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directed Jerome Bixby's The Man from

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Not really.

Can't you just take pictures?

That's not the assignment. Professor

Schulman wants us to identify the

individual markers that indicate a skull

is say paranthropist boise eye versus

paranthropist robust.

Oh my god.

What?

That's Professor Young.

What the hell is he doing here?

Professor Kitrus is giving those kids a

tour. Oh, and he tags along. That's so

cute.

[snorts]

For God's sake, Terra, they live

together. And besides, he's like a

thousand um 40 tops plus a little

hottie. So, I got to step up my game.

You coming?

Yeah, I guess.

Professor Young, hi. It's just so cool

seeing you here, Isabelle. and I were

just doing some research.

I'm taking Shaman's early transitional

humans.

Sketching femurss and jawbones.

Yep.

Okay, here we go. Smaller brain case,

slight crest on the top of the skull,

wide upper jaw, but small teeth.

Homohabilis.

Well done.

Wait, you teach comparative religion?

Well, there's more to human history than

religion, Tara.

Sure. We're just going to go grab

coffee. Do you want to join? Uh, I'm

going to grab a bite with Professor

Kitrus when she finishes, but thank you.

You like these chromagnons?

Well, they're more of a mashup of

various early humans, but I liked cave

paintings.

Me, too.

Hey, let's get a shot in front of the

display.

Uh, Isabelle, Carolyn, told me you

wanted to borrow some books. Come by

anytime, take whatever you want. If I

haven't read them yet, I probably won't.

Um, thank you, Professor Young.

You're welcome. I'll see you girls in

class.

I like the paintings,

dude. He knows more about this stuff

than the museum people.

They're called curators.

My point is he's a very brilliant man.

[snorts]

is a great ass.

Hey.

Hey.

You should have running with me time.

Running from what?

Stay in shape.

I uh need a shower. You want to come

wash my back?

In truth, yes. However,

how's this batch? Any geniuses I should

be on the lookout for?

You mean anyone who can write a coherent

sentence? You remember when kids went to

college to expand their minds? Now it

seems to be just a prefuncter step on

the way to Silicon Valley. And those are

the good ones.

I don't know. You really think young

people have changed that much in 20

years?

I like this gray.

But if it bugs you, then color it. I

[snorts] won't tell.

You know, Muhammad dyed his hair.

See, if it's good enough for the

prophet, then

nobody knows except you.

Okay.

And he hasn't aged a day in 10 years.

Every woman on the faculty would give

anything to have that secret.

Is that what they're after, Eden?

Oh, stop, Harry.

Then switch to spin class if you're sick

of Zumba. Okay. It doesn't matter what

you do. The doctor just said you need to

I'm not nagging. Mother, you're the one

complaining about

I got to go to class. I'm going to be

late.

I'll tell you what, mother. Why don't we

all just take care of ourselves for

once? Sound fair?

Wow.

again.

I

She spent so many years focused on my

father's illness that now God, Isabelle,

you put everything on hold forever while

he was She's got to back off. It's your

life, right? Isn't it? Finally.

[snorts]

No, I'm sorry. I love you, too.

I'll call later. Bye.

You are way better than I will ever be.

Hey guys, this is Matt Douglas from

Primal Kickboxing.

Let's go. You ready?

Take it easy on me.

So, I get into position. First thing I

do is I lead with a kick.

Two punches.

Come on, focus, man.

So, the whole combo

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a hypocrite.

I mean, sure, he gave up all worldly

goods, his father's money, told us all

to live a life of restraint, and then he

ended up like super fat.

Like crazy fat. Like, come on, dude.

[snorts]

You're talking about those statues you

see in Chinatown, right?

Yeah. The Buddha depicted in those

statues, he's Asian, right?

Right.

So,

it's not the Buddha.

What? What do you mean?

Well, think about it. Sedartha Gatima

was an Indian from Nepal. A Chinese monk

came to India, became a Buddhist, went

home and started spreading the religion.

The Chinese mixed in Dowoism. Their

monks introduced the head shaving the

robes. the fat, happy Buddha named Hot.

The actual Buddha was a regular man,

normal body, full head of hair.

But he was a god.

No,

never claimed to be. Just a man who

thought long and hard about the human

condition, and achieved [music]

enlightenment

like Jesus, only without the long blonde

hair and blue eyes. [snorts]

But Jesus wasn't just a man.

No,

he claimed to be the son of God. He died

and was resurrected. So we know he was

[music] divine.

You know or you have faith. You can only

know what you can prove. God is beyond

proof, logic or reason. You can believe

in God or Jesus through faith,

but that's different from knowing.

Well, I know Jesus existed. There's

historical evidence of that. And uh I

have faith that he was divine. Quanas

said faith is a divine act

supernaturally bestowed. Ask and you

shall receive. [music]

Kirkagard on the other hand said that we

must leap to faith. It is [music] an act

that you must choose to perform.

Kirkagard was more demanding. Okay. He

was sick of people sitting around

talking about religion all day and not

doing anything about it. I hope he

didn't mean this class though. But uh

weren't we supposed to be talking about

Buddha?

They had a lot in common. Jesus and

Buddha.

How so?

Well,

there's a lot of overlap in their

philosophies. They both taught the

golden rule that we should be charitable

and not judge others.

But the Buddhist said you shouldn't

believe in something just cuz it's

written in scripture. The whole premise

with Jesus is to accept on faith. That's

a pretty huge difference.

Well, also the purpose of suffering,

Jesus suffered for us.

While the Buddhist whole thing was to

eliminate suffering,

eliminate desire,

which is what causes suffering. I know.

I listen. I was listening.

Yeah. [laughter]

Okay, next time we will cover the path

to Nirvana and we will wrap this

semester up with Janism. It's like

Buddhism but less fun. Jane women have

to be reborn as men to achieve

enlightenment.

We all know it should be the other way

around. Thank you.

