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ELIOT: Previously on The Magicians...

You didn't just save their lives.

You changed their lives as much as they changed yours.

You didn't want to leave all that.

(WHOOSHING)

Pardon me, sir. Fillory is still ruled by Acting High King Fen, right?

The Dark King reigns. Glory to his rule.

High King Fen and Josh the Fresh Prince

were overthrown 300 years ago.

We need you to go find someone,

and do your very best to convince them to come and help us.

Alice Quinn.

Get a blood worm and cast, you boil alive.

Reed's Mark would prevent them from triggering the parasite.

EVERETT: Then once this Serpent group have been dealt with,

the mark is removed free of charge.

The one that I'm the most worried about is Julia.

Thank you for deciding that I'll never get to do magic again.

PENNY: She's been in a weird place.

And magic...

Comes from pain.

(GASPS)

Did you... Did you just see that?

Yeah.

So, what are you going to do with it?

(SIGHS) Okay.

(SOFT INDIE ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

(SONG PLAYING) I had a dream, I had a dream

That I was your neighbor

About to give birth and then...

PENNY: Julia, you, uh, ready?

Wow. Wow,

you look... Overdressed?

...great.

(CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY)

I thought you said this was a date.

I said I was taking you out, and to dress appropriately.

That means dress up.

You totally told me to dress up.

I should have been more specific. Good.

Glad to hear you accept the blame.

Only problem is we gotta go now or we're gonna miss it.

Where's your coat?

But it's 75 degrees out. Not where we're going.

Okay.

Here.

Do you consent to be traveled?

I consent to be...

(INSECT CHIRRING) (WATER STREAMING)

Traveled. Where are we?

Other side of the planet. Look.

So, my friend Seth is an artist,

but there hasn't been enough magic

for him to work with meteors until now.

(CHUCKLES)

It's incredible.

See, there are a lot of ways to use magic to make the world a better place.

Wait. What?

Is that why you brought me here?

No, that's not really the...

I mean, you've been working so hard to try to figure this out.

I told you, it's my business.

And I'm just trying to help. You know, to brainstorm.

I need to choose that.

You understand what that means, right?

(RUMBLING) (HIGH-PITCHED RINGING)

You feel that?

It's another surge.

(BUZZING)

(SOFT EXPLOSION)

Shit.

Uh, Penny...

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

JULIA: How does making pretty patterns

in the sky help the world when this type of a thing can happen?

No one knows when a magic surge is coming.

So, what? We shouldn't try and make things nicer?

The surges are getting worse.

I'm just saying, this is the type of thing

I should be using my magic to fix.

Julia, I... I just wanted you to have a break for one night.

Yeah, but this is why I'm working.

I'm... (SIGHS)

I only have magic because I lost Q.

I... I just have to find something to do with it that...

That's worth that.

Julia, there's nothing that you will ever be able to do that's worth losing him.

(SIGHS)

You know what kills me?

I just keep thinking, like,

oh, I should talk to Q.

He'd know what I should do.

And then I think, "Oh, right."

It's only been a month.

This kind of thing takes a while.

(GLASS SMASHING)

Ugh. God damn it. Shit.

My apologies. Dean Fogg?

I was waiting for the right moment to interject.

And, well, that never came.

Are you drunk? No. And I'm sorry about the scotch.

I was, um, smelling it.

(CHUCKLES)

You're not trying to get me to go to Brakebills again, are you?

Hardly, dear.

I accepted your refusal, as any gentleman should.

Truth is, I'm actually here for Penny.

PENNY: Jesus Christ. What happened here?

DEAN: Everett drank a reservoir of magic

and exploded.

It had to go somewhere.

Too much magic means too many people with potential

are discovering their gift.

Lately, more people have been able to pass than we can handle.

And now look at this place.

Might as well be a goddamn state school.

Overcrowded. Discipline problems.

Did you know someone stole the school's supply of living clay?

No. Of course, thanks to the surges,

a few of them have blown themselves up.

