1 00:00:01,503 --> 00:00:05,003 (cool opening noir music) 2 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,558 - Y'all want to play a game? - [Everyone] Yeah! 3 00:00:49,558 --> 00:00:51,631 - Hello, one and all! 4 00:00:51,631 --> 00:00:52,539 Welcome back to another thrilling episode of 5 00:00:52,539 --> 00:00:54,257 "Dimension 20: Mentopolis." 6 00:00:54,257 --> 00:00:55,777 I'm your humble GM, Brennan Lee Mulligan. 7 00:00:55,777 --> 00:00:57,682 With me, as always, are our Prefrontal PIs. 8 00:00:57,682 --> 00:01:01,026 Say hi, Prefrontal PIs. - [Everyone] Hi, Prefrontal PIs. 9 00:01:01,026 --> 00:01:04,053 - I really beefed that one. I did a bad job. 10 00:01:04,053 --> 00:01:06,443 - Another one. Go again, go again. (swingin' jazz music) 11 00:01:06,443 --> 00:01:08,548 - (carefully) Hi, Prefrontal PIs. 12 00:01:08,548 --> 00:01:09,523 - It's not easy. - I did it, okay. 13 00:01:09,523 --> 00:01:11,641 - (over-enunciating) Hi Prefrontal PIs. 14 00:01:11,641 --> 00:01:14,215 - (over-over-enunciating) Hi Prefrontal PIs. 15 00:01:14,215 --> 00:01:17,520 - The dragon will come when it hears the drum. 16 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,839 Last we left off, 17 00:01:20,839 --> 00:01:23,340 (sighs) even trying to recap last episode 18 00:01:23,340 --> 00:01:26,430 is sort of daunting to think about. (Siobhan laughing) 19 00:01:26,430 --> 00:01:29,190 Last we left off, there was a convergence 20 00:01:29,190 --> 00:01:33,718 of the vast majority of our group at Oblongata Station 21 00:01:33,718 --> 00:01:36,008 with one Ivana Popov, 22 00:01:36,008 --> 00:01:39,960 Mentopolis' long lost fight response at Oblongata. 23 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:43,727 After some smooth talking from one A. Tension, 24 00:01:43,727 --> 00:01:48,649 Max ran off to get some vodka, some tea, and some champagne. 25 00:01:48,649 --> 00:01:51,780 - Can we be very clear? It was room temperature vodka. 26 00:01:51,780 --> 00:01:54,030 - Room temperature vodka. - Thank you. 27 00:01:54,030 --> 00:01:58,470 - The keys of attention, impulse, and fight itself 28 00:01:58,470 --> 00:02:02,280 were placed into the reflex board at Oblongata Station 29 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,695 and the big guy, one Elias Hodge, 30 00:02:05,695 --> 00:02:09,450 fired the grappling gun up towards the 31 00:02:09,450 --> 00:02:11,790 roof of Gobstopper Industries in the outside world. 32 00:02:11,790 --> 00:02:16,500 However, gangsters from the Avaricci mob and shock troops 33 00:02:16,500 --> 00:02:18,780 from the city police department converged on this space. 34 00:02:18,780 --> 00:02:21,120 There was Dan Fucks' heroic stand. 35 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,167 - Yes. Yes! (players laughing) 36 00:02:23,167 --> 00:02:25,192 Thank you, thank you for acknowledging 37 00:02:25,192 --> 00:02:27,308 both the genius and the- 38 00:02:27,308 --> 00:02:29,851 - [Brennan] The genius, the power. (players laughing) 39 00:02:29,851 --> 00:02:32,430 - I was thinking about that moment this morning, 40 00:02:32,430 --> 00:02:33,632 because I was thinking about it 41 00:02:33,632 --> 00:02:36,420 within the context of what that meant for Elias, 42 00:02:36,420 --> 00:02:40,210 because that meant that he was falling through the sky 43 00:02:40,210 --> 00:02:42,300 and then some small part of him was like, 44 00:02:42,300 --> 00:02:44,385 is this like sex? And then 45 00:02:44,385 --> 00:02:45,977 the rest of his brain went, - Is this what sex is like? 46 00:02:45,977 --> 00:02:47,940 - Absolutely not, shut the fuck up! 47 00:02:47,940 --> 00:02:50,220 This is the stupidest idea you've ever had. 48 00:02:50,220 --> 00:02:52,020 (players laughing) (Brennan slapping the table) 49 00:02:52,020 --> 00:02:54,790 - Honestly, I get- relatable, relatable. 50 00:02:54,790 --> 00:02:56,130 (screaming in terror) Wait a minute. 51 00:02:56,130 --> 00:02:57,584 No. (resumes screaming in terror) 52 00:02:57,584 --> 00:02:59,242 (players laughing) 53 00:02:59,242 --> 00:03:01,212 - Could I like this? No, no, no. 54 00:03:01,212 --> 00:03:02,140 - Am I into this? 55 00:03:02,140 --> 00:03:04,890 When you have a very novel experience for the first time, 56 00:03:04,890 --> 00:03:06,240 some part of your brain has to go, 57 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:07,871 do I like this in that way? 58 00:03:07,871 --> 00:03:09,738 (players laughing) 59 00:03:09,738 --> 00:03:12,852 So there was a splitting of the party here, 60 00:03:12,852 --> 00:03:16,830 and we had Conrad, Anastasia, Imelda, and Ivana 61 00:03:16,830 --> 00:03:19,170 all surrender themselves to the shock troops 62 00:03:19,170 --> 00:03:21,150 in order to get out of this bad situation 63 00:03:21,150 --> 00:03:24,167 after Anastasia successfully 64 00:03:24,167 --> 00:03:26,591 used her press pass 65 00:03:26,591 --> 00:03:30,000 to slow down the cops' roll in time for everyone 66 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,562 to finish saving the big guy and leaving the station, 67 00:03:33,562 --> 00:03:38,553 and we found that those four got in the squad car 68 00:03:38,553 --> 00:03:42,420 of one Officer Joie de Vivre and headed off into the city 69 00:03:42,420 --> 00:03:45,300 while Hunch Curio took Dan Fucks' unconscious body 70 00:03:45,300 --> 00:03:47,892 and ended up in the car with one Justin Fication, 71 00:03:47,892 --> 00:03:52,860 Conrad's basset hound, all headed for Hunch's office. 72 00:03:52,860 --> 00:03:54,690 All the way across town in Cortex City, 73 00:03:54,690 --> 00:03:58,170 The Fix found himself face to face with a shadowy stranger 74 00:03:58,170 --> 00:04:02,172 wielding a white key made out of alien frequencies 75 00:04:02,172 --> 00:04:05,490 developed in the outside world of Gobstopper Industries 76 00:04:05,490 --> 00:04:09,393 to alter the mind of one Elias Hodge. (grand tense music) 77 00:04:09,393 --> 00:04:12,000 Indeed, what hath he created? 78 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,080 The Fix was fast enough to leap through the window, 79 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,270 mirroring the injury that we suddenly realize 80 00:04:18,270 --> 00:04:20,670 was not inflicted on Elias, but rather, 81 00:04:20,670 --> 00:04:24,326 Elias inflicted on himself, leaping to safety 82 00:04:24,326 --> 00:04:27,493 knowing that between the rays of the psychometer 83 00:04:27,493 --> 00:04:30,018 knowing that between the rays of the psychometer 84 00:04:30,018 --> 00:04:33,690 or the exterior of Gobstopper Industries, 85 00:04:33,690 --> 00:04:38,129 one of them was solvable with the grappling gun on his belt. 86 00:04:38,129 --> 00:04:41,509 Leaping to the ground below, The Fix broke his leg 87 00:04:41,509 --> 00:04:46,277 and wandered to Las Vagus Casino, 88 00:04:46,277 --> 00:04:49,340 initiating a huge reduction in pressure 89 00:04:49,340 --> 00:04:51,990 all the way from the red back to the green 90 00:04:51,990 --> 00:04:56,370 with a much needed reflexive releasing of the bowels. 91 00:04:56,370 --> 00:04:59,820 Apologies to all those pedestrians below 92 00:04:59,820 --> 00:05:04,820 on the sidewalk outside of Gobstopper Industries. 93 00:05:04,947 --> 00:05:06,480 Reconverging at Hunch's, Hunch, 94 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,518 with a wide selection of ice cold steaks, 95 00:05:09,518 --> 00:05:11,609 (players laughing) (dramatic string music) 96 00:05:11,609 --> 00:05:13,539 restored and revivified Dan Fucks 97 00:05:13,539 --> 00:05:15,520 and fixed the broken leg of The Fix. 98 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,139 Then for the rest of you, there was a shootout 99 00:05:18,139 --> 00:05:21,240 between the gangsters and the fuzz on a highway, 100 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,775 and I would say you stole the squad car, 101 00:05:23,775 --> 00:05:26,430 but truthfully, you were given the squad car 102 00:05:26,430 --> 00:05:29,040 thanks to some sweet talking from Anastasia. 103 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:32,831 And all of you converged in Cortex City, 104 00:05:32,831 --> 00:05:34,298 headed towards, 105 00:05:34,298 --> 00:05:38,223 in the case of our- impulse, attention, and conscience, 106 00:05:38,223 --> 00:05:39,150 you headed to the mayor's office, 107 00:05:39,150 --> 00:05:42,674 where you discovered Leon Logic was not Leon Logic at all, 108 00:05:42,674 --> 00:05:45,677 but rather a disguised Frank Freeze. 109 00:05:45,677 --> 00:05:48,892 The brain's freeze response had been running the city 110 00:05:48,892 --> 00:05:50,525 for who knows how long. 111 00:05:50,525 --> 00:05:51,966 (silly-goofy) Oh, brother. 112 00:05:51,966 --> 00:05:53,691 (players laughing) 113 00:05:53,691 --> 00:05:56,246 But having kidnapped him, Frank did one last thing 114 00:05:56,246 --> 00:05:58,490 before you sort of kidnapped the mayor, 115 00:05:58,490 --> 00:06:01,373 which is, let's be frank, sort of what happened. 