Great lecture. You never use any notes

or anything. You just like know all this

stuff.

I've been in it a very very long time.

So, in honor of wrapping up the unit,

we're having a Buddhist vegetarian

dinner. Think you could come?

Thank you, but I don't think so.

Busy.

I appreciate the invitation.

Oh, and for what it's worth, Buddha ate

meat. He never said you had to be a

vegetarian. He just didn't like seeing

animals killed.

Yeah, who does? But, you know, bacon.

Bacon donuts. Best invention ever.

Mhm.

I like donuts. not seen her.

Oh, you haven't seen No, everybody's

seen her.

I'm not. No. So, so is he coming?

Uh, Isabelle can work on him, right?

I can try. I can't believe this class is

almost over.

I know.

You know, and next semester he's

teaching lame Abrahamic and Zoroastrian

religions again.

There's nothing lame about Abrahamic

religions.

Well, you know what I mean. It's just

that

he needs new class.

He should do Henistic.

Ah, yeah. Zeus and Heracles and whatnot.

That'd be cool.

Yeah. The only problem is he he only

does real religions. Leo,

huh?

You don't think the Greeks and Romans

were on to anything? Christians got half

of their stuff from the pagans. Or do

you need to take world of the early

church again?

Guys, we need to focus on what's

important. Getting Professor Young to

come to dinner. There is just so much in

that guy's head I want to get at.

Me, too.

Now, how do we get him to come? I

think Tara probably has a few ideas.

Don't be gross. Leo,

leave her alone, man. You going to that

Delp side party then?

Those guys are animals.

Yeah, party animals.

We got What are you five? Um, no. I do

not need to get drunk on a Wednesday

night. Thank you. With a bunch of boys.

You're lost. I'm going St. Finn.

Uh, well, St. Phillip has Bible study on

Wednesdays.

You have no short-term memory, do you?

I don't know. What was the question?

John, I'm glad I caught you.

Dr. Parker, did we have an appointment?

I got to share this with somebody, and

you're the only one I know that can

appreciate it. I got this at a garage

sale last weekend. It's a 75year-old

bottle of single malt scotch. Wow. Yeah,

I paid entirely too much for it. the

story. This woman's husband brings it

back from Scotland in the 60s and

they've been saving it for a special

occasion and saving it and saving it

and the special occasion never came

and he died a couple of months ago.

Now she's selling his stuff and moving

to Costa Rica

naturally.

But here's the kicker. We get home and

we get a message from Kitty and Ron. The

baby came from a grandfather.

Congratulations.

Fantastic.

special occasion.

Yes, indeed.

To my grandson. You're here.

Oh my. That is terrible.

I don't know if I've ever tasted

anything quite like that.

Just goes to show that nothing lasts

forever.

Even whiskey spoils.

Who knew?

Grandson John. On one hand, it's

incredibly invigorating. On the other,

it means

I am so old.

Yeah.

Each day as he grows, learns to walk,

learns to talk, it means I'm getting one

day closer to death.

Another drink.

What the hell?

Yes.

Jeez, that's awful.

No,

I'm not getting Modlin. It's just life.

And now this brings [music] it home.

Do you ever regret not having kids,

John?

I'm sorry. I don't mean to cry.

Don't be sorry. It's difficult to

discuss.

What is it?

Say, you want to go have a real drink?

I can't. I have to go home and cook

Carolyn dinner.

But congratulations, Dr. Mark. I

couldn't be more happy for you.

It's open.

The gallon. Mhm.

Coffee table's fine.

So, about those books,

they're in the den. Grab all you want.

Have you given that dinner any further

thought? You could bring Professor

Kitrus, obviously.

We'll see.

Well,

thanks, Professor.

Oh, and please tell Miss Kitrus I said

good night. I will.

Smells great.

Thanks. It's getting harder and harder

to find anything that isn't loaded with

mercury or farm rays and filthy water.

Thank God we still have Pop-Tarts.

Miracles all around us.

How was your day?

As always, this is the highlight.

I was thinking of going hunting this

weekend. Starting to forget what real

food tastes like.

I thought you could come with me to the

Hillary and Rob thing. You know, she's

feeling really down lately, and we

thought a a a party would cheer her up.

Hosting parties always stresses her out.

Well, you know, people laughing,

carrying on.

I don't know. I I think I need some time

alone.

You are the king of alone, John. Why not

give the opposite a chance?

I have. Doesn't work so well for me.

Okay. And now

I'm going to go change. All right.

God, you scared the crap out of me.

Sorry you didn't miss anything. Typical

Delta side party. Just pack as many

people as you can into a room and spray

them down with beer. Figuratively

speaking, I hope.

For the most part.

What's that?

Book on early man. I borrowed from

Professor Young.

Oo. How'd it come?

Well, I asked again about dinner. told

him he could bring Professor Kitas. What

for? Last thing we need check. Anyway,

this guy Jenkins is an archaeologist

with a lot of fieldwork under his belt.

It looks really, really good, but the

spine wasn't even cracked, although it's

personally signed. He's cute. Or was

to my dear friend John Oldman. Wait,

what? I know, right? Maybe he's kidding.

Old man instead of young. Well,

it's dated May 2007, so that would make

Professor Young like 33, maybe.

Exactly. I mean, you're not going to

call an old man old man. You're going to

call a young guy that it's like calling

a big guy tiny.

No, it's not old man. It's old man.

And maybe it's Kitress's book.

Maybe. So, who's this Jenkins guy?

Let's go to the interwebs.

See, Arthur M. Jenkins

taught at Santa Clarita University.

Zillian archaeology digs. Oh, academic

awards. [laughter]

Blah blah blah blah blah. He wrote some

other books.

This last one. Jeez. What? the longest

night in my conversation with the man

from Earth [music] about the night he

spent with a university professor named

John Olman who claimed to be 14,000

years old.

