1. To all of our customers:Copy !req
2. Management was obligated
to open your units.Copy !req
3. Restitution will be made.
Apologies.Copy !req
4. Hola, señor.Copy !req
5. Me llamo—Copy !req
6. Hola, yo soy Carol Sturka.Copy !req
7. Estoy de los... United States—Copy !req
8. Leave me alone, you sons of bitches!Copy !req
9. Fuck your mother, asshole!Copy !req
10. Hi, Carol.Copy !req
11. Can you hear us?Copy !req
12. If you feel like responding,Copy !req
13. all you have to do is pick up the handset
and speak into it.Copy !req
14. It's got a push-to-talk button
on the side.Copy !req
15. Hey, Carol!Copy !req
16. Works just like on Adam-12.
Remember how you used to love that show?Copy !req
17. What?Copy !req
18. Oh, hi, Carol.Copy !req
19. You left the hospital kind of quickly.
Is everything okay?Copy !req
20. - Yep. Yes.
- Hey, Carol!Copy !req
21. Just... Just headed home.Copy !req
22. Would you be more comfortable
in your Range Rover?Copy !req
23. We can deliver it to you.Copy !req
24. Also, we're happy to remove
the alcohol interlock device.Copy !req
25. No.Copy !req
26. Hey, Carol.Copy !req
27. What are you doing here?Copy !req
28. You're in my house? What the hell
are you doing inside my house?Copy !req
29. Patching shrapnel holes.Copy !req
30. Plus, there was a lot of broken glass
to clean up.Copy !req
31. Well, who gave you permission
to be in my house?Copy !req
32. You did.Copy !req
33. Remember? When you were riding with us
in the ambulanceCopy !req
34. and we were applying
a pressure bandage to Zosia's back.Copy !req
35. And we asked you if you'd like us
to tidy up your house a little bitCopy !req
36. and you sort of nodded absently.Copy !req
37. Okay. Jesus, fine. Whatever.
Is everyone out now?Copy !req
38. Yes. And we're almost done here, Carol.Copy !req
39. But we could leave the finishing touches
for later and clear out now if you'd like.Copy !req
40. Give you some space.Copy !req
41. Do I know you?Copy !req
42. Hi.Copy !req
43. You're the fucking mayor.Copy !req
44. Thank you for your vote.Copy !req
45. I need a volunteer.Copy !req
46. Not a politician.Copy !req
47. You. Shorty.Copy !req
48. Rest of you just take a... coffee break,
or whatever floats your boat.Copy !req
49. Come with me.Copy !req
50. Happy to.Copy !req
51. Have a seat... What's your name?Copy !req
52. Your name?Copy !req
53. Well...Copy !req
54. This individual went by Lawrence J. Kless.Copy !req
55. Or Larry to his friends,
of which he had many.Copy !req
56. Whatever. Just... have a seat.Copy !req
57. Do you like my books?Copy !req
58. We love your books.Copy !req
59. What do you love about them?Copy !req
60. Everything. Your books are an expression
of you. And we love you.Copy !req
61. Need you to be more specific.
Character arcs. Plot turns.Copy !req
62. Oh, yes. Yes. We love the character arcs
and the plot turns.Copy !req
63. Which ones?Copy !req
64. All of them.Copy !req
65. No offense, Larry,
but I think you're bullshitting me.Copy !req
66. Sounds to me like you haven't even
actually read my work.Copy !req
67. But we have.Copy !req
68. Gosh, where do we even begin?Copy !req
69. In your first novel,Copy !req
70. we greatly admire the description
of Lucasia's gown on page two.Copy !req
71. "Gossamer threads of the finest shang silk
shimmered like spun gold,Copy !req
72. as if the sun itself were showering
Lucasia's shouldersCopy !req
73. with resplendent kisses."Copy !req
74. That made quite a few of us tingle.Copy !req
75. Okay.Copy !req
76. Ha.Copy !req
77. How would you say
my work compares to... Shakespeare?Copy !req
78. Equally. Equally wonderful.Copy !req
79. You love my books as much as...Copy !req
80. Macbeth?Copy !req
81. Or Much Ado?Copy !req
82. Yes. And Henry VI, parts one, two
and three.Copy !req
83. Well, I mean, what about a crowd-pleaser?
Romeo and Juliet?Copy !req
84. Wonderful. Have you read
the first quarto of 1597?Copy !req
85. No, you haven't, but you must.
We'll bring you the original.Copy !req
86. So, Larry, you are telling me that
you love the Wycaro seriesCopy !req
87. as much as the most famous
English language play of all time?Copy !req
88. Carol.Copy !req
89. When we think about a passage
from one of your wonderful—Copy !req