116 00:06:01,373 --> 00:06:03,617 Frank turned the key and froze up 117 00:06:03,617 --> 00:06:06,447 the legs, ankles, and feet of the big guy 118 00:06:06,447 --> 00:06:09,496 to crash through the glass successfully, (glass shattering) 119 00:06:09,496 --> 00:06:12,000 meaning wherever the big guy is, 120 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,560 he's not falling to his death 121 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,810 and he's not swinging on a grappling gun. 122 00:06:15,810 --> 00:06:20,810 However, he is once again inside Gobstopper Industries. 123 00:06:20,959 --> 00:06:23,095 Last episode was fucking packed. 124 00:06:23,095 --> 00:06:25,290 - Yeah, a lot of stuff happening. 125 00:06:25,290 --> 00:06:27,504 - The Fix, Hunch, and Dan Fucks all made their way to 126 00:06:27,504 --> 00:06:31,135 the precinct of Mentopolis' finest, 127 00:06:31,135 --> 00:06:34,020 where Dan was given up for arrest. 128 00:06:34,020 --> 00:06:36,210 Dan went upstairs with Justin Fication, 129 00:06:36,210 --> 00:06:39,060 the loyal hound still looking for his beloved boy, 130 00:06:39,060 --> 00:06:42,030 and you met the chief of police 131 00:06:42,030 --> 00:06:44,617 while The Fix and Hunch went downstairs 132 00:06:44,617 --> 00:06:47,010 to discover the evidence of Norrell Ojiccle's murder, 133 00:06:47,010 --> 00:06:50,332 where you discovered a copper gun, 134 00:06:50,332 --> 00:06:54,240 much like the supplements related to the copper filaments 135 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:58,470 that Elias had said would inhibit the worst impact 136 00:06:58,470 --> 00:07:01,987 of his psychometer from potentially altering thoughts. 137 00:07:01,987 --> 00:07:04,884 A copper gun used at the crime scene, 138 00:07:04,884 --> 00:07:07,648 but not the murder weapon, that crossed out, 139 00:07:07,648 --> 00:07:10,965 and instead stated only as an exhibit. 140 00:07:10,965 --> 00:07:14,490 Where we also saw The Fix meet one Pasha N., 141 00:07:14,490 --> 00:07:18,360 a forensic scientist buried in the basement of the precinct 142 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:20,572 working on filing evidence away, (light curious music) 143 00:07:20,572 --> 00:07:23,550 and as they exchanged fun facts, we saw on her desk 144 00:07:23,550 --> 00:07:27,270 a picture of her long lost brother, Ichabod Ice Skates. 145 00:07:27,270 --> 00:07:30,146 Meanwhile, upstairs, Dan Fucks killed the chief of police. 146 00:07:30,146 --> 00:07:33,745 (group laughing) 147 00:07:33,745 --> 00:07:37,143 Completely inadvertently, but the more I thought about it, 148 00:07:37,143 --> 00:07:40,770 the more I was like, oh, pleasure was literally restrained, 149 00:07:40,770 --> 00:07:42,840 and in trying to break out of the restraints, 150 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:44,484 killed Tightass, so there you go. 151 00:07:44,484 --> 00:07:47,523 - There you go. Hey, it works. - Pleasure unleashed. Bam! 152 00:07:48,879 --> 00:07:52,860 (laughs) I guess if you shit while swinging through the sky, 153 00:07:52,860 --> 00:07:54,179 - Things are going to get shifted around 154 00:07:54,179 --> 00:07:55,012 a little bit. - Yeah things are going to get 155 00:07:55,012 --> 00:07:55,845 shifted around in there. 156 00:07:55,845 --> 00:07:58,232 All of you got back out to the street, converged, 157 00:07:58,232 --> 00:08:00,540 jumped into the squad car and took off (car racing away) 158 00:08:00,540 --> 00:08:03,953 towards Thalamus & Sons, the shop that sold 159 00:08:03,953 --> 00:08:08,953 Norrell Ojiccle this strange weapon made of copper. 160 00:08:09,540 --> 00:08:13,045 And with that, we begin our episode. 161 00:08:13,045 --> 00:08:14,499 (Hank puffs out like a horse) 162 00:08:14,499 --> 00:08:16,274 (players laughing) 163 00:08:16,274 --> 00:08:17,653 - Are you sure we're not done? 164 00:08:17,653 --> 00:08:19,486 (players laughing) 165 00:08:19,486 --> 00:08:20,423 - I'm tired already. 166 00:08:20,423 --> 00:08:24,083 - I know, that last episode was wild, how much happened. 167 00:08:24,083 --> 00:08:25,674 The squad car 168 00:08:25,674 --> 00:08:27,274 zips through the streets. (car skidding, police sirens) 169 00:08:27,274 --> 00:08:28,700 Still, you see, there's some broken- 170 00:08:28,700 --> 00:08:29,775 - Woo! 171 00:08:29,775 --> 00:08:33,583 (group laughing) 172 00:08:33,583 --> 00:08:35,387 - Go ahead and give me a sneak check real quick. 173 00:08:35,387 --> 00:08:37,618 We'll call it a difficulty of eight 174 00:08:37,618 --> 00:08:39,635 to make sure you get there uninhibited. 175 00:08:39,635 --> 00:08:43,093 - We got a seven plus two plus three for driving. 176 00:08:43,093 --> 00:08:44,643 That's a 12. 177 00:08:44,643 --> 00:08:46,470 - 12. Woo! 178 00:08:46,470 --> 00:08:47,670 Squad car goes through. 179 00:08:47,670 --> 00:08:52,465 Having a vehicle that specifically can break traffic laws, 180 00:08:52,465 --> 00:08:53,298 (players laughing) 181 00:08:53,298 --> 00:08:54,873 you're getting around Mentopolis. 182 00:08:54,873 --> 00:08:58,483 - Hey, you guys want me to turn the lights and sirens on? 183 00:08:58,483 --> 00:08:59,940 - Turn the lights on! Turn the lights on! 184 00:08:59,940 --> 00:09:01,512 - Conrad, if we get through this, 185 00:09:01,512 --> 00:09:04,185 remind me to give you a job. 186 00:09:04,185 --> 00:09:05,940 - All right! 187 00:09:05,940 --> 00:09:08,567 - Pro child labor here in Mentopolis. Here we go. 188 00:09:08,567 --> 00:09:09,400 (players laughing) 189 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:10,590 The squad car pulls up. (slow jazz music) 190 00:09:10,590 --> 00:09:13,950 Now it's deep in the middle of the night at this point. 191 00:09:13,950 --> 00:09:17,958 The rain falls down. You see this shop closed up. 192 00:09:17,958 --> 00:09:21,937 It looks like a small little pawn shop, 193 00:09:21,937 --> 00:09:25,130 so it's not necessarily that this place makes weaponry 194 00:09:25,130 --> 00:09:27,718 but rather that just this weapon was pawned here, 195 00:09:27,718 --> 00:09:30,143 got here some other way. (persistent heavy rainfall) 196 00:09:30,143 --> 00:09:33,384 But you notice the shop has that like 197 00:09:33,384 --> 00:09:35,225 collapsible iron grating 198 00:09:35,225 --> 00:09:37,548 that goes in the front of it, and you look around and see 199 00:09:37,548 --> 00:09:42,383 all these little discarded pieces of gadgetry in the window. 200 00:09:42,383 --> 00:09:45,142 Seems like this is a kind of place of knickknacks 201 00:09:45,142 --> 00:09:48,150 and other sorts of bric-a-brac that come through. 202 00:09:48,150 --> 00:09:49,770 You see a small staircase going up. 203 00:09:49,770 --> 00:09:52,470 You notice it's a little three-story brick building 204 00:09:52,470 --> 00:09:55,320 that clearly has an entrance to an apartment 205 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:56,902 up in the back of the shop. 206 00:09:56,902 --> 00:09:59,400 What do you all do as you arrive? 207 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,780 - The first thing I do is I turn to A. Tension 208 00:10:03,780 --> 00:10:06,065 and I just sort of say, hey uh... 209 00:10:08,220 --> 00:10:10,320 I keep forgetting I have this. 210 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:14,255 It feels more reasonable that 211 00:10:14,255 --> 00:10:18,317 someone with a longer attention span should have it. 212 00:10:18,317 --> 00:10:20,320 I give her the oculus. 213 00:10:21,330 --> 00:10:23,458 Seems like someone who has a key 214 00:10:23,458 --> 00:10:24,978 and can maybe remember they have it 215 00:10:24,978 --> 00:10:29,350 should be looking at this thing, keeping tabs on the guy. 216 00:10:30,510 --> 00:10:32,960 It was fun at first, but then it lost my interest, so 217 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:34,210 (players laughing) 218 00:10:34,210 --> 00:10:36,210 - A. Tension goes and gives him a huge hug. 219 00:10:36,210 --> 00:10:37,043 - Oh god! Ugh! 220 00:10:37,043 --> 00:10:38,901 (players awwing) 221 00:10:38,901 --> 00:10:42,330 - This long rivalry between curiosity and attention- 222 00:10:42,330 --> 00:10:44,040 - Okay, don't be weird about it. 223 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,123 (players laughing) 224 00:10:46,123 --> 00:10:47,640 - This moment of connection, I think, 225 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:49,470 is very sweet in this place. 226 00:10:49,470 --> 00:10:51,870 Seeing this act of kindness from curiosity, 227 00:10:51,870 --> 00:10:55,228 you realize how long the two of you have been at odds 228 00:10:55,228 --> 00:10:57,686 you realize how long the two of you have been at odds 229 00:10:57,686 --> 00:11:00,480 for being such natural allies, 230 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:04,410 and how out of wack the big guy's life has been 231 00:11:04,410 --> 00:11:07,530 that he has felt so compelled to, 232 00:11:07,530 --> 00:11:08,970 and you think about your editor as well, 233 00:11:08,970 --> 00:11:12,132 that he has felt so compelled to focus on things 234 00:11:12,132 --> 00:11:14,808 that he was not truly curious about. 235 00:11:14,808 --> 00:11:18,900 - (sighs) You know, I'm not going to make it weird. 