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- When COVID 19 hit,
the world took a break

from spinning plates
of self destruction,

in favor of a
swimming lap instead.

Air pollution in major
cities dropped by up to 40%.

Fortunes grew for some and
were lost for many others.

People resigned at home.

The use of video chat
grew exponentially

as the virus made its way.

Facebook messenger
used increased by 70%,

Microsoft Teams by 40

and video accounted for 2/3
of global internet traffic.

Zoom became as ubiquitous
as Google or Skype.

- Anyone wanna do
Honolulu themed

drinks party from our rooms?

- I didn't have to use so
much lipstick this year.

- I'll just drink my way
through the rest of it.

- Oh, you're driving me crazy.

- No, no.

- Yeah.

- Wait a minute.

- Like and subscribe.

♪ Pow, pow, I can whip
my head held high ♪

♪ Give me heels solo... ♪

- There are over
seven billion video calls

made each day, this
is the story of one.

- Dude, how's it hanging?

- Three days without
leaving your room

is enough to drive a guy
insane, this is day eight.

- Yeah, I feel you bro.

There aren't enough
battles in Fortnite

to take my mind off
this state of shit.

How's Vanessa?

- Upset, perturbed,
making the rounds, pissed.

You wanna continue the chit chat

or you gonna help me with this?

- You need to upgrade
your personality, mate.

- I need to earn an income.

And there's a rumor the two
are inextricably linked.

- Yeah and how long you got?

- Three hours, but I'd
prefer to nail it down now.

Have you read the sides?

- Yeah, you are auditioning to
play a whiny, entitled dick.

I'd say this part has
you tailor made for it.

- Remind me to
unfriend you later.

- And you're all
ready in the zone.

So what I read
Geoff, you read Mack?

- When you're ready.

- You're a user Mack,
a scum sucking leech

moving from person to person
to take what you want.

- In this here town there's
only winners and losers,

and you've gotta dig six
feet under to find them.

- This towns finished with you!

- You think I'm at the
top of the pedestal?

I'm right at the
bottom where I belong.

You take me out, the
foundation collapses.

And when that happens,
the city will fall.

- You're a mad man.

- No, I'm the only
one I've seen.

We're dying in a
town sipping poison

with every breath,
in a rotten city,

festering in toxic
fumes called hate.

These people compromise
their values so much.

They ain't got nothing left.

They all deserve to
be wiped and so do I.

- You don't really mean that.

- But I do, every
morning, the sun rises

and do you know what I think?

That if we were all
a little bit closer,

even just a bit, then half
the world's population

would be cleansed and tomorrow
would be a brighter day.

I'm here to make that
happen, in life or death.

- You improvved a bit.

- I was getting into character.

Did you like my voice?

- Seems kind of short,
your accent's fine,

is it a Western?

- That's the vibe I
get off the title.

- You want another go?

- No, it should be fine.

Otherwise it sounds rehearsed.

Did you like it,
how are you doing?

- Can't complain on both,
moved from tending bar

to changing gears, making
rounds for Deliveroo.

- How you not pissed about that?

- Life is tough, you know,
but we gotta work together

if we wanna beat this thing.

- The virus or the economy?

- Hey, whatever takes
priority the next day.

- Look mate, I've gotta go.

I'm getting buzzed more
times than a bee, take later?

- Not like I'm going anywhere.

- Not even to protest
for Black Lives Matter?

- Yeah fuck that shit.

Whatever happened to
all lives being equal?

- I think that's
their warped point.

- Yeah, Ciao bello.

- You look like you got
out the wrong side of bed.

What's up?

- I think Doug's gonna kill me.

- Your husband's a pacifist.

He's about as homicidal
as a dumbbell.

- Yeah, and half as smart, but
he's been drinking outside.

- I thought all
the pubs are shut.

- Doug smells have look at
every time he comes back

and if he's been meeting people,

he could catch the
virus and bring it back.

I mean, Charlies is
only a month old.

His immune system hasn't
fully developed yet.

- Look, look, do you
want me to talk to him?

- Please knock some
sense into the guy.

- Mom likes to say you're
drawn to the senseless.

- She also says the virus was
manufactured by Bill Gates.

I wouldn't pay
attention to her words.

- She's the smartest
one in our gene pool.

- Which isn't saying much.

And you only agreeing with her

because of your alt-right phase.

- Less a phase than a following.

I could ask my base for help.

- Please don't.

- In all seriousness,

this whole pandemic's
been blown out proportion.

Maybe herd immunity
was the right call.

- Please don't say that to Doug.

- More people die every
year from seasonal flu.

So why aren't we locking
the world down each winter?

- The death rate
for COVID's higher.

- That number will rise
if people can't work.

- What, you mean they'll starve?

- I'm not just talking about
the homeless and food banks.

Employees rely on
company health insurance

to make it through this mess.

If they get axed, all of
a sudden they're uninsured

and good luck being
put on a waiting list

of an already stretched system.

- This isn't a live stream.

Please don't preach to me
with your propaganda bait.

- I'm just stating the
facts sis, hold on.

Oh shit.

How the hell am I
supposed to prep for this?

Look Elle, I've gotta go.

My audition's been moved up

and I've gotta learn
a new scene right now.

- Can they do that?

- These are unprecedented times.

Casting directors
are gatekeepers.

They know we're
desperate for the work,

they could call a
meeting at 2:00 AM

and know we'll
still probably show.

- They sound like jackals.

- More like hyenas, but
if you have a posh voice,

that'll soon turn from
wildebeests to pussy cats.

- You know, if you're worried
you're not good enough,

you should give Beck a call.

- Why would I think that,
I'm auditioning aren't I?

- You're still
friends aren't you?

- We haven't spoke since
her pilot got made.

- What, now she has
no time for you?

- It's not that, it's just,

there's been no
reason for us to talk.

- And what you said about her

on social media
probably didn't help.

What better reason is
there now than to reach out

and make amends?

- Thanks Elle, stay
stay sane out there.

- You're as
punctual as my prayers.

- And hopefully the
answer to them too.

- It's incredible, most
people are spending lockdown

evolving into characters
from a Roald Dahl novel,

but you ,like you ought
to be in a boy band.

- Flattery gets you everywhere.

I wish I could send
back the compliment,

but I can't see
your face to judge.

- Trust me. You don't wanna
see my grizzled visage.

- Try me.

- Did you
receive the sides?

- Which version?

- The one I just sent,

have you read it yet?

- No time, this all
happened so quick,

but I've prepared
the other scene.

- I'm glad you didn't.

with this project we prefer
natural over scripted,

though I'll be
testing you on both.

- Bring it on.

- I'm
excited to meet you,

I'm a fan of your streams.

- I just speak truth to power.

- Well, it's about
time someone spoke up

for the little guy,
make no mistake,

that's what we've become.

- Minorities are set to
overtake the population

in under 50 years,
if facts are racist,

no wonder progressives
want us living in fiction.

