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ALFRED: There is great danger in me.

For those who do not understand these mysteries

shall fall into a torment called Because,

and there be ripped apart by the teeth

of Reason.

The answers do not exist without,

but within.

You cant see past your own obsessions.

RICHARD:

Having a-a vision of going to the moon

doesnt make it any less impossible.

Why is it you think that Mesulam and Braxton sent me to D.C.?

They needed someone they could trust

to make a sensible presentation.

An actual scientist and not someone who believes they can

will things into existence.

ALFRED: Before we make our offering to the Great Beast,

concentrate

on the answers you seek.

HUMPHREY: Parsons.

These parts are corroded, sir.

Paying me overtimes gonna be a lot cheaper

than replacing the machine.

I didnt come down here to reprimand you.

Ive noticed a change in you. Youre punctual.

No more last-minute absences, even working overtime.

Even when no one asked you to.

Yeah.

I can only assume

this has something to do with your little side project

Its aims are no longer worthy

not panning out.

of my abilities, sir.

Well, Caltechs loss may be Pueblo Powders gain.

How would you feel about being made supervisor?

ALFRED: For I am in pain,

desperate for the release of union.

♪ A ka dua

♪ Tuf ur

♪ Biu...

CASSANDRA: May you be granted the accomplishment

of your true will.

May you be granted the accomplishment

of your true will.

May you be granted

the accomplishment of your true will.

So what do you think about the offer?

Certainly a big step up.

Would mean more money.

More responsibility, but we could buy a bigger house.

Is that what you

want?

Im trying to do the right thing here.

I think you should do whatever your true will tells you to do.

You can stop that. I know what youre doing.

What am I doing?

Giving me a taste of my own medicine.

Why are you so insistent we go tonight?

Because Im trying, Jack.

What if Im not in the mood to go to a mass?

Well, I want to go.

Would you prefer I go alone?

May you be granted the accomplishment

CASSANDRA:

of your true will.

May you be granted the accomplishment

of your true will.

May you be granted

the accomplishment of your true will.

There you are.

Have you got a second?

Make it quick, frater.

Got to get these done before mass begins.

I am this close to my next ascension.

Well, youre not the only one up for a promotion.

First degree?

No.

Man and brother of the faith?

To supervisor.

At Pueblo Powder.

Supervisor.

I dont know whether I should accept.

Guess youll know what to focus on at mass.

The right answer will reveal itself.

Whether they will

absorption into the infinite, or to be united

with your chosen and preferred,

I say unto them, "Love is the law."

May you be granted the accomplishment

of your true will.

May you be granted the accomplishment

of your true will.

May you be granted

the accomplishment of your true will.

ALFRED: Do what thou wilt

shall be the whole of the law.

WOMEN: Love under will.

MEN: Love is the law.

ALFRED: Come down, O, God, and become one with Man.

Come down, O, Man, and become one with Beast.

Iô, i, iô, i,

sabaô,

kurie abrasax kurie

meithras krie phalle.

Iô, pan, i, pan, pan,

iô iskhuros...

JOAN: Sing unto me the rapturous love song.

Burn unto me perfume.

Wear to me jewels.

Drink to me.

Cause I love you.

I love you.

Youre sure you want to go?

If youre coming for me, the least I can do

is leave for you.

ALFRED: Wait.

I guess its not up to me.

You are not ready to participate in the workings,

but we have other matters to attend to.

It was...

I dont really know how to put it.

Try.

Shocking, I suppose.

Thats the idea, isnt it?

Everyone has their own reaction.

All are valid.

Im just trying to ascertain how it affected you.

Not up here.

But here.

According to Eastern healers, this is your power center.

Did you feel it tighten during mass?

Maybe.

A little.

What about here?

Susan?

Did my question

embarrass you?

I thought inviting you here tonight might help

your walls crumble,

but it seems to have made them taller.

Dont be.

Im sorry.

Im the one whos failing.