Which isn't very good for morale,

but yes, it helps with the goddamn over-enrollment.

With the rise in students has come a simultaneous rise

in some of the rarer disciplines.

Like yours.

So, who better to teach them than you?

Whoa, I'm no professor.

Penny, you're the only Brakebills-educated Traveler

currently alive on this planet.

Which makes you far more qualified to teach them than anyone else I have.

Including me.

But what if one of them gets killed because of me?

Excellent point.

This indemnifies you against any claims, legal or magical,

that your students might make.

That doesn't actually solve my problem.

Penny, I can assure you that without your instruction,

one of them will absolutely get killed.

Fine.

To our pretty corpses.

Goddamn gorgeous corpses.

I'd fuck our corpses.

What are we doing here, Eliot?

We're despairing in style, as befits two former High Kings of Fillory.

On that note, it's 3:00,

when I usually ask you if you'd like to talk about Quentin.

And I usually respond, "I'm fine."

With the help of some liberally-applied libations.

I would prefer to focus on our current hopeless situation.

(INHALES DEEPLY)

You know, I gotta give it to this Dark King.

All the patrols and heightened security

have made it impossible to get into his castle.

We tried for a week. That seems like enough.

Although "Dark King" is a little generic

as villain names go. Mmm.

Wouldn't you say? I have notes.

Like, we get it. You're a despot. You're the fucking Dark King.

Although he is somewhat effective.

Everyone seems terrified of him, like the bunnies.

They did seem unusually scared. They did.

I hope they got our warning to 23. Mmm.

You know, I know we told him not to travel here because of time shit,

but maybe we should just take the Portal Tree back to Earth and regroup.

I think it's not safe to leave until we figure out the time shit.

What if we go back and bam, it's 300 years later on Earth?

If we could just figure out a way into his castle

and find out what happened to Josh and Fen, we might be in a better position.

Bambi, we're 300 years in the future.

All signs point to "not good."

Look, Josh is a fucking Magician.

Maybe he baked an immortality cake or something.

Plus, it's Fillory.

Weirdness abounds.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING AND LAUGHING)

ELIOT: Huh.

I guess these people didn't get the memo they're living in a dystopia.

A fine unshackling to you, pilgrims.

Hello.

I see you've gotten a head start on today's festivities.

Right.

I'm... I'm Pree.

And, uh, you two must be High King Margo

and High King Eliot. (CHUCKLES)

Um, what? Now, guess who I am.

Come on.

High King Fen the Toeless.

Not bad, right? They're cosplaying as us.

Hey, so where's this big party? ELIOT: Yeah.

You two really have been drinking.

There's only one place to celebrate the Great Unshackling.

Castle Whitespire. Castle Whitespire.

ELIOT: Castle Whitespire. Of course. Where else?

We want to get there before all the good seats are gone, so come with us.

Come on. Come on.

It can't be that easy, can it? I guess so.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

STEPHANIE: Good afternoon, Alice.

It is afternoon, you know.

You got another letter from the Library.

You know, they're just gonna keep sending them unless you respond.

(GROANS)

I know.

I already told them no.

I'm just bad at listening.

Alice, you know, I have no problem with you living here.

And it is your business if you want to let yourself go.

But right now I need you to put on,

you know, whatever fits and help me.

It's an emergency.

You want my help to cheat?

Not cheat. Pick.

It's my ladies' garden club perennial orchid competition,

and, well, I want to win.

But none of them are Magicians, right?

Yeah, but that doesn't mean

they're not a bunch of mean old twats.

Mom, this is not an emergency. Yes, it is.

There's too much magic, Alice.

Everything that I touch just... (KNOCKING ON DOOR)

It grows like crazy. I'll get it.

Hey. Uh, can I come in?

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Uh, welcome to Introductory Psychic Trans location.

My name is Professor Adiyodi.

I see you have your Umar, Kaminsky, Aurora.

See, I... I always thought books would help.

Only problem is books make you think you can do something that you shouldn't.

Anyone here know other people's thoughts yet?