- Such candor,

such class plus
exuberance of wit,

please don't disappoint.

- Shall I read now?

- In a moment.

Well, what do you think
of the interracial nature

of this film?

- Is that who I'll be playing
alongside, a black actress?

- Maybe.

- Just because I want to
preserve white history

doesn't make me a racist.

I have no issue with
whose lips I kiss.

- Joel] I just
wanted to make sure.

I have another question.

- Shoot.

- Why haven't
you called Beck?

- Excuse me?

- Well, it seems like
something you should do.

- How do you know
I've not called her?

- Well, it just seems
like something you would do.

- That's very assumptive.

- Beck is a
living fortune cookie,

I'd call her if I were you.

- Wait, how do you know
I even spoke about her?

- Your sister told me.

- You know Elle?

- Not well, but look,
are you ready to begin?

You are wistful and depressed
and accepting of your fate.

Do you need time to prepare?

- No.

- Good, rooting for you.

You're a user Mack,
a scum sucking leach,

moving from person to person
to take what you want.

- In this here town, there's
only winners and losers.

- What are you doing?

- I was putting on an accent.

- No, it's distracting,
stick to your natural voice.

- Okay.

In this here town,
there's only winners.

- Don't ad lib,
just follow the script.

You'll have an opportunity
to improv later.

- Okay.

- In this town, there
are only winners

and losers and you have to
dig six feet to find them.

- This town
is finished with you.

- Do you really think I'm
at the top of the pedestal?

I'm the guy at the
bottom where I belong.

If you take me out.

- Talk to the camera.

You're speaking with
me, to the audience.

Try to keep me engaged.

- Do you really think I'm
at the top of the pedestal?

I'm the guy at the
bottom where I belong.

You take me out, the
foundation collapses.

When that happens,
the city will fall.

- You're a madman.

- I'm the only one who's sane.

We're dying in a town,

sipping poison with every
breath, in a rotting city

festering with toxic
fumes called hate.

These people have compromised
their values so much.

They've got nothing
left to change.

They deserve to be
exterminated and so do I.

- You don't
really mean that?

- But I do, every
morning, the sun rises

and you know what I think?

That if we were only a little
bit closer, even just a bit,

then half the world's
population would be cleansed

and tomorrow will
be a brighter day.

I'm here to make that
happen, in life...

or death.

Do you want me to read again?

Hi, Joel?

Joel, are you you there?

- Yeah, you were
oozing with talent.

Your parents ought to be proud.

- You had me worried for a sec.

- Have faith in yourself.

You gave me exactly
what I wanted.

- Is it over?

- Not quite,
now that I've seen

how well you play alone,

I'd like to observe how
well you play with others.

- I don't think I'll be able

to kiss anyone from in here.

- Kissing's
a social taboo

in our post-COVID world.

How are you
coping with the pandemic?

- Staying safe, surviving.

- Be honest now, you
know I've read your posts.

- I think the media's
reporting's been
a tad overblown.

- Just a tad?

- They've turned a mild flu
into the zombie apocalypse.

- Yeah, it doesn't
change fact that people died.

- Trust the public
to do what's right.

They'll brave the virus

if it means saving their jobs
or protesting on the streets.

So why implement regulations
you can't uphold?

- I gotta
ask a favor though.

Could you please call back,
use the kudos you've gained,

see your process through.

- I don't know.

- It'll mean a lot.

- Is that why you're
auditioning me, to reach Beck?

- Well it's no secret

the two of you had a falling out

and then the recent comments
you made, making amends,

despite her misgivings
will go a long way

towards proving you're
right for the part.

- I've got nothing
to do with Beck.

- Of course.

This audition is
yours and yours alone.

- But if helps me land the
part, I'll give it a whirl.

- Marvelous,
I'll send her details.

- Can't I WhatsApp her?

- Well, I wanna see her face.

- Do you want me
to speak as Mack or me.

- Be yourself, don't forget
to share the screen though.

- Larry, how are you?

It's been so long.

- I'm good thanks.

How about you, where
are you these days?

- Hong Kong.

Staying low till the COVID
rate drops from Rio to zero.

- You look like
you're on a shoot.

- Gotta keep busy
before cases spike.

How did you get there though?

Isn't LA in lockdown?

- I managed to fly out in time.

- Self quarantine
measures be damned.

- Aren't you the
one who believes the
virus to be overblown?

- Yes, but you don't.

- So what are you up to?

- Chasing the dream in
quarantine, same boat as you.

- Yeah, right...

- I'm still applying for parts,

hoping one will
stick, what about you?

You got any juicy acting gigs?

- My pilot went to series

and I was attached to a studio
project, Sun City Sabers?

But with the virus around

the town's comatose
till it's not.

- China will get
back on its feet.

Clearly Hong Kong
is following suit.

- My next shoot's in LA.

- So you've made it there.

With the George Floyd protests.

The city of Angels
has become the new HK.

- This situation's out of whack.

- There's been no reason to
think this pandemic's even real.

- I know it was
overblown, but a hoax?

- You heard.

- Surely people dying
counts as proof.

- What? Those were pre-existing
conditions and the old?

- Not all of them fit the bill.

- Never took you for
the close-minded type.

- I never thought you
were an anti-vaxxer.

- I'm not, I just
wanna save our jobs.

- I wanna save lives.

So, you going to tell
me why you called?

- What do you mean?

- You wouldn't call
without a reason.

- Does a guy need one to
catch up with his friend?

- Larry, we are not friends.

You made that clear

when you didn't speak
to me for eight months.

- Had a lot to process.

- Now you don't even
call me on WhatsApp.

- I thought this
would be better.

- I'm Asian, not stupid.

- It seemed wiser to
have this conversation

on the big screen.

- Did someone put
you up to this?

- A few people asked me
to speak with you, sure.

- Who?

- My sister, a
friend, is that really

what you're hung up on?

- This doesn't sound like
an intimate heart to heart.

More like you're
putting on a show.

- You sound paranoid.

- Don't gaslight me,

I've seen you at
your most vulnerable

and I'm aware of your
recent tweet, this isn't it.

- Maybe because I'm not.

- Then why are you smiling
like a game show host?

Tell me what's going on.

- Nothing, I miss
you, that's all,

with all this talk
of death and disease,

I didn't wanna leave
things the way they were.

- You just told me this
whole thing's a hoax.

So that can't be the
reason, tell me the truth.

- That is the truth.

- But not all.

- What do you want me to say?

- Why you stopped talking?

- You were busy with your
career and life got in the way.

- I was never too busy for you.

You helped me at the
start of my journey.

- Yeah, but you
never helped me back.

- Should I have, you told people

I lean into my 'Asian-ness'
in order to land roles

and that's not even the
worst thing you said.

- Hey, two years ago,

you never even
mentioned your heritage.

Now your Instagram's
filled with Sun Tzu quotes,

and there's no proof that
what I said isn't true.

- Really?

Then here's the
Confucius quote for you.