And the comments are scathing puts it

mildly. Yikes. Longest night would

merely be melodramatic sci-fi nonsense,

but the author presents this hoe as

non-fiction and thus abandons any

academic authority he may have once

possessed.

Oh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. at this one offensive

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non-religious alike. Jenkins asks us to

believe that the Savior himself is a

practicing Buddhist who walks among us

in the guise of a handsome, mildmannered

university professor.

And that sounds like Professor Young and

he knows everything about Buddhism.

But like the savior, like Jesus,

he could totally be my own personal

Jesus.

[gasps]

[sighs]

We are totally getting this book.

Like a thief in the night.

Heat. Heat.

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Hey, you kids want anything to eat?

Oh, no. Thanks, Mom. We're good.

Hey, I want some, Miss Nichols.

Hey, me, too.

They're kidding. Thanks, Mom. You

knock it off, man.

Oh my god, she's adorable, by the way.

All right, so what's so uh or

shattering? Um, can we

can you

Yeah, I'm on with pickles and mustard.

All right, we're fine.

So, what's up?

For 10 years, this guy, Arthur M.

Jenkins, taught at Santa Clarita

University alongside a history professor

named John Oldman. Then one night, this

man guy gathers his professor friends

and tells them that he is really 14,000

years old. He was born a caveman,

somehow became immortal. He knew

Columbus, Vincent Van Go, just all this

crazy stuff. He would always use the

name John, often with a pun for a last

name, stay in one place for 10 years or

so until people started realizing he

didn't age.

lived under hundreds of identities,

including, wait for it, Jesus of

Nazareth.

Wait, what?

He lived for thousands of years, you

know, never aging, never dying,

traveling the world,

studying with the Buddha.

Until one day, he set up shop in

Jerusalem and started preaching,

yada yada yada. He gets crucified, his

wounds heal, he sneaks off, and [music]

we have Christianity by accident.

What do you mean yada yada yada? We have

Christianity. You You can't just

It's science fiction. All right. People

publish speculative fiction about Jesus

all the time. You should see what they

write about Kirk and Spock. Better yet,

you shouldn't.

Oh, but he said that it's a true story.

See, it says it right there. It's

non-fiction.

Oh, well, then it must be true.

There are plenty of alien abduction

books in the non-fiction section.

Look, I checked up on Arthur Jenkins,

okay? He was a tenure archaeology

professor, published a pile of books,

the real deal. And then this one came

out and he got laughed off the planet.

No wonder.

Okay. But he did his research, found out

that the John Oldman he knew didn't

exist until 2001. No mention of him

anywhere. His [music] references,

driver's license, W2, everything turned

out to be fake. Jenkins even tracked

down two previous colleges where he

taught under different names. John

Magdal and John Perian.

Magdal. Magdalanian.

I have no idea what permine is.

The first great extinction 250 million

years ago.

Yeah.

They both also had fake references and

left abruptly after about 10 years.

And their descriptions, John Oldman,

John Magdal, John Perman are virtually

identical. [music]

Okay. Oldman's DMV record somehow

vanished 2 [music] days after he did. I

mean, Google him now. The only reference

is this book. If this Oldman guy is

real, he makes his past disappear every

time he changes identity. [music]

Makes sense. Million years old, staying

under the radar. Got to keep moving.

Phillip, we're not trying to offend you.

No, I'm not I'm not offended.

No, I know. It's just you really

believe.

Yeah. Okay. Look, I know that the Earth

isn't flat. I know it's more than 6,000

years old, but I believe that a man

named Jesus lived and died for our sins.

Um, Phillip, you know, there are

millions and millions of people who

[music] don't believe in Jesus Christ

divinity. I mean, Jews, Hindus, Wiccans,

plenty more

Wiccans. Um, [music]

yes, but that doesn't mean they're

right.

Some people believe the galactic

dictator [music] Zeno brought his people

to Earth and hid them in volcanoes. So

the point is is that Jenkins's book is

just a story. Now, if I could allow my

faith to be shaken by the the fantasies

of a disgruntled college professor, I'm

not really much of a Christian, am I?

So Jenkins writes a book about John

Overman. Fine, whatever. What's this got

to do with any of us? [music]

Sure.

I found this book at Professor Young's.

Read the inscription.

to my dear friend John Oman.

Hey,

so

Professor Young and John Oman knew each

other.

Yeah.

Okay.

What if Professor Young [music] actually

is John Oldman?

Well, how do you make that leap?

Are there [music] any pictures?

Okay. Okay. Well, Jenkins talks about

several times when Oldman conspicuously

avoided having his picture taken. I

mean, turning around, stepping behind

someone, answering a phone call that no

one ever heard ringing, whatever, just

to avoid being photographed. [music]

To Jen's knowledge, the only existing

picture of John Oldman was taken in 2006

at a barbecue.

H

wait, so if Professor Young is Jesus

Christ returned, [music] that means

we're in

the end times.

But if Jesus never left, then he's not

returned. He's just

here.

Cool. I'm hungry. Tar. You want to get

some?

Yeah, sure.

What?

I found an email for Jenkins.

What do we got, Betsy?

Look at that. Look at that. I think we

got lunch.

Nice.

Keep it.

There's another beauty. All right,

Betsy, let's go. Come on. Come on.

Come on.

These

are for me.

Smell good, too.

Okay,

let's go make that move. [snorts]

Okay,

[sighs] let's see. Let's move this

night.

There we go.

Oh,

what is this?

The longest I found it fascinating to do

and speak to me. John Oldman.

Dear Miss Chang,

why don't you and John Oldman

go straight

to hell?

God damn it. Why don't they leave me

alone? Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm

sorry. I'm sorry. Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Come here. Don't run away. I'm sorry.

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I'm not so sure about this anymore. It

was your idea.

I know, but I work for Professor Kitrus

and now I'm feeling really violated, you

know.