Cool.

You're gonna want to get some psychic wards to block that shit out right now.

The truth? Being a Traveler is a curse.

Best case scenario, you end up a taxi service for your friends.

Worst case, you dream about volcanoes and then you wake up in one.

What?

Yeah, are you actually gonna teach us something,

or are you just gonna keep trying to scare us?

Look, man. I'm trying to be real with you.

You should be scared.

I mean, have you even actually Travel led?

Anyone? (CHUCKLES) Okay, seriously?

Get an anti-Travelling tattoo and then just go.

Enjoy your life.

'Cause it'll be a hell of a lot longer than if you stick around with this shit.

End of class. Peace.

(STUDENTS EXCLAIM)

ALICE: I miss him, too, but a seance?

Well, I wanted to talk to him, and then I realized, what if I could?

You know, what if we could?

Actually talking to the dead is wild magic.

It's way too dangerous.

Well, then what should I do?

Because I don't know, and the person I want to ask

is Q.

I miss him every day, too.

I honestly don't know how to move on without him.

I just... But we have to, right?

(SNIFFLING)

I found it. It was his.

(CHOKES UP)

(SNIFFLES)

Uh, his notes are written in the margin.

(SIGHS)

What a nerd. (CHUCKLES)

(ALICE SNIFFLES)

Can't talk to him, but can read it.

Picture what he was thinking.

Next best thing.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Um...

Is Kady here?

Let me get this straight.

Your friend tried to remove your Reed's Mark with magic and...

Blew my arm off. Yeah. I still can't cast, either.

Why not go to a hospital? I don't have health insurance.

Well, I know a spell.

Might make you vomit, though. Like, a lot?

One-armed beggars can't be one-armed choosers.

(SIGHS)

Ugh.

Oh. KADY: Hold his arm in place.

Wait, wait, wait. How much throw-up, really?

(CHANTS SPELL) (BONES CRACK)

(CHUCKLES) Wow.

Thank you. (VOMITS)

PETE: Uh-oh.

You got that look, boss.

That guy. He was so afraid of not having magic,

he was willing to risk blowing his own arm off to get it back.

That guy was an idiot.

Or maybe just desperate.

So, what? It's hard to be a Hedge? It's always been hard.

We could at least defend ourselves.

I thought with magic back things would get better.

The Library promised they'd remove all of Reed's Marks, and they haven't.

Are you surprised?

I hear the Library's falling apart,

so I doubt that fixing hedge witches ranks high on their to-do list.

I'm done waiting.

There's tons of magic now.

So let's figure out a way to remove them ourselves.

If you're serious,

I heard about a guy who might be able to help.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

An Order of the Library of the Neither lands medical manual

should have the ritual you're looking for.

And why should we trust you?

'Cause I don't give a rat's tit about the Library. Never have.

I don't even read books.

KADY: But you worked for them?

Not anymore. Contracts aren't valid once the place collapses.

Besides, I'm chaotic neutral, so I do a lot of crazy shit.

For cash.

And since we're not here to fuck spiders, you can pay, can't you?

We can pay.

How soon can you get us the manual?

I'm not getting it for you. I'll just tell you where you can find it.

A former Library book depository no one's hit yet. They'll have one.

And a lot more goodies besides.

And you're not grabbing these goodies for yourself. Why?

Mate, if I knew how to rob that place without getting decapitated,

I'd be robbing it right now. (CHUCKLES)

MAN: You have all come to hear the story of the Great Unshackling.

First, there was I, Ember, god of Fillory.

Then came my boring brother, Umber.

Together, we created this world.

(AUDIENCE GASPING)

But I thought it would be funny

if Fillory were ruled by Children of Earth.

I am High King Eliot,

and I am drunk all the time. (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

That's original.

I am High King Margo, and I am angry all the time.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)

ACTOR: I am King Quentin, and I am dissatisfied all the time.

I am Queen Alice, and I died.

Sort of.