"I hear and I forget,
I see and I remember,

I do and I understand".

Go fuck yourself Larry.

- I tried my best, please
don't penalize me for it.

- Why would I
punish you for your effort?

You're Oriental friend
forgot her past.

I'm glad she's been reminded.

- Beck and I used to
be like fish and chips.

I don't know what happened.

- She changed.

And now she'll spend
the rest of her evening

being reminded of it.

You ever considered
the possibility your
career would end

before it starts,
that people like her

will make certain you
never land a part.

- Cancel culture's all the
rage, Rowling, Ansari, Oprah.

They all wear that badge,
you know my schtick

and I thought we were
kindred spirits in this,

but if conformity
is your remedy,

then let's end this call
and we can go our merry way.

- The audition only
ends when I say it does.

- Or I could click,
'End Meeting'.

- If you
press that button,

your day will get worse.

- How, you gonna release
this call over the internet?

- This conversation
is being recorded,

but it's not the only
recording I have.

- Then maybe you should
upload them or I can do it.

We can see who
racks up more views.

- I'll bear that in mind,

but think what else you gave
me when you sent me your CV.

- My address.

- What else?

- My telephone number.

- Your contact
details, your date of birth,

even your mother's maiden name.

I have enough info to
doxx you, if I wanted,

and you're not the most
popular man at the moment,

are you Mr. Boyle?

- You'd do that to me.

- I'm carrying
out a public service,

but only if you hang up.

- You wouldn't be this
malicious without motive.

- My motive,
same as everyone else,

but I'm taking it
one step further.

- Don't believe everything
you read online.

- I'm not,
only the evidence.

And the evidence tells me that
at the time of a pandemic,

when people were being
asked to self quarantine,

members of the public
gathered in parks, on beaches

and hiking trails, stores
to sacrifice our health,

soak in the sun,
lockdown protestors

equated social distancing
to Nazi Germany.

And then there's you.

- I have a sister in
a month old nephew.

I'd never risk their lives!

- Is that what
the public would believe

if I were to leak your details?

- No.

- What would they do?

- Social media,
they'd destroy me.

They'd destroy my family.

- Your
opinion of the people

is remarkably cynical.

Now I'd like to bring up a
point regarding your audition.

- What, it was never real.

- No, the
audition is real.

As are the assignments you
must take in order to pass,

but you're not testing for
a character named Mack.

The reason you're auditioning

is so I can decide
your life's worth.

Do you really believe
what I'm telling you?

- I do.

I do, I'll do what you say.

- Whatever the request?

- Yes.

- Good.

I look forward to
seeing you in action.

You'll be doing them a favor.

- Who?

Who?!

- A UK doctor
contracted the coronavirus

and exhibited symptoms
of the disease.

Rather than self isolate,

he chartered a plane to
his apartment in Berlin.

Do you recall what
happened to him?

- Why are you doing this?

- Please,
answer the question.

- He died.

- Each death's a tragedy

and our frontline workers
deserve our praise.

But for the life of me, I
can't muster sympathy, can you?

Why?

- He put his life on the line.

He didn't willfully
to get infected.

You don't know what goes
on in a person's head

when they're faced with death.

- Are you
suggesting he was justified

to be selfish through fear?

- No, but you can't summarize
a whole man's existence

based on his final
choices in life.

- I can't but help
wonder how many people

he might have infected
from London to Berlin,

would shortening his life
have prevented more deaths?

- Is that why you're here?

You wanna kill me because you
think I've got the disease?

- No.

- Then why?

- You'll
know in due course,

tell me about your sister.

- Elle's great.

We got on like
naughts and crosses

and now we like peas in a pod.

She has a son, Charlie,
who means the world to me

and I would never
put him in danger.

- Martin.

- Martin's a friend, we've known
each other for a few years.

He's an aspiring actor like me

and part-time
stoner, that's him.

He told me he was a bartender,
but now I think he's--

- Beck.

Beck, you know the nature
of my relationship with her,

we used to get on, not anymore.

She was aspiring actress

but dropped the aspiring
part eight months ago.

- That's when
you grew jealous.

- I was rooting for
Beck with all my heart.

I just wish there was
a diversity program

for people like me.

- And who are you?

- A white, cisgender
male, bain of humanity

according to some.

- I meant your name.

- Larry, Larry Boyle.

- You have a
severe identity complex.

You know that Larry?

What are you?

- I'm an actor. Or I want to be.

Why are you asking me
all these questions?

- Are you ready
to read the script?

Treat the script as a structure,
but be prepared to ad lib.

There's another auditioner too.

- Wait, how many people
have you mindfucked?

- My story
features multiple roles.

Everyone has a part to play.

- And when it's over,
you'll let us all go?

I mean, every single one.

- Only one
person can win the part.

So I suggest you perform well.

- What the hell did
this guy do to you?

- I did everything you asked.

Now you tell me where she is!

- What the fuck?

- You wanna bag the babe,
you gotta make the trade.

- The only thing
we're gonna be trading

is my fist in your face.

Now you tell me where she is

or I'll smash the
monitor so hard,

it'll give you a concussion.

- You think you're playing poker

when the only cards you
hold are the instructions.

- What the hell
does that even mean?

You make no sense,
you crazy mook.

- I think we should
make the trade,

unless you wanna continue
to go off script.

Who you talking to?

- Wanna answer her?

- Don't even think about
involving anyone, Chollo!

- Chollo? I'm not even Mexican!

- I've got your picture Bitch,

I've got your picture!

- I can turn my face to the
side and you can get my profile?

- Now we trade!

- Where is any of
this in the script?

Play me a tune, that's
the price you pay

to get your girl back,
unsullied and all.

- How do I know she's alive.

- You don't, trust
goes both ways.

- Why are you doing this to me?

I don't understand.

- Are you gonna play the song?

- What kinda wacko
gets his rocks off

playing weird
games on strangers?

This is about control.

- Then don't test my power.

- Well, I wanna
know she's alive.

- After.

- I did everything you asked.

Please release Zoe.

- I can't hear
you, are you okay?

- I'm fine.

I kept my end of the bargain.

It's time for you to keep yours.

- This isn't over yet.

Not until you kneel and confess.

- Confess to what?

- You should know.

[phone rings

- Confess to what?

Confess to what?

- Hang on.

- Confess.

- I thought you said
he wasn't an actor.

- That's not an act.

- What?

- For him,
this is all real.

Pitting him against you put
you at a severe advantage.

I based the script on
his present circumstances

to help level the field.

- So he thinks I'm
genuinely after him.

- Yeah.

- And who the fuck's Zoe?

- His daughter.

- No, no way, man.

It's over, I'm out of here.

I'm not kidnapping a child,
no matter what you say,

go fuck yourself, you
shitty little creep.

- She's already
been kidnapped.

All he has to do to reunite
with her is to win the audition.

- What about me?

- Well, that's why
it's a competition.

- No, no way, I'm outta here.

