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WOMAN 1: I don't have time. My mom's making me do

book club, and like, the math club.

I have so much more work because of Ms. Johnson.

MAN 1: ...inspired me to be around Brooklyn.

We're starting... Starting more.

[CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

PILOT: This is your captain speaking.

We're currently at a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet.

We'll be expecting a little turbulence for the next couple of minutes.

BOY: Why are you so big?

MAN 2: You know I started out as a little-bitty boy.

-BOY: Uh-huh. -MAN 2: And you know what?

I ate a good dinner, and I exercised,

and now look at how big I am.

WOMAN 2: Okay, Shay, what's the earliest you wanna leave tomorrow?

I'm trying to leave by six o'clock...

WOMAN 3: You put sunscreen on, but you, like, you missed a spot.

WOMAN 4: Yeah, well, I...

COMMENTATOR: Just a remarkable thing.

He's the only first baseman that could make that play.

And almost as remarkable is this handsome, new...

[CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

[MAN SPEAKING JAPANESE OVER DEVICE]

[CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

[MULTIPLE VOICES SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[FOOTSTEPS RUNNING]

[PANTING]

[GASPS]

[PANTING]

[TIRES SCREECH]

MAN: Inside!

I need you to come with us, Ben.

BEN: No, I'm gonna pass.

MAN: Look, we don't wanna hurt you.

[GUN COCKS]

BEN: Does it actually work?

MAN: Mmm, no.

BEN: Then you should change your tactics.

MAN: [LAUGHS] I'll consider that.

BEN: Start with your name.

MAN: John.

BEN: Got a last name?

JOHN: No.

BEN: That's unusual.

Making it a little hard for me to trust you here, John.

Although, I gotta admit, the firearm's making me feel safer.

JOHN: Now, I'm not gonna ask you again, kid.

BEN: That sounds about right.

JOHN: Stop!

ANTONIO: Ben.

Ben!

Ben!

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

ANTONIO: You know, to be honest, he's the genius, he'll know what...

CUSTOMER: Okay. I can't tell you how much it's appreciated.

Ben, this is Mr. Caul. He brought in this Crosley.

It was an anniversary gift from his wife.

He'd like to get it working again.

MR. CAUL: Uh, it was for our first anniversary.

See, here are the initials, hers and mine.

She always got a kick out of them being the same before and after.

So, what do you think?

Uh, I can take a look. I'll know by tonight.

Does that work for you, Mr. Caul?

Yeah, that's great.

Okay.

Okay, so, uh...

If we can fix it, it'll be $130 for labor.

Parts, depends. But usually, it's about the same.

So, maybe $200 total.

That's if we can get it working again.

Oh, I...

Mr. Caul, it's okay. Just pay when you can.

All right? We'll have it ready for you to pick up tonight.

-MR. CAUL: Thanks. -ANTONIO: No problem.

[KNOCKING AT DOOR]

So, what do you think?

Does it matter?

[CLEARS THROAT] Ben...

You know that guy will never pay.

Well, that's not true.

Can we fix it or not?

Yeah, shouldn't be a problem.

Thanks.

Glad I could help.

[CRACKLING AND WHIRRING]

-Shit. -[CLATTERS]

[SIGHS]

Oh, you're done?

Better than new.

ANTONIO: Nice work.

Where are you off to?

-Just getting some air. -ANTONIO: Meeting anyone?

No.

Not even Macy?

Why would I do that?

He called the store.

Ben.

Relax. I'm not gonna go see him.

Just getting some air.

Okay.

-[DOOR OPENS] -[BELL JINGLES]

Damn it.

[INAUDIBLE]

[INAUDIBLE]

[WHIRRING]

DR. THACKER: Katie...

I'm not starting the clock unless you talk.

Believe me. It'll help to talk about it.

Why the most recent attempt?

Do you wanna tell me about her last performance, Katie?

KATIE: I can't.

DR. THACKER: How about your father?

KATIE: He didn't wanna come, so he didn't come.

DR. THACKER: That bothered you.

KATIE: No. He stayed, we got to go.

Just the two of us.

DR. THACKER: So that was a good moment?

KATIE: It should have been. She had such a pretty voice.

DR. THACKER: Did she?

KATIE: He never liked it.

DR. THACKER: I'm sure your father liked hearing your mother's voice.

KATIE: You don't know that.

DR. THACKER: You're right. I'm sorry.

KATIE: He may have heard her, but he wasn't listening.

No one's ever listening.

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[CASH REGISTER WHIRS]

[TV PLAYING INDISTINCTLY]

He didn't even make it past 9:00.

[MUTES TV]

Better late than never, huh, kid?

If I was early, I couldn't have helped you, could I, Detective?

[SIREN CHIRPS]

Thanks for coming back.

How's Antonio?

The guy was half my shadow when we were kids.

Now, I can't even get him to pick up the phone.