So, let's go home.

I feel like I want to know, you know?

So, let's keep going. I

wish Jenkins was more responsive.

I wish she was less of a dick.

God, it's just that I

Okay. Do you want poof or not? Photo

something.

Mhm.

Well, then

this is so

exciting.

Oh, [laughter]

pretty badass. Is it about

it wasn't?

No, still breaking and entering felony

makes you kind of high.

He really does have a Van Go.

Ah, total fake. That'd be worth like $3.

Cool. Taser. What's this for?

What do you think, Perve? Don't touch

that.

I want to be objective, but I really

want [snorts] to believe this cuz it

would be so deeply deeply cool.

Let's split up. I'll do the bedroom.

Okay.

Oh, there's a basement.

Come on.

Ooh, Miss Kit Trust.

Okay, Joseph's home. Leo, Leo.

Yeah, give me one sec.

Hey, we got to go.

No,

come on.

Yeah, I'm coming. I'm coming.

There's a back door. Awesome.

Come on. Come on.

So, my cousin Janet's an art history

major at Colombia. She said the painting

could be an unregistered Van Go.

Well, we looked into the authors of

those books from the basement. Any

history they had prior to publication is

sketchy or non-existent. Some of the

publishers are out of business, but I

reached three. None of them had any

contact information for the author. Each

guy vanished with no forwarding address

than a couple of years of publication.

Jonathan Evermore, he wrote the sci-fi

novel Everlasting Tomorrow about an

immortal search for the meaning of his

solitary existence. So I called Banttom,

told him I was his granddaughter looking

for his royalty payments. She said she

was so happy I called since they've been

piling up since 1966.

No, [ __ ] We are not taking his

money.

You're just going to leave all that

money?

Isn't it weird? Every time someone

claims to have been reincarnated, they

were always like Napoleon, you know,

Alexander the Great, Cleopatra or

something.

Well, it's never Cleopatra's slave. You

know, the one that cleaned out her

chamber pot or the guy making chamber

pots.

Town Oman says he knew the Buddha sailed

with Columbus.

No, he didn't. He didn't actually sail

with Columbus.

I read the book, dude.

Now, come on. Get in there. There you

go. So, uh, so you saw it though,

Van Go.

You starting to believe a little bit.

Look, just cuz a guy is, you know,

14,000 years old doesn't mean that he's

Jesus.

could be the guy who made the nest for

the cross.

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All right, come on.

I was Malcolm X. My pass.

Yeah. No, for sure.

Oh, jealous.

Well, what difference does it make? It's

all music, isn't it? Oh, it's so nice to

see you two girls having a pleasant

chat. Or is it a pleasant chat?

Well, well, well. Imagine the bullets

gathered together all in one room.

Hello, Dr. Jen. if this is you.

And if it's not you, I apologize for the

wrong number, whoever this is.

So, Dr.

Jenkins, my name is Isabelle Chang. I do

apologize for calling so

late, although I did try emailing.

Anyway, here's the thing.

I believe my professor is John Oldman.

He's going by the name John Young here

at Chico.

Please call me back if you can, okay? I

really, really, really

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Uh, okay. Thank you. Um, we will fax

that right over. Another one.

Yeah, facts. God, what year is this

anyway?

Hello.

Uh, hello.

Um, I'm calling about your email.

Yes. Uh, who is this?

This is Violet Coulson. Um,

I'm I'm sorry, Violet

Coulson from Central Idaho College.

Well, I've been retired for many years

now and my daughter works at the college

in admissions just like I did.

But it was the funniest thing the other

day. She was working at home and I

walked past her desk just when your

email came.

Oh, and I saw the photo

and I recognized him immediately.

You did?

Yes. John Place. Oh,

he was a remarkable man. You just never

forget that kind of a person.

What do you remember about him?

Well, he was the best anthropology

professor we ever had. He He just had a

way about him. You felt you could tell

him your secrets.

And he always had the best advice.

Uh, this was how long ago?

Let's see. Oh, that's about 19 57. And

you remember him clearly?

Oh yeah. And he was a very handsome man

too.

John Place.

P L E I S. That's a funny name. You

know, it kind of sticks in your head.

I tried to see what else I could find

before calling you and there was

nothing.

He just disappeared.

Yes, he does that. Um Well, well, thank

you so much, Miss Coulson. This is your

number if I have any more questions.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

Great. Well, thank you so much. Goodbye

then.

Well, goodbye.

Uh the price to see.

Yes.

Okay. So, we've contacted what 60 small

colleges in 14 states and this was our

second hit so far. Professor Young is a

dead ringer for for teachers in Idaho

and

Western Wyoming. John Mortem,

archaeology 1979.

Uh

hello

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I knew it.

He did it on purpose. I'm sure of it,

man. He didn't want his picture taken,

so we messed up both shots.

Well, I guess after 14,000 years, you

learn a thing or two about hiding.

Yeah, but these days, I mean, there's

cameras everywhere.

He won't be able to hide anymore.

Whatever he's been doing all these

years, changing his identity. I mean,

it's over. Time's up. Don't you see?

What do you suggest?

Maybe we just talk to him. Tell him the

truth.

What truth?

That we know who he is.

Based on a discredited book by a lonely

old crank and some circumstantial

evidence.

We are not crazy people. There is

something special about John. We all

knew it the first time we ever heard him

speak. Right.

All throughout history, there have been

prophets, visionaries, men and women

touched by God. I mean, who's to say

that John Young isn't one of these

people? Why is that so impossible?

Well, it sure isn't likely,

Philillip.

I'm not saying that he's the son of God.

But if he is 14,000 years old, then he's

the wisest man in the world in history.

Okay? He should be listened to,

followed,

woripped. Is that what you're going to

say?

No.

There could be a whole new

religion

or something around him.