- Then would you like me

to tell Elle how you chose
another life over hers?

Perhaps Martin would appreciate
being elected second fiddle?

Beck, as always,
can take a backseat.

- If I win, what happens to Zoe?

- She'll be
reunited with her mother.

- And Johnny?

- Intermission's
over, forfeit or continue,

I'll leave the choice to you.

Come on, come on, come.

Final ask, are you
up to the task?

- If I let her in there's
another witness to your crimes.

How does that gel
with your master plan?

- Open the door
or I'm callin' Theo!

- You seem to be under
the misconception

that I play by your rules.

If I end this call, Zoe's
whereabouts go with me.

Do you want that
on your conscience?

Now, kneel and confess.

- What's your obsession
with confessions?

- I'm practicing to be a priest.

- Who were you talking to?

- My mullah, my rabbi,
my partner-in-crime.

Someone has to keep
an eye on the girl.

- You're pathetic.

- Oh, I love it when
a guy talks dirty.

- I'm right aren't I, you've
been cooped up in your bedroom

replaying the
fantasies in your head

until your mind finally snapped.

- I came for a rumble,
but got ramble instead.

You're on your knees, rattling
everything off your mouth

except the one thing that
counts, your confession.

- Don't come inside!

You have no idea what
he is capable of.

- Fine, I won't,

but you gotta to tell
me what's going on.

- I'm being held
against my will,

forced to play a series of
games or else Zoe will get hurt.

- What I want is his confession.

- Why are you doing
this to him, where's Zoe?

- The guy's nuts!

- What the hell
did you do, Johnny?

- I was good this time,
please don't smear me

with his shade of crazy!

- Confess.

- You must have got a
Corona disease mate.

Cause you're Coca Loco.

Where's my daughter?

- Fine, let's end this meet

and we can toss
her life to fate.

- No, she's the only
leverage you've got.

- Your friend seems to
want in on the game,

shall I ask her to play?

- You want my confession.

I wanna ask you for yours,

what kind of dark guilt
must you be carrying

to want to bury it under
the secrets of others?

- This conversation's
leading nowhere.

Tell me what I need to know

before I cut your
daughter's throat.

- I got your back
Johnny but you gotta let me in!

- Do you want to carve
out Zoe's eyeballs?

Then get on your knees.

Now confess.

- I'm a junkie,

I cheated on my ex, stole
a mate's wallet once

and stabbed a guy in the chest,

but I'm a loving father.

You can't take
that away from me.

And no matter how many
shitty mistakes I make,

that's the one constant
that will never change.

- Guys, come up quick!

- I'm an asshole.

I've racked up more
crimes than quid,

but for every shakedown,
mail fraud, phone hack,

rape joke, Hitler quote
or EDL March I'm in,

not a day goes by that I don't
wish I weren't someone else.

I'm a monster.

But please...

don't take my daughter from me.

You got what you wanted?

Where's Zoe?

- Zoe's picking
daisies in the sky.

It's time for you to join her.

Goodbye Johnny.

- Oh shit!

- Johnny baby,
I can't hear you!

Can you open up?

Open the door!

- Oh shit, oh shit, shit.

- Congratulations,
you passed the test.

- What test, a man is dead.

How's that fucking test?

- You're the one
who was spouting the lines.

You knew how it was gonna end.

- Oh bullshit.

- Talk to us
Johnny, we're almost there.

What the hell do you
guys go to the gym for?!

Johnny, baby?

- He's dead.

- He's been iced,
tell him he was shot.

- What the hell are
you talking about?

- It was you.

- No.

- I heard you.

You think you're cool fucking
cat in your ivory tower, yeah?

- I took a picture of the
shooter, I'll share it with you.

- How exactly did I shoot him?

I'm stuck in self quarantine.

- He's right.

- Everybody get down.

This baller calls the shots.

and his partner must be
the one who takes 'em.

- This is ridiculous,
I didn't shoot the guy.

How could I murder
a man from in here?

- Why did you do it?

What exactly did he do to you?

- Nothing, I don't
even know the guy.

- You shoot strangers at random.

- No you dumb
bitch, take the wax

out your ears and listen
to what I have to say.

I'm an actor.

This was an audition, I've
been put through the grinder

by a deranged mad man who
pitted me against your boy.

What I'm going through, he
must have gone through too.

- Johnny ain't no actor.

He's a telemarketer,
and how the hell

is this a fucking audition?

- Obviously I don't
think that now, look,

I've been blackmailed and
coerced this whole time.

Same thing must have
happened to him.

What you're watching
is a hostage video.

- You must have a
real nice kidnapper

to let you talk
freely like this.

What, you think I'm a dunce?

Well, guess what?

Easy ain't calling the cops.

He's on the phone with
someone way worse.

And when they get here, your
seconds are fucking numbered!

- Wait. You're not
calling the police?

Then I will.

- Oh fuck you.

- Fuck me, fuck you.

- No, I wasn't talking to you.

- This guy must
be addled on PCP.

- It's not over?

- Not until I say so.

You're auditioning
for your life.

Doesn't end with a
couple of readings.

- I got you, they
all heard that.

See that's him,
that's the killer.

That's the shooter.

- You're on mute.

Would you like to see the
screen saver I left them?

- That's nasty.

- Frustrating isn't it?

- When did you take that?

- That was quite recent.

I've had my eye on
you for a while.

- You sick prick.

- No need to name call.

- Zoe, did you?

- Johnny's daughter
has no part to play.

She's perfectly safe.

- But the dialogue.

- It's just a script,

Or do you believe all fiction
to be alternative facts.

- I don't get it.

Johnny's performance
wasn't bad, it was real.

It was raw, he was
better than me.

So why did you
choose to kill him?

- Because he didn't
do what he was asked.

- To kneel and confess,
that's exactly what he did.

- But not everything.

There's one sin he
failed to mention

and it's the same one as yours.

- That's the killer,

he's been getting off
on Johnny's death.

- I fucking haven't!

- It's pre-recorded.

Hey, you still there?

Still there?

- What do you want me to do?

- Start talking
to them, I'll unmute you.

- When is this over?

- Once your
audition ends.

Right now, your goal
is to stay alive,

which will be somewhat
more difficult in a moment.

- My girlfriend lives here.

Do you really wanna
involve her in this?

- You're better half's
an essential worker

facing mobs at the supermarket,

by the time she returns,
this'll all be over.

- What about tomorrow
or next week?

These people look like
they earn their wages

in rolled up twenties.

- You're right, maybe
I should slim the figures.

Which of them looks
hardest to you?

- No, no more killing.

I'm not becoming an
accessory to your shit.

- Your funeral.

- There you are!
Thanks for dropping in.

I'm gonna come in now and
if you try and take me out,

we will take you out,
do you understand?

- I didn't kill that guy.

- Then who did?

- I thought he was
a casting director.

- Backtrack for a sec,
what did you just say?

- I'm an actor, I
entered a fake audition.