Can we try again?

If you want to.

Who was she?

Who... was she?

I only saw her for an instant in my mother-in-laws yard,

and then she was gone.

And you have no sense of who this girl was or what she means?

Who was she?

We havent made much headway.

I thought this vision of the girl was the key,

but the essential agitation persists.

You made the pain go away once.

But it came back.

If Im being honest, its gotten worse.

You remain so ephemeral, not just to me, but to yourself.

Its...

Its as if you were made of air.

Perhaps its time we tried a different technique.

Ready?

So, are you not gonna tell me what you two did in there?

You ought to know.

Youve been through his purge sessions.

Did you talk about me?

No, Jack. Not everything is about you.

♪

♪

♪

Now, this is the best that I could come up with,

based on the data.

Its about damn time.

Mr. Nickels, you are aware that its less than a month

until our demonstration with the Air Corps.

I am well aware.

Of course you are. You are a highly qualified chemist.

Thank you.

It wasnt meant as a compliment.

You were supposed to go beyond

what your predecessor was able to accomplish,

and instead youve given us

this paradox. Please explain how

were supposed to find a-a fuel

that is simultaneously a liquid and a solid.

From what I can make out of Mr. Parsons notes,

youve wasted a lot of time

going back and forth between solid and liquid fuels.

Hes got a point.

It doesnt matter.

You cant have a fuel that exists

in two different physical states simultaneously.

If my solutions impossible,

maybe thats cause the whole endeavor is impossible.

CHIANG: A solution to an impossible problem

requires someone who doesnt believe in the impossible.

You have never loved me.

You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.

When I was at home with Papa,

he would tell me his opinion about everything,

and so I had the same opinions.

If I differed from him, I would

conceal the fact

because he would not have liked it.

He called me his doll child

and he played with me

just as I used to play with my dolls.

Bravo! Bravo!

Knock, knock.

Come in.

Ah. You shouldnt have.

You already got me flowers for the opening.

I really think it keeps getting better and better.

The other cast members

even remembered all their lines this time.

You know, Richie, theres such a thing as being too honest.

No. I-I didnt mean...

You have been splendid from the start.

You know, theres something I wanted to ask you.

Yeah?

What would you think about asking the Parsons

to join us for dinner?

Why?

Well, isnt it time we met each others friends?

Arent you gonna say something?

I dont know.

Last time you talked about Jack,

you made it pretty clear you two were finished.

Now you want to make peace?

Thats right. Uh, it just so happens

theres something I need to ask him.

What?

Um...

Its work related.

Then ask him.

Why do I need to be there?

Because its less likely

to turn into a bloodbath if there are women present.

♪

Thats the girl Richards been seeing?

Why does she look familiar?

Not from...

What on earth is she doing with him?

Jack. Susan.

Thank you so much for coming.

Its so wonderful to see you both.

Oh, um, this is Marisol.

Marisol, Susan and Jack Parsons.

Ive heard so much about you.

Likewise.

Weve met already, actually.

Science Fantasy Society?

Oh, yes.

Of course.

That author...

Jack Williamson?

Good memory.

You know I dont forget things easily, Rich.

Shall we?

Thanks, Richie.

Bon soir, madames et monsieurs.

Can I interest you in a drink? Great idea.

Well have your most expensive bottle of red,

sil vous plait.

Its your treat, right?

Its just... its really great to see you, Jack.

Yeah. You said that already.

Well, it bears repeating.

Truth is, I wasnt sure that youd come.

All water under the bridge.

Really?

To err is human, to forgive divine.

You forgive me?

Does anyone else hear an echo? No.

Its ju...

No, youre right. Thank you for your forgiveness

and thank you again for coming.

Thank Susan. Shes the one who talked me into it.

What? Its the truth.

Someone at this table ought to be telling it.

You know, I could stand to freshen up.

Excuse me.

Gracias.