236 00:11:18,900 --> 00:11:19,733 - Thank you. 237 00:11:19,733 --> 00:11:21,858 (Brennan laughing quietly) 238 00:11:21,858 --> 00:11:24,103 - But we should've been best friends long ago. 239 00:11:24,103 --> 00:11:26,339 (Trapp immediately fully sobbing) 240 00:11:26,339 --> 00:11:27,947 (players laughing) 241 00:11:27,947 --> 00:11:29,000 - Just starts weeping. 242 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,466 (players laughing) 243 00:11:30,466 --> 00:11:31,772 - Hunch starts weeping. 244 00:11:31,772 --> 00:11:36,142 The rest of you look and see the boarded up pawn shop. 245 00:11:36,142 --> 00:11:38,522 You do notice, however, that up on the second story, 246 00:11:38,522 --> 00:11:40,965 there is a very dim light coming through curtains, 247 00:11:40,965 --> 00:11:42,243 almost like a small reading light 248 00:11:42,243 --> 00:11:43,320 or something else like that. 249 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,686 What is it that you all do in this moment, 250 00:11:45,686 --> 00:11:47,580 approaching this shop for clues? 251 00:11:47,580 --> 00:11:49,797 - I just want to say, goddammit! 252 00:11:49,797 --> 00:11:51,022 (players laughing) 253 00:11:51,022 --> 00:11:52,698 And everybody looks at me, and I say, 254 00:11:52,698 --> 00:11:55,842 I left the fucking ice skates in the DA's office. 255 00:11:55,842 --> 00:11:58,525 - [Brennan and Danielle] Oh no! - I didn't realize, 256 00:11:58,525 --> 00:12:01,808 'cause I was in a lot of pain for a while there, 257 00:12:01,808 --> 00:12:04,530 but I just wanted you to know that, 258 00:12:04,530 --> 00:12:06,003 the whole crew, 259 00:12:06,003 --> 00:12:08,040 'cause I knew it. - Okay, what is with these ice skates? 260 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:09,540 - I don't know what they're good for, 261 00:12:09,540 --> 00:12:11,760 but he wanted me to destroy 'em. 262 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,175 - I start climbing the stairs up to the landing. 263 00:12:13,175 --> 00:12:15,109 - I'm just thinking about that. 264 00:12:15,109 --> 00:12:16,267 (players laughing) 265 00:12:16,267 --> 00:12:19,662 - It's okay, the ice skates are just, you know, 266 00:12:19,662 --> 00:12:22,202 they're just an object, but now we can tell the story. 267 00:12:22,202 --> 00:12:23,249 - We'll keep the ice skates 268 00:12:23,249 --> 00:12:25,183 in ourselves, is what you're saying. 269 00:12:25,183 --> 00:12:28,480 - Yeah. - I do like to eat whatever. 270 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:30,771 (players laughing) 271 00:12:30,771 --> 00:12:32,363 - Yeah, so it's like if you ate them, 272 00:12:32,363 --> 00:12:34,620 we also wouldn't be able to see them anymore, 273 00:12:34,620 --> 00:12:37,097 but we'd have them with us. - It's just like that. 274 00:12:37,097 --> 00:12:40,110 Thanks so much, Conrad. - No problem. 275 00:12:40,110 --> 00:12:41,550 - I think I will also go up the stairs, 276 00:12:41,550 --> 00:12:44,977 because maybe, you've been real lucky so far, 277 00:12:44,977 --> 00:12:46,470 but maybe I should be doing the talking. 278 00:12:46,470 --> 00:12:50,259 - What do you mean? I'm a great slick detective. 279 00:12:50,259 --> 00:12:51,526 (Trapp laughing) 280 00:12:51,526 --> 00:12:53,420 With no more Moxie left. 281 00:12:53,420 --> 00:12:55,453 (players laughing) 282 00:12:55,453 --> 00:12:57,690 - So you guys see that the shop in front of you, 283 00:12:57,690 --> 00:12:59,250 the stairs are inside the shop. 284 00:12:59,250 --> 00:13:00,912 - Oh, I thought it was like a fire escape. 285 00:13:00,912 --> 00:13:02,370 - But there is actually a fire escape. 286 00:13:02,370 --> 00:13:04,500 You just have to jump up and sort of grab it if you want to. 287 00:13:04,500 --> 00:13:06,325 - Absolutely do that. (Brennan laughing) 288 00:13:06,325 --> 00:13:08,940 - Go ahead and give me either a sneak or a sharp. 289 00:13:08,940 --> 00:13:10,050 Call it a four. 290 00:13:10,050 --> 00:13:12,258 - Do you need uppies? (Alex laughing) 291 00:13:12,258 --> 00:13:13,920 - I will do it as a planned action with sneak. 292 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:18,203 - Cool, so you see Hunch leaps up to the fire escape. 293 00:13:18,203 --> 00:13:20,415 Imelda, do you want to join Hunch (fire escape shifting) 294 00:13:20,415 --> 00:13:21,435 climbing up the fire escape? - Just grab his ankles. 295 00:13:21,435 --> 00:13:24,390 - Sneak? Sure, yeah. I'll also halve it with four. 296 00:13:24,390 --> 00:13:28,477 - Great, so you see this femme fatale and private eye 297 00:13:28,477 --> 00:13:30,293 just leap up and start scrambling up a fire escape. 298 00:13:30,293 --> 00:13:32,517 You get to a window on the second floor 299 00:13:32,517 --> 00:13:35,100 where you see there is a dim reading light 300 00:13:35,100 --> 00:13:36,723 coming in through the window there. 301 00:13:36,723 --> 00:13:38,039 - Do I see anyone inside? 302 00:13:38,039 --> 00:13:39,364 - [Brennan] Uh, the curtains are drawn. 303 00:13:39,364 --> 00:13:40,500 - Ah, I see. 304 00:13:40,500 --> 00:13:43,247 - I knock delicately. (light knocking) 305 00:13:43,247 --> 00:13:44,622 - [Hank] On the window? - [Brennan] On the window? 306 00:13:44,622 --> 00:13:47,628 - The creepiest thing you can hear on an upper floor window. 307 00:13:47,628 --> 00:13:49,803 (players laughing) 308 00:13:49,803 --> 00:13:51,450 - Excuse me, Mr. Thalamus. (slow intriguing music) 309 00:13:51,450 --> 00:13:53,310 - The curtains part, and you see an old man 310 00:13:53,310 --> 00:13:57,660 in the full 1930s, not only the sleeping gown, 311 00:13:57,660 --> 00:14:00,930 but the reading robe, the quilted robe over the gown 312 00:14:00,930 --> 00:14:03,930 and a tiny little synaptic candle. (Freddie laughing) 313 00:14:03,930 --> 00:14:07,710 He goes, well, hey there. What's the... 314 00:14:07,710 --> 00:14:10,110 You two are on my fire escape. 315 00:14:10,110 --> 00:14:12,910 - We're so sorry to disturb you at this late hour, 316 00:14:12,910 --> 00:14:15,759 - We're so sorry to disturb you at this late hour, 317 00:14:15,759 --> 00:14:17,910 but we were wondering if you 318 00:14:17,910 --> 00:14:20,850 had any more of these pretty copper guns. 319 00:14:20,850 --> 00:14:22,435 - Oh, customers! 320 00:14:22,435 --> 00:14:23,626 (Hank guffawing) 321 00:14:23,626 --> 00:14:25,157 Go ahead and give me a slick check. 322 00:14:25,157 --> 00:14:27,570 We'll call it a difficulty of seven. 323 00:14:27,570 --> 00:14:29,460 - I'll just halve it. 324 00:14:29,460 --> 00:14:31,515 - I don't want to do this, but I think it's so funny 325 00:14:31,515 --> 00:14:33,542 to imagine climbing up someone's fire escape, 326 00:14:33,542 --> 00:14:34,448 pulling out a gun, and being like, 327 00:14:34,448 --> 00:14:35,716 (erratically) do you have any more of these guns? 328 00:14:35,716 --> 00:14:37,183 (players laughing) 329 00:14:37,183 --> 00:14:38,850 Don't freak out! Do you have any more of these guns? 330 00:14:38,850 --> 00:14:41,295 - Okay, I'm going to ask for you to give me 331 00:14:41,295 --> 00:14:44,622 a slick seven as well, and anything you get under that 332 00:14:44,622 --> 00:14:46,860 is going to increase the roll that Siobhan has to do. 333 00:14:46,860 --> 00:14:49,380 Go ahead and give me a slick roll real quick. 334 00:14:49,380 --> 00:14:51,210 - My slick ain't good. All right. 335 00:14:51,210 --> 00:14:53,100 - [Brennan] Here we go. 336 00:14:53,100 --> 00:14:54,330 - That is a three. 337 00:14:54,330 --> 00:14:57,360 - [Brennan] Okay, so now yours goes from 7 to 11. 338 00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:59,130 - Great, I mean, I could still halve it, 339 00:14:59,130 --> 00:15:01,366 but where's the fun in that? 340 00:15:01,366 --> 00:15:04,470 Okay, that is a... 341 00:15:04,470 --> 00:15:06,960 It's a 17, unless he knows who I am, 342 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:08,831 in which case it's a dirty 20. 343 00:15:08,831 --> 00:15:11,252 - Damn! - Wow, incredible. 344 00:15:11,252 --> 00:15:14,010 Some Moxie for our friend Mr. Curio. (ball sliding on a track x2) 345 00:15:14,010 --> 00:15:16,208 - We're looking for more of these guns! 346 00:15:16,208 --> 00:15:17,041 - Ah! Ah! 347 00:15:17,041 --> 00:15:18,060 Ah! We're being murdered! 348 00:15:18,060 --> 00:15:21,300 - Please don't worry about my friend. He's enthusiastic. 349 00:15:21,300 --> 00:15:23,550 - Oh my goodness, are you Imelda Pulse? 350 00:15:23,550 --> 00:15:25,920 - That's right, that's right. 351 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:28,691 - Well, I have to say, you know, 352 00:15:28,691 --> 00:15:30,780 normally the store does close at six PM, 353 00:15:30,780 --> 00:15:33,064 and it is three in the morning, 354 00:15:33,064 --> 00:15:35,030 (players laughing) 355 00:15:35,030 --> 00:15:39,395 but anything for the delightful Ms. Pulse! 356 00:15:39,395 --> 00:15:41,278 I read all about you in the paper. 357 00:15:41,278 --> 00:15:43,962 - And I'll be sure to recommend you to the press. 358 00:15:43,962 --> 00:15:47,940 In fact, we have a journalist with us right here. Perhaps... 359 00:15:47,940 --> 00:15:49,348 I wave down from the fire escape. 360 00:15:49,348 --> 00:15:52,950 - You see he opens, looks down and says, hello? 