It's complicated. (AUDIENCE LAUGHS)

The Children of Earth came and went,

doing their Children of Earth things,

like chewing loudly and texting.

One of them even killed me.

Which was not funny, but at least it was unexpected.

(AUDIENCE BOOS)

He neglected to mention he was gonna destroy the world.

True that, girl. Shh.

No matter who was in charge, Fillory remained shackled to them.

Which brings us to these two.

AUDIENCE: Ooh.

I am High King Fen the Toeless,

and I like knives. (AUDIENCE CHUCKLES)

I am Josh the Fresh Prince, and I love to eat.

Also, I have a mustache.

Oh.

Guess Josh must have gone through a mustache phase.

So they weren't paying attention when it happened.

The Takers came into Fillory.

The borderlands became overrun.

The people fled for their lives.

Boo. (AUDIENCE BOOS)

Boo.

What's a Taker? I don't know.

NARRATOR: No one knows where the Takers came from, but they were everywhere.

The people asked for help. BOTH: But we didn't do anything.

NARRATOR: The people prayed.

There were no more gods in Fillory,

yet their prayers were answered anyway.

I will save the people of Fillory.

(TAKERS YELPING)

NARRATOR: Who was this mysterious hero?

Oh, just a humble wizard coming to you out of the darkness.

NARRATOR: Eventually, the people would decide

to make this dark wizard their king.

The Dark King.

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

I promise to protect you as long as I live.

And I shall live forever.

NARRATOR: But before this could happen, the people handed out just deserts.

AUDIENCE MEMBER: To the gallows!

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

Did somebody say "desert"?

DARK KING ACTOR: As we cast off the shackles of our past,

I declare today will be known hence as the Great Unshackling.

And the people of Fillory lived happily ever after.

(CHEERING)

Margo, for God's sake, would you just come back?

They murdered them. They murdered the shit out of them.

Okay, yeah, like, 300 years ago. All right?

Look, maybe you didn't have time to prepare yourself for this,

but you have to know it didn't end well for them.

Yeah, well, it's not over yet.

We're gonna Endgame this shit.

When did you have time to go see Endgame?

Does it matter?

All I'm saying is we're gonna time-fix this bitch.

In the center of Fillory is a clockwork heart built by dwarves.

They're the ones who taught Jane Chatwin how to do time magic.

Jesus Helena Bonham Christ. Read the books already, El.

Uh... (SIGHS)

We're gonna dial back the clock

300 years to before all this bullshit.

Right. So I guess we just have to somehow find our way

to the center of the world then?

When I was High King, I started excavations to reach it.

I wanted to meet the Clock dwarf,

who takes care of the clockwork heart.

(SIGHS) Come on.

So, we're actually going to slide to the center of the world?

Oh, grow a clit, will you?

Bitch, I would if I could.

(MARGO SCREAMING)

PHYLLIS: So what made you change your mind?

I need to get out of the house,

and your request seemed the least annoying.

You promise you won't ask me to join the Library?

Promise. I just need a phosphoromancer for, like, an afternoon. (CHUCKLES)

Fine.

(MARGO CONTINUES SCREAMING)

(ELIOT YELLING)

(MUFFLED GRUNT)

Motherfucker. I have a serious case of slide-ass.

Yeah. I think I lost several pounds to friction burn, as well.

MAN: Welcome, adventurers.

Wait. You're the Clock Dwarf?

Huh. I thought you'd be smaller.

'Cause I deal with clocks?

'Cause on Earth, "dwarf" means small.

Really? Is Earth really big?

So, tell me. Did you happen to bring any food with you?

ELIOT: Uh...

Were we supposed to bring you some food?

I mean, you didn't have to.

I just figured if you came all that way from the surface,

you might have some hearty adventuring snacks,

like bread and maybe ham,

and cheese and lettuce and perhaps some assorted condiments.

Sounds like you want a ham sandwich.

If you're offering a ham sandwich...

I'm not.

Ah. I see. It's just...

I don't get out much on account of the massive disruptions

in the flow of time that happens when I do.