A corrective for everything everyone has

gotten wrong about Jesus for the past

2,000 years. If

that story is true, then everything I

believed for half my life was a total

lie. Everything that millions and

millions of people throughout history

have believed and lived and died for is

total [ __ ] So, no.

Okay. Okay. One clear picture of

Professor Young's face. That's it.

[snorts]

Wow.

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Hey, Betsy.

Got to hit the road for a few days,

honey.

But I'll have Suzanne come by and check

on you. Be a good girl.

Looks nasty.

Ah, got sloppy. Stupid mistake.

What's up? You worried about your grade?

Cuz you shouldn't be. You did great.

Oh, it's not that. But thanks.

Then what's going on? Was it something

specific? Tara,

I wanted to apologize for yesterday, the

pictures and everything. We're all just

really going to miss you.

That's okay. I'm going to miss you guys,

too.

I maybe don't act it, but

I've been lonely most of my life.

boys only cared about

and the girls hated me because of it. My

parents' friends were always being

creepy. And at some point, you either

become

the person everybody thinks you are. You

just hide.

I didn't want to hide. So, I'm sorry. I

don't.

It's okay.

You're okay.

You're okay. Was that [snorts]

wo? No. No.

You knew you were watching.

No. [snorts] Stop. Stop.

You've been watching me for 2 years.

Don't deny it.

You missed you.

It's okay. You're safe with me. I know

who you are. I think it's amazing.

I don't know what you think you know

about me, but I need you out of my

office.

Fine. [snorts]

I'll make it easy for you.

Do not make me call security.

Tell them what I assaulted you sexually.

Tara, this isn't happening.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

I just

like you can't. Spring semester starts

in 3 weeks and you have two sections

already filled.

I'm sorry.

Sorry. I can recommend a replacement. I

can't replace you, John. You know that

the students love you. Your class is

filled in an hour. If you wanted to

teach a third section, that would sell

out, too. And what's going on here?

Something's come up and I have to go.

What?

It's personal.

I'll get Shandra and we can fix. Please.

I just have to go.

Please.

Just don't do this to And I regret it,

girl. Deeply. I do.

Well, obviously I can't give you a

recommendation under these

circumstances.

Anywhere you go, I'll have to tell them

about the mess you're dumping in my lap.

I understand.

Paperwork for the semester all wrapped

up, grades logged, evaluations, all

that.

Yes. The last couple of things I'll take

care of today.

You're leaving that soon?

I truly hope that eventually there are

no hard feelings.

I'll get over it. But this stinks.

I was hoping to give you my chair in

five or 6 years.

I would have been honored to take it.

What the hell were you thinking? I don't

know. I just, you know, okay, what else

did he say?

Nothing.

But

what what else? [gasps]

I think I maybe spilled the beans a

little bit. [snorts]

What means

that we know about him?

Oh my.

What exactly did you say?

Well, I I mean, does it matter? If he

knows that we own,

then he'll disappear for good.

Crap. Jenkins is on his way down here.

He's on the road right now.

Can you close it?

Where's mail?

Hey, Dr. Jenkins. It's Isabelle Chang.

Listen, [music] um, Professor Young

maybe knows we know and might be leaving

here really soon. Please let me know

what time you're going to get here,

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what we should do.

Okay,

let's find the guys. It's going to be

okay.

I knew it. I just knew it.

Carolyn, please.

What? Stay calm. Don't get worked up.

No. Why would I?

I'm only asking that you

to let you slip away quietly. Huh? No

mus, no fuss.

I've left you money. Of course. I don't

want you to be

I don't need your [ __ ] charity, John.

I have a job.

I need you.

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Heat. Heat. [music]

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[bell]

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Just keep him there. I'm I'm still about

2 hours away.

You can't get here any faster.

No, I I can only go so fast. But don't

tell him I'm coming, though, cuz that'll

only make him leave faster.

All right. Um, do your best.

Yes, I will. I will do my best.

Just keep him there. How?

We know where he lives. Oh, you want to

go talk to him again? You think that's

the best course of action right now?

What choice do we have? If we don't go

see him now, we'll never see him again.

Let's go.

[music]

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Hello.

Please don't leave yet. Just stay one

more night. H have dinner with us. Well,

we only want to talk.

I think it's best for everybody if I hit

the road now.

Please, professor. I have so many

questions for you.

I'm sure my replacement will [music] be

at least as knowledgeable as I am.

You know that's not what we mean.

I don't know what you want from me.

We don't want anything from you.

I want to learn from you.

This looks a lot more like stalking.

We read the book.

Don't deny that you're John Oldman.

I see.

I

I'm sorry. It's fiction.

Yes, I knew our Jenkins. And yes, we

gathered at my cabin and played a game.

A game? A bunch of eggheheads playing

intellectual charades.

Maybe it went too far. Art got angry.

And I [clears throat] guess this is his

[music] response. And it's my

understanding that things have not gone

well for him since its publication.

Early retirement,

laughed out of academia.

Well, that can happen when you publish a

science fiction novel as fact.

So, you're saying it's all lies that

Jenkins made the whole thing up?

I'm saying that just because you write a

book and call it non-fiction doesn't

make it true.

You're safe with us. We respect you and

want to help you spread the word.

What word?

The word

of God.

You think I'm trying to spread the word

of God,

aren't you?

No,

I am a teacher, not a preacher.

Jesus was a teacher. His last words

were, "Go ye into the world and teach

all nations." You said that

maybe in class. I teach the Bible.

You are the living embodiment of Jesus

Christ. You are him. Always have been

and still are.

That is what's the word I'm looking for?

Not.

I'm not even Christian.

Are you or were you not Jesus?

Whatever it is you kids [music] are

looking for, whatever it is you think I

can tell you,

you're going to have to find it

somewhere else.

All right, professor.

Have a good life.

Good long life.

Oh [ __ ]

What happened?

What did you do? I

I just tried to keep him here.

So you killed him?