♪ When the ghost of a grin

♪ Starts to dimple your chin

♪ What a dither Im in

♪ Oh, baby, what you do to me

♪ When you wrinkle your nose... ♪

I decided I could use some freshening up myself.

Knock yourself out.

♪ Till it tickles my toes

♪ Oh, baby, what you do to me... ♪

You need to borrow some powder or something?

Were alone now. You can stop pretending.

Perhaps you thought I didnt remember?

Hoped, more like it.

What are you doing with him?

And dont try to tell me this is all some big coincidence.

"There are no coincidences,

only the moment your will and path collide."

Excuse me?

Right. Youre new. The Grand Magus sent me after Richie.

It was for your husbands sake.

Help keep the rocket project from hitting the skids.

Why would Alfred care about that?

He lets you call him by his first name.

Interesting.

Hes devoted to his flock.

I thought he was only helping Jack,

but he was helping me, too.

By forcing you to go out with Richard?

He didnt force me.

It was part of my workings.

I was just supposed

to boost Richies confidence.

Sticking with him was my idea.

Thing is,

ever since I was little, I wanted to be famous.

Thats why I joined the Agape.

I thought it would help me get there.

I dont understand.

How is Richard helping you become famous?

Thats the point. Hes not.

I realized being adored by a man like him, starting a family,

thats what I truly wanted all along.

The Great Beast works in mysterious ways,

thats for sure.

Does Richard know about any of this?

You and me both know he wouldnt approve.

You should hear the way he talks.

The guys head over heels for me.

And do you care about him?

Of course.

Then you should come clean.

Nothing good ever started with a lie.

Thank you.

So, what do you think of Marisol?

She seems swell, Richard.

Are you gonna tell me what were doing here?

What do you mean?

I know this cant just be a social call after what you did.

We dont need to rehash it.

I am sorry that you felt it necessary

to quit the team at such a critical juncture.

The fact of the matter is, we still need your help.

I knew it. I knew youd be back on your hands and knees,

begging me to rejoin the team.

If youd let me finish...

Ill save you the trouble.

Ill come back on one condition.

That we scrap this whole JATO business

and put the militarys money towards our original objective.

No negotiations, Richard.

Jack...

Those are my terms. Take it or leave it.

Weve already replaced you.

Theres a new chemist on the team.

Marvin Nickels.

Carnegie undergrad.

Fourth-year PhD student, Caltech.

Cromptons top pupil.

Hes fitting right in.

Good for him.

Its going very well.

The teams making excellent headway.

Is that right? Mm-hmm.

In fact, Marvin has come up with a brilliant solution

to the fuel problem using your notes.

My notes?

Yes. And Id like to pick your brain about it.

Youre stealing the fruits of my labor?

Your research belongs to Caltech.

All of our research does.

You son of a bitch.

Maybe this was a bad idea.

Youre damn right it was a bad idea.

You want to know what I think about Marisol?

I think you should make sure

shes with you for the right reasons.

Hey, fellas.

What happened?

Thats what she said.

And you believed her?

Why else would she go after Richard?

Though... I do find it odd that youd...

Interfere with their personal affairs?

Well, yes.

Let me ask you something.

Did Marisol seem happy?

Yes, I suppose so.

Thats what we aim to do here, isnt it?

Shall we?

The answers we seek

might not come through questioning alone.

As an air elemental,

you need to be contained.

Who was she?

I told you I only saw her for a moment.

Who was she?

I dont know.

How old was she?

Uh, 12, 13, maybe?

What else?

Close your eyes and focus.

What else did you notice about her?

She had something in her mouth.

What?

Does that have any significance to you?

Oranges make me sick to my stomach. Why?

They just do. Ive always hated them.

Always? As far back as I can remember.

SUSAN:

There was an orange grove behind my house.

I kept as far away from it as I could.

I told you, Im-Im allergic.

Why?

ALFRED: Concentrate, Susan.

What is it? What are you seeing?

Nothing.

What did you see?

What did you see?