- Why don't you swing by?

I made camomile tea, we
can talk things through.

Try to get to the
bottom of this.

My sister wants
to be an actress.

Maybe you could share some tips.

- That's if you don't mind
sharing a meal with us niggers.

- I didn't write that.

- Of course you didn't.

- Guy seems mental.

- Did we do that to him?

- Address is only a couple
of minutes from here.

I can send someone around.

- Don't, he could be sending
us to a rival's turf.

Maybe he wants us to doxx
someone, until we know for sure,

I ain't falling for it.

- What's his angle?

- Same as any junkie.

- We need to take
Johnny to a hospital.

- He needs a hearse.

Time to make your peace.

- So you're an actor.

Have I seen any of your work?

- I'm still making my mark.

- Must be tough.

- He says this will
be my big break.

- That the casting
agent you referred to.

- Casting director, yes.

- I've heard of actors
killing for a part,

but this, this is surreal.

Maybe if you can help
me understand, then.

- I entered an audition
without knowing it was fake.

And then I got coerced
and blackmailed

into making this call.

- So it was the casting
director who did this?

Can you describe to me
what he or she looks like

or the sound of their voice?

Or are you the only
one who can hear them?

- I'm not schizoid if
that's what you're implying.

- Of course not, but if
you were smoking up, then.

- I'm not a fucking user.

- Then how'd you know Johnny?

- I don't, we met just now.

- And your encounter
leaves him dead.

Johnny isn't an actor.

So why would he be
auditioning for something?

- I don't think he knew
it was an audition.

- Or maybe a combination
of drug cocktails

and the psychological
pressure of self-isolation

has made you pissed
off at the world.

- How can I prove
I'm not on drugs?

- You're sweating right now
like you're coming off a high.

That's all I need to see.

- Shit, his face looks familiar.

- Yeah, you're right.

This tweaker likes to dabble
in crack, snapple and pop.

- I don't.

- He one of yours?

- No, but if we recognize
him, he must be in the game.

- You busking for
different dealers?

- Look, I am boring, my
life is vanilla flavored.

- It's so boring you literally
talked someone to death.

- I didn't shoot Johnny.

- Of course not.

- You wish someone dead and
someone else pulled the trigger.

So who footed the bill?

- I don't know.

- But he's here with
us now isn't he?

And what you see
and what you hear,

he can see and hear too.

- Yes.

- Have you tried
looking in the mirror?

- No.

- Do you have any
proof of his existence?

- He sent me an email.

- For the audition?

Do you have any evidence
that this audition isn't real

or anything that can reveal
the identity of this person?

- Calls himself Joel.

He says his name
might not be real.

- Can I speak to him?

- He says, no.

- Ask him why he killed Johnny.

- Apparently he didn't
confess to everything.

- And what exactly was he
supposed to confess to?

- He says that's
for me to find out.

- That's all well and good,

but why are you involving
in us in all this?

I'll take care of my house.

You take care of yours.

So why don't we mutually
agree to part ways.

- He wants you to stay.

- So you want me to sit
here and keep talking,

what's to stop us from
hanging up and walking away?

- You have a wife, listen.

The only reason I'm
still on this call

is 'cause this chemically
imbalanced asshole

has threatened to harm
the people I know.

- Let's just end the call.

- Do what you want.

All I'm trying to do is
save everyone's life.

- Then you can start doing that

and stop treating
us like hostages.

- How are you my hostage?

I'm the one who's being tested.

I'm the one who's had
his whole life caved in.

If this footage was in 16K,
you'd see my fucking strings.

- You're clearly
under a lot of stress.

I don't want to
add to your burden,

but we've been talking
nonstop with no end in sight.

How do we resolve this?

What can I do to
break the impasse?

- He told me, I
need to figure out

what sin that Johnny
didn't confess to,

whatever it is, it is
the same one as me.

- If that's true,

then there's gotta
be a connection

that links Johnny and
you, I'd start there.

- He's a telemarketer.

The only thing that
connects the two of us

is we're gonna share
the same death date.

- You live in the
same neighborhood.

- We do.

- Maybe you frequent
the same pub?

- No, I would've noticed him.

- But you could have crossed
paths, despite the lockdown.

I'm gonna mute and
turn off the camera.

I'm not leaving you.

- Sure. I trust you.

- Do you?

I'd love to have your
faith in humanity,

but it has yet to be affirmed.

Now, who could that be?

Maybe he did send
someone after all.

- All you can hear is
a vehicle stopping.

The fact you know it's for me

suggests this was
pre-planned by you.

- I'm moving your
audition along.

Aren't you gonna answer it?

- No, I won't break your rules.

- You can
answer the door.

You'll want what I'm sending.

- You just want me out
there to find new ways

to fuck up my life.

Maybe you're bored
or trigger happy

and you clearly don't
like the company I keep.

- I told you
I'm rooting for you.

- I'm damned if I do,
damned if I don't.

- Right now,
you're undamned,

take the damn package.

- How do I know
you're not lying.

- Because
that would be unfair.

But if the package is
taken to the post office,

your chance for
success drops to nil,

you've got 30 seconds

from when you leave the
room to pick up the package

and return. Any later
and someone will be dead.

- My fucking watch
stopped at three O'clock.

How am I ever gonna tell?

- Unless you have
physical impairments

I'm unaware of,

half a minute should be
more than sufficient.

- How do I know it's not a bomb.

- I'm not so crude.

- Timer's started,
leave your phone.

- Fuck!

- Every task you've
given me, I have done

and every hurdle you've put
in front of me, I have jumped.

Please just stop the show.

- But you're
doing so well.

You know I'm rooting for you.

- His face will haunt me
for the rest of my days.

- Check who's
ringing, but don't answer.

- Why's she calling?

He's trying to
separate my family.

- Nothing gets past you.

- Fuck.

- That's for
you to find out.

- Fuck your motive!

I don't give a shit
about your story,

I just wanna go home.

- What's the home
without you loved ones?

- You're a fucking
piece of work.

These are our lives, all right.

These are our hopes and
dreams you're snuffing.

Do you have a shred
of decency left

or are you just some sad,

vile, demented kook
with a computer?

- Would you mind
taking off your mask?

I have no idea
what you just said.

- You forced me to wear this.

- And and I'm glad I did.

We wouldn't want you infecting
other people while we play.

You're one of the
Frankensteins in my life

and I'm your monster.

- I'm done.

You take me out and
I'll take them out

or cough in people's
faces just for spite.

You have no proof
that I'm infected.

Whatever happens
next, that's on you.

Have a nice death.

- Hello, Larry.

It's good to see you again.

Congratulations on
passing your test.

Are you ready to continue
where we left off?

- Devon's feeling restless,

wants to see how he can help.

- Pissin' my pants won't
get us out of his jam.

- Did you make a note
the guy's address.

- Izzi took a pic.

- Why don't you head there?

- I'll get an Uber.

- Whoa, you don't
wanna leave a trail.