I didn't kill him. I tased him. He hit

his head.

Is he breathing?

Well,

yeah, he's alive.

You are a lunatic.

We have to call an ambulance.

Oh, hey, hang on. Wait.

What? You want to make sure he's dead?

You want to be the guy who killed the

immortal?

Well,

hello.

If Jenkins's story is true, then then

he's been through a lot worse.

You are insane. We have to get him to a

doctor.

Hello.

What did you take?

I'm sorry, I can't hear you.

Art Jenkins.

Dr. Jenkins, what's up?

My car died. Piece of crap. Uh, I'm

broken down by the side of the road. You

didn't let John leave. Did

you please tell me you didn't?

He's uh still here. Where are you? I

don't know. Uh, Red Bluff.

That's about an hour away.

This car broke down in Redluff.

Where's that?

Can you tell me exactly where you are?

It's where the 99 meets the 5 and

there's a a motel and and and a lot of

dirt.

Can he just take an Uber?

Yeah, you guys go. I got this.

Okay, Dr. James, you know, we're going

to come pick you up. Um, just stay

there. We We're on our way. We'll call

when we're close. Okay.

Okay. Thank you.

[groaning]

God damn it.

Okay. So, um, is there anything else

that I should be doing? How long till

you get here? Okay.

Yeah. Okay. Okay. I I'll see you soon.

Thank you.

Okay. Just, uh, you guys go. The

ambulance is on the way. Okay. Take the

idiot with you.

Are you sure?

Yeah, I got it.

Oh my god. What's going to happen when

he wakes up? He's going to be so pissed.

Well, he forgave Judas.

Let's go.

[snorts]

Phillip,

you need to release me.

Phillip,

what am I doing here?

You've kidnapped me. Do you realize

that?

Just want you [music] to stay.

I wanted to go, so you knocked me out

and tied me to a chair.

No. Um, cut me loose.

I'll leave you. You'll never hear from

me again. Sorry.

Can't.

Yes, you can.

Just cut the tape. Walk away.

Do you uh do you want [snorts] something

to drink?

No.

Why are you doing this?

Phillip,

I want to know the truth.

You want to know this truth?

Where are the others?

They'll be back soon.

So, is there a uh plan or are you guys

just winging it?

I mean, am I going to be tortured for

information? I don't know where the bomb

is hidden. I don't have any gold

treasures to die.

They just went to go get Dr. Jenkins.

Art.

Art is an angry, bitter man. He does not

have our best interest at heart.

He only wants to talk to you.

I'm tied to a chair and Art wants to

talk to me.

I'm concerned for your safety. You need

to cut me loose.

Where do you worship, Phil?

I mean, I'm assuming you worship

somewhere because you seem to have

Would you just please just stop talking?

Please.

Wouldn't sitting here in silence be much

worse?

I don't know. Okay. I'm just trying to

think.

It's a Jubilee Christian Fellowship, my

church.

I've heard of it. You live locally with

your mother, right?

She attends as well.

Yeah.

She know where you are right now.

She's at a retreat.

What kind of

transformation conference? It's about um

preparing for the future and

protecting the church.

So, she's very involved.

Both of you are.

Yeah. It's her mostly cuz um I'm busy

with school.

You'll be more involved after you

graduate, right?

We screwed up the

I have questions. Okay.

I I have some questions. Will you will

you answer them?

To the best of my ability.

I want to

You want to talk about Jesus?

Okay.

You believe the Bible

was the word of God, right?

Absolutely.

How did you come to that belief?

um couring out. My dad drank

[snorts] and he hit my mother. So, we

got out of there.

Some people took us in and they uh they

brought us to the church and it it saved

us really.

You were baptized and

was born again.

And you now have a personal relationship

with Jesus Christ as your savior.

Yes, sir, I do.

What would he want you to do now?

I don't know. Why don't you tell me?

Who exactly do you think I am?

I don't know.

I don't know. You're You're certainly

the best professor that I've ever had.

I mean, you [clears throat] know more

about the Bible than even Pastor

Michaels, plus every other religion

besides.

[snorts] Most my teachers, they don't

they won't

won't acknowledge the central truth of

the scripture. They [snorts] believe

that faith and science cannot coexist.

And that's just not true.

That's not how you teach it.

That just means I'm a decent teacher,

right?

I met Isabelle freshman year.

She was in your intro class.

She was the first one of us to realize

there was just something

different about you and

the way you spoke.

I mean, you saved that janitor's life.

It's just CPR. You could do it.

You talked the girl out of suicide. She

just needed someone to hear her.

Yeah, but there's all the other weird

stuff, too, you know, like like how

there's no pictures of you anywhere.

There's no record of you online before

you start teaching at the school.

I've got my own reasons for wanting to

be uh very private these days.

That's all.

I mean, on one hand, what if God really

did send his son to Earth to spread his

word?

Maybe you're exactly how we do it,

right?

[snorts]

allow a man to live for thousands and

thousands of years traveling the world

and collecting all of this knowledge and

this wisdom and and and once he's

finally got it, he starts preaching

and what he's saying is the truth. So

people grasp it right away.

It's like Christianity. I mean, he took

over the world in just a couple hundred

years.

Yes, it did.

Makes a certain kind of sense.

You want to believe that story?

I'm not sure cuz

if you you are Jesus then

that means that the Bible is just

fiction.

I need I want to know the truth. I need

to know the truth. Can you can you just

tell me the truth, please?

If I tell you the truth, Philip, will

you let me go?

Yeah, I guess so.

Okay, I want you to listen very

carefully.

Okay, just wait a second.

2,000 years ago, I stood on a hill in

Galilee

and I [music] spoke some basic spiritual

truths that I picked up over the years.

And when the [snorts] gospels were

written, they called me Christ. But

frankly, the whole thing got a lot

bigger and went in a very different

direction than I ever intended. It got

violent, scary, and I took off. I've

kept my head down ever since.