361 00:15:52,950 --> 00:15:54,000 - Hi! 362 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,230 - Perhaps she'd be interested 363 00:15:55,230 --> 00:15:59,340 in writing a puff piece about your beautiful shop. 364 00:15:59,340 --> 00:16:00,420 - I might be interested in writing 365 00:16:00,420 --> 00:16:02,160 a puff piece about your beautiful shop. 366 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,415 - Do we have to call it a puff piece to me? 367 00:16:04,415 --> 00:16:07,264 (players laughing) 368 00:16:07,264 --> 00:16:08,893 I find it quite meaningful! 369 00:16:08,893 --> 00:16:10,892 (players laughing) 370 00:16:10,892 --> 00:16:12,357 - I start climbing in through his window. 371 00:16:12,357 --> 00:16:14,550 I'm not even waiting for an answer. 372 00:16:14,550 --> 00:16:16,679 - Sorry, no, I don't like or know you! 373 00:16:16,679 --> 00:16:19,245 (players laughing) 374 00:16:19,245 --> 00:16:21,180 He goes, this is my home. 375 00:16:21,180 --> 00:16:24,007 You go back down the fire escape, (players laughing) 376 00:16:24,007 --> 00:16:27,510 and I'll put on real clothes, go down, and open the store. 377 00:16:27,510 --> 00:16:29,310 - Where'd you get that robe from? That looks nice. 378 00:16:29,310 --> 00:16:30,313 - This robe? - [Trapp] Yeah. 379 00:16:30,313 --> 00:16:32,709 - Well, you know, I collect odds and ends all over, 380 00:16:32,709 --> 00:16:35,845 but this robe here, well, this is not for sale. 381 00:16:35,845 --> 00:16:39,450 I own this. Again, I live in this part of the building. 382 00:16:39,450 --> 00:16:41,982 And downstairs is where I work. - I turn to Imelda and go, 383 00:16:41,982 --> 00:16:43,975 something tells me this is where he lives. 384 00:16:43,975 --> 00:16:45,383 (Brennan laughing) 385 00:16:45,383 --> 00:16:47,812 - You know, I really got the impression 386 00:16:47,812 --> 00:16:49,391 that you were smarter than you are. 387 00:16:49,391 --> 00:16:50,490 (players laughing) 388 00:16:50,490 --> 00:16:52,290 - You see he closes the window, and sure enough, 389 00:16:52,290 --> 00:16:55,290 you hear footsteps back down, and the light goes on, 390 00:16:55,290 --> 00:16:57,144 and all of you watch the door open up. 391 00:16:57,144 --> 00:16:58,469 You see he says, my, (door chimes) 392 00:16:58,469 --> 00:16:59,752 what an entourage you have, Ms. Pulse. 393 00:16:59,752 --> 00:17:01,920 Everyone come on inside. Welcome to Thalamus & Sons. 394 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:03,090 You're coming to buy something, 395 00:17:03,090 --> 00:17:05,130 so you're not here to sell anything. 396 00:17:05,130 --> 00:17:06,450 - No. - [Brennan] All right. 397 00:17:06,450 --> 00:17:08,520 - I don't think so. Am I? 398 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,790 - I think we're looking, just if you could tell us 399 00:17:11,790 --> 00:17:13,923 a little bit more about (slow, curious music) 400 00:17:13,923 --> 00:17:15,439 this piece here. 401 00:17:15,439 --> 00:17:17,400 I take out the copper gun and say, 402 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:18,695 we believe this was purchased 403 00:17:18,695 --> 00:17:21,383 by a young fellow named Norrell Ojiccle. 404 00:17:21,383 --> 00:17:22,216 Just wondering if you could tell us 405 00:17:22,216 --> 00:17:23,990 anything about that sale, this object. 406 00:17:23,990 --> 00:17:27,780 - Ah, Norrell! Norrell stops by all the time. 407 00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:29,520 How's Norrell doing? How's he- 408 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:30,353 - He's been better, 409 00:17:30,353 --> 00:17:32,119 I'm going to be honest. - How's his wife and kids? 410 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:33,720 He's like, (laughing) how's the wife and kids? 411 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,170 - I'm going to be honest, he's been better, for sure. 412 00:17:36,170 --> 00:17:37,825 He's definitely been better. 413 00:17:37,825 --> 00:17:38,945 - I'm sorry to hear that. 414 00:17:38,945 --> 00:17:41,850 Well, he's a swell guy, you know. 415 00:17:41,850 --> 00:17:46,530 You see he walks off, goes behind his little counter. 416 00:17:46,530 --> 00:17:51,125 Anyone who's talking to Mr. Thalamus can feel free 417 00:17:51,125 --> 00:17:52,710 to make any sort of slick checks you want, 418 00:17:52,710 --> 00:17:54,522 but is there anything else anyone is doing 419 00:17:54,522 --> 00:17:56,970 in the space here while you're sort of all together? 420 00:17:56,970 --> 00:17:58,170 - Does anybody have a good snoop? 421 00:17:58,170 --> 00:18:00,150 I'll snoop just so I can get some Moxie. 422 00:18:00,150 --> 00:18:00,983 - Yeah, I was going to snoop too. 423 00:18:00,983 --> 00:18:02,016 - [Freddie] I'm going to snoop around a little bit. 424 00:18:02,016 --> 00:18:03,330 - Yeah, I'll snoop. - We'll call it a difficulty, 425 00:18:03,330 --> 00:18:07,890 I'll say there is a lower difficulty eight snoop check 426 00:18:07,890 --> 00:18:10,650 and then there is a more advanced 12 snoop check. 427 00:18:10,650 --> 00:18:11,925 - I'll take my Moxie. 428 00:18:11,925 --> 00:18:13,733 (ball sliding on a track) 429 00:18:13,733 --> 00:18:15,150 - [Trapp] Did you take the treasure hunter ability? 430 00:18:15,150 --> 00:18:16,518 - Dan Fucks has treasure hunter. 431 00:18:16,518 --> 00:18:18,270 - I do have treasure hunter, you're right. 432 00:18:18,270 --> 00:18:22,500 I just did eight plus two, 10, and I'll spend a Moxie also 433 00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:25,770 to find a mundane but useful item on top of my 10. 434 00:18:25,770 --> 00:18:26,700 - What was the... 435 00:18:26,700 --> 00:18:27,780 The first one was eight? 436 00:18:27,780 --> 00:18:29,130 - [Brennan] First one was eight. - Halving it. 437 00:18:29,130 --> 00:18:32,010 - Halving it, okay, so you get that snoop automatically. 438 00:18:32,010 --> 00:18:33,928 - I got an eight. - [Brennan] You got an eight, cool. 439 00:18:33,928 --> 00:18:35,100 So you both make that snoop. 440 00:18:35,100 --> 00:18:35,933 - I got a nine. 441 00:18:35,933 --> 00:18:37,918 - [Brennan] A nine for snoop here as well. 442 00:18:37,918 --> 00:18:40,016 - And then I'll do slick. - [Brennan] Okay. 443 00:18:41,906 --> 00:18:44,370 - That's a one, but I do add five to it. 444 00:18:44,370 --> 00:18:45,203 - Okay. - Wow. 445 00:18:45,203 --> 00:18:48,814 - So I think if you're just trying to keep Norrell 446 00:18:48,814 --> 00:18:51,920 sort of on, like, he's just sort of gabbing 447 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:55,493 and talking and not saying anything necessarily that useful. 448 00:18:56,730 --> 00:18:59,430 But as he's talking, he says, yeah, Norrell's a swell guy. 449 00:18:59,430 --> 00:19:01,550 Well, that copper gun's a strange beast, right? 450 00:19:01,550 --> 00:19:04,212 It came in not too long ago, but for a lady like yourself, 451 00:19:04,212 --> 00:19:05,550 you're looking for some self-defense, I imagine. 452 00:19:05,550 --> 00:19:06,870 You're looking for a purse pistol. 453 00:19:06,870 --> 00:19:08,730 - Sure! 454 00:19:08,730 --> 00:19:12,109 You know what? Genuinely, on that six. (beguiling twinkle) 455 00:19:12,109 --> 00:19:13,279 - What a salesman! 456 00:19:13,279 --> 00:19:17,335 - Well, while I'm here, I actually do want a purse pistol. 457 00:19:17,335 --> 00:19:19,470 What've you got? Have you got a pearl handle? 458 00:19:19,470 --> 00:19:21,187 - Oh, we got a pearl handle all right. 459 00:19:21,187 --> 00:19:23,037 - Beautiful. - You see he says, 460 00:19:23,037 --> 00:19:25,125 now we don't have any pure copper guns like that, 461 00:19:25,125 --> 00:19:26,940 but we should still have some of the copper ammunition 462 00:19:26,940 --> 00:19:27,773 that went with it. 463 00:19:27,773 --> 00:19:30,510 - Oh yeah, right, yes. Yes, of course. 464 00:19:30,510 --> 00:19:31,747 - He starts going around 465 00:19:31,747 --> 00:19:33,150 and helping you out with this purchase. 466 00:19:33,150 --> 00:19:35,850 You have wealth. I won't even make you spend a Moxie for it. 467 00:19:35,850 --> 00:19:38,160 You have wealthy, he's just going to go get you the gun. 468 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:39,540 - As Hunch is in here, 469 00:19:39,540 --> 00:19:43,420 he knows that he should be finding out more about 470 00:19:43,420 --> 00:19:44,580 this gun and Norrell, 471 00:19:44,580 --> 00:19:47,040 but also I think just being in this shop 472 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:48,810 filled with a million different odds and ends, 473 00:19:48,810 --> 00:19:50,280 he's just sort of like, what's that? 474 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:51,570 What's that? What's the story behind that? 475 00:19:51,570 --> 00:19:52,950 Can you tell me more about that? (curious music) 476 00:19:52,950 --> 00:19:55,020 What's this about? Where did this come from? 477 00:19:55,020 --> 00:19:56,472 It's like a kid in a candy shop. 478 00:19:56,472 --> 00:19:58,650 He's just sort of losing his mind a little bit. 479 00:19:58,650 --> 00:20:00,870 - Hyperfixation goes over to him and is sort of like, 480 00:20:00,870 --> 00:20:03,979 now son, we've got to take it down a notch. 