I get by on cave mushrooms.

They're fine.

Um, we were hoping you might be able to help us.

Earth and Fillory kinda fell out of sync.

On Earth, barely any time has passed, while here, it's been 300 years.

Uh, big old surge of magic skipped the gears forward.

I had to crank down on it before it went too far.

Okay, how about you just wind it back 300 years then?

Eh, can't. These clock gears aren't made to go backward.

I could probably jump you forward 300 years if you want.

Why the shit would we want to go another 300 years in the future?

Why would you want to go 300 years in the past?

Because all our friends are dead and the world is fucked.

Oh, wow.

Sorry.

These mushrooms, they also get me high,

so I don't always pick up on emotional cues.

Look.

You're a smart dwarf, right? Yeah.

There's got to be some way to skip back.

I mean, this whole thing is already impossible, isn't it?

We're sorry we didn't bring you snacks.

No, this isn't even about the snacks.

If I wound the clock backward, it would just be bad.

How bad? 'Cause it's bad now.

Like apocalypse bad. It would destroy Fillory.

So, I'm sorry. I wish I could help you.

You guys want some cave mushrooms?

ELIOT: Look on the bright side, Bambi.

We just got to slide up back to the surface,

which hurt a lot less than on the way down,

and now we get to hole up in a lovely villa on the Grand Canal

and sip Bellinis until we pass out.

We can't leave Fillory.

I don't want to tell you that things are hopeless,

but they're not looking very good.

And I hate to see you feeling like this.

I'm not gonna feel better.

What the hell is wrong with you? You should feel just as upset.

Uh... I don't know. I guess it takes a lot to upset me.

I think you're gloriously medicated and in some textbook denial.

I'm managing.

I'm fine. Sure. You're fine.

A monster rode you around for months while he murdered people.

And then one of your closest friends died.

You know, I don't remember anything from in there.

As if that changes a goddamn thing.

(INHALES DEEPLY)

Quentin died, and it hurts.

And I don't really want to talk about it.

Everything I have to say, you already know.

So, why?

Well, if it were me,

I'd be driving a fucking semi down Fury Road.

Yeah, well, feelings are gauche,

and I'm sparing you mine, and I thought you would be grateful.

I don't care what you're like out there, but with me,

I thought you'd at least try to be real.

Bambi. Don't "Bambi" me.

If you're gonna be this stupid, I need some time alone to calm down.

Fine.

MAN: Hey. Banished scum.

(GRUNTS)

ALICE: What happened here?

Been a rough couple of weeks. Everyone's abandoned us.

We've lost most of the branches.

Can't even reach our people in the Underworld.

Where's Zelda?

Oh, God, who knows? (SCOFFS) She's a mess.

Look, no bullshit.

After you refused to help her for, like, the fifteenth time,

I think it broke her brain. She said she can't be trusted to lead and ran off.

Then who's leading the Library?

Well, not me, that's for sure. I'm just doing my job.

ALICE: That's a Library Branch Index, isn't it?

You know about these? I've heard a couple things.

Okay, well, it shows you the location of every volume and how to access it.

Mmm. So, what's the problem then?

PHYLLIS: The phosphoromancer who did this is dead.

I need you to unlock it.

If you're gonna watch, I'll need a drink.

Yeah, I could use one myself.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

PENNY: Ugh.

I think there's a bit of confusion about the nature of your job.

PENNY: You told me they'd get killed if I didn't talk to them,

so I told them how not to get killed.

Well, how very thoughtful of you.

(POURING DRINK) Look, man.

I was doing you a solid, but I don't think I'm your guy.

This is the time, as a dean, where I usually dig deep to find a funny

or sad anecdote to win you back.

But since I've stopped drinking, those no longer come easy.

You stopped drinking? Yes.

I've lost the taste for it, I'm afraid.

Maybe it's what happened to Quentin.

Maybe it's just my liver.

Either way, I'm a bit raw at the moment,

so you will forgive my bluntness.

You signed a contract.

I thought that was, like, to protect me.