Yeah? You must have done something.

Maybe we just got disconnected.

You got it?

-BEN: What have we got? -MACY: Domestic dispute with a body.

Girl said her boyfriend came at her.

There was a gun in the house.

-She was protecting herself. -BEN: That sounds believable.

MACY: Except she shot him six times.

Once in the face.

Six is a lot.

Six is a lot.

[BABY CRYING]

Wow. Nice work, Picasso.

This is cubism, huh? It's a lost art, yeah.

Cubism? Those great lines?

Nothing? All right, I'll tell you what, I'll close it up, Pablo.

Yeah, you can head out.

I'm sorry. Was I talking into the wrong ear?

He's got the same sense of humor as you.

You guys, you should get home.

Can we just get to it?

Sure, kid.

All right. Girl said he grabbed her in this area.

Knocked her around here where the table is.

Ran into the bedroom where she pulled the pistol,

and she shot him.

Six times.

Six times.

[SIGHS] How long ago?

MACY: Got the call at 5:42, DOA.

Time of death's long before that, right?

Neighbor downstairs said he heard fireworks while Seinfeldwas on.

About an hour before.

Girlfriend waited an hour?

MACY: Seems strange, right?

Yeah, so... I mean, all things considered.

Maybe 4:30?

Maybe 4:30.

-It's the best we got? -Unfortunately.

Think we can make it work?

I can.

Her voice?

WOMAN: [ON RECORDING] He was going to kill me.

[WHIRRING]

WOMAN: He was going to kill me.

[DISTORTED] He was going to kill me.

He was going to kill me.

He was going to kill me.

He was going to kill me.

He was going to kill me.

You've got to be kidding me.

MAN: I'm not. I don't wanna do this anymore.

WOMAN: You don't wanna do this anymore?

MAN: Shayna, we're done.

I can't be any clearer than that.

SHAYNA: You want to be clear with me?

Who is she? Who's the other girl?

MAN: There isn't another girl.

SHAYNA: Then who's Dave M?

You know, the name you're hiding her under?

MAN: You went through my phone?

SHAYNA: It's a pretty intimate text for a straight man, wouldn't you say?

MAN: You shouldn't have gone through my phone.

SHAYNA: Are you or are you not sleeping with this girl?

MAN: No! I just met her.

-[CHAIR SCRAPES] -Shayna.

[GUN COCKS]

SHAYNA: You asshole.

-MAN: Shayna! -[GUN FIRING]

Definitely wasn't self-defense.

He tried to end it, she didn't like that.

You got anything to help me prove it?

[WHIRRING]

[BEEPING]

[WHIRRING INTENSIFIES]

MOTHER: All right, listen to me.

-SHAYNA: Yeah? -MOTHER: He was coming at you.

He was gonna kill you. Got it?

SHAYNA: Yeah, I finally gave him the nose job he always wanted.

MOTHER: Shayna, listen!

You have got to trash that apartment.

You have to make it look like it was either you or him.

-Do you understand? -Yeah, Mom, I understand.

MOTHER: Okay, don't talk to anyone else.

Just do all of that and then call the cops.

-Got me? -Yeah.

-I love you. -MOTHER: Okay, I love you, too.

Hurry up.

She called her mom after.

That's where she got the domestic abuse idea.

You're positive?

You still working on the next step?

BEN: Why would I do that?

MACY: Well, I don't know.

You get it going, days become years.

It's pretty exciting stuff, Ben.

I know there's a conversation out there

older than a few hours you wish you could hear.

Suit yourself.

-So, Ben, listen... -BEN: Here we go.

Why do I feel like there's a clever work-around?

I'm just saying, I think that this thing that you made

could do a lot of good, and these guys I know...

They could help you get it out there.

-Guys? -Guy, actually.

Singular. And Ben...

Pockets don't get any deep.

Which reminds me...

What do you say?

I don't know if I want other people to know about it.

Think about it.

Tell Antonio I said hi.

[BELL JINGLES]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[ALARM BEEPING]

WOMAN 1: I'm really dragging.

BEN: [CHUCKLES] Too easy.

What happened to you last night?

-[REWINDS] -WOMAN 1: Sorry, I'm late.

WOMAN 2: It's cool, but what happened to you last night?

-BEN: Boom. -WOMAN 1: I can't even remember.

We got to the bar and Tyler had shots waiting.

-WOMAN 2: Yikes. -You have no idea.

I'm really...

MAN 1: Over easy.

Oh, and could I sub the pineapple for the melon?

BEN: How do you want your eggs?

[REWINDING]

WAITRESS: Western omelette, hash browns, and an English muffin.

And how would you like your eggs?

MAN 1: Over easy.

BEN: Close enough.

MAN 1: Could I sub the pineapple for the melon?

WOMAN 3: Sure. I can already feel my mom's eyes

burning a hole through me if we show up late.