481 00:20:03,979 --> 00:20:06,330 - Narrow down, narrow down. (modern-snooping music fusion) 482 00:20:06,330 --> 00:20:10,770 Anyone that got that eight snoop finds the buckshot rounds. 483 00:20:10,770 --> 00:20:12,143 - Okay. - And I think what you notice, 484 00:20:12,143 --> 00:20:14,520 looking at these rounds that went with that pistol, 485 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,158 he takes the copper ones out of them, 486 00:20:17,158 --> 00:20:21,221 and I think you all notice just how strangely sort of... 487 00:20:21,221 --> 00:20:25,067 powerful these rounds are on that eight snoop. 488 00:20:25,067 --> 00:20:27,118 It's a strange, they're not slugs. 489 00:20:27,118 --> 00:20:29,935 It's almost like, Mentopolis is a totally urban environment. 490 00:20:29,935 --> 00:20:32,618 It's almost like, Mentopolis is a totally urban environment. 491 00:20:32,618 --> 00:20:36,030 There's not a lot of animals other than this one dog. 492 00:20:36,030 --> 00:20:38,362 You're not going to go hunting, right? 493 00:20:38,362 --> 00:20:41,321 So there's a strange thing going on here 494 00:20:41,321 --> 00:20:44,950 having to do with what utility there would be 495 00:20:44,950 --> 00:20:47,070 in this kind of ammunition. 496 00:20:47,070 --> 00:20:47,903 - Right. 497 00:20:47,903 --> 00:20:49,303 - And he's given us the rounds, 498 00:20:49,303 --> 00:20:50,653 or we just see them? - I think on that 499 00:20:50,653 --> 00:20:51,586 snoop check, all of you notice, 500 00:20:51,586 --> 00:20:54,771 as he's helping Imelda with her purchase, 501 00:20:54,771 --> 00:20:56,103 that he's basically stopped, 502 00:20:56,103 --> 00:20:59,084 he's basically only focused in on Imelda, and, 503 00:20:59,084 --> 00:21:01,200 who has totally gotten him to focus in, 504 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,060 and the rest of you are able to look 505 00:21:03,060 --> 00:21:04,401 at what he's doing while he's doing it. 506 00:21:04,401 --> 00:21:06,480 - What is this fur collar? Is this sable? 507 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:08,820 - [Brennan] Oh, absolutely. - Oh, it's beautiful! 508 00:21:08,820 --> 00:21:10,110 - Yeah, oh, I'm sure. 509 00:21:10,110 --> 00:21:11,607 Well, you know, the nice thing about this 510 00:21:11,607 --> 00:21:13,820 is all this comes in from the imagination, 511 00:21:13,820 --> 00:21:15,870 so we have any kind of animal you could want. 512 00:21:15,870 --> 00:21:17,220 We have unicorn. 513 00:21:17,220 --> 00:21:20,400 - Oh my god! Oh my god! - A unicorn coat? 514 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,123 - [Brennan] Oh yes, that's absolutely right. It's nice. 515 00:21:23,123 --> 00:21:24,237 - That sort of removes 516 00:21:24,237 --> 00:21:26,567 the most interesting part of the unicorn, doesn't it? 517 00:21:26,567 --> 00:21:27,617 - It's just a horse. 518 00:21:27,617 --> 00:21:29,040 - I mean, yeah, isn't that just horse hide 519 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:30,480 at that point if it's... 520 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,287 - (sassily) Well, Mr. Curio- 521 00:21:32,287 --> 00:21:33,240 (players laughing) 522 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,138 - I'm just asking questions! I want to know! 523 00:21:35,138 --> 00:21:37,530 - People who know, know that it's unicorn. 524 00:21:37,530 --> 00:21:38,596 And that's what's important 525 00:21:38,596 --> 00:21:39,546 about it to me. - I love the idea of, 526 00:21:39,546 --> 00:21:43,064 there is an imagination, but there's still so many crooks 527 00:21:43,064 --> 00:21:44,414 in Mentopolis that it's like, 528 00:21:44,414 --> 00:21:46,513 (sleezily) yeah yeah, it's a unicorn fur. 529 00:21:46,513 --> 00:21:48,605 (players laughing) 530 00:21:48,605 --> 00:21:50,010 You'd be like, the horse is also 531 00:21:50,010 --> 00:21:51,930 as imaginary as the unicorn! 532 00:21:51,930 --> 00:21:53,263 (players laughing) 533 00:21:53,263 --> 00:21:55,148 And by the way, Moxie costs, remember, 534 00:21:55,148 --> 00:21:56,610 are doubled right now because we're at 80. 535 00:21:56,610 --> 00:21:58,498 - I'll do it for you, and you can keep that one. 536 00:21:58,498 --> 00:22:02,850 - Okay, so Dan, as you're looking around, 537 00:22:02,850 --> 00:22:07,362 you notice that there's a small area of 538 00:22:07,362 --> 00:22:09,147 papers that are put aside. 539 00:22:09,147 --> 00:22:11,430 You're the one person here that's sort of a business owner, 540 00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:12,480 so you're looking, and oh look, 541 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:14,970 some ledgers and stuff like that. 542 00:22:14,970 --> 00:22:19,140 And you see there's a little crinkled piece of paper 543 00:22:19,140 --> 00:22:22,888 that has a simple (shifting calm music) 544 00:22:22,888 --> 00:22:27,490 crayon drawing of a snake on it. 545 00:22:27,490 --> 00:22:30,860 You see that there's a little drawing of a snake 546 00:22:30,860 --> 00:22:34,440 on a little mottled or greasy piece of paper. 547 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,487 - I'm going to try and look at that piece of paper 548 00:22:36,487 --> 00:22:38,910 a little closer, anything else on it? 549 00:22:38,910 --> 00:22:42,210 - It has the initials R.R. 550 00:22:42,210 --> 00:22:44,502 - All right, interesting. 551 00:22:44,502 --> 00:22:47,400 - It just strikes you as a very unusual thing to see here, 552 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,729 and it's also not in any of the cases. 553 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,580 - Runaway Rapscallion? 554 00:22:53,580 --> 00:22:57,450 - I mean, that could be. For Flight, right? 555 00:22:57,450 --> 00:23:01,815 - To be clear, this is a paper that's part of his ledgers, 556 00:23:01,815 --> 00:23:04,170 or this is an object that is on sale? 557 00:23:04,170 --> 00:23:06,510 - It's not in the sale area, so in other words, 558 00:23:06,510 --> 00:23:10,528 there's a lot of invoices and books kept. 559 00:23:10,528 --> 00:23:13,357 You're looking over a glass case at a counter 560 00:23:13,357 --> 00:23:15,870 against the wall that only he would be able to walk and see, 561 00:23:15,870 --> 00:23:19,205 and you just see amidst this business stuff 562 00:23:19,205 --> 00:23:24,205 a very cute little childlike drawing of a snake 563 00:23:24,205 --> 00:23:26,490 with the initials R.R. next to it. 564 00:23:26,490 --> 00:23:27,323 (Alex gasps) - And these pearls, 565 00:23:27,323 --> 00:23:28,765 if they get pulled off my neck, 566 00:23:28,765 --> 00:23:31,988 will they bounce incredibly across the floor, 567 00:23:31,988 --> 00:23:33,810 or will they stay on one string? (slow jazz music) 568 00:23:33,810 --> 00:23:34,762 - Oh, these pearls, 569 00:23:34,762 --> 00:23:36,992 they're going to zigzag all over the place! 570 00:23:36,992 --> 00:23:38,307 These things are going to ricochet like you- 571 00:23:38,307 --> 00:23:41,610 - You do good work. - Hey, you know, thank you. 572 00:23:41,610 --> 00:23:43,530 Here at Thalamus & Sons, we pride ourselves 573 00:23:43,530 --> 00:23:47,107 on anything that we imagine being needlessly overdramatic. 574 00:23:47,107 --> 00:23:47,940 (players laughing) 575 00:23:47,940 --> 00:23:50,613 - I can tell. He's just really uncomfortable. 576 00:23:50,613 --> 00:23:52,320 There's so many distractions in here. 577 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:54,570 I want to get rid of all this stuff! 578 00:23:54,570 --> 00:23:55,770 I want to murder it all! 579 00:23:55,770 --> 00:23:56,820 - Burn this place to the ground. 580 00:23:56,820 --> 00:23:58,050 - Can you guys focus on the fucking bullets? 581 00:23:58,050 --> 00:23:59,662 'Cause that's what we're here for. 582 00:23:59,662 --> 00:24:01,002 Why is he making all these fucking bullets? 583 00:24:01,002 --> 00:24:04,123 - There's a huge poster on the wall of Elias Hodge 584 00:24:04,123 --> 00:24:07,290 saying something to someone rude on the bus, 585 00:24:07,290 --> 00:24:10,433 this massive collection of daydreams and stuff like that. 586 00:24:10,433 --> 00:24:13,437 Yeah, I'd say something to him, too! 587 00:24:13,437 --> 00:24:15,660 - Can Conrad walk over to Dan Fucks, 588 00:24:15,660 --> 00:24:17,520 or is that beyond my roll? 589 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:18,660 - [Brennan] No, yeah, you can absolutely do that. 590 00:24:18,660 --> 00:24:20,130 Yeah, go for it. 591 00:24:20,130 --> 00:24:21,496 (Freddie yelps) - Dan, you just feel a little tug. 592 00:24:21,496 --> 00:24:25,594 - Stop sneaking up on me! Thought it was a small animal. 593 00:24:25,594 --> 00:24:26,964 In many ways, he is. 594 00:24:26,964 --> 00:24:28,497 - (sadly) My footsteps don't make sounds. 595 00:24:28,497 --> 00:24:29,955 (players laughing) 596 00:24:29,955 --> 00:24:32,310 - It's so creepy! - I'll try harder. 597 00:24:32,310 --> 00:24:34,634 - [Freddie] One of the many reasons I dislike you. 598 00:24:34,634 --> 00:24:36,263 - What- What are you looking at there? 