Shit starts going south,
we don't want bread crumbs

pointing at us.

- We've already been
caught on camera.

- We need to erase
our involvement.

- Well, I don't see how
considering what he left here.

- We'll deal with it discreetly.

You got a driving license?

Take my keys.

Keep your distance.

Here is gentrified.

So you'll stick out like a
black dude in a haystack.

- I'm Darwin. Adapt or die.

- People are sensitive
with the protest going on.

Cops are gunning for us and
unless you look purer than snow,

AKA white, you won't get
a fair shake, be careful.

- Something's fishy
about all this.

- You think?

- I mean, what if we
were meant to be here?

What if we were
supposed to be involved?

If that guy's telling the truth,

there's gotta be someone
else pulling the strings.

Let's look into this Joel.

- Aren't you curious
about what's inside?

- I'm going to survive this.

And when I do, the
pain in your head

will be the hammer of
vengeance breaking you.

- I would save
that hammer for jail.

Let's check in on the others.

I wonder who she's talking to.

Let's remove that shall we?

- Is Doug using, no
one in their right mind

would put their family in
harm's way every single day.

- Look, I'm sitting
next to a carcass

and living in an episode
of the Twilight zone.

Can we have this talk later?

- Doug's running
around like Pacman

while my brother tells me
to treat him like a ghost,

no I won't postpone to
fit your busy schedule.

- Your brother sounds smart.

If it's any any console
Doug isn't looking for meds.

He comes to ask where the
latest Covid party's at.

- Asshole, that shitty asshole.

- You gonna be okay?

- If you do reach him,
don't tell him I know.

- Take care, Elle.

- How does he know my sister?

- Former
user? Latest muse?

I couldn't presume to guess.

It's interesting how
she's at the center

of all that's wrong
with the world,

either she has terrible tastes
in the friends she keeps

or taking her out will
right all our wrongs.

- No.

- Why not?

- This is the test,
you made the rules.

Don't break them for a hunch,
you sick piece of crap.

- Open the door, open the
door, open the fucking door.

Open the door! Open
the fucking door, now!

We can see you in there,
you fucking asshole!

What the fuck do you
think you're doing?

- Open the fucking
door, open it now.

Did he just shut
his blinds on us.

- He's a moron.

- We can
see you, you idiot,

you can't hide in there.

- We are not
going to hurt you.

We swear.

- We just wanna talk.

- It's a
fair request to make.

- Do you think he
went through the back?

- No, I can sense movement.

- You can't hide from
us forever, open up.

- I have a hostage.

If you enter this house, I'll
put a bullet in his head!

- You killed Johnny,

now you've caught
another cat too.

- How many people

are you gonna make
victims of your rage?

You've already
caused enough pain.

- It's not me!

- Hey Larr--

- Martin? Martin?

- Drop the gun and let's
talk, you killed Johnny.

It's only fair we take
something from you.

How's your hostage doing?

If he's okay, why don't
we make an exchange?

He comes out, I go in.

- Is Doug alive?

Get rid of them.

- Did you shoot
him, did you shoot him?

- No, but the next
bullet will end someone.

If in the next 10 seconds
you're not off my property.

- Don't try
to escape Larry.

Our numbers might be small
but you're a dead man talking.

- What now?

Let's hurry up and finish this.

- Why, you
have some place to be?

- Yes, the hospital.

- You'll survive.

Unlike you, I don't think
Doug intended to kill.

- Don't try to pin this on me.

The only bad guy here is you.

- Not in the court
of public opinion.

Will your sister see
you as anything other

than the man who
killed her husband.

- I was defending myself.

- Were you,
after Doug shot you,

why didn't you escape?

- I was trying to
save your hostages.

- Don't you mean yours?

- Every morning the sun rises

and do you know what I think,

that if we were only
a little bit closer,

even just a bit, then half
the world's population

would be cleansed and tomorrow
will be a brighter day.

I'm here to make
that happen, in life

or death.

Nobody's gonna believe that
was anything other than an act,

and not a good one at that,
our calls, these scripts.

All of it's conclusive.

- Well, what
you call a script,

others may call a manifesto

and with your email
account wiped,

can you prove you
didn't write it?

- The police will investigate,
your bluff will fall apart.

- Does it matter?

Conspiracy theorists claim
that the Sandy Hook Shooting

was staged, politicians
to cry facts as fake,

toothpaste and silver are
peddled as coronavirus cures,

there will always be
people who believe

the most radical
narrative to be true.

What's more radical
than a failed actor

turned serial killer?

- You son of a bitch.

- Have you
figured out my motive

or do you need
another incentive?

- No.

- I firmly believe
in order to make the most

of your present, you
need to excise the past.

Beck traveled halfway around
the globe to find refuge

from a virus without considering
the safety of others.

She has no place in this world.

- Please, please don't hurt her.

You don't have to hurt her.

- Can you
confess to your sin?

- I don't know what it is.

I'm wracking my head
like a pinball machine.

I'm trying to connect the
dots, but this whole mess

it's just a spider's web.

And all I'm doing
is getting tangled.

- Well, then I'd
like to make you an offer.

If you climb the stairs and
jump out of your window,

I won't come after you.

The game will end,
no harm, no foul.

- I wouldn't survive.

- But your friends will.

- Even if I live, my
life would be over.

- At least
you'd be breathing.

- And if I don't, then
they'll think it was suicide.

- Isn't that
where we're heading?

It's a fitting finale
to your journey.

- No, no, I'm not giving up.

- There's nothing
wrong with ending things

on your terms.

- You could call your
dogs off at any time.

You've already killed
Martin, isn't that enough?

- Not until
you tell me why.

What could possibly compel me

to create this audition for you?

- I don't know, I don't
know, I don't know.

- Yes, you do.

Somewhere in the back of
your head lies the truth.

So what's stopping
you from accepting it?

- Because if I'm responsible,
then I'm the bad guy.

- Larry,
everyone's the hero

in their sordid tale.

Do you really think the
pilots who dropped bombs

on Hiroshima ever felt
conflicted by their actions?

They believed themselves
to be the sword of justice,

even while that sword
was blunted by blood.

Life isn't always a battle
between good and evil.

Sometimes everyone's
the villain.

- Well, what's that
got to do with me?

I just wanna be an actor.

- Because you grew
up watching make believe

and believed you could
make it for real.

- If the thought police
respected my views,

I would've had a chance.

- You
selected a profession

so enamored by the public,
it magnified their prejudice.

Women become cronies by forty,

trans characters exist
as statements not lives,

and minorities are as
homogenous as grains of sand.

The industry doesn't shun
you because of your views.

The industry is
made of your views.

And yet you think they owe you.

- The world doesn't
owe me, but you do.

- Enlighten me.

- Because you're the director.

You're the face behind the
camera, a voice in my ear,

giving me a series
of directions.

- But you haven't
figured out my motive.

- It doesn't matter because
this isn't your story.

It's about me, my journey.