WOMAN 3: I wish we could lay here all day.

MAN 2: Who's to say we can't?

WOMAN 3: Yeah, sure. I can already feel your mom's eyes

burning a hole through me if we show up late.

BEN: What?

[WHIRRING]

-[WOMAN 4 SINGING] -[BABY COOING]

♪ Wake up to me

♪ Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee ♪

[WOMAN 4 CONTINUES SINGING INDISTINCTLY]

[BELL DINGING]

ANTONIO: Hey, Ben.

Hey, didn't see you back here.

Yeah, just taking inventory.

What's up?

Well, it's funny.

When the customer picked up his Crosley yesterday, he couldn't pay.

But this morning, what he owed was in the register.

Do you know anything about that?

Yeah, he came back last night with the money.

You were already asleep. [CHUCKLES]

Huh, well...

He was very apologetic when I spoke to him.

I think he talked for at least an hour.

About his family, about his late wife,

being on a fixed income.

The only way I could put him at ease

was to assure him a payment plan was okay.

I think he just didn't want to burden us.

Well, it all worked out.

Okay, what's going on?

No one saw me.

Damn it, Ben.

How many times do we have to go over the same thing?

That guy doesn't care about you.

He'd sell you out for a dollar.

Right now, we could use that dollar.

What are you talking about?

I saw the eviction notice.

That's not your problem.

[SCOFFS]

Look, Macy thinks that maybe we can make a lot of money

through some people he knows.

No.

But it could change things.

I mean, imagine what we could do if we didn't have to...

I said no!

These people Macy knows...

They're gonna be trouble.

Everyone he knows is trouble.

[BEEPING AND WHIRRING]

Wait, what was that?

That's just not what I thought was happening.

[SIGHS] Does that sound funny to you?

No, no, no. Mmm-mmm. No, she just wants to go with her

so she can talk to that same lame-ass.

Wait, what was that? Yeah?

That's just not what I thought was happening.

GIRL 1: I'm dreading the Spanish test.

GIRL 2: Yeah, it's totally gonna suck.

MAN WITH PHONE: Yeah, I'm just walking to the printer.

MAN IN DARK SUIT: It was all you can eat!

You can't give people something like that

without taking it on the chin every once in a while.

You're forgetting about reason.

It's completely unreasonable for anyone

to eat constantly from lunch to dinner.

Except maybe you.

And you're forgetting that if you make

"all you can eat" your company's policy,

it's reasonable to think that a customer would arrive

to test that policy.

The next thing you're going to say is it's "not within

"the spirit of the arrangement."

Not within the spirit of the arrangement.

What arrangement?

"All you can eat" is all you can eat.

WOMAN: That's crazy.

You sound crazy when you say stuff like that.

That's not a reason to have kids.

Just so you're not alone? Come on.

I don't understand your position.

I'm not gonna change my mind. I don't want kids.

You sound crazy when you say stuff like that.

MAN: That's not a reason to have kids.

Just so you're not alone? Come on.

WOMAN: I don't understand your position.

MAN: I'm not gonna change my mind.

I don't want kids.

WOMAN: You sound crazy when you say stuff like that.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

[SOFT POP MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

CASHIER: Hmm, it's $12.62. Okay.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

Hey, how's it going?

Good, good. It's going well. [CHUCKLES]

Trying to stay healthy?

Don't sweat it.

-[CASH REGISTER BEEPING] -I think the gummy ones taste the best, too.

That's $7.89.

Yeah.

[OPENS WALLET]

Hey, I've never seen those ones before.

Uh, yeah, broke my other pair, so...

I like those. Blue's my favorite color.

[CASH REGISTER DINGS]

Where'd you get 'em?

I, uh, made them actually.

That's cool. What do you do again?

Fix electronics. Mostly radios, like really old ones.

Oh, so you're just really good at that kind of stuff?

Yeah, I guess so.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

Do you like it? Fixing radios?

Uh, yeah, I...

I mean...

I mean, they still work or they could,

if someone gives them some attention, you know?

I don't know. I feel like I've still got something to say.

If someone's willing to listen.

-Uh, I should... -I guess...

So, I'll see you later.

Yeah.

-[DOORBELL RINGS] -[DOOR SHUTS]

Hey.

[DEVICE REVERBERATES]

[POWERS UP]

[GASPS]

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

[MESSAGE TONE DINGS]

[TV PLAYING INDISTINCTLY]

Oh, hey.

You eating here?

Yeah. Got enough?

Yeah. If I don't do seconds, absolutely.

I mean, it's not five-star gourmet,

but it'll do its job.

[MICROWAVE BEEPING]

Who needs gourmet?

[CHUCKLES]

I thought you were going out again.

No.

Hey, uh...

Sorry, I yelled at you earlier. You just...

You sounded a lot like your old man. Just, um...

Like how?

I don't know exactly. Just...

Was it the last time you talked to him?