599 00:24:36,263 --> 00:24:38,212 - It appears to be a small children's drawing 600 00:24:38,212 --> 00:24:40,860 of a snake with two initials on it. - Ronnie. 601 00:24:40,860 --> 00:24:42,519 Ronnie. - [Freddie] Who? 602 00:24:42,519 --> 00:24:44,081 - Ronnie Reptile. - Huh? 603 00:24:44,081 --> 00:24:45,198 - (quietly) Ronnie Reptile. 604 00:24:45,198 --> 00:24:47,662 - [Freddie] I'm unfamiliar with Ronald Reptile. 605 00:24:47,662 --> 00:24:50,227 - He was just my friend in a place I used to live. 606 00:24:50,227 --> 00:24:52,991 - Oh, well, what's his drawing doing here? 607 00:24:52,991 --> 00:24:55,230 - I don't know. - [Freddie] Hm. 608 00:24:55,230 --> 00:24:56,460 - You all look over at Mr. Thalamus, 609 00:24:56,460 --> 00:24:58,260 who's still engaged in conversation with Imelda. 610 00:24:58,260 --> 00:24:59,938 I'm going to say that he goes ahead and gives you 611 00:24:59,938 --> 00:25:01,770 a small box of the ammunition 612 00:25:01,770 --> 00:25:04,290 and a lovely little pearl-handled, 613 00:25:04,290 --> 00:25:07,353 it looks almost like orna- like it could be confused 614 00:25:07,353 --> 00:25:09,492 with a decorative piece of hand jewelry, 615 00:25:09,492 --> 00:25:11,550 but it has this massive, 616 00:25:11,550 --> 00:25:14,947 these huge shotgun bullets have to go into it. 617 00:25:14,947 --> 00:25:17,190 So it's a very short little machine 618 00:25:17,190 --> 00:25:18,420 with a lovely pearl handle. 619 00:25:18,420 --> 00:25:20,580 - Have everything else wrapped up and sent to my house. 620 00:25:20,580 --> 00:25:21,750 Thank you so much. 621 00:25:21,750 --> 00:25:23,190 - Absolutely, Ms. Pulse. 622 00:25:23,190 --> 00:25:24,960 Absolutely. Would you like it gift wrapped? 623 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:25,793 - Yes! 624 00:25:25,793 --> 00:25:26,626 - [Brennan] It's you buying it for yourself, 625 00:25:26,626 --> 00:25:27,810 but I'd love to give it to you as a present. 626 00:25:27,810 --> 00:25:29,726 - It's absolutely a gift, for me! 627 00:25:29,726 --> 00:25:31,476 (players laughing) 628 00:25:31,476 --> 00:25:34,204 - He takes out this beautiful, it's the nicest thing 629 00:25:34,204 --> 00:25:36,030 in the place, is the wrapping paper, the ribbons. 630 00:25:36,030 --> 00:25:38,284 Starts to go around and tie it up, and I think Imelda, 631 00:25:38,284 --> 00:25:40,800 at this point you notice that Conrad and Dan 632 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:42,171 have noticed something over in the corner. 633 00:25:42,171 --> 00:25:44,018 - Oh right, we're here for a reason. 634 00:25:44,018 --> 00:25:45,742 (players laughing) 635 00:25:45,742 --> 00:25:48,067 - Can I also see if I notice them talking about- 636 00:25:48,067 --> 00:25:48,900 - I'm going to go ahead and say 637 00:25:48,900 --> 00:25:51,928 that all of you can gravitate to the nexus 638 00:25:51,928 --> 00:25:53,386 of attention and activity happening 639 00:25:53,386 --> 00:25:54,278 with these two. - Right. 640 00:25:54,278 --> 00:25:55,111 - Great. 641 00:25:55,111 --> 00:25:56,665 What is it? What's- 642 00:25:56,665 --> 00:25:59,372 - Conrad is justifying their existence. 643 00:25:59,372 --> 00:26:02,217 He's found something, seen something. (curious techy music) 644 00:26:02,217 --> 00:26:04,664 A children's drawing, of which he's certainly an expert, 645 00:26:04,664 --> 00:26:05,968 being a child himself. 646 00:26:05,968 --> 00:26:08,234 - (sweetly) That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me! 647 00:26:08,234 --> 00:26:10,258 (players laughing) 648 00:26:10,258 --> 00:26:13,830 - I don't mean it! You are still a scourge on this group. 649 00:26:13,830 --> 00:26:14,732 - (dreamily) Wow! 650 00:26:14,732 --> 00:26:16,799 (players laughing) 651 00:26:16,799 --> 00:26:17,790 But yeah, we were just looking 652 00:26:17,790 --> 00:26:20,370 at this picture that Dan found. 653 00:26:20,370 --> 00:26:22,266 - What is it? A snake? - I have no idea. 654 00:26:22,266 --> 00:26:23,490 - I don't know. 655 00:26:23,490 --> 00:26:26,940 - Looks like a drawing made by my old friend Ronnie. 656 00:26:26,940 --> 00:26:30,180 - The Fix just sort of gets big and turns to the shopkeeper. 657 00:26:30,180 --> 00:26:33,210 What do you know about Ronnie Reptile? 658 00:26:33,210 --> 00:26:35,340 - Sorry, what's that, sir? 659 00:26:35,340 --> 00:26:37,267 - My friend thinks he's found a little drawing 660 00:26:37,267 --> 00:26:40,590 from Ronnie Reptile from Madam Loathing's. 661 00:26:40,590 --> 00:26:44,220 - He looks over and he goes, 662 00:26:44,220 --> 00:26:46,230 that's awful odd. 663 00:26:46,230 --> 00:26:48,060 What makes you notice 664 00:26:48,060 --> 00:26:50,190 that out of all the things in this shop? 665 00:26:50,190 --> 00:26:51,896 - (with suspicion) Our eyes, mostly. 666 00:26:51,896 --> 00:26:53,937 (players laughing) 667 00:26:53,937 --> 00:26:56,457 - Some pretty good rolls. (players laughing) 668 00:26:56,457 --> 00:27:00,222 - You see he looks over and says, well, 669 00:27:00,222 --> 00:27:04,575 I only mention how strange it is because, well, 670 00:27:04,575 --> 00:27:06,870 you all came here looking for the same gun 671 00:27:06,870 --> 00:27:09,675 that your pal and mine Norrell had. 672 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:15,120 I was hanging on that drawing to give it back to Norrell. 673 00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:17,250 - Why did Norrell have the drawing? 674 00:27:17,250 --> 00:27:20,722 - Well, he came into the shop. 675 00:27:20,722 --> 00:27:22,361 He sort of had it on his person. 676 00:27:22,361 --> 00:27:25,200 We were catching up, you know, he's a friendly guy, 677 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,333 but he'd come in looking to buy a piece. 678 00:27:27,333 --> 00:27:29,760 You know, he needed a heater, and it was strange for me, 679 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,950 because he, you know, works at Cerebell Pacific. 680 00:27:31,950 --> 00:27:33,477 So I said, what kind of trouble are you getting in? 681 00:27:33,477 --> 00:27:35,580 I know he stopped by Sugah's every once in a while. 682 00:27:35,580 --> 00:27:39,000 You know, a hard drinking fella wandering around Mentopolis 683 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,800 might want to have a heater for his own safety. 684 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,582 But point being, he came in and asked 685 00:27:43,582 --> 00:27:45,182 for something very specific, 686 00:27:45,182 --> 00:27:47,670 wanted that copper gun, wanted that ammunition. 687 00:27:47,670 --> 00:27:50,670 He talked a little bit about that as well. 688 00:27:50,670 --> 00:27:53,970 He said something when he got it about, 689 00:27:53,970 --> 00:27:55,922 he asked a question about that buckshot, 690 00:27:55,922 --> 00:27:59,647 because it's not a very popular sort of ammunition. 691 00:27:59,647 --> 00:28:01,080 Better to have a slug if you're trying to stop 692 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:04,110 one of these crooks running around this part of town. 693 00:28:04,110 --> 00:28:05,730 - Sure. - He said something. 694 00:28:05,730 --> 00:28:07,020 When he asked about it, he said, 695 00:28:07,020 --> 00:28:09,033 how strong is this shot here? 696 00:28:09,033 --> 00:28:10,500 And I said, oh, plenty strong. 697 00:28:10,500 --> 00:28:13,240 And he said, strong enough to tear through metal. 698 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,020 And I said, I suppose so. 699 00:28:16,020 --> 00:28:17,250 What, are you planning on fighting 700 00:28:17,250 --> 00:28:19,448 any palookas made out of steel? 701 00:28:19,448 --> 00:28:22,140 And he said, no, no, not so much fighting palookas 702 00:28:22,140 --> 00:28:23,990 as taking out an insurance policy 703 00:28:23,990 --> 00:28:26,646 in case things go sideways. 704 00:28:26,646 --> 00:28:31,646 - Oh boy, so did he destroy the keyhole 705 00:28:31,646 --> 00:28:33,019 on purpose, do you think? 706 00:28:33,019 --> 00:28:35,041 - You know, there was... 707 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:39,330 Our friend Norrell, who is still very much alive- 708 00:28:39,330 --> 00:28:40,163 - Oh good! 709 00:28:40,163 --> 00:28:42,114 (players laughing) 710 00:28:42,114 --> 00:28:45,510 - You know, he was there the night of the explosion 711 00:28:45,510 --> 00:28:47,730 when the machine was destroyed, 712 00:28:47,730 --> 00:28:50,160 and at least as far as I know, 713 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:54,882 no one had been able to find what had actually destroyed it. 714 00:28:54,882 --> 00:28:59,390 You had the gun, which originally said murder weapon, 715 00:28:59,390 --> 00:29:01,241 and then the word murder was crossed out, 716 00:29:01,241 --> 00:29:03,540 and it said exhibit A, correct? - Mm-hm. Mm-hm. 717 00:29:03,540 --> 00:29:05,460 I think it must be. 718 00:29:05,460 --> 00:29:06,690 - You were pretty close with Norrell? 