And you don't care
whether I live or die,

only that I'm punished.

- Look, if
you pass my audition,

you'll have a burgeoning
career being discussed

on news programs and talk shows,

you should thank me for that.

I wonder why Elle's leaving?

It's probably because
of the texts you sent.

- What texts?

- The ones
explaining everything.

No matter, I can take them
out anywhere, anytime.

Same is true for Beck,
would you like to see?

- No, please don't.

- Check your messages.

Now, go back.

- You got rid of
the audit trail.

You don't have to do this.

- Who should go first?

My money's on Beck.

- Neither, please.

- Well, you could always take
yourself out of the equation.

Are you ready to climb?

What are you doing?

If you're trying to play
tricks, I have no choice,

but to conclude you
don't intend to play

in the spirit of the game.

I'll make the call.

- Come on.

- I'm out.

- I know, you're being tailed.

- What?

- Find a building, get in a car,

escape the area
before he reaches you.

- You have
the green light.

Take her out, be
careful of the baby.

- Shit, he's coming after you.

- How far back?

- 10 meters closing fast.

- No, I am.

- What?

- You fuck back to America!

- Where's Charlie.

- He's with a neighbor,
I'm calling the police.

- It's not over.

There's another
life on the line.

- Who?

- Becks.

- You won't be able
to do it on your own.

- I have to.

- Fine, but I'm telling
Theo everything.

- How do you know him?

- He introduced me to Doug.

- I have to go.

- Looks like
I guessed right,

Beck will die for the sole crime

of not being related to you.

- It's not enough
you ruined my day,

now you're trying
to ruin my week.

What the hell happened to you?

- Beck, you're in danger.

- I'm living through a
pandemic, of course we are.

- Someone's trying to kill you.

- And somehow you
stumble onto the plot.

- He tried to kill Elle.

- Now he's crossing continents,

you know, when you tried to call

thought you were finally
going to apologize,

but you're still the
same closeted racist

standing alongside Asians
expecting us to hoist you up.

- I'm sorry.

- I worked hard
to get where I am.

I worked twice as
hard for half the pay

to finally get in a position
where I can command my worth.

And you told people I
slept my way to the top?!

- I was wrong, I was jealous.

This isn't the fucking time.

- It's been eight months.

When a man meets an Asian
woman, he thinks we are dumb,

superstitious,
servantile, money-hungry
gold digging whores.

Apparently we carry
the COVID virus too.

- I never said that.

- They think they own us

like we're all desperate
for a green card.

- You're missing the point,
someone wants to kill you.

- Do you know how often
directors say I look exotic

when they really mean bangable?

Or producers say that
I give them tiger eyes

when all I did was look?

- We'll talk about
this later, right now,

I just want you to live.

- I looked to you as an equal,

you were supposed
to be my friend,

but I land one successful gig

and suddenly all you see
is a job stealing Chink!

- Not now, not anymore.

That's why I need you to
do exactly what I tell you.

If you want to
live through today.

- What?

- Your webcam's been hacked,

I'm not the only
one watching you.

Whoever's on the other
side of that door

is here to kill you,

get out or in the next 10
seconds, you'll be dead.

- What do I do?

- Act.

- She's on to you,
run, run, run!

- Don't fragrance her to
death, ram the fucking bitch!

Who the hell did you piss off?!

- There's a freaking
psycho hunting us.

and his Twitterati
fans are helping.

- That makes sense.

The moment you enter my
life I get hunted by Stans.

- Now there are three.

- This is a studio. Where
the hell are the normals?

- On set.

- Go there.

- You think?!

- They found you.
You have to go. Now!

- I can see outside.

- That's it, you've
almost made it.

Don't slow down now.

- Okay.

- Beck, behind you!

- You've
really made a mess.

- I'm sorry I made
a mess in your bed.

How are you ever gonna cope?

- They'll be replaced,
your parents, your exes,

your colleagues, your friends,
striving to find new players

won't be for lack of reserves.

- What exactly are
they guilty of?

- Being
associated with you.

- You're scraping the
bottom of the barrel.

- The rules have changed.

- That's not fair.

- Fair, fair
is seeking equity

rather than equality.

You and I both know the
world doesn't work on fair.

- Then I guess we've hit a wall.

- No, you
have no moves left.

It's time to accept
my checkmate.

Have you figured out
why I'm here yet?

- You want to know...

why I killed your wife.

- I already
do, for an audition,

what you need to explain
is what justified it.

- Do you ever have a dream

that you know you
were born to make

and every time it's
about to be realized,

the goalposts move further away?

I want to be an actor.

The only time I feel most
comfortable in my skin

is when I'm wearing
someone else's

and I did everything I
could to make it happen.

I went to drama school,
threw money to hone my craft,

skipped family meals
for networking events,

offered to do acting
gigs for free,

but no matter what I tried,
it never really took.

You see your friends moving
up in the world and...

it really fucking hurts

because if they're
passing your milestones

then the problem's gotta be you.

But you don't want
to acknowledge that
you're not talented.

That maybe you're
not good enough

because that would mean
admitting the dream is dead.

So you look for other reasons

and it it's the arts,
class privilege,

follower count, nepotism,
they're all valid criticisms

which I can use to my favor.

But now, now I have to deal
with the weight of the world.

And I can't say that
I'm being impressed

when Black Lives
Matter is trending.

I can't claim to be
disenfranchised when
Me Too is rolling.

And all of a sudden I'm a
part of the forgotten ones,

a so-called deplorables.

And of course, Black
Lives Matter, I know that,

I know that minorities have
been discriminated against

for hundreds of years.

And all we have to do is even
the scales, but I'm afraid.

I'm afraid of what
it might mean for me.

I don't know what the
new world will look like.

And if I asked, you
would label me a racist,

no major outlet will
answer my questions.

So I was driven to
other sources instead,

I may not like Alex Jones,

Breitbart might be shit,

but at least they
listen to my fears

and following them, I
no longer feel alone.

So I started listening to
what else they had to say,

maybe the pandemic is a hoax.

Why can't the deep
state be responsible

for banning haircuts?

What if Trump was
right about everything?

And all of a sudden,
I'd carved out a niche.

People started following me.

The alt right
actually respected me.

My dream, my dream
had a second lease.

So I shed everyone I ever
cared for, to create a persona

and used it to build
my greatest brand,

me.

It didn't cross my mind
when I visited your wife,

begging her for an audition,

that I might be
carrying the virus.

And even if it had, I
still would've gone.

All I saw was a chance
to seize my destiny.

Maybe I infected your
wife, maybe I didn't,

but I risked her life to
build a better future.

For that, I won't say, sorry.

- I've been
married for 31 years.

Because of your actions,

I couldn't hold my wife's
hand to say goodbye

or our daughter's.

When you infected my wife,
you didn't kill one person.

You murdered my whole family.

- Wasn't never gonna live was I?

- No.

- What next?

- You see the
bleach in front of you,

open it.