ANTONIO: Maybe.

What did you talk about?

I told you, Ben. I... It's hard to remember back then.

Well, what can you remember?

Food's almost ready, buddy.

Where was he going? Who was he seeing?

-What was he wearing? -We've gone over this, Ben.

It was a long time ago.

I didn't think much about it in the moment.

I wish I did, but I didn't.

-What was he gonna go do? -ANTONIO: Ben...

The date.

Can you at least remember the date?

[MICROWAVE BEEPING]

Sorry about dinner.

Lost my appetite.

Ben.

-[KEYPAD CLACKING] -[PHONE CHIMES]

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

[DOOR SHUTS]

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

MACY: Hey, kid.

Come on. Over here.

How you doing, kid?

-This is my friend, Agent... -My name's John.

Nice to meet you, Ben.

Wait, wait, wait. Hey, hey, hey, hey.

[SOFTLY] I'm sorry I didn't tell you.

All right, just listen to what he has to say. If you don't like it...

No harm, no foul.

-Who is he? -He's from the neighborhood, just like us.

So, he's always looking out for us local guys.

He's set up with the money guys.

Come on.

Have a seat.

MACY: So, listen...

You know, you kind of look like your old man.

What do you know about my dad?

Let's not get too hasty, boys.

I mean, you look like you wanna ask me something.

How do you know my dad?

Well, I never said I knew your dad.

I said you look like your dad.

Now, Ben, you're a smart guy.

I mean, you gotta be to create this thing.

I mean, you did create it. Correct?

Yeah.

Well, I don't think you understand

how impactful it could be.

I mean, how many lives could be affected.

How many lives we could save.

Detective Macy tells me

that he helps you out with money sometimes

when you consult with him on a case.

Can you tell me something about him?

Ben, I need you to focus.

I mean, there's a lot of people willing to pay a fortune

for that invention of yours.

A few minutes of information before anyone else...

Game changer.

You don't know the half of it. Come on, tell him, Ben.

Ben's been working on extending the timeline.

Pretty soon he'll be able to listen to years.

Right, Ben?

Is that true, you'd be able to hear years in the past?

Yeah.

Maybe.

Did I tell you or what?

He's the smartest kid I know.

Well, that changes things.

Who else knows about this?

No one.

[LAUGHS]

Well, you're right, Macy. The kid is hasty.

Right, that's no one except for you, Antonio...

No, Antonio doesn't know about it. [CLEARS THROAT]

All right, and Macy here. So that's one, two, three.

-Antonio doesn't know... -Uh, okay, two.

Two people that know.

And you.

[LAUGHS] Oh, well, you got me there back up to three.

-I don't think... -Well, I'm just thinking about the ramifications.

You just made the market infinitely larger.

Now, what you wanna hear, what you need to hear...

Why stop there?

Why not charge double for what you don't want people to hear?

[STAMMERS]

Yeah, I don't follow.

Well, I mean, if all we care about is being rich,

why not go all the way?

[SNIFFS]

All right, look, Ben, maybe we got off on the wrong foot.

What is it that you want?

Why don't you tell me about my dad?

[LAUGHS]

You see, Macy, when people don't understand what they have,

you've gotta...

Hey, hey, hey, let him...

Don't you fucking touch me.

[OBJECTS CLATTER]

Where is it?

Now, you listen to me, Ben Boyles.

Do you know how many laws you've broken?

Illegal wiretapping, invasion of privacy,

interference of due process. You get me?

It's not wiretapping.

The soundwaves exist forever all around us.

Just found a way to turn up the volume.

You know, I wonder whether that will hold up in court.

What do you think, Detective?

Don't you look at him. You look at me.

Now, there is nothing stopping me from taking that thing

and locking you up for as long as I want,

but I don't wanna do that.

I wanna find an outcome

where everyone wins.

You know, if I didn't know any better,

I'd say you have something you don't want anyone to hear.

Nice. Real nice, John.

[DOOR OPENS]

MACY: Ben...

I'm sorry about that.

It's not how I wanted that to go.

You could have fooled me.

You gotta understand, Ben...

Your device could help a lot of people,

and make us all safer.

That's all I want.

Let's not forget that we can get rich, too.

Focus on what's important.

I'm trying to.

Hope you are, too.

[BRAKES SQUEAL]

MACY: "You look like your dad"?

What the hell was that?

Relax. I was just having a little fun.

MACY: That kid lost his father.

JOHN: You think I care what that kid lost?

His dad was an idiot.

You're out of line.

Macy, what do you think we're doing here?

Now, hopefully, that charity case of yours

is smarter than his old man.

Maybe he'll end up rich if he stays out of our way.

MACY: This isn't what we agreed on.

JOHN: Oh, I'm sorry. What did we agreed on?

No, really. What did we agree on, Macy?

You of all people should be the most worried

if that kid can really listen back years.