Let me out from under here.

What did you see?

I saw me.

Why would you be so frightened of yourself?

♪

Can I help you, sir?

Hey.

Uh, Mr. Onsted, you might want to come in here.

No.

Ive got nothing to say to him.

M-Mr. Parsons?

Move.

Its an honor to meet you.

You-you work with stuff Id never have the guts to handle.

Yeah, well, a lot of good that did me.

Well, what do you mean? Everythings pretty much

ground to a halt since you quit.

Look, I dont have time to recreate your results,

and especially not if I follow proper protocol,

which, I guess, was less of a problem for you.

Mm-hmm.

After so many false starts,

Mr. Onsted pushed me to come up with a theoretical solution.

Yeah, well,

Sounds like Richard.

too bad the solution I came up with is friggin impossible.

What solution?

Um, in order to build a JATO

that will burn evenly and be light enough,

we need a fuel that acts like both a solid and a liquid.

A solid and a liquid.

Yeah, it doesnt make sense.

Unless you have any bright ideas.

SAMSON: Jack.

What a nice surprise.

And also well-timed.

What are you doing here?

These belong to Caltech. I told you that.

Collecting my things.

Let go.

I tried being nice,

inviting you to a very expensive dinner.

A genuine apology would have gotten you a lot further.

Youre the one who should be apologizing to me

the way you spoke about Marisol.

I wasnt insulting her, I was insulting you.

Ask yourself, Richard.

What could a girl like that possibly see in you?

Ill have you all know that Ive been offered

a very significant job promotion.

Where? Pueblo Powder Company?

Unlike some people, they recognize the fact

that Im irreplaceable.

You know what? Take them.

If the answer was in those notebooks,

we would have succeeded

a long time ago.

JACK: Susan?

Youll never guess what happened out in the arroyo today.

Richard didnt just steal my work,

he used my plans for the lab and the testing facility.

Everything is exactly as I said it should be.

You should have seen him, completely stalled without me.

: My so-called replacement came up with a fuel solution

they claim is impossible.

Well see about that.

♪

♪

♪

♪ Lokah

♪ Samastah

♪ Sukhino

♪ Bhavantu.

I am known to you by my name, Nuit,

and to him by a secret name,

which I shall give to him when he at last knoweth me.

What are you doing right now?

Nothing.

You need help with something.

Yeah. Come on.

Tell you what?

You gonna tell me?

How you got that cut on your arm.

A working.

Last one before ascension to the second triad.

Were you trying to manifest anything in particular?

What about you, Jack?

You want to tell me what were doing

setting off rockets in the middle of the goddamn night?

A test.

I still dont know whether to take that promotion

Then you shouldnt.

in Pueblo.

If I do the job, I can give Susan

the life she always wanted.

Or at least the one

she used to want. I dont know anymore.

So take it.

Its not that easy.

It would mean giving up on this, our project.

You really want to go crawling back to Richard?

I dont know.

And even if he took me back,

it would mean working on something I dont believe in.

See, its all well and good to talk about

following your true path,

but what if youre faced with two bad turns in the road?

You remember the first night I brought you up here?

It was standing right there.

You mean the mountain lion?

No, Jack, the Great Beast.

He showed you the way.

He did it then. Hell do it again.

Okay.

Youve fired off a million rockets, Jack.

Dont let this one mean more than it has to.

"Who am I, and what shall be the sign?"

Whats that?

first chapter.

Book of the Law,

Verse 26.

Thats all I needed, a sign.

To point me in the right direction.

Youre just gonna give up?

Jack!

You want a sign? Heres your goddamn sign.

What are you doing with that?

I took it. There is no law beyond

"do what thou wilt."

That was my fathers.

Oh, you mean the one that abandoned you?

Shut your fucking mouth.

Nothing else matters in this life but being true to yourself.

I tried. People keep getting in my way.

Open your damn eyes!

You remember what it felt like

when I took you up in that crop duster

and everything else just faded away?