And I have to move on far more often

than I would like.

But lately, something's changed.

Getting lines in my face, gray hair. I

don't heal as fast as I used to. And I

don't know if it's something in the air

or in the water, the the food, something

in my blood or DNA. taking time bomb in

my soul.

I feel different.

Are you Are you dying?

I don't know. [clears throat]

Maybe Maybe I'm just changing

into what

if if your time is limited, it's more

important now than ever for you to come

forward, for you to to to spread and

share the the word as only you can.

I thought about it a lot and I want to

help.

There is so much pain and suffering.

The New Testament said I would return,

but the truth is I never left.

The book of Revelation says that Jesus

will rule over this planet with his

believers for a thousand years.

Isn't there a better way to help people

than ruling over them like a king?

But what about what about the rapture

where the dead in Christ will rise?

Why not bring them into the light now?

Why condemn them to darkness?

Because they've condemned themselves to

darkness.

It's harsh.

No, it isn't. That's the fate of those

who haven't been saved. As the fate of

those who have abandoned their faith.

Everyone can be saved. Everyone can find

peace and love.

Why not create a heaven on earth now? We

can help do that.

But right now,

I need your help.

What can I do?

It's time to cut me loose.

Yeah. Okay.

[snorts]

Okay. What's your plan?

One step at a time.

But if you're the son of God, why can't

you just cut yourself loose?

Son of man. No magical powers.

Okay. You want a plan?

There are many paths to enlightenment,

including the born again experience that

you've had, but there are equally valid

paths.

Oh, there aren't.

It it says in in Matthew 18:3,

um Jesus tells his disciples, "Except ye

be converted and become [music] as

little children, ye shall not enter into

the kingdom of heaven."

There are other approaches to

enlightenment that have been practiced

throughout time across the globe. Why

wouldn't we draw on that experience and

that wisdom? Yeah. [music] But do these

other paths involve the cleansing blood

of Christ? Because

the path is less important than the goal

of personal transformation

that enables us to empathize with others

and bring heaven here on earth right

now. Rational humans have existed on

[music] this planet for 200,000 years.

Right? The New Testament has only

existed for a fraction of that time.

Fellow,

this No, no, no. This is This is liberal

theological nonsense. What? So, you're a

Methodist now?

I'm not being clear.

No, I you know what? I've had a personal

relationship with Jesus Christ as my

savior for the past 10 years now. I

think I know who Jesus is. And I can

tell you right now, you don't sound

anything like him.

I don't know what translation of the

Bible you've read. Whose version? It's

so seductive, isn't it?

So seductive. The the desire to believe

you is so strong.

But if word of your existence got out

and Isabelle had her way and people

started worshiping you, we could destroy

the world.

I have no intention of starting a

religion.

And a real smooth talker, Professor

Young.

[snorts]

While you're certainly not Jesus, you do

remind me of someone else from the

Bible.

Someone with miraculous powers of

persuasion.

Someone obsessed with transforming the

world, overturning the true message of

the Bible.

You're not Jesus Christ.

You're the Antichrist.

Cut me loose, Phillips, so we can

discuss this Rashley, please.

Sure. Yeah. Cut loose the Antichrist.

What harm could possibly come from that?

Why don't you listen to yourself?

A minute earlier, you're prepared to

believe that I'm Jesus. Now I'm the

Antichrist.

I'm not sure who you are.

Maybe you're just a regular guy who's a

really good storyteller.

But you're the one who claimed to be

Jesus. And right now you sound more like

the great deceiver.

Do you even know what the Antichrist is?

I mean, concept doesn't exist in the

Bible.

the distortion that superstitious monks

created by pulling completely unrelated

passages together. Now, the word

antichrist appears in the epistles of

John,

but it never refers to a single person.

You know that I'm talking about the

really, really bad guy from the book of

Revelations, whatever medieval monks

named him.

Okay. What malevolent creature from the

book of Revelation do I remotely

resemble to you?

There's a seven-headed beast

who's wounded to death.

Wounds miraculously heal. You can do

that.

The beast blasphemes God and heaven.

Much like your theology of many paths.

Ultimately, everyone left on earth is

worshiping him. Seems like you're

pushing for a similar plan.

All it's missing is a 666.

You got any tattoos?

The nonsense about the beast,

it's fantasy literature, nothing more.

You really don't believe in the Bible,

do you?

It's a book written by people.

Whatever you are, you are a serious

enemy of the Bible, and your message

could have catastrophic effects on the

Christian faith, and you are a threat.

I just want to be left alone. I don't

believe you.

I haven't lied to you once.

I have an idea. Let's have a little test

of faith.

[snorts]

For me or for you?

Both of us.

I know what I believe in.

Okay. So, if I am the beast,

what do you think God would have you do

with me?

probably kill you.

Then do it.

Let's end this.

I didn't I didn't exactly say that you

were the Antichrist. I just You said it

could be a possibility.

Well, that's good news. If you're not

going to kill me for being the beast,

you're going to have to let me go

sometime.

There's still a possibility that you

could be Jesus. And I can't let you go

until I know one way or the other.

I already told you I was.

That doesn't prove anything.

Then plunge your knife into me and find

out for sure. If I'm Jesus, I'll survive

or die and be reborn.

Maybe you're just a manipulative

storyteller and then I'd be a murderer.

That's right.

But it still comes down to the same

choices. Stab me or let me go.

So just

stick this knife in your eye or

something.

Why not place it on my right side?

Like the Romans soldier with the spear.

Yes.

So you want me to stab you right now is

an act of faith.

I didn't say that.

What if I want to?

Then you would be

Philip.

Professor

Professor Young.

Jesus Christ. What?

Hi. You've reached Phillip. Sorry I

can't get to the phone right now. I need

your name, number, and a brief message.

Got you as soon as I can. Thank you.