90. Stop using that word.Copy !req
91. From one of your books.Copy !req
92. We experience it through many eyes.
Many hearts.Copy !req
93. Do you remember a woman named
Moira McAllister?Copy !req
94. Crazy Moira from Kansas City
that sends me these dumb crocheted hats?Copy !req
95. Right, of course. She's one of you now.Copy !req
96. Yes.Copy !req
97. Before she found your books,
Moira was deeply depressed.Copy !req
98. In fact, she was going to...Copy !req
99. You gave her something to live for.Copy !req
100. You made her life better.Copy !req
101. That's how we see your work, and you.
Through Moira's eyes.Copy !req
102. What did Helen think of my books?Copy !req
103. Tell me.Copy !req
104. Helen loved you very much.Copy !req
105. Not what I asked, Larry.Copy !req
106. Spit it out. What did Helen
think of the Wycaro books?Copy !req
107. Carol, you expressly told us
that Helen is off-limits.Copy !req
108. Yeah, but you know what?
Special dispensation this one time.Copy !req
109. What did Helen think of my Wycaro books?Copy !req
110. Larry?Copy !req
111. She thought they were... harmless.Copy !req
112. Harmless?Copy !req
113. "Cotton candy" was the phrase
she used in her mind. Mostly.Copy !req
114. Cotton candy.Copy !req
115. Yes.Copy !req
116. And as you know, Helen loved cotton candy.Copy !req
117. I don't actually recall Helen
ever eating cotton candy.Copy !req
118. Oh, no. She consumed it four times
in her life, and each ti...Copy !req
119. Yeah. You weren't there. But really...Copy !req
120. Helen thought you knew
how to please your audience.Copy !req
121. And she was so grateful for
the beautiful life the two of you shared,Copy !req
122. that Wycaro provided.Copy !req
123. She was so proud of you.Copy !req
124. What did Helen think
of my unpublished novel?Copy !req
125. Bitter Chrysalis.Copy !req
126. What did she think?Copy !req
127. Carol. This line of inquiry isn't...Copy !req
128. - Can we talk about something else?
- I wanna know.Copy !req
129. If you tell me, it'll make me happy.Copy !req
130. Helen thought it was fine.Copy !req
131. Fine as in good?Copy !req
132. Or fine as in...Copy !req
133. "meh"?Copy !req
134. Yeah, "meh."Copy !req
135. What about the last 200 pages?Copy !req
136. Helen stopped on page 137,
paragraph three.Copy !req
137. It's 489 pages long.Copy !req
138. She read the last two pages.
Thought it wrapped up nice.Copy !req
139. - If she hated it so much...
- She didn't hate it.Copy !req
140. If she hated it so much,
why did she tell me to publish it?Copy !req
141. Because she talked to Val, and they agreed
that it wouldn't hurt your career.Copy !req
142. And it would make you happy.Copy !req
143. Out.Copy !req
144. Hi, Carol.Copy !req
145. Here.Copy !req
146. Thank you.Copy !req
147. You want this?Copy !req
148. Do you like your police car?Copy !req
149. Sure.Copy !req
150. Fun fact,Copy !req
151. the police officer who drove that vehicle,Copy !req
152. his son's third-grade teacher's
husband's sisterCopy !req
153. was a chartered member
of the Wycaro fan club.Copy !req
154. Wow. Chills.Copy !req
155. Listen, about the...Copy !req
156. It wouldn't have happened if I had had
the foresight to understand thatCopy !req
157. you people are... generous enough to give
me actual explosives, and I regret it.Copy !req
158. Please don't.Copy !req
159. Well, I'm sorry you got hurt.Copy !req
160. Are you up for answering some questions?Copy !req
161. Certainly.Copy !req
162. About a week ago,
the Undersecretary of Ag...Copy !req
163. Well, I mean you.
I know you're all one. I get the basics.Copy !req
164. Anyway, all of you,
in the form of the Undersecretary of...Copy !req
165. You told me that you don't
really understand how all this works.Copy !req
166. This joining. So my question is,
do you understand it now?Copy !req
167. We have quite a bit more insight
into it now, yes.Copy !req
168. So... Is there a way to reverse it?Copy !req
169. The joining?Copy !req
170. Is there not a way to reverse it?Copy !req
171. Zosia?Copy !req
172. We want so much to please you,
Carol, but we...Copy !req
173. we can't answer questions like that.Copy !req
174. Right. Except your nonanswer is my answer.Copy !req
175. 'Cause I don't think you can lie to me.