Have you forgotten some of the things you don't want him to hear?

Not like you've got a murky past, right?

MACY: No murkier than yours, "John."

No, you know what?

-[CHAIR SCRAPES FLOOR] -I'm out.

[RECEDING FOOTSTEPS]

JOHN: Well, if he's out...

He's out.

[HORN BLARES]

[PANTING]

KATIE: [OVER DEVICE] Ma'am, I think I need help.

FEMALE DISPATCHER: [OVER PHONE] Who am I speaking with?

My name is Joan.

FEMALE DISPATCHER: Joan, is this an emergency?

JOAN: Well, I don't know.

FEMALE DISPATCHER: Are you in imminent danger to yourself

or know someone who is?

KATIE: Maybe.

FEMALE DISPATCHER: Where are you?

I'm on my roof.

FEMALE DISPATCHER: Please hold, ma'am.

KATIE: Hello?

Is anyone there?

[PANTING]

[TIRES SCREECH]

[PANTING]

Are you okay?

[STAMMERS] Are you okay?

Wait, no, hold on. Sorry, um...

I'm Ben.

Hey.

Good with electronics?

Radios mostly.

You're Katie, right?

[STAMMERS] I remember from your nametag.

What are you doing here?

I saw you from the street.

What are you doing up here?

Wait, hold on, hold on, I...

I go up to my roof, too.

I guess it's like the one place I have all to myself. You know?

I come up here to get away from everything.

All the noise...

It's hard to think sometimes.

Can I show you something?

Not all noise is so bad.

It can actually be, you know,

kind of beautiful.

If you can find it.

WOMAN: [SINGING OVER DEVICE] ♪ Over the hills and a long way off

♪ The wind will carry my love sweet song

♪ Over the hills and far away

♪ They always stop to hear him play ♪

KATIE: It's really pretty.

Who is it?

Um, I don't know.

Some lady that lives on the east side of town, I think.

Wait, what?

Yeah, she sings to her baby, like, all the time.

I think maybe the dad isn't around or something.

I don't understand. Is it a recording?

No, no, it's just a few seconds old.

She sings lullabies a lot.

I figured there's a good chance we'd find her singing it.

Do you know this woman?

No, I just listen to her sometimes.

Wait.

What? What did I say?

KATIE: What are you, a stalker?

What? No, of course, not.

So, you just have a recording of some woman you don't know

-singing to her baby? -BEN: They're sound waves.

I built kind of a radio

that can pick up and magnify sound waves.

Okay, look. How I'm talking to you right now,

every single word that I say

will theoretically exist forever.

As the sound leaves my lips,

it'll spread out and shoot off into space.

But it'll also bounce off every surface it touches.

When it does that, it'll also bounce back to us.

I mean, the thing is as it bounces over and over again,

the intensity of the sound diminishes,

but that doesn't take away from the fact

that sound waves exist forever all around us.

We just don't, or...

Haven't had a way to hear them.

Isn't that a private moment?

Do you think you should be listening to that?

I...

Why'd you make it?

I wanted to hear something...

Someone who isn't around anymore.

And you can listen to anything that's happened in the past?

Yeah.

Well, could I...

Listen to a specific moment on your headphones?

Uh, yeah.

Do you have the...

date and time?

June 22, 2013.

Her set was at 7:30 p.m.

Uh, do you have her voice?

Mmm-mmm.

Uh, it's okay. Uh, did you...

Say something to her right before she went on?

Um...

I was talking to some drunk.

[BEEPING AND WHIRRING]

KATIE: [OVER DEVICE] I'm in school right now.

-What are you studying? -I don't know.

Maybe psychology.

-Hey, you wanna go outside? -Yeah.

♪ A silver lining

♪ Wait until the sun shines through

♪ Smile, my honey dear

♪ While I kiss away each tear

♪ Or I shall be melancholy, too ♪

Thank you.

Uh, why don't you hold onto it for a bit?

[MESSAGE TONE DINGS]

[KEYPAD CLACKING]

[PHONE CHIMING]

-[KEYPAD CLACKING] -[PHONE CHIMES]

[KEYPAD CLACKING]

[PHONE CHIMES]

BEN: Macy?

Really lame joke.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[GASPS]

[CLATTERING]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[DOOR SLAMS OPEN]

BEN: Maybe you should change your tactics.

[JOHN LAUGHS]

I'll consider that.

Now, I'm not gonna ask you again, kid.

That sounds about right.

Stop!

[EXHALES]

[HANDLE AND LOCK RATTLING]

[MUFFLED SHOUTING]

JOHN: ...check every fucking goddamn apartment!

Now, we have to find this kid

or maybe you and you

fell off the roof going after him.

On second thought, why don't you guys come upstairs with me,

I wanna show you something.

Oh, come on. We were right there!

[SIGHS IN EXASPERATION]

Yeah, it's me. Yeah, we tracked the kid all the way...

