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Previously on The Collector.

Maya, he knew this would happen.

He knew that you'd find out about the bad luck early.

They're not going to hell! This is crazy!

How can I go to hell for something that I don't even remember?

His powers are beyond anything that you can imagine.

But, Stephanie, she's getting hurt the way I did.

You don't know what you're up against, Maya.

Hank goes on abusing her for another seven years while I sit around and do nothing.

I know how to stop this.

You can take me early. You're talking about an eternity in hell.

But it'll get that little girl out of hell. Push the button.

Push it!

What happened?

It didn't work.

It's over.

You're saved. What?

You didn't.

I don't understand.

You were ready to go to hell early to save that little girl.

Collectors all over the world try and get their clients to go early,

and everybody clings to life.

No matter what kind of pain they're in.

But you were willing to give up yours to save someone else. That redeemed your soul.

I'm okay. Is that him?

Nobody's calling to say thanks.

For what?

Letting your lady friend off the hook.

You didn't do her any favors. She saved herself.

Yes, old Scratch got his horns tweaked.

But these survivors of yours present an interesting problem.

How's she going to handle it now that she knows?

Now that she sees things as they really are?

Was it the Apostle Charlie who asked, can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

It was John, and I'm hanging up.

Sorry, Moses. You'll have to wait a little

longer before you enter the Promised Land.

No.

I don't want another name right now. Then I'll give you a face instead.

As you know,

Global Star Network has holdings in every sector of the media world.

Though, as CEO, I still see myself as a simple newspaper reporter.

Like any man, I've only so much time.

And that is why I've chosen another.

A successor to the leadership of GSN.

So that guy, Warren Park, he sold his soul too?

Yeah.

So you have to go.

I can wait.

But you waited if it was me.

But after much deliberation, I've chosen...

My son, Ian.

I want to be with you.

He said, you must be the change you want to see in the world.

I'm okay. Go make someone else okay.

Come back to me.

Okay.

The legacy of Warren Park will live on.

You'll need all new furniture.

You want to send the right message. Oh,

and have security check out that stalker that was

hanging around outside my place last night.

Okay.

Damn it.

Where is that translator? I got a conference call with, what's his name,

the Chinese bureaucrat in ten minutes. Zhang? Yeah, right.

He's the one.

You gonna use him as a source on the corruption scandal?

Hell no.

I'm gonna apologize.

For what? For this.

They were way out of line publishing this story.

What do you mean a member of the Ministry of Culture

got caught with millions in bribe money?

Everything they reported was the truth.

Ian, we have holdings in every market in Europe and North America.

Asia is the future, and we have to get there before anybody else does.

Which is why I need that damn Chinese translator. Find him, people.

But you're going to publicly repudiate the London Star, our oldest property,

just to open the door into China?

That'll ruin their reputation. It could put them out of business.

Sometimes we have to sacrifice one of our own for the good of the company.

Right, boss?

He's your boss now, Tessa. He's the face of GSN.

I'll expect you to show him the same loyalty you've always shown me.

Oh, I will, sir.

You speak Mandarin like a native.

Or a spy. You're the translator?

You're late. We'll discuss this later. Come on.

Everything you're about to hear is confidential,

so I assume you know the penalties. We're talking about my business.

The penalty I'm hearing about is the one you're two days away from suffering.

Your security guards can keep me out of your house,

but they can't keep you out of going to hell.

If you work with me, maybe I can.

Who or what are you?

Someone wants to help you find redemption?

How would I do that?

By making amends for the damage done by your deal.

What damage have I done? Read about yourself in any newspaper you don't own, Mr.

Park. The consensus is that you've reaped obscene

profits by presenting the world with a biased,

self-serving manipulation of the news.

The damage you've done could be on a global scale. I sold my...

I sold my soul to build this company for my son. All that matters to me is Ian.

I think I'll make someone else okay.

Bible study again, huh?

You're getting very pious, Reverend Gabriel.

But on the seventh day, God said, let there be pepperoni.

No reading at the table.