I don't think it's something you can do.Copy !req
176. But you would definitely tell me
if the answer was no.Copy !req
177. - We're sorry you're so troubled by this.
- Do I seem troubled?Copy !req
178. This is me happy.Copy !req
179. I mean, congratulations. You did it.Copy !req
180. Soon enough you'll understand everything.Copy !req
181. And you will feel so much better.Copy !req
182. Freedom Falls.Copy !req
183. You know what that means, don't you?Copy !req
184. Of course you do. You know everything.Copy !req
185. Tell me about it. Tell me
about Camp fucking Freedom Falls.Copy !req
186. You were sixteen. Beginning to understand
yourself. And your mother, she sent...Copy !req
187. Yeah, go on. What'd she do?Copy !req
188. She sent you to... a conversion
therapy camp in Covington, Tennessee.Copy !req
189. Camp Freedom Falls. You never forgave her.Copy !req
190. Well...Copy !req
191. It was a terrible experience for you.Copy !req
192. The counselors there were some—Copy !req
193. Some of the worst people
I have ever known.Copy !req
194. And they smiled all the time.
Just like you.Copy !req
195. We're sorry, Carol. As for us,
we love and accept all beings equally.Copy !req
196. Okay. If you're so accepting, then what
about what you're trying to do to me now?Copy !req
197. Make me just like you.
Even though you know I do not want that.Copy !req
198. You want to change us too, don't you?Copy !req
199. Didn't you just ask if it's possible?Copy !req
200. There is something else to consider.Copy !req
201. We know what it feels like to be you.Copy !req
202. To be alone. To suffer. We've been you.Copy !req
203. But you've never been us.Copy !req
204. - Everything all right, Carol?
- Yeah.Copy !req
205. Can we help you find something?Copy !req
206. Do you have any heroin?Copy !req
207. Are you sure that's a good idea?
Remember last time?Copy !req
208. What can I say? Sophomore year was tough.Copy !req
209. Course it doesn't hold
a candle to this shit.Copy !req
210. Carol, you should know.
We have a whole wing of bodies hereCopy !req
211. recovering from physical addiction.Copy !req
212. Some might not make it.Copy !req
213. Just... food for thought.Copy !req
214. What are you, my nana?Copy !req
215. Yesterday, you people gave me
a hand grenade.Copy !req
216. Are you seriously gonna
begrudge me some H?Copy !req
217. Unfortunately,
this hospital doesn't stock heroin.Copy !req
218. We have other opioids.Copy !req
219. Ones that were manufactured
under more regulated conditions.Copy !req
220. Would oxycodone suffice?Copy !req
221. The closest unadulterated heroin is
eight miles from here.Copy !req
222. It's on its way.Copy !req
223. See? Put your mind to it,
and you guys are better than Domino's.Copy !req
224. Where are the hypodermic needles?Copy !req
225. Might we suggest snorting
the heroin instead?Copy !req
226. It's been quite a number of years
since you've injected.Copy !req
227. No. In for a penny, in for a pound.Copy !req
228. I'm gonna Sid Vicious this shit
like it's the Chelsea fucking Hotel.Copy !req
229. It's just...Copy !req
230. It's absolutely ineffectious.Copy !req
231. - Ineffecti...
- What?Copy !req
232. This just... This shit does not work.Copy !req
233. I'm on my own.Copy !req
234. I miss you. I miss you.
I miss you. I miss you.Copy !req
235. "'Don't', it said.Copy !req
236. Dark slipsand falling from his clothing,
a shadowy figure."Copy !req
237. I think this could be a movie.Copy !req
238. "She slowly turned to face
the raspy voice."Copy !req
239. Listen. I'm not that bad.Copy !req
240. And that fuckin'...Copy !req
241. lady... lady pirate they sent, hmm?Copy !req
242. Raban. I'm... I'm sorry. I mean Zosia.Copy !req
243. It's Zosia. You didn't catch her name
because I knew her name. Zosia.Copy !req
244. You're a fucking idiot.Copy !req
245. Whatever.Copy !req
246. How annoying is that chick.Copy !req
247. Very, very fucking annoying. All smiley.Copy !req
248. "Hey. Oh, hi. Hey, Carol, we just...