719 00:29:06,690 --> 00:29:08,610 He came in here a lot? You chat a lot? 720 00:29:08,610 --> 00:29:09,930 - He was a good pal, that's for sure. 721 00:29:09,930 --> 00:29:11,730 - [Trapp] You ever see him- - Is? 722 00:29:11,730 --> 00:29:13,678 - [Brennan] Hm? - Is? Is. 723 00:29:13,678 --> 00:29:16,980 You don't know he's dead. He is a good pal. 724 00:29:16,980 --> 00:29:17,820 - What did I say? 725 00:29:17,820 --> 00:29:19,050 - Was, sorry. - [Brennan] Was? 726 00:29:19,050 --> 00:29:22,020 - I didn't mean to correct you. He is a good pal. 727 00:29:22,020 --> 00:29:23,900 - Oh, I meant he was a good friend 728 00:29:23,900 --> 00:29:25,513 in that in the past, he's been a good friend. 729 00:29:25,513 --> 00:29:28,257 He also is a good friend. (players laughing) 730 00:29:28,257 --> 00:29:30,092 - Can I do a snoop check to see... 731 00:29:30,092 --> 00:29:31,290 (players laughing) 732 00:29:31,290 --> 00:29:32,123 - [Brennan] Yeah. 733 00:29:32,123 --> 00:29:35,252 - And I get a plus three to see if someone is lying to me. 734 00:29:35,252 --> 00:29:36,994 - [Brennan] Yeah, go for it. 735 00:29:40,213 --> 00:29:43,200 - Very spinny. That is a nine total. 736 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,413 - Okay, he seems to be telling the truth to you. 737 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:51,990 He looks and says, Norrell was a completely swell fellow. 738 00:29:51,990 --> 00:29:56,390 Yeah, absolutely, and a good pal of mine. 739 00:29:56,390 --> 00:29:58,380 Sorry, what was your question again, Mr. Curio? 740 00:29:58,380 --> 00:30:00,997 - I just wanted to know if he had ever... 741 00:30:00,997 --> 00:30:02,863 (stammering) (investigative music) 742 00:30:02,863 --> 00:30:05,176 had he ever gotten mixed up in anything... 743 00:30:05,176 --> 00:30:06,401 any sort of, 744 00:30:06,401 --> 00:30:08,490 him buying a gun, is this unusual for him? 745 00:30:08,490 --> 00:30:11,263 - Oh sure, not a violent man at all. 746 00:30:11,263 --> 00:30:13,672 Well, you know, it's sort of a funny thing, he... 747 00:30:15,063 --> 00:30:19,290 He seemed rattled the other day when he came in. 748 00:30:19,290 --> 00:30:23,528 This was the day he walked in and he, sorta, 749 00:30:23,528 --> 00:30:26,670 He was out of sorts. He looked a little bit concerned. 750 00:30:26,670 --> 00:30:28,957 He asked about the gun. 751 00:30:28,957 --> 00:30:31,230 He asked about the ammunition in particular. 752 00:30:31,230 --> 00:30:32,370 It was sort of an interesting thing, 753 00:30:32,370 --> 00:30:34,897 but in any case, he had that drawing on him. 754 00:30:34,897 --> 00:30:37,740 I remember he found it and he said, what's this thing here? 755 00:30:37,740 --> 00:30:39,420 He seemed as confused by it as any, 756 00:30:39,420 --> 00:30:41,460 and he left it on the thing. He remarked on it. 757 00:30:41,460 --> 00:30:43,080 He said, oh, that's kind of cute, 758 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:47,460 because there'd been a field trip to Cerebell Pacific, 759 00:30:47,460 --> 00:30:50,997 and so there'd been some kids by way there, 760 00:30:50,997 --> 00:30:53,083 and I think one of them might've just given it to him 761 00:30:53,083 --> 00:30:54,498 as a present or a gift of some sort. 762 00:30:54,498 --> 00:30:57,352 - Could we see the drawing? - Yeah, you hand it over, 763 00:30:57,352 --> 00:31:01,740 and you see that there's a little coiled snake, 764 00:31:01,740 --> 00:31:04,980 and it has a little sun over it, and you can see, 765 00:31:04,980 --> 00:31:07,020 I think Fix, you notice that there are, 766 00:31:07,020 --> 00:31:11,124 in the way that kids put details that are overemphasized 767 00:31:11,124 --> 00:31:12,702 when it's something they remember, 768 00:31:12,702 --> 00:31:14,820 you see there are a couple little indentations, 769 00:31:14,820 --> 00:31:18,720 these big scales around the lips for detecting heat. 770 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,240 - Can I maybe do a savvy check on this piece of paper 771 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:25,451 to see if there's indentations on it from a previous... 772 00:31:25,451 --> 00:31:29,160 - Give me, we'll call it savvy eight. 773 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:30,251 - Great. 774 00:31:32,604 --> 00:31:36,548 I got a seven. Can somebody lend me a Moxie? 775 00:31:36,548 --> 00:31:39,368 - I can give you two Moxie here. We're doubled, right? 776 00:31:39,368 --> 00:31:42,890 - I can double one. - Oh, great. There we go. 777 00:31:42,890 --> 00:31:46,020 - You look at the drawing of the snake here. 778 00:31:46,020 --> 00:31:48,630 Gazing at it in terms of looking for a clue, 779 00:31:48,630 --> 00:31:50,340 you see there's a little bit of grease on it, 780 00:31:50,340 --> 00:31:52,500 and the edges of the paper are a little bit rounded, 781 00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:54,352 and you realize you're holding a place mat. 782 00:31:54,352 --> 00:31:56,085 (investigative music) 783 00:31:56,085 --> 00:31:57,513 - Hunch, take a lick at this. 784 00:31:57,513 --> 00:31:59,838 (players laughing) 785 00:31:59,838 --> 00:32:03,214 - I taste the place mat to see if I can identify what... 786 00:32:03,214 --> 00:32:04,742 - He's eaten everywhere in town. 787 00:32:04,742 --> 00:32:06,033 (little lip-smacking sounds) 788 00:32:06,033 --> 00:32:07,234 - Tastes like syrup. 789 00:32:07,234 --> 00:32:08,825 (little gasps and oohs) 790 00:32:08,825 --> 00:32:10,950 - Does it taste like syrup I've had before? 791 00:32:10,950 --> 00:32:13,107 - It does taste like syrup you've had before. 792 00:32:13,107 --> 00:32:16,940 - Yes, yes, quite. This is from Nostalgia's. 793 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:21,330 - I haven't been there in... 20 years. 794 00:32:21,330 --> 00:32:23,490 - But was pretty good the last time we went, right? 795 00:32:23,490 --> 00:32:25,414 I remember it being pretty good. 796 00:32:25,414 --> 00:32:26,439 (players laughing) 797 00:32:26,439 --> 00:32:28,890 - Yeah, he's like, Norrell didn't want to throw it out 798 00:32:28,890 --> 00:32:31,790 because, you know, Norrell was a sweet fella. 799 00:32:31,790 --> 00:32:33,368 You know, kid made a little drawing. 800 00:32:33,368 --> 00:32:35,340 But I think, you know, he'd had it 801 00:32:35,340 --> 00:32:36,705 stuffed in his pocket or something, 802 00:32:36,705 --> 00:32:38,580 so he just sort of forgot it because he was preoccupied 803 00:32:38,580 --> 00:32:41,250 with whatever he needed this gun for. 804 00:32:41,250 --> 00:32:46,245 - I lean into Mr. Thalamus here and I say, okay. 805 00:32:48,420 --> 00:32:50,525 I'm telling you- We weren't on the up and up before 806 00:32:50,525 --> 00:32:52,278 because we weren't sure where you stand, 807 00:32:52,278 --> 00:32:54,270 but you seem like a nice guy, I gotta be honest with you. 808 00:32:54,270 --> 00:32:55,560 - Oh, thank you. 809 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:56,455 - Norrell is dead. 810 00:32:56,455 --> 00:32:57,638 (music stops abruptly) 811 00:32:57,638 --> 00:32:58,680 - (shocked) What? 812 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,172 - And we're trying to help- 813 00:33:01,172 --> 00:33:03,996 (Brennan wailing in despair and grief) 814 00:33:03,996 --> 00:33:06,870 - He starts crying. - Okay, listen, listen! 815 00:33:06,870 --> 00:33:10,800 - This damned city! - It is extremely important, 816 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,500 if there's anything else you remember 817 00:33:13,500 --> 00:33:16,200 about Norrell buying this gun, anything he left behind, 818 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:17,600 anything he said to you 819 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,425 that would help us find... - I have a question. 820 00:33:20,425 --> 00:33:21,258 - [Trapp] Yeah. 821 00:33:21,258 --> 00:33:23,340 Did you get a look at his eyes or anything? 822 00:33:23,340 --> 00:33:26,640 Did they look the same as you always remember 'em? 823 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:28,856 - That would be something unusual, for instance, 824 00:33:28,856 --> 00:33:30,135 that would help us. (players laughing) 825 00:33:30,135 --> 00:33:32,550 If he had, for instance, glowing, dead eyes, 826 00:33:32,550 --> 00:33:33,383 that would be good to know. - Guide us 827 00:33:33,383 --> 00:33:34,918 in a specific direction, yeah. 828 00:33:34,918 --> 00:33:37,563 - He thinks down here and he says, 829 00:33:38,550 --> 00:33:39,387 eyes. 830 00:33:39,387 --> 00:33:42,045 (serious, hollow music) 831 00:33:43,650 --> 00:33:46,140 Memory's a strange thing. 832 00:33:46,140 --> 00:33:47,813 The moment you say it, 833 00:33:49,410 --> 00:33:52,123 it's like you put the thought in my head, right? 834 00:33:52,123 --> 00:33:53,596 - I'm not trying to suggest anything. 835 00:33:53,596 --> 00:33:56,100 - No, no no no, but I mean to say, 836 00:33:56,100 --> 00:33:59,250 I know that you're trying to solve the murder of my good pal 837 00:33:59,250 --> 00:34:01,758 and I want to be able to help you, I do. 838 00:34:01,758 --> 00:34:03,823 So there's almost a part of me that wants to remember 839 00:34:03,823 --> 00:34:05,385 that there was something strange about his eyes, 840 00:34:05,385 --> 00:34:06,512 but I know there wasn't. 841 00:34:06,512 --> 00:34:08,278 I was worried. The only thing strange about his eyes 842 00:34:08,278 --> 00:34:09,972 is they looked bloodshot, he was tired. 