And if you don't talk to me,

you're going to have to hear every detail about

my first day checking people in at the ER.

And let me tell you, it's not something you

want to hear while you're looking at pizza.

There's no accident you found this Bible, Gabe.

You've been looking for answers, and it's time for you to get some.

So Hank just stopped what he was doing to Steffi just like that?

Yeah, Julian, look, I know it's confusing, but I just... I can't talk about it.

No, it's fine. You've been there longer than I have.

I'll find something else.

Yeah, okay.

Jillian, I am so... Sorry.

Sam McFetter of the Watchdog Group, People Protecting the Planet,

has pointed a finger at local ranching and automotive industries,

claiming that their failure to regulate emissions... Maya,

I've been trying to call you.

And I made sure you didn't reach her. What?

Think, dear boy. The wall has come down. She has a million questions.

She wants to know everything about you.

She has a right to know. She wants to know so she can be part of your life.

She dreams of a husband, Morgan, of children.

Can you offer her those things?

You're a collector, Morgan.

Dreams are for human beings.

So, Mr. Zhang, suddenly you speak English. Well, good.

Well, then, you can tell me the good news.

Is the minister going to approve our broadcast license?

What the hell are you talking about? The London Star is printing a full retraction.

On my... Story was true.

Warren Park is forcing one of his own newspapers to lie, and do you know why?

Because he was the one bribing that government official

so that he can take over the news in China,

just like he's taken it over in our country.

Warren Park won't be satisfied until the only news

in the world is the news he thinks is fit to print.

He has broken the law. And now we can smash Global Star Network, put an end to GSN.

Put an end to GSN! Put an end to GSN!

Put an end to... Put an end to GSN!

Put an end to GSN!

I'm Tessa Wolfe, and this has been a GSN Newsbreak.

I want to know where Naomi Grant got this photo.

Dad, photos get around the internet now.

They could have pulled that off the London Star's website.

The Star never ran the photo.

Somebody's trying to sabotage this deal.

Sorry, Chief. All the other networks were covering that rally, so I ran the story.

But I thought Naomi Grant was a kook.

I didn't know you really were bribing that Chinese guy.

I wasn't. It was just a meeting.

I meet with thousands of people every year. It doesn't mean I'm bribing them all.

No, that would be expensive.

I have an idea who did this, and believe me, I'm going to do something about it.

In the meantime, Ian, you give Zhang on the phone due damage control.

I don't know. Maybe we shouldn't dig ourselves in deeper.

We could back off and find a cleaner way into China.

That's not what I want to hear from the new CEO of GSN.

We don't go backward. We go forward.

As you get older, the complexities will become clearer.

But sometimes you have to sell your soul a little to make things happen.

Mr. Park, your 9 o'clock is here. Do you want me to send him in?

No.

I want to do this in the open.

I'll see him in the newsroom.

I told security not to let you in.

I've been working for the devil a long time.

I don't need an invitation.

I thought I made it clear I'm not interested in your help.

I saw the rally on TV. I thought you might change your mind.

It's a blip. I'm on your setback.

The devil's going to dismantle your media empire in the next 36 hours.

He's counting on you trying to prevent it so you won't work on redemption.

Sounds like he knows me better than you do.

Mr. Park, if you work with me, there'll be a moment.

Just a moment.

Well, you'll have a choice about the fate of your soul.

Don't deny yourself that.

I made my choice a long time ago.

Sanderson!

Mr. Sanderson, I'm here about your deal.

I hope you got a hell of a lot of money for betraying every person in this newsroom.

I'm sorry, what? You were working for me when you were in China,

and now you're using the photos that I paid for to smear my reputation.

No, Mr. Park.

Naomi Grant did not get those photos from me, I swear.

Save your swear until you get into court.

That's right.

I'm not just going to fire you. I'm going to ruin you.

You're going to find out what the penalty is for interfering with my business.

He's big on penalties.

What the hell is going on here? I made my amends.

You said it was over. You said I was free.