Im going home, Ernest.

Let go of me.

Not gonna happen, Jack, not ever.

I am the only one whos gotten you closer to what you want.

Get the fuck off me!

A ka dua.

Tuf ur biu.

Never forget who you are, Jack.

Youre not a supervisor. You are a marvel!

Am I part of your "workings"?

Cant outrun your destiny, Jack.

A man of will knows no boundaries.

Stay the fuck away from me.

Jack!

If we take the entire population of Los Angeles County,

its roughly 2.5 million people,

and divide that in two,

because Im only interested in women,

obviously, but then, uh,

we need to remove everyone thats not age appropriate,

which reduces that number by at least two-thirds.

So 416,666.66.

Well, its-its a repeating decimal,

so lets just call it 416,667.

Yeah, lets.

But then we need to reduce it even further.

For one, I dont own a car,

so am somewhat limited geographically.

And accounting for age-appropriate women

that live in a close proximity,

that brings the number down by at least

three-quarters, and lets face it,

Im not gonna find every age-appropriate woman nearby

attractive and an even smaller

percentage will be interested in me.

Whatd I say about selling yourself short?

The point is, um,

when you account for taste, there are about 5,208 women

in all of Los Angeles that are theoretically suitable,

or .2% of the entire population.

And when you factor in women that are single

and, more critically, how many Ill get along with...

Well, at that point, the math gets quite complicated.

Mm-hmm.

Suffice it to say,

you, my dear, are a statistical anomaly.

One in a million, or...

rather, um...

.992

in 2.5 million.

Why are you telling me all this?

Cant you see that...

you are literally the one for me.

This math proves it.

Did something make you doubt it?

Richie.

You dont need math. You just need faith.

Youre right.

Ive never felt this way about anyone.

I wasnt even entirely sure that I was capable.

I guess this is my way of trying to say something

that could more efficiently

be expressed in three words...

I love you.

Oh.

And Im fairly certain that

I want to spend the rest of my life with you.

Did I say too much?

I-Im sorry, but its the truth.

No, no, its not that.

Its just...

Theres something I have to tell you.

The night we met

wasnt a coincidence.

ALFRED: What happened next?

ALFRED: What happened next?

I told you, thats all I can remember.

Its not working.

Try again.

Theres nothing else.

ALFRED: Keep trying.

Please, can we stop?

ALFRED: What is it? Are you seeing something?

Tell me.

VIRGIL: Susan?

Susan.

VIRGIL: Come on.

ALFRED: Who is it?

Who was there with you, Susan?

Ill take it.

Wise decision. Was surprised you needed so long to think on it.

Hey, um, do you know what happened

to the guy who lives here?

Beats me. Landlord said he took off without paying rent.

He a friend of yours?

No. Hardly knew him.

Hello?

Hello?

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♪

♪

Jack!

Jack, what are you doing?

Im getting rid of everything.

You should understand.

Youre such a big believer in purging all of a sudden.

Im done pretending.

Im not gonna lead mankind to the moon.

Im not gonna bend the world to my will.

Im a gainfully employed chemical company supervisor.

Jack...

Its okay. Its okay.

This is for the best, really.

You were right about the Agape.

It does corrupt people.

It makes them believe that they can have anything they want,

however twisted.

Please, let me finish.

Jack, I dont...

Ernest left this godforsaken neighborhood,

and were getting out of here, too.

You want three bedrooms? Why not four?

Heck, maybe well have twins.

But most of all,

you can stop punishing me by going.

Okay? Ive learned my lesson.

I just want things to go back to the way they used to be.

What if I cant?

I dont think I can go back to who I used to be.

I dont want to.

Please dont say that.

I-I know Ive made some mistakes.

Its not that. I...

I learned something today,

something about myself.

What?

What?

Im sorry.

Does the Grand Magus know?

Dont, dont.

Im done with all of it.

I want my wife back.

Shit.

♪

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