That fucking kid jumped off the fucking building.

I've heard enough. My guys are looking for him now.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, we've got it all set.

Cops will think the kid killed the shop owner.

I'm happy with that. Or whatever the fuck.

Macy figured that out, the kid getting it, too.

Yeah, it all played nicely.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, we got him.

Let's just say the kid's a butter fingers.

-[LOCK CLICKS] -[JOHN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]

HENCHMAN: Mr. Dodson.

Mr. Dodson.

Frank?

He'll be violent and reckless.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

Hey, is Katie here today?

[SLURPS] Nope.

I thought she was on the schedule.

Are you a friend of hers?

Yeah.

MAN: Well...

When you see Katie, you tell her that if she wants to keep this job,

she better show up when she's supposed to.

She didn't show up today?

You gonna buy something or you just gonna stand there and look stupid all day?

Hey!

[DOORBELL RINGS]

Katie?

KATIE: Have you been listening to me?

Yeah.

How long?

Since before I knew you.

What did you hear?

Everything.

FEMALE NEWSCASTER OVER TV: Again, our top story

is the murder of a police detective

as well as a shopkeeper, in a gruesome double homicide

with the same suspect.

We'll have more on this story but for now Jeff Robinson is standing by.

You're wanted for murder.

JEFF: Absolutely, guys. We're on First and Hill right now...

I didn't do it.

JEFF: ...when the police received that phone call

to take a look.

That's when investigators found the body of a man...

Can I use your phone?

Yeah, it's on the table.

[KEYPAD BEEPING]

[LINE RINGING]

[INDISTINCT VOICEMAIL]

How long have I been asleep?

Why'd you make this?

-Sorry, I just, uh... -Please.

I just...

Wanted to know what happened to my dad.

I mean, you can find that, can't you?

Not without the date.

Like I said...

Any sound that we make, it exists forever.

We just need a way to find it.

These dials, they represent a place and time,

so we can change all of the...

Second, minutes, hours, days and years.

Yeah. No, exactly, but it's not enough.

At any point in time, there are an infinite number of sounds,

-so... -Yeah, it would sound like a mess.

Yeah, so we need a specific frequency that we can get.

A recording or someone's voice.

They're like a thumbprint, no two are the same.

But if we have that, we can set the target time.

Or you could expand the locus

to include other frequencies around

-which is just, you know... -Conversations.

Yeah.

FEMALE NEWSCASTER: Again, our top story

is the murder of a police detective

as well as a shopkeeper in a gruesome double homicide

with the same suspect.

I've got to get out of here.

Do you have any idea who's doing this to you?

Yeah. I just can't believe someone would kill for it.

Are you serious?

Ben, everyone would kill for that.

JEFF:: Investigators found the body of a man lying on the ground...

Look, we better figure it out fast.

-"We"? -Yeah, "we."

KATIE: What?

What is it?

Who are those...

You bitch. I trusted you, and you used me!

I'm not just gonna stay here and let you turn me in.

[KNOCKING AT DOOR]

[KNOCKING CONTINUES]

KATIE: Who is it?

KATIE: What the hell?

HENCHMAN: Where is he?

-Where did he go? -I don't know.

He just left out the window.

If you're lying to me...

-Yeah? -FRANK: [OVER EARPIECE] Outside.

Yeah, I'm on my way.

[DOOR SLAMS, LOCK CLICKS]

[SIGHS]

[LAUGHS]

-HENCHMAN: She's leaving. -FRANK: [OVER TRANSMITTER] And the kid?

They're together.

FRANK: Don't let them spot you.

Got it.

[ENGINE STARTS]

They screwed Macy's voice.

Without it, I can't track what happened when he was killed.

KATIE: Well, what about when you talked to him?

I mean, can't you take his frequency

from one of the conversations that you had together?

Uh, yeah.

MACY: [OVER DEVICE] Your device could help a lot of people,

and make us all safer.

That's all I want.

BEN: Let's not forget that we can get rich, too.

[RADIO CRACKLING]

MACY: That's all I want. That's all I want.

MACY: This ain't right what you're doing.

You know who decides who's right or wrong?

It's the victors, Macy.

You know what? Maybe your last minute of life should be a little more positive.

How about this?

That kid will never know

why you threw him all that consulting work,

and you don't have to carry around all that guilt anymore.

See? It's a win-win.

You know what though? I don't really give a shit.

Do you hear me, kid?

Now, you listen in to whatever you want,

it won't help you. No one's gonna believe you.

You think some cop is gonna buy all this?

I bet you get locked up just trying to explain it!

What do you think, Macy?

Oh, Jesus.

Fucker died on me.

[FRANK LAUGHING]

Go on, kid. Do your worst.

-[BEEPS, WHIRS] -Go on, kid. Do your worst.

Go on, kid. Do your worst.

Go on, kid. Do your worst.