You did. You are. This isn't about you. Oh,

but you just happen to be standing next to my boss

when he promises to destroy the rest of my life.

What am I supposed to think? That's just a coincidence? Huh? No.

I don't know why the devil pulled you into this if he has,

but now that you're here, I could really use your help.

My help?

For what?

To save him, huh?

Son of a bitch just fired me in front of the whole newsroom.

You know why he did that?

To scare the hell out of every other poor sap in here.

Warren Park's business strategy. Number 27.

Best way to stay up is to keep everyone else down.

There was a time when you thought you were unforgivable, too.

Let me tell you something.

The last two years, I've been all over the world.

I went back, I revisited every disaster, every accident,

every violent crime that happened so that I could get that perfect photo,

and I counted up the people that died because of my deal. 142 innocent people, man.

I tried contacting the woman who ran that rally, Naomi Grant.

Well, I guess she wouldn't talk to you, right?

She's a little paranoid, but I guess that goes with the territory when

your life's work is tearing down the establishment. You know her?

Yeah.

Look, if you're thinking what I think you're thinking, you should know Naomi Grant.

She creates her own bad luck.

Never go back.

Always go forward. Have patience, as well as you have faith.

You miss him, huh?

Oh, I see well enough, boy.

I see what's in here.

Easy, boy.

I think it's time you and I had a little chat about your father.

An angel.

That's what he calls himself, am I right?

When you lose your eyes, boy, you learn something very important.

People don't really see what's there.

They see what they want to see.

And you?

You want to see your dad.

Somebody's lying, Gabe.

Could be me.

But I'll tell you one thing that is true.

Your father didn't die in any car accident.

He made a deal with me.

It's time, Mr. Hollister. Please, watch it. You can't take me here.

Electric.

You save the world your way, I'll save it mine.

Naomi?

Good to see you.

Still working for the dark side?

Actually, I got fired an hour ago.

Congratulations.

Yeah.

Who's your friend?

Morgan Pym.

You're the one who called.

It's okay. I mean, I can vouch for him.

I'm interested in where you got the photo you were

using as a backdrop during the rally yesterday.

And why would you be interested in that?

I read the original article in the London Star about

the ministry official who got caught taking bribes.

That article didn't even mention Warren Park.

I'm guessing whoever gave you the photo also gave you some inside information.

That photo's what got me fired. The truth could keep me out of court.

You see this?

Belonged to my grandfather.

He set the first issue of the Langley Weekly by hand using this printing press.

You know why I still have it?

Because it represents journalistic integrity.

Do you know what the first rule of journalistic integrity is?

I'm guessing you're going to say protect your sources.

Well, I guess you shouldn't leave this lying around.

Yeah, no, I know. Thanks. I'll call you back.

You heard about the stock price?

Off 20%.

I'm guessing your inheritance just went down about a billion dollars.

Did you need something, Tessa?

Yeah, I need you to take the wheel if you are going to be driving the car.

I mean, Warren still talks about selling newspapers. For Christ's sake,

no one needs newspapers anymore.

He is stuck in the past, and if someone doesn't do something...

He's going to take us all down with him, boss.

Sorry, Dad, no luck with Zhang yet.

They want me out.

What? Who?

The board.

They want me out as chairman.

That can't happen. This is my company. I paid for it.

Of course not. They're just nervous.

You're a good boy, Ian.

It's a very annoying quality.

I thought maybe you'd change your mind once things started to fall apart.

I thought the devil's been keeping you up to date.

The devil doesn't tell me anything. This is the way it always works.

You're losing everything you bargained for,

and there's nothing you can do to stop it.

Oh, I wouldn't say that's true.

Did you know I started out as a photographer?

Yeah, just like your friend Mr. Sanderson.

And I've kept up my darkroom skills.

Well, it's all software now.

But anyway, when the devil decided to use Sanderson's

photos to ruin me, I thought, what a good idea.

I knew more about the bribery scandal than I was saying.

But there are two sides to every story, as every good journalist knows.

Tomorrow's edition.

The devil's clever, but he's not Warren Park.