we just wanna make you happy.Copy !req
249. Blah, blah, blah."Copy !req
250. She's like. "Oh, oh. We're the whole
wide world, and we're stoked.Copy !req
251. It's just life is one big,
long sunshiny walk in the parkCopy !req
252. when you're one of us. Whoo."Copy !req
253. No way. Nobody sane is that happy.
I call bullshit on that.Copy !req
254. And why she gotta be so goddamn fuckable?Copy !req
255. We have a winner.Copy !req
256. Hey, Carol.Copy !req
257. Carol.Copy !req
258. Hey.Copy !req
259. You look...Copy !req
260. Yeah.Copy !req
261. Got a lot more color in your face.Copy !req
262. Thank you.Copy !req
263. We feel much better today.Copy !req
264. Good. That's good.
How about some fresh air?Copy !req
265. How was the heroin?Copy !req
266. I threw it away.Copy !req
267. Yeah. I wasn't in the mood.Copy !req
268. Well, chickened out, actually.Copy !req
269. Maybe for the best.Copy !req
270. So...Copy !req
271. when do they let you out of here?Copy !req
272. I mean, when do you let you out of here?Copy !req
273. Probably in a day or two.
Sooner if we need an extra bed.Copy !req
274. That's great.Copy !req
275. Hey, you know everything.Copy !req
276. Whatever happened to music in elevators?Copy !req
277. - When did they stop doing that?
- Would you like some?Copy !req
278. Sure.Copy !req
279. Nice day.Copy !req
280. It is. Thank you for bringing us outside.Copy !req
281. Well, I know how much
it sucks being in hospitals.Copy !req
282. Better out here, right? Little...Copy !req
283. Little sunshine?Copy !req
284. Really, really nice.Copy !req
285. What do you think the temperature is?
About...Copy !req
286. 80?Copy !req
287. Well, It's currently 27.778
degrees Celsius,Copy !req
288. or 82 degrees Fahrenheit.Copy !req
289. The winds are three kilometers
per hour from...Copy !req
290. From where?Copy !req
291. From south... south-east...Copy !req
292. Any chance of precipitation?Copy !req
293. Percec...Copy !req
294. Zosia, you with me? I need you
to answer some more questions, okay?Copy !req
295. How do I reverse all this?
How do I reverse the joining?Copy !req
296. No.Copy !req
297. Zosia, how do I end this thing?
You... You already told me it's possible.Copy !req
298. - We... no.
- Yes.Copy !req
299. - Yes. Yes. You did. You pretty much did.
- No. No.Copy !req
300. So, the hard part's over, right?Copy !req
301. Now, all you have to do is tell me how to
put things back the way they used to be.Copy !req
302. Come on. Tell me, tell me. Come on, Zosia.Copy !req
303. Is it making you sad
not giving me what I want?Copy !req
304. Is this making you sad? Don't be sad.Copy !req
305. Tell me what I want to know.Copy !req
306. Oh, yeah.Copy !req
307. Zosia, Zosia.Copy !req
308. Is there something I can do?
Is it something one person can do?Copy !req
309. No, stop! Stop! Let go of her.Copy !req
310. You can't touch me.Copy !req
311. I have agency!Copy !req
312. I have agency, and you can not interfere!Copy !req
313. Back away from us!Copy !req
314. Zosia, Zosia. What is it?Copy !req
315. Zosia, tell me what it...
Is it... Is it some kind of chemical?Copy !req
316. Some kind of medicine?
Zosia, tell me what it is!Copy !req
317. Please, Carol.
Please, Carol. Please, Carol. Please...Copy !req
318. Zosia, tell me.Copy !req
319. Tell me!Copy !req
320. What is it? Tell me.Copy !req
321. Tell me what it is.Copy !req
322. Tell me. Tell me!Copy !req
323. What... What's happening?Copy !req
324. She's dying, Carol.
She's in cardiac arrest.Copy !req
325. May we save her?Copy !req
326. Yeah.Copy !req
327. Excuse us, Carol.Copy !req
328. Analyzing. Analyzing.Copy !req
329. Shock advised. Stay clear of pa...Copy !req