30:48,381 --> 00:30:50,381 Sam needs to be a hero. 646 00:30:50,383 --> 00:30:54,418 The Contract will make that happen one way or another. 647 00:30:54,420 --> 00:31:00,358 Oh, these fumes will kill you all very soon. 648 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,194 Perhaps we could make a deal. 649 00:31:09,569 --> 00:31:12,170 I could probably save most of them if I react... 650 00:31:12,172 --> 00:31:14,405 Most? Are you listening to yourself? 651 00:31:14,407 --> 00:31:16,574 Since when do we settle for "most"? 652 00:31:16,576 --> 00:31:18,743 Just talking here, Sam. 653 00:31:18,745 --> 00:31:20,778 Not doing anything but just talking to you. 654 00:31:20,780 --> 00:31:22,680 No, you're trying to talk me out of it. 655 00:31:22,682 --> 00:31:24,415 There's no reason to do this, Captain Denning. 656 00:31:24,417 --> 00:31:25,816 None of this has to happen. 657 00:31:25,818 --> 00:31:27,218 There are ways of breaking these contracts. 658 00:31:27,220 --> 00:31:28,553 Who's he? What are you, a magician? 659 00:31:28,555 --> 00:31:31,722 Librarian. No, actually, I'm neither. I'm... 660 00:31:31,724 --> 00:31:34,759 You two go ahead. 661 00:31:34,761 --> 00:31:36,360 Let us help, Sam. 662 00:31:36,362 --> 00:31:38,262 And what? Just keep things status quo? 663 00:31:38,264 --> 00:31:39,964 Keating continues the old boy network? 664 00:31:39,966 --> 00:31:42,466 Good people in this town never get a fair shake? 665 00:31:42,468 --> 00:31:43,968 I could change that. I could fix that. 666 00:31:43,970 --> 00:31:47,271 Not like this. 667 00:31:55,582 --> 00:31:56,981 Ah! 668 00:31:56,983 --> 00:32:00,518 Now we're even. 669 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:02,353 Absolutely sure this is a good idea? 670 00:32:02,355 --> 00:32:06,991 This is a good plan if you are who I think you are. 671 00:32:14,434 --> 00:32:15,800 Watch where you're going! 672 00:32:15,802 --> 00:32:18,569 Hey, get out of the road, old man! 673 00:32:18,571 --> 00:32:21,405 Old man? You have no idea. 674 00:32:21,407 --> 00:32:23,908 You could all walk out of here right now. 675 00:32:23,910 --> 00:32:27,245 I summon a Contract, you sign it. 676 00:32:27,247 --> 00:32:29,347 All is well. 677 00:32:29,349 --> 00:32:31,749 If you... 678 00:32:33,620 --> 00:32:35,553 If you think we're actually gonna... 679 00:32:35,555 --> 00:32:37,421 make a deal with the devil, then... 680 00:32:38,958 --> 00:32:41,559 ...just to save our own lives... 681 00:32:41,561 --> 00:32:44,795 ...you must not have met any Librarians. 682 00:32:44,797 --> 00:32:47,298 But I've met a lot of human beings. 683 00:32:47,300 --> 00:32:50,701 I'm offering you a fair deal. 684 00:32:50,703 --> 00:32:52,837 Well, sorry, man. 685 00:32:52,839 --> 00:32:57,742 I think we like our souls right where they're at. 686 00:32:57,744 --> 00:32:59,810 You understand that you will die here? 687 00:32:59,812 --> 00:33:01,646 Or you could sign the Contract. 688 00:33:01,648 --> 00:33:03,781 Any one of you could sign the Contract. 689 00:33:03,783 --> 00:33:06,317 You, Ezekiel, you could travel the world, 690 00:33:06,319 --> 00:33:07,852 every inch of it. 691 00:33:07,854 --> 00:33:10,588 Go places no one has ever seen before. 692 00:33:10,590 --> 00:33:12,657 You're a swashbuckler, Ezekiel, 693 00:33:12,659 --> 00:33:14,859 in a world of accountants. 