Go on, kid...

HENCHMAN: Yeah, he's still inside. They're headed to the alley.

FRANK: It doesn't get any better.

When they get out, fix them there, right through his head.

If that ain't poetic justice, I don't know what is.

KATIE: What? What is it?

CAB DRIVER: Here we go.

-No, no, no, keep going. -CAB DRIVER: What?

-Drive. Just drive. -Where to?

-What's happening? -It doesn't matter, just go.

-They know we're here. -What?

They didn't stop. They're still going.

Just stick with them. Let's get this tied up.

Someone's following us. One of Frank's guys.

We gotta lose him.

Hey, let us out here and drive to the opposite side of the square.

-What? -We're gonna walk through and over to you there.

CAB DRIVER: Guy, that's not how it works.

BEN: Keep the meter running. Charge us the whole time, please.

-I'm gonna wait over there, and park? -BEN: Yes, exactly.

Uh, right here. This is good.

Stop, Katie.

-HENCHMAN: Which way? -BEN: Stop, stop, stop.

FRANK: West toward the theater.

Stay on him. I'm discussing now.

-Roger. -BEN: We gotta go east.

Once we get there, we'll cross over and head toward...

Ben, too late.

BEN: The Metro.

HENCHMAN: They're going for the Metro.

BEN: Stop, stop.

I just don't understand.

I didn't hear anyone...

HENCHMAN: Our team will be there any second.

They can hear us.

HENCHMAN: [OVER TRANSMITTER] They stopped moving. They're still in the square.

There they are!

KATIE: Is there anything you can do?

BEN: I haven't tried it before

but... I could push the frequency up.

-Will that work? -BEN: Maybe.

Cover your ears.

[BEEPING AND WHIRRING]

[BOOMING]

[INAUDIBLE]

[INAUDIBLE]

[MUFFLED] Ben.

Ben! Ben!

-[GRUNTS] -Ben, you all right?

You okay? Can you walk?

[CAR ALARMS WAILING]

We need a safe place.

I know a place.

Whose place is it?

Hi, Katie.

How are you?

[DOOR SHUTS]

Want a beer?

Where are you from?

Uh, right here in the city.

Well, how long have you lived here?

As long as I can remember.

KATIE'S DAD: How do you know Katie?

Uh, I met her a few months ago. I work down the street.

I mean, we really only became friends more recently.

Is she okay?

Yeah. I think so.

Okay.

You want another one?

No, I'm fine.

[SIGHS]

If you change your mind.

Could I use your phone?

She's been through a lot...

With her mom gone.

Just good to know she's spending time with someone.

Phone's on the stand.

[DOOR SHUTS]

[KEYPAD BEEPING]

ANTONIO: [OVER VOICEMAIL] Uh, hey, Ben.

Uh, I just wanted to apologize for earlier.

Uh, the things you wanna know, you have a right to know

and I shouldn't keep that from you.

I guess I just didn't know where to start.

I mean, I just...

I just want what's best for you.

The day your dad disappeared was January 24th, 1999.

Come home and we'll talk. Okay?

Bye.

[KEYPAD BEEPS]

Uh, hey, Ben.

Uh, I just wanted to apologize for earlier.

Uh, the things you wanna know, you have a right to know

and I shouldn't keep that from you.

I guess I just didn't know where to start.

I mean, I just...

I just want what's best for you.

-The day your dad disappeared... -[KEYPAD BEEPS]

FRANK: Go on, kid. Do your worst.

Go on, kid. Do your worst.

Go on, kid. Do your worst.

Go on, kid. Do your worst.

Go on, kid. Do your...

Can we talk?

I need to use it.

Why?

The night my mom killed herself...

You did know that, didn't you?

The night she killed herself, they had an argument.

He said he hated listening to her,

and he regretted marrying her.

I didn't stay past that.

The next call I got she was dead.

I wanna know what else he said to her.

Just give it to me.

-Will it change anything? -What does that mean?

I mean, will hearing that really help you?

And if not,

I think that he loves you and...

Okay, well, I...

Don't care what you think,

and I don't care what he loves.

I care about what he did,

so are you gonna help me find out or not?

Maybe just because we can hear everything,

it doesn't mean that we should.

Get out.

-Katie. -Get out!

[DOOR SLAMS]

[DOOR SLAMS]

METRO ATTENDANT: [OVER PA] Stand clear of the closing doors, please.

FRANK: [OVER DEVICE] Go on, kid. Do your worst.

Go on, kid. Do your worst.

Go on, kid. Do your worst.

Go on, kid. Do your worst.

Go on, kid. Do your worst.

Go on, kid. Do your worst.

[INAUDIBLE]

Mr. Boyles, what can I do for you?

Detective Bailey?

Yeah.

BEN: You and Macy were partners?

Yeah, we were but that was...

I'm sorry, Detective, this is important.