Phillip, what's up? Where are you? We

have Dr. Jenkins. We're really close.

Call me.

So, [snorts] what's your problem with

him anyway?

Me?

Yeah. What? What'd he ever do to you?

Aside from the fact that he ruined my

life, that problem.

Don't get salty, dude.

What happened, Dr. Jenkins?

Well, you read my book, Isabelle. Yes.

You were all good friends, academic

peers. He told you a story one night,

then just kidding, and poof, he

vanished. I was angry. I I felt

betrayed. We all felt betrayed. And I

left there that evening wanting to

expose him for the lunatic that I

thought he was.

So, you became a ninja stalker.

I'd given up hope of finding him until I

saw your email.

But that doesn't explain how you went

from a skeptic to a believer.

I'm an archaeologist.

I dug deep looking for the truth, but I

couldn't disprove his fantastic story.

So, I I published and

got to run out of dodge on a rail.

Sucks to be you.

No,

I would agree.

I guess the ambulance has already come

and gone. We left the front door open.

Maybe there's a note.

Start calling hospitals. There can't be

that many.

Professor Young's chunk is gone.

Hello? Anybody home?

Still no answer. Phillip, what's up?

Where are you?

Hello.

Look, there's blood.

Oh no.

Oh [ __ ]

Okay. Okay. What went on here?

I don't know. I don't know. Philip said

he was calling an ambulance.

You need to call the police.

Oh well, hang on. We don't know what

happened.

That's why you need to call the police.

Philip might have done something stupid.

Don't touch that. You have to dial 911.

It's a broken chair and some blood. We

don't know what went on.

Two people in a car are missing.

We have to find Philillip.

No, you have to call the

I'll do it.

Hey, whoa, whoa, wait, wait, wait, wait,

wait. Look, just one minute. All right,

I don't want to get in trouble. Okay, no

one does. Let's just think about what

happened. If the ambulance came, then

Professor Young is in the hospital.

No, the paramedics would have stopped

the bleeding down here. There wouldn't

be a blood trail all the way up the

stairs right there.

We're not criminals.

No, no, you have no choice.

But if the cops come, then we all get

arrested. Okay, forget college. Forget

everything. Our lives are totally over.

Period.

But

where are they? Do you think Professor

Young killed Philillip?

I

No way.

Maybe Philip killed Professor Young.

Now that is impossible because he would

have had to cut his head off and there's

not enough blood in here for that.

A little graphic.

Maybe they both just drove away together

after having a knife fight

or a ritual sacrifice.

Okay, Professor Young was leaving.

[sighs]

Maybe he just left.

No, because the Van Go is still

upstairs. It doesn't make sense that he

would leave it behind after all these

years.

Okay, listen, Tara. Why don't you and

John.

Hey

John.

Oh my god.

Well, I got your letter obviously. I was

surprised to hear from you to say the

least. And a letter. Well,

technology is not my friend these days.

It was a [sighs]

a lot to absorb, John. I know.

[clears throat]

Yeah. How you feeling?

I'm still sore. Not used to being

injured for an extended period of time.

Only been 6 weeks.

I've had much worse than I'm usually up

in a couple of days.

This is uh it's different, Harry.

How so?

I don't know, but I hope I find out

soon.

I like the beard. Reminds me of a

schnowzer I had once.

Ouch.

Ouch.

No, no, no, no, no. I got it.

Okay. So, you're living here?

Yes.

How much longer?

Oh, no.

Think I found a name for myself, Harry.

A classification

holysine man.

Your dates are a little off. Only goes

back for 12,000 years. You You're

Oh, I know. Saw the ice melt. Watched

the birth of an epoch.

Yeah. Well, the scientific community is

starting to coales around the idea that

the holysine's over. We are now living

in the anthroposine.

Tada.

The impact of man's activities on the

planet being so severe, it's changed it

permanently, creating a whole new epoch.

That would explain a thing or two about

my condition.

End of an era.

Ah, John,

come on. Don't talk like that.

Well, everything ends and apparently

nobody lives forever.

Hey, hey, hey. [music]

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Heat. Heat.

[music]

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[music]

Make [music] your peace.

Play your part.

Travel [singing] the world.

with a broken heart.

Find yourself [music]

right back at the start.

Try not [music] to waste [singing]

your time.

Try [music] not [singing] to waste your

time.

made your [music and singing] peace.

You've played your part. [music]

You saw the earth

as a work of [singing] art. [music]

You think it's the end.

[music] I say it's the start.

Try not to waste your time. [music]

Try not to waste [music] your time.

Try not to waste your time.

Dr. Jenkins.

Yeah.

Angelo Garcetti, FBI.

FBI. What can I do for you?

I was hoping we could talk about John

Young, aka John Oldman, aka John Mcdell.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I I I know who you

mean. I I don't know where he is, if

that's what you want to know.

Oh, I'm aware of that. If you knew where

he was, I'd know where he was.

Oh, is that so?

Do you think he kidnapped Phil Nichols?

I hope not. I'd hate to think he would

hurt a kid.

You have reason to believe he's capable

of violence?

He hunts large animals with a bow and

arrow and he butchers them with his own

hands. I have no idea what he's capable

of.

I see. You said this man claims to be

immortal.

Sometimes he claims it, sometimes he

denies it.

Do you think it's true?

I don't know anymore. Maybe he's just

older than he looks.

You describe him as over 6 feet thin

with dark hair and eyes.

Yep.

Interesting.

Why? What's it to you?

It's a cold case. Crazy thing is

description matches a guy died years

ago, but witnesses keep placing him at

the scene of violent crimes, sick,

twisted stuff, nightmares. [music]

Always a different name, different place

with the same description.

I don't think John would hurt people

intentionally, but he is certainly a

skilled [music] identity fabricator.

Maybe so. Would an immortal identity

change in serial killer? Do you think

such a thing could exist?

I think

anything is possible.

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