This photo's fake.

I doubt Naomi Grant's even been to China.

A lie travels around the world while the truth is still putting on its pants.

Surely the devil taught you that one.

You're just making things worse. How can I make them worse?

The devil isn't just after my soul. He's after everything I've built.

You expect me to sit still for that?

I expect you to forget about your business and

try to save yourself an eternity of suffering.

Don't be a fool. I'm not going to win any popularity

contest in the 19 hours I've got left.

And that's a fight I'm damn sure not going to walk away from.

You can't win. The devil isn't just using photographs to destroy you.

He's using your own people.

Don't try to manipulate me.

I trust my own people a whole lot more than I trust some

messenger sent by the devil to supposedly do me a favor. So next time...

Come back with a white flag or don't come back at all.

Billy, I'm fine. You guys didn't have to check up on me.

We were worried about you.

And we didn't have anything in the house for breakfast.

So, what's going on? He's got homework?

I wish he did his homework like that.

He's, um, actually copying words of the Bible.

At least this obsession is improving his handwriting.

I don't think I've ever read the Bible. Maybe it's time.

Pretty stupid, huh? It's true.

The devil lies a lot, but he was telling the truth about that.

I did make a deal with him.

A deal to have a son.

A special son. I knew you'd be special even before you were born.

Even before I met your mom.

I'll tell you how I knew.

I read it in a story.

Stories in there, in a way.

But it's older than the Bible.

It's older than any book in any religion.

I know because I found the original story by digging in the dirt.

Well, that's what I used to do when I was alive.

I would dig in the dirt to find really old things.

And I found this very special old thing that told me to have a son.

So I did what I had to do, and it was worth it.

It will all be worth it.

You know more than you think you do, Gabe.

Hey, Gabe.

There we go.

Come on, there's another toy. Messages first. That's it.

And airline records have now been obtained by GSN

showing that Naomi Grant visited China twice.

In the last year, combined with information from confidential sources,

this confirms the Vancouver Star's report that

it was in fact Grant who bribed the Chinese

government official in an attempt to prevent GSN from doing business in China.

No word yet on whether GSN will file civil charges,

but Grant is already under investigation.

I don't believe it.

Son of a bitch doctors my photo to smear Naomi and save his own ass,

and he's getting away with it.

But then why wouldn't he, right?

He's got Tessa Wolf, the top anchor in the world's biggest media conglomerate,

to report his lies like they're gospel.

You know the picture isn't real.

You could tell the truth.

You think anybody's going to believe my word over Warren Parks, me,

the disgruntled employee?

No.

Even if you expose Parks' lie, it wouldn't save us all.

You're still worried about that?

After everything you know that he's done. It's

all or nothing, Stuart. That's my deal.

And it isn't up to you or me or anyone to judge

whether there's still some good in Warren Park.

Yeah, well, since God doesn't seem to be stepping in,

maybe one of us should be the judge. Huh?

Hi.

I tried to call you.

Stuart?

Taylor.

Hi, how are you? Gabe. Remember me? Uncle Stuart?

Haven't seen you since you were like a foot

shorter, but... Hi, I'm sorry, I'm Stuart.

Maya.

Maya, hi.

Wow, I can't believe it. I haven't talked to you guys in,

it's been a couple of years, right?

How's Jerry?

She's dead.

Morgan didn't tell you?

We just ran into each other by chance.

I'm sorry, Stuart.

I should have mentioned it.

Oh, my God.

I'm really sorry.

Come, we've interrupted.

Why don't you come over for dinner sometime?

Yeah, I would like that.

Gabe, not now.

We were talking downstairs about this thing that Gabe wrote.

I said you know a lot about old stuff, and you might know what it is.

It's a form of Aramaic.

I recognize the alphabet, but I can't read it. It was a little before my time.

Our Bible has lots of pictures and stuff.

I'm sure it was probably from there.

Look, we should go.

Sure.

Jerry.

She was investigating you.

You know, I think when somebody's been saved,

maybe it's just better if they walk away, you know?