There's a man named Frank Dodson.

I read the report that you gave the other officers.

It's true.

Yeah? Well, we got somebody looking into it.

But that's not why I'm here.

I came in here to find out why you killed Detective Macy.

[STAMMERS] I didn't kill Macy.

Oh, that's right.

This John, AKA Frank Dodson did it.

Okay. Then tell me why you killed your boss Antonio.

I didn't kill anyone.

And you wanna stick with that?

Listen, that thing that I came in with...

It can hear anyone,

regardless of time, including the killer's confession.

If you just bring it in, I can play it for you.

Oh, so you got the killer's confession

on that thing that you were wearing?

No, but I can set it to the time of the murders, and we can hear the confessions.

Oh, well, tell me what time the murders happened, Ben.

Detective, please. What do you have to lose?

You could save a lot of people's lives

and catch the real murderer.

Ben, I'm not bringing that thing in here.

For all I know, it's a bomb.

It's not a bomb.

It's not a bomb or anything like that.

It picks up old sound waves

including the killer's confession.

I can show you who really killed Detective Macy and Antonio.

Three years ago, you were both in your cruiser.

You asked him some advice about your daughter.

Laura, I think.

Teacher caught her in the parking lot

with a few boys, and she was...

In a bad spot.

Instead of turning her in,

she called you because she knew you were a cop.

It was her third drug charge,

and you asked Macy what you should do.

Detective, I'm telling the truth.

I didn't kill anyone,

and the people that did aren't done yet.

Let's go.

-HENCHMAN: That's the order. -[KNOCKS ON VAN]

Nice work, kid.

Hey.

Steady. Come on.

If it was up to me, you'd be dead already.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Mr. Boyles.

What a pleasure to finally meet you.

Can I get you a drink?

[EXHALES]

Ben, you're a really smart guy.

Thanks, Frank.

I'll be honest.

This, uh, listening device you've built...

This is gonna change the world.

I've got a feeling the philosophy behind that phrase is lost on you.

See? What'd I tell you about this kid.

Don't be ridiculous, Ben. All change is good.

Thought you were in the business of selling information

to people that don't believe that.

Well, like I said, you're a smart kid.

I'm gonna let you in on something.

My clients don't know what they want.

They want change, and they want the status quo.

Whatever benefits them.

You know what else? I don't care which,

as long as they pay for that information.

You're selling secrets.

See, that's exactly what I'm not doing.

You said it yourself, Ben. The information's out there.

I'm just collating it and delivering it to the right people.

Right people that will pay you?

There's no other kind.

I don't care if they act on it or not.

If they do, then I sell that information to the other side.

Don't you see? It's self-perpetuating.

-This is the most important invention in history. -[FRANK CLEARS THROAT]

Well, fire, wheel, computer.

Yeah, maybe you're right, Frank.

Let's just say one of the most important inventions.

Are we okay with that?

Mmm-hmm.

LANDON: Bottom line...

This is information,

and whoever has it is the most powerful person alive.

And the richest.

It's a real shame you couldn't see that.

But I'm willing to make an offer.

-Landon... -LANDON: No, no.

Let's give it a try and see.

-[FRANK SIGHS] -Come work with us.

Change the world,

and become a billionaire.

And, and...

And do whatever you want after that.

That's right. That's right.

Do whatever you want.

[SIGHS]

Or... And hear me out.

We kill your girlfriend

unless you tell us what you did to sound yesterday.

[CHUCKLES] "What you did to sound."

That's absolutely amazing, isn't it, Frank?

Fascinating.

I never thought I'd say something like that.

It wouldn't be difficult. She's already suicidal.

It kind of writes itself.

FRANK: Uh-uh.

You know what else we could do, Frank?

We could get the father involved.

I mean, she already blames him for the mom anyway.

Murder-suicide. What do you think?

I like it.

Yeah, I do, too.

It's a really good narrative.

What do you want me to show you?

That was you yesterday,

when everything went quiet.

Yeah.

That's just... [LAUGHS] Man.

Show us how you did it.

-I... -No.

You can do it again, right?

Yeah.

But you're gonna need headphones,

so you don't get hurt.

What do you think of the design? You like it?

We copied your mechanics.

I didn't think you'd mind since yours were, you know, broken.

But I think my team made some definite corrections on the design.

But I mean, let's face it.

That's all they could improve on, right?

[POWERING UP AND WHIRRING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[DEVICE WHIRRING INTENSIFIES]

[INAUDIBLE]

[INAUDIBLE]

Thank you.

Hiya, Ben.

I bought you this. I thought,

uh, things might get tough,

you know, when someone comes to see you, so...

Until your hearing...

Look, Ben,

the doctor said if your hearing hasn't come back yet,

that it's probably not.

Uh...

Look, if you need anything,

you let me know.

It's a shame.

I think that machine could have done a lot of good.

KATIE: Ben?