I lied.

It was an employment contract, which forbids you from quitting.

I've never met a Penny who read the fine print.

So what if I break it?

Well, I will sue you into oblivion.

Could you fight it? Yes. Would you win? No.

Could you run?

Well, yes, of course. (SCOFFS) You're a Traveler.

But I doubt a world exists

where you could hide from our lawyers.

I will see you at school, Professor.

PHYLLIS: Not that there's anything wrong with masturbation.

There's a tradition of librarians masturbating.

It goes back centuries. But just the way he did it was creepy. (LAUGHS)

Mmm. Whew.

God damn. I need to pee.

(SIGHS)

(OBJECTS RATTLING AND CLINKING)

Holy shit.

(GASPS)

Apologies, my good lady, for the intrusion into your Maison.

And... And for startling you.

And for raiding your magical winter box of comestibles.

It has been a long and arduous journey.

Find...

Who are you?

I am Sir Hargreave Mcgrubney Cubbins Archibald Brian Effingham the Third.

But you can call me Sir Effingham.

Are you from Fillory?

Why, yes, I am. Well deduced.

You are a credit to your sex.

Gonna move past that. (CLEARS THROAT) Um...

What brings you here to Earth?

I am here on a mission of dreadful import.

It is not an exaggeration to say

that the very fate of both of our worlds lies in the balance.

You're here to bestow a quest.

I am here to bestow a quest.

You know, this timing is perfect.

Because, honestly, I've been feeling a little lost lately.

And I've been looking for something to do with my magic

to make a difference. You know, searching for a sign.

And here you are. Here I am.

So, tell me. How can I help you?

You can help me find Quentin Cold water.

Oh...

Yeah. Um... No, that's not...

Perhaps you have been beset by hysteria.

Is your corset too tight?

It can cause the womb to wander. I've seen it happen.

(HALTINGLY) Um, no, you can't talk to Quentin because he's dead.

He died.

Oh, dear. Oh, dear, oh dear, oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.

I do believe I'm having the hog sweats.

(SOBS)

Are you... Are you all right?

No, my dear lady. I do not believe that I am.

You see, this matter that brings me here,

it is somewhat apocalyptic in nature.

(SIGHING HEAVILY)

Oh, I find that I do not feel at all well.

Perhaps you could pour me a draft of medicinal cocaine?

Oh.

Yeah, that's not a thing we use anymore.

Have you not modern medicine in this godforsaken world?

Oh, this is truly the end times.

Well, maybe I could help you to save the world.

(LAUGHING AND SNORTING)

Yes. Very good.

Oh, you're serious?

No, no, no. You see, I'm afraid that that would be far too difficult

for someone like you to handle.

You know, I have saved the world before. I was an actual goddess.

And you are still quite fetching, albeit unmarried.

Look, the nature of the quest that I must deliver,

well, it requires a certain kind of hero.

And what kind of hero would that be?

Well, that is to say, (STAMMERING) to use the common tongue,

a hero with a pork loin.

So, the apocalypse is happening, or whatever,

and this little piggy comes all this way,

but you won't accept my help because I'm a woman?

Quite right. Well, I have a long journey ahead of me.

This has been a dreadful setback,

but I am sure that a hero will rise,

and he will save us.

Madam, I have heard from many trusted sources

that hysteria such as yours can be cured,

temporarily, through pelvic massage.

I must go.

(SNORTS)

(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)

Look familiar?

This building, our target. It's missing.

Maybe it's some kind of optical displacement spell?

Like the building's hidden?

Come on.

Hey, man, can you tell me, did there used to be a building here?

Don't think so. Are you sure?

I mean, I've only worked in this park for, like, eight years.

But, yeah, maybe I'm wrong about it.

Well, guy says there was never a building here.

So, looks like Gavin ripped us off.

He didn't rip us off. There was a building.

I can still see the residue from the wards.

So what happened to it?

I think someone stole it, then mind-wiped everyone in the area.