694 00:33:14,861 --> 00:33:17,628 You really could save the world. 695 00:33:17,630 --> 00:33:21,032 Every week, twice before Friday. 696 00:33:26,339 --> 00:33:31,609 And you, Cassandra, you could be healthy again. 697 00:33:31,611 --> 00:33:36,013 You could live a long life of science and magic 698 00:33:36,015 --> 00:33:40,451 without that death clock ticking away in your brain. 699 00:33:40,453 --> 00:33:44,322 You could usher in a golden age of mathemagics, 700 00:33:44,324 --> 00:33:47,892 end so much suffering. 701 00:33:49,796 --> 00:33:52,363 You, sir, 702 00:33:52,365 --> 00:33:55,499 you could defeat Prospero, save your friends. 703 00:33:55,501 --> 00:33:57,501 Yes, yes, yes. Yes. 704 00:33:57,503 --> 00:34:00,938 Now do you see what I'm offering? 705 00:34:03,343 --> 00:34:05,543 Maybe one of us should take the hit. 706 00:34:07,847 --> 00:34:12,650 Maybe... we can find something in the Library after. 707 00:34:12,652 --> 00:34:14,719 Exactly. 708 00:34:17,090 --> 00:34:19,590 Let me summon the Contract, 709 00:34:19,592 --> 00:34:22,072 and I will have my first Librarian. 710 00:34:23,129 --> 00:34:26,397 Seriously? One punch? You were always a lightweight. 711 00:34:26,399 --> 00:34:29,033 Well played, Eve. 712 00:34:29,035 --> 00:34:31,435 You figured out that you could put your name over Sam's 713 00:34:31,437 --> 00:34:33,738 to void his Contract. Wait, what? 714 00:34:33,740 --> 00:34:36,741 Not my first rodeo, Sess. Don't call me that. 715 00:34:36,743 --> 00:34:38,976 But you actually haven't made a wish. 716 00:34:38,978 --> 00:34:41,846 And running out the clock is not a plan. I'm eternal. 717 00:34:41,848 --> 00:34:44,849 Sooner or later, you're going to have to make that wish. 718 00:34:44,851 --> 00:34:46,717 Because until you do, the original terms 719 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:48,486 of the Contract go on to completion. 720 00:34:48,488 --> 00:34:51,822 The town still goes boom, and your little friends, 721 00:34:51,824 --> 00:34:54,725 I daresay, are not long for this world. 722 00:34:54,727 --> 00:34:59,063 So whatever it is you think you have in your bag of tricks, 723 00:34:59,065 --> 00:35:00,664 you can't beat me. 724 00:35:00,666 --> 00:35:02,633 I don't do tricks. I make plans. 725 00:35:02,635 --> 00:35:04,635 I exploit the enemy's weaknesses. 726 00:35:04,637 --> 00:35:06,804 You think I have weaknesses? 727 00:35:06,806 --> 00:35:08,806 I know if you engage an entrenched enemy 728 00:35:08,808 --> 00:35:10,508 with overwhelming resources, 729 00:35:10,510 --> 00:35:13,711 it's a good idea to bring a tank... Sess. 730 00:35:20,186 --> 00:35:23,154 Oh, god. 731 00:35:26,192 --> 00:35:28,025 How's that superiority thing going? 732 00:35:28,027 --> 00:35:30,561 The Contract always finds a way. 733 00:35:30,563 --> 00:35:32,963 Ah, and there it is. 734 00:35:32,965 --> 00:35:34,999 In five minutes, a commuter jet is going to crash 735 00:35:35,001 --> 00:35:36,634 into Hawthorne Square. 