I can't, no offense, but I can't help you, Morgan.

I'm out.

You didn't ask me who I am this time.

Please, don't be scared. You don't need to be scared of me anymore.

You're free now. Then why are you here?

Well, Morgan isn't talking to you, so I just figured you might like some company.

Why would I want anything from you? You were going to send me to hell.

No, no.

Bygones be bygones. You did the right thing, and I let you off the hook.

I even kept you from getting sick again. If I hadn't bent the rules,

little you'd be just as dead as Morgan's old flame, and AIDS is...

Thank you?

I just want someone to talk to. I get lonely too, you know.

You're not lonely.

Any more than you are really blind.

I wish I could be.

Just an hour.

I see pain.

I see it everywhere.

I see it in everyone's heart.

It calls out to me, and when I answer that call,

Everyone acts according to their nature, I suppose.

But Morgan's right.

He was always right about you.

You are different, special.

He meant what he said. I love you.

He loves you.

Never go backward. Always go forward.

Mr. Pym.

Heard from your employer? About what? About whether he's ready to negotiate.

Well done, folks. Good issue.

Things aren't going his way. The board just voted me a raise.

Our stock price is soaring,

and we're selling more newspapers than we have in years. Let's face it.

I'm beating him at his own game.

This isn't about beating the devil. This is about making things right.

Sorry, Mr. Pym.

All this talk about redemption just seems to be

a way to get me to take my eye off the prize.

And right now the prize is to ensure my son's future.

If that's the one thing you care about,

then that's one thing the devil's gonna make sure you never accomplish.

Just one more weak link to remove, and the chain will be unbreakable.

Watch and learn, Mr. Pym.

Ms. Grant, thanks for coming.

I believe you've met Mr. Pym.

He's consulting for me on matters related to this whole affair.

You haven't changed a bit, have you, Warren?

You're still the same lying scumbag you were

when my grandfather fired you 40 years ago.

And you are the same self-righteous boy your grandfather was.

What are you two talking about? Ancient history.

Not relevant to the present situation.

Oh, it's relevant. You don't think my grandfather told me the story?

This is exactly what you were fired for.

Faking photos to go along with the complete fabrications

you tried to pass off as reporting.

I was just spicing things up.

And if your idiot grandfather had listened to me,

he might have parlayed the Langley Weekly into bigger

holdings instead of running it into the ground.

He didn't have a chance. None of us did. You made sure of that.

Dad, the point is we need to retract the story. It's a lie. Ian,

when the other guy starts to play dirty, it's no time to stay clean,

and nobody's playing dirtier than this so-called crusader for justice.

What are you talking about?

You thought you could bring me down, didn't you?

All you needed to do was turn someone against me. Someone on the inside.

Oh, you can't be serious.

It wasn't just the photo she got.

She knew I'd use my own money to seal the deal to get into China.

Only somebody close to me would have known that.

You don't know who you are messing with, Warren.

You're damn right I do.

I'm messing with a traitor who tried to bring down everything I'd built,

and I won't let that happen.

It wasn't her. It was me, Dad.

I guess we're done here.

You did the right thing.

Don't let him tell you any different.

Ian.

You're going too far, Dad.

I always admired you, your fearlessness, your confidence,

but the last few years you've changed.

When you started bribing your way into China,

it was like you were turning away from everything

you ever taught me about what we could accomplish,

the good we could do in the world.

I just wanted to turn you back. I wanted to have my

dad back. I did it for you. I did it all for you.

And you threw it away for some girl? It's not about Naomi. It's about this.

If this is what it takes to run GSN, I can't do it. I can't be that person.

I'm sorry, Dad.

I'm still available.

You've got less than two hours left, Mr. Park.

The number of people you need to make amends to seems to be growing.

If anything, I think your deal,

your obsession with success may have helped your son grow up.

What I'd like you to tell me about your history with Dale McGrath.

Sometimes old wounds can motivate you to do things you didn't think you could do.

Like sell your soul?

And the devil delivered on that.