(SCOFFS)

Do you know what kind of skills it would take to steal a building

with Level Five wards? That's like, Gandalf-level skills.

That's like... Wait. Gandalf was a wizard, right?

Pete, just... Shit.

I think we might have some competition.

So, the apocalypse is coming,

but don't worry your pretty little head about it? What are we gonna do?

It's not like he's the first guy to tell me I'm not good enough.

Right. And how screwed is the universe that it doesn't even realize

Quentin's dead and plan around it?

Truth? I don't think the universe is really looking out for anyone.

Try saying that to your students.

I think I've already told them all the depressing things.

I can't believe I have to go back.

What the fuck am I gonna say to them?

Well, what would you say if you could say anything you wanted?

'Cause you can.

What would you say to the pig?

(SIGHS) I'd say,

"Hey, Porky.

"If I wait for you to tell me to be the hero,

"then I'm just buying into your bullshit."

In real life you don't get chosen. You choose your quest.

And I'm choosing mine. Yeah.

You know, I got magic back because Quentin died,

and I think I know what I'm gonna do with it.

I'm gonna figure out what's causing the apocalypse, and I'm gonna stop it.

When I got to Brakebills, I thought I'd die before I turned 30.

That's all anyone ever told me. Travelers die.

And bad shit has happened to me, but not to you.

Not yet, anyway.

You still get a choice about your path.

And since I already talked about the bad side,

I should probably show you the good side, too.

Anyone who wants to see that, come here.

(ALL GASP)

Cool. You brought us to rocks.

PENNY: Look up.

STUDENTS: Whoa.

PENNY: A few years ago, I was running from some bad shit,

and I found this place.

It's not on any map.

You guys can breathe. (STUDENTS SIGH AND CHUCKLE)

There's no one here. Just us.

Oh, my God.

When you master your powers, you can wake up anywhere,

in any world.

If you want to still do this, I'll help you. Just think about it.

For now, I'm gonna shut up and let you enjoy this place.

(STUDENTS CHUCKLING) (EXCLAIMS)

Professor Adiyodi?

Merritt, right? Yeah.

I had a question.

You said you heard voices from other worlds.

You hearing something?

(SIGHS) It's not a voice. It's more like, um, a signal.

Okay. Um... Uh, sit down.

Yeah.

I'm gonna take down my wards so you can show me.

You just, uh, close your eyes, okay? Okay.

All right.

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

(HIGH-PITCHED RINGING)

(RINGING GETS LOUDER) (SNIFFING)

(GRUNTS)

(BREATHING SHARPLY)

(HIGH-PITCHED RINGING CONTINUES)

(GRUNTING QUIETLY)

(GASPS) (RINGING STOPS)

Professor?

Oh. Professor, what happened?

I don't... I couldn't control myself.

Did the signal make you do that?

(WINCING)

(MUFFLED WATER TRICKLING)

Hello? Anybody there?

Just great. What are you gonna do now, Margo?

(THUNDER CRASHING)

It's gonna be okay. It's gonna be okay.

It's... Who am I kidding?

They're gonna chop my goddamn head off.

(SOBBING QUIETLY)

Josh? Josh. Josh.

Of course I get trapped in here with the ghost loop version of him.

Margo, wherever you are, I hope you're okay.

I wish you were here.

I wish I wasn't gonna die alone.

(CRYING)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

Oh.

Why are you smoking? I don't know.

Quentin did sometimes.

Can I have one?

You know, you're the only person in the world who can smoke judgmentally.

I know what you're going through.

When your father died, I was a wreck. I didn't know what to do.

I wasn't ready to be alone. I didn't even know how to be alone.

I did some pretty insane things just to get by.

Insane even for me. But I'll spare you the details.

Doesn't sound like you.

Well, I could tell you, if you prefer.

What's your point, Mom?

That everything's just gonna get better eventually?

No one gets to tell you how to grieve, Alice.

You're on this journey by yourself.

Only you know where it's gonna take you.

If you need to do something crazy to get through it,

do something crazy, okay?

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