President of the United States

said drinking bleach
can cure the disease.

You promoted his theory, I
want you to drink the bottle.

- Climate change activists
should be rejoicing.

If this disease
wipes out thousands,

that would solve the
overpopulation problem,

but they're not gonna
do it because oh,

here comes another truth bomb.

Because they know it's a hoax.

George Soros said...

- Shoot.

- The dingus is Elle's brother.

- According to a crackhead
Layla interviewed,

the person who
shot him was Doug.

- This situation is
so interconnected

it's borderline incest.

- Still think we're bit
players in all this.

- No, it's gotta
be something more,

how's the search coming along?

- Talked to our network and
we've narrowed it down to three.

Older Americans who've just
moved to the neighborhood

will most likely be
in self-quarantine.

Devon's banging down doors.

- Have you seen my cat?

That's a menu for a
Chinese takeout, dumb ass.

- It's not him.

- Hell, don't you
walk away from me.

- Keep looking,

we're down to two.

- How do you think Doug's
faring through all this?

- He's a prick.

Pricks are resilient and
Larry needs a hostage.

- Larry seems unhinged.

- I'll be careful
when I approach him,

I've seen his tweets,
guy's racist to boot.

- Doesn't mean we mustn't help.

A junkie, a dealer, an
actor and his sister

all walk into a bar but
who crashed the party?

- That's the riddle
you're thinking of.

- The only answer
that's gonna make sense

of this whole mess.

- Well, there's gotta
be a death list, right?

We find out who the victim was

and then we figure out who'd
be most impacted by it.

- That'd be their
families. Izzi.

- Yes.

- You're our tech whizz,

I need you to pull
up a list of victims

who died from coronavirus
related illnesses

within a 10 mile radius
of this postcode.

- Knowing how to access
VPN doesn't make me a wiz.

- But you can do it, right?

- No, but the local
paper releases

the names of the
town's victims daily,

I can pop that up
for you instead.

- That's
disappointingly low key.

- Hello, my name is
Margaret Redborn.

I am one of the children of
Windrush living in the UK.

I open my door to
all walks of life

because as a casting director,

a black casting director,

it's important to see equal
representation thrive.

What I don't want

is a pompous actor

coming to my door in the
middle of a pandemic,

demanding I give him a role

and then accuse me
of reverse racism

when I refuse to shake his hand,

he endangered my daughter

who was with me at the time,

we can no longer occupy the
same room as my husband.

Who was forced to keep--

- Margaret Redborn, this
nightmare revolves around her.

- Why does her name
sound familiar?

Tried to recruit her
grandson to run for us,

he refused and got stabbed
a couple of years later,

over a beef he had with Doug,

- What Johnny got to do with it?

He harassed him for
weeks afterwards,

trying to get him to
recant his statement,

in the end, killed himself.

All of us combined

took three generations of
family away from this guy.

No wonder he's pissed.

You nearing the place?

- Yeah.

- Good, Margaret lives nearby,
it's time to pay our dues.

- Nap time's over.

Please return to your seat.

It's time for your next test.

You're not to die until
I say, time to get up.

Some actors shed 50 pounds
to prepare for a role.

You can't even sit
your ass in a chair.

- I can't do it...

- Your parent's caskets, you
want them open or closed?

Now, who could that be?

Is your girlfriend home early?

Did someone call the police?

No matter, your next test is
to shoot whoever walks in.

Can you do that for me?

It's about time.

- I'm coming in,
don't do nothing,

don't you fucking dare.

They did a number on you.

- They should have done worse.

All clear on my end.

- How's he doing?

- Like a Jackson
Pollock painting.

Even if he survives,
he's a mess.

- Do you understand
what he's saying?

Call an ambulance.

No one else has to die.

- He's gonna have to
explain that to the cops.

- Let's start with the truth.

- Hello, can I get
an ambulance please?

- Are you okay there?

- He's in bad shape.

He's been shot,
poison and he drunk

a hell of a lot of bleach.

- Elle, Elle, Elle.

- Elle's fine, she
and Charlie are safe.

Your little sis
pack's a big swing.

- Let me talk, please.

- I don't think
that's a good idea.

You have a chance
to put things right.

Over to you.

- Larry, the man who
sacrificed my family

for an audition.

Tell me Larry, do you
think you'd get the part?

- Does it matter?

- Well, I mean, I
assume at some point,

you believed in what
you were saying, right,

but I mean, I get it,

that crushing disappointment

has a way of normalizing
the abnormal.

- My...

Views...

My...

Life...

My...

Own...

- No, no, no. Shut up, shut up.

You don't, no, no, you
lost the right the minute

that you hurt other people in
order to get what you wanted

or to get ahead.

- What about you huh?

What gives you the right
to sound like the victim?

You ain't no anti-hero
and Johnny was no Saint,

but he didn't deserve
a bullet in his throat

because you couldn't
cope with the pain.

- There are bad
apples on both sides.

- Yours is a rotten orchard.

What, is that all
you have to say, huh?

- Come Layla, come.

Is that it? That all you can
muster you old boomer fuck?!.

- I feel your pain, I do,

but I think it's important
to understand that women

as well as men will be judged
by the company that they keep.

- Watch it Joel.

So Larry, tell me, do you
ever want be an actor?

- What?

Really, actors are
empaths, right?

They wanna put themselves

in the shoes of others
to feel what they feel.

Differences, similarities,

that's the world
that my wife created

every single day,

an empathic world.

That's the world that we had
hoped to pass on to our child.

Rachel.

You say you are most comfortable
in another's reality,

but I don't think that's true.

I think you are most comfortable
building walls of hatred,

exploiting the COVID crisis
to fire up your base.

You could have quit
this at any point

before I revealed my hand.

You wanted to use your
own friend Beck's fame.

So, like I asked you before,

did you ever wanna be an actor

or did you just wanna be famous?

- I want to be famous.

- Well maybe I can help.

This has been the story learned
and everyone has had a part

to play, this really was your
audition, you got the part.

Congratulations.

- What part?

- You stood by your conviction
that the virus was a hoax

and now, all of your friends

can be in touch with you,

happy?

- What's he saying?

- I'm on the phone to
Izzi, it's up everywhere,

not just the stream, he's
doxxed Larry's details.

- What do we do?

- He's about to get cancelled.

If you stay with
him, you'll be too,

I'll leave it up to you.

- I live in the same
neighborhood as that creep.

- Asshole.

- This guy needs to be put down.

- How does he have
a job and not me.

- What a prick.

- There were actually a
few coronavirus patients

and I shook hands
with everybody.

I've developed mild
symptoms of the coronavirus.

- I was tested.

That test has been positive.

- Flotus and I tested
positive for COVID 19.

- The Growing list of
prominent Republicans--

officials who've been diagnosed

with the disease in recent days.

- The country should destroy him

before he destroys this country.

- Put there for a reason,
to keep everyone in.

- Pandemic wasn't real and
the race war isn't real.