I did try to use the power to punish Naomi Grant. And the funny thing is,

I haven't been able to put her out of business.

Small little storefront office.

No sales.

I have crushed competitors in a hundred different countries.

I've been able to finish her off.

The devil's made sure you got what you wished for, but not what you really wanted.

If you want to beat the devil, if you want a chance to reconnect with your son,

then let's talk to Naomi Grant.

Thinking about your dad, huh?

I understand this part, but I don't get this other stuff.

Can you show me where you found those symbols in here? Okay,

I know I showed you this Bible, and I know we've gone to church a couple of times.

That's all good, but it's hard when we can't talk about it.

I just, I don't want this to become something unhealthy.

Angels and devils.

When I was a kid, I took it all literally, so I know how that is.

But Whatever the truth is about your parents,

if they're angels or if they're just gone,

I want you to remember that I'm real and I'm here.

I love you.

I haven't got anything left for you to take.

Look, I'm not here to take anything. I'm here to help you.

You want to help me. Like how?

Lose some weight by selling my internal organs?

Or help me avoid funeral costs by setting me on fire?

Not only have you destroyed my business and my reputation,

but you and your spies have even set my friends against me.

How much did you pay Stuart Sanderson to doctor those photos?

He had nothing to do with it.

I doctored the photos.

Yeah, I admit it.

My plans to lock up the Chinese market degenerated into one more

episode of this ridiculous quarrel between our families. Mr. Park.

Quarrel? This isn't a quarrel.

You've been using a billion-dollar empire to try and put my family in the grave.

But you know what I hate worse?

Is that in the process, you have done everything you could

to try and destroy the integrity of your own son.

Are you getting this? Yes, I'm getting it. What's going on?

Your father decided to hash things out directly with your friend.

Some things are going to be said in there that could

make this the leading news story for a solid month.

And destroy my father, your boss.

And sometimes one of your own has to be sacrificed for

the good of the company. So, do we run the story?

You don't know what you've got. There's no sound.

Oh, it's all taken care of. I can't believe I came here to apologize.

All the bad luck your family suffered, you brought it on yourselves.

I'm glad I doctored those photos.

I'm glad this sorry excuse for a newspaper is going out of business.

And as for you, prison is more than you deserve. I hope you rot in hell.

Well, I'm glad to hear you say that, Warren, because I've been recording it.

Warren.

Ian?

Yeah, it's me.

You set this up? No, it was Tessa.

Of course.

She called ahead. She arranged for audio.

And now she wants you to walk in. She wants you to let her run the story.

So what's your advice, Dad?

Business or family?

This is it.

This is the moment.

It was Ian.

You say the word, and we walk away from GSN and start over.

You, me, and Naomi.

That's the deal.

Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.

I think she's right.

You're Auntie Taylor.

About your obsession with religion being a little unhealthy.

You should be doing more normal boy things.

Pulling the wings off flies.

Looking at naked pictures on the internet.

Not that I ever do that. That's enough.

Well, there is a familiar voice.

Except the last time I heard it, it was screaming in agony.

That's what they do down in hell. I want you

to leave my son alone. Paternal instinct.

Very, very touching.

I believe it was the Apostle Gladys who asked, can the blind lead the blind?

Shall they not both fall into the ditch?

You're not as powerful as you think.

Be careful, boy.

Just because he's your daddy doesn't mean he knows all the answers.

I know it hurts you to touch people, Gabe.

But it doesn't hurt to hug an angel.

I can't believe I came here to apologize. You know,

all the bad luck your family has suffered, you brought it on yourselves.

I'm glad I talked to them.

I'm glad that this sorry excuse for a newspaper is going out of business.

Moments after this startling admission,

Warren Park was struck by what appears to have been a seizure,

as shown in this footage.

Oh my God.

Tragically, this seizure proved fatal.

All of us at GSN mourn the loss of a once great man.

More to this.

I'll always be able to see it.

What happens to these people?

It's never going to be over.

I think when somebody's been saved, maybe it's just better if they walk away.