736 00:35:36,636 --> 00:35:39,603 There will be three survivors 737 00:35:39,605 --> 00:35:42,740 rescued by our heroic Captain Denning here. 738 00:35:42,742 --> 00:35:44,975 Everyone else in the plane and on the Square 739 00:35:44,977 --> 00:35:46,177 is going to die. 740 00:35:46,179 --> 00:35:49,146 So you can try to cheat me again, 741 00:35:49,148 --> 00:35:51,081 or you can make your wish. 742 00:35:57,623 --> 00:35:58,956 I won't do it. 743 00:35:58,958 --> 00:36:00,224 Then everyone's going to die. 744 00:36:00,226 --> 00:36:01,792 You can't force me to do it. 745 00:36:01,794 --> 00:36:04,695 Sam, my friend, you're gonna be a hero, 746 00:36:04,697 --> 00:36:06,864 the type they write songs about. 747 00:36:06,866 --> 00:36:08,599 45 seconds. 748 00:36:13,039 --> 00:36:15,506 I'm billing you for the suit. 749 00:36:15,508 --> 00:36:18,776 The Contract cannot kill what cannot be killed. 750 00:36:18,778 --> 00:36:22,213 Now you're starting to get it. 751 00:36:27,019 --> 00:36:28,886 Are you okay? I'm okay. 752 00:36:28,888 --> 00:36:30,120 I wish you were a human being. 753 00:36:30,122 --> 00:36:31,956 Oh! There it is. You've made a mis... 754 00:36:31,958 --> 00:36:34,492 What did you say? 755 00:36:37,163 --> 00:36:39,963 What's... what's happening to him? He's becoming normal. 756 00:36:47,006 --> 00:36:48,639 What have you done to me? 757 00:36:48,641 --> 00:36:51,141 Unh-unh! No more destroying things for you. 758 00:36:51,143 --> 00:36:53,177 And if you can't do that, then guess what? 759 00:36:53,179 --> 00:36:55,513 You're in breach of contract. 760 00:36:55,515 --> 00:36:58,215 I'm human. 761 00:36:58,217 --> 00:37:01,819 I've been made a mortal. What am I to do now?! 762 00:37:01,821 --> 00:37:03,754 I don't know! Exercise. Eat right. 763 00:37:03,756 --> 00:37:05,155 Look both ways crossing the street. 764 00:37:05,157 --> 00:37:07,157 It's all any of us have. 765 00:37:07,159 --> 00:37:10,261 Ow! Get out of here! I can't wait to take this call. 766 00:37:10,263 --> 00:37:14,832 Jenkins! Day officially saved. Devil officially vanquished. 767 00:37:14,834 --> 00:37:18,869 Huh? Oh, yeah. Sam's good. 768 00:37:18,871 --> 00:37:20,271 Yeah. 769 00:37:20,273 --> 00:37:23,140 Oh, it hurts! In places I didn't know hurt. 770 00:37:23,142 --> 00:37:25,676 I'm sorry I was nearly party to something... 771 00:37:27,046 --> 00:37:28,946 I don't know, something. I'm still processing. 772 00:37:28,948 --> 00:37:35,286 I told you, magic's like a... monkey with a loaded AK-47. 773 00:37:35,288 --> 00:37:36,854 But you got out alive. Yeah. 774 00:37:36,856 --> 00:37:38,622 We both know that's all that counts. 775 00:37:38,624 --> 00:37:41,659 Besides, I always had faith you'd do the right thing. 776 00:37:41,661 --> 00:37:44,295 Yeah, well, faith's hard to come by in our work. 777 00:37:44,297 --> 00:37:47,565 It's just about seeing the unseen. 778 00:37:47,567 --> 00:37:51,001 So do you have any openings at this Library? 779 00:37:51,003 --> 00:37:53,337 They're more of a recruiting type unit. 780 00:37:53,339 --> 00:37:55,739 Plus, you've got a campaign to run. 781 00:37:55,741 --> 00:38:00,744 Please, after this, I'll be lucky to get elected janitor. 782 00:38:00,746 --> 00:38:03,180 You're better than you think you are. 783 00:38:03,182 --> 00:38:06,317 I can do more than I think I can. 784 00:38:09,655 --> 00:38:11,822 Don't ever forget it. 785 00:38:23,603 --> 00:38:28,672 Wait, Eve, listen. Do you... 786 00:38:31,110 --> 00:38:32,376 Eve? 787 00:38:39,885 --> 00:38:41,619 There's no way I'm drinking this. 788 00:38:41,621 --> 00:38:42,820 It smells like a camel's behind. 789 00:38:42,822 --> 00:38:45,289 Natural gas poisoning can cause 790 00:38:45,291 --> 00:38:46,991 permanent nervous system damage, Mr. Stone. 791 00:38:46,993 --> 00:38:49,660 Oh, no. Oh, good. 792 00:38:49,662 --> 00:38:53,263 I've got a nice bottomless hole for you. 793 00:38:55,267 --> 00:38:57,801 Now please rest, all of you. 794 00:38:57,803 --> 00:39:00,371 Sleep if you can. 795 00:39:00,373 --> 00:39:04,375 The elixir should heal you in about three hours. 796 00:39:04,377 --> 00:39:08,178 Eight if you don't keep still. 797 00:39:08,180 --> 00:39:11,115 Thank you, Mr. Jenkins. 798 00:39:11,117 --> 00:39:14,385 I once knew a medic with your bedside manner. 799 00:39:14,387 --> 00:39:17,721 Never wanted to run a mission without her. 800 00:39:17,723 --> 00:39:19,323 Yeah, well, I've always considered myself 801 00:39:19,325 --> 00:39:21,158 more of a caretaker than anything else, 802 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:22,726 even in the old days. 803 00:39:22,728 --> 00:39:26,030 Even in the old, old days. 804 00:39:26,032 --> 00:39:27,698 It suits you. 805 00:39:27,700 --> 00:39:29,066 One doesn't live this long 806 00:39:29,068 --> 00:39:32,403 without learning how to repair broken bodies. 807 00:39:32,405 --> 00:39:36,407 Well, they wouldn't need repairing 808 00:39:36,409 --> 00:39:38,108 if I'd been on point. 809 00:39:38,110 --> 00:39:41,211 Ah, so you think your job is to keep them safe? 810 00:39:41,213 --> 00:39:43,947 Guardian? Kind of in the job title. 811 00:39:43,949 --> 00:39:45,149 Colonel Baird, I think you may be laboring 812 00:39:45,151 --> 00:39:46,950 under a slight misapprehension. 813 00:39:46,952 --> 00:39:49,420 A Guardian's job is not to protect the Librarian's body. 814 00:39:49,422 --> 00:39:54,425 We used to go through Librarians like penny candy. 815 00:39:54,427 --> 00:39:55,859 What are you saying? 816 00:39:55,861 --> 00:39:59,730 I'm here to carry the Librarians' luggage? 817 00:40:01,300 --> 00:40:03,801 Librarians die. 818 00:40:03,803 --> 00:40:06,804 But there is a much greater risk. 819 00:40:06,806 --> 00:40:10,874 To be surrounded by all of this magic, 820 00:40:10,876 --> 00:40:13,243 to know that you could change things, 821 00:40:13,245 --> 00:40:14,912 that you could fix things 822 00:40:14,914 --> 00:40:17,147 and not succumb to that temptation, well... 823 00:40:17,149 --> 00:40:21,251 not very many good people can bear that burden alone. 824 00:40:23,389 --> 00:40:27,891 The Librarian before Mr. Carsen didn't die. 825 00:40:27,893 --> 00:40:33,063 He gave in to the siren song of all of this power. 826 00:40:33,065 --> 00:40:36,366 He gave in. Then he was lost. 827 00:40:38,003 --> 00:40:39,970 They will not survive in this world 828 00:40:39,972 --> 00:40:42,172 without someone there holding them steady. 829 00:40:42,174 --> 00:40:45,042 I told you once, the Library did not choose you 830 00:40:45,044 --> 00:40:46,810 for your ability to kill. 831 00:40:46,812 --> 00:40:51,415 The Guardian's job is not to save the Librarians' bodies. 832 00:40:51,417 --> 00:40:53,951 It is to save their souls. 833 00:40:55,755 --> 00:40:58,756 And you did that admirably today, Colonel.