843 00:34:09,972 --> 00:34:14,190 I think he was nervous. But no, his eyes were fine. 844 00:34:14,190 --> 00:34:16,160 - That's really helpful. Thank you. 845 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:17,327 - But... 846 00:34:19,470 --> 00:34:21,591 He did mention something. 847 00:34:23,070 --> 00:34:24,867 He said something. It's so funny. 848 00:34:24,867 --> 00:34:27,282 There's too many coincidences here, I think, 849 00:34:27,282 --> 00:34:30,360 you coming for that gun and finding that piece of paper. 850 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:33,090 How could you know that he was the one that brought it in? 851 00:34:33,090 --> 00:34:35,790 And you mentioned this thing about eyes all of a sudden, 852 00:34:35,790 --> 00:34:38,639 and he said something about eyes. 853 00:34:38,639 --> 00:34:40,080 It wasn't even anything we talked about. 854 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:41,198 He was on his way out the door. 855 00:34:41,198 --> 00:34:43,573 I remember the bell, the bell ringing, (bell chiming) 856 00:34:43,573 --> 00:34:45,665 and him walking out, and he said something. 857 00:34:45,665 --> 00:34:47,465 I said, well, good look with that heater. 858 00:34:47,465 --> 00:34:48,853 Be careful around that. 859 00:34:48,853 --> 00:34:51,475 I said, there's plenty of, you know, 860 00:34:51,475 --> 00:34:53,022 ne'er-do-wells and villains 861 00:34:53,022 --> 00:34:55,020 running around these rainy streets. 862 00:34:55,020 --> 00:34:59,158 And he said, yeah. Have to keep an eye out. 863 00:34:59,158 --> 00:35:03,060 You can always tell the crooked ones. It's in the eyes. 864 00:35:03,060 --> 00:35:04,770 And it seemed like he was remembering something, 865 00:35:04,770 --> 00:35:07,675 kind of like you're remembering something right now. 866 00:35:07,675 --> 00:35:11,956 - The crooked ones. So there's more than one of them? 867 00:35:11,956 --> 00:35:14,491 - Seems like anything that key touches. 868 00:35:16,902 --> 00:35:18,900 - I got one more question, sir. 869 00:35:18,900 --> 00:35:19,733 - [Brennan] Yeah? 870 00:35:19,733 --> 00:35:23,431 - And excuse my language, but what the heck is a palooka? 871 00:35:23,431 --> 00:35:27,789 (group laughing) 872 00:35:27,789 --> 00:35:32,789 - You see he smiles, and you see he says, well, 873 00:35:32,874 --> 00:35:37,710 a palooka is, you know, a goon. 874 00:35:37,710 --> 00:35:39,247 You know... 875 00:35:39,247 --> 00:35:40,080 - A goomba. 876 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,413 - A goomba, a mook, a meathead, you know? 877 00:35:42,413 --> 00:35:44,692 - Okay. - Is that helpful? 878 00:35:44,692 --> 00:35:48,188 - That's helpful! - He says, you're a good egg, 879 00:35:48,188 --> 00:35:49,822 so you don't have to worry about growing up 880 00:35:49,822 --> 00:35:52,230 into a palooka one day. 881 00:35:52,230 --> 00:35:55,140 You see he folds up the drawing of the snake 882 00:35:55,140 --> 00:35:57,030 and hands it to you. 883 00:35:57,030 --> 00:35:59,486 I guess Norrell's never coming back for it and, 884 00:35:59,486 --> 00:36:00,794 you know Ronnie. 885 00:36:02,340 --> 00:36:03,276 - Thank you. 886 00:36:03,276 --> 00:36:05,026 - (chanting rhythmically) Madam Loathing's! 887 00:36:05,026 --> 00:36:07,234 We gotta get to Madam Loathing's. 888 00:36:07,234 --> 00:36:09,940 I know 'em there. She's real mean. 889 00:36:09,940 --> 00:36:12,053 - As you're all getting ready to head out, 890 00:36:12,053 --> 00:36:14,715 you see that Mr. Thalamus goes back behind the counter 891 00:36:14,715 --> 00:36:16,151 and says, thanks for coming in. 892 00:36:16,151 --> 00:36:19,416 (Brennan mimics phone ringing) (tense music) 893 00:36:19,416 --> 00:36:21,240 And you see he says, that's odd, 894 00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:23,872 and picks it up and says, hello, Thalamus & Sons? 895 00:36:23,872 --> 00:36:25,770 - I thought the phone lines were down. 896 00:36:25,770 --> 00:36:28,691 - Well, things have gotten better. - Changed. 897 00:36:28,691 --> 00:36:30,683 (light buzzing) (players ahhing) 898 00:36:30,683 --> 00:36:31,590 - Ah. 899 00:36:31,590 --> 00:36:34,860 - And you all realize the phone lines are back up. 900 00:36:34,860 --> 00:36:36,480 - I will say, I'm probably not the person 901 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:38,100 to actually use a gun. 902 00:36:38,100 --> 00:36:39,360 - If there's one thing that you want, 903 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:41,191 it's impulse with a gun. 904 00:36:41,191 --> 00:36:42,940 (players laughing) 905 00:36:42,940 --> 00:36:45,042 - Yeah, and no sharp. 906 00:36:45,042 --> 00:36:47,460 - No sharp whatsoever. - Literally none. 907 00:36:47,460 --> 00:36:49,348 - Just in the car spinning it around. (gun barrel spinning) 908 00:36:49,348 --> 00:36:50,430 - Check out these cool tricks! 909 00:36:50,430 --> 00:36:53,370 - Look at this, I got my finger on the button! 910 00:36:53,370 --> 00:36:55,080 - Don't call it a button! Don't call it a button! 911 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:55,913 Give me that back! - Clickity 912 00:36:55,913 --> 00:36:57,429 clickity clickly. 913 00:36:57,429 --> 00:36:58,620 - So you guys exit 914 00:36:58,620 --> 00:37:00,670 Thalamus & Sons. (bell chiming) 915 00:37:00,670 --> 00:37:03,563 As you do so, and get back into your squad car, 916 00:37:03,563 --> 00:37:07,530 you see Ivana and Frank, long lost siblings, 917 00:37:07,530 --> 00:37:08,940 are sort of catching up. 918 00:37:08,940 --> 00:37:10,620 Justin jumps into the back with you, 919 00:37:10,620 --> 00:37:12,630 and you see Frank looks up and says, 920 00:37:12,630 --> 00:37:14,525 well, how'd it go in there? 921 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:17,820 - I forgot we didn't bring you along, buddy. 922 00:37:17,820 --> 00:37:21,608 - Oh, you fully kidnapped me, you know, so I'm here. 923 00:37:21,608 --> 00:37:22,755 I'm here to hel- 924 00:37:22,755 --> 00:37:25,650 If you need any help or any advice, I'm happy to give it. 925 00:37:25,650 --> 00:37:28,447 - Oh, is the advice going to be do nothing? 926 00:37:28,447 --> 00:37:29,513 (Alex laughing softly) 927 00:37:29,513 --> 00:37:31,680 - Look, (players laughing) 928 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:33,463 I'm here to point out- - Nice. 929 00:37:33,463 --> 00:37:35,762 - How many things could go wrong 930 00:37:35,762 --> 00:37:38,760 given any possible course of action! 931 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:40,912 - Yeah, we don't need that advice. Let's go. 932 00:37:40,912 --> 00:37:41,745 (players laughing lightly) 933 00:37:41,745 --> 00:37:43,403 - Suddenly, Anastasia, you hear, 934 00:37:43,403 --> 00:37:44,953 boop boop. Boop boop. (device chiming) 935 00:37:44,953 --> 00:37:48,225 And look down at the oculus beeping. 936 00:37:48,225 --> 00:37:49,900 (players making sounds of piqued interest) 937 00:37:49,900 --> 00:37:53,962 As it beeps, it opens up, (tense retrofuturistic music) 938 00:37:53,962 --> 00:37:55,523 and you see... 939 00:37:55,523 --> 00:37:56,639 - Uh-oh. 940 00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:02,760 - Looking around, the big guy standing up, 941 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,543 looking at a desk, and you recognize 942 00:38:05,543 --> 00:38:10,465 from the memories Imelda took, the big guy is standing 943 00:38:10,465 --> 00:38:14,257 at his desk with the schematics from the packet 944 00:38:14,257 --> 00:38:15,389 that started- - This man's a genius! 945 00:38:15,389 --> 00:38:16,814 (players laughing) 946 00:38:16,814 --> 00:38:18,120 - And he's got a drink. 947 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:21,330 - And he's got a stiff drink there. 948 00:38:21,330 --> 00:38:22,446 - And a pair of scissors. 949 00:38:22,446 --> 00:38:23,446 (players laughing) 950 00:38:23,446 --> 00:38:24,604 - What a cool guy! 951 00:38:24,604 --> 00:38:25,999 (players laughing) 952 00:38:25,999 --> 00:38:27,339 - (impressed) Scissors! 953 00:38:27,339 --> 00:38:29,570 - The oculus beeps, giving that the big guy 954 00:38:29,570 --> 00:38:33,012 has made it literally into the office 955 00:38:33,012 --> 00:38:36,238 where all of his schematics, the plans are. 956 00:38:36,238 --> 00:38:38,640 You also, I think, see definitively, 957 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,183 looking at those schematics, 958 00:38:40,183 --> 00:38:42,810 seeing how they've been changed and altered from the packet 959 00:38:42,810 --> 00:38:45,690 from the memories that you had ingested from that, 960 00:38:45,690 --> 00:38:48,780 you see the changes within the schematics 961 00:38:48,780 --> 00:38:51,750 to turn the psychometer into a weapon. 962 00:38:51,750 --> 00:38:53,700 Whatever Gobstopper wanted it for 963 00:38:53,700 --> 00:38:57,855 was not a tool for discovery and health, 964 00:38:57,855 --> 00:39:00,510 but rather a tool for mind control. 965 00:39:00,510 --> 00:39:01,860 That is what it had been turned into. 966 00:39:01,860 --> 00:39:03,750 - And is it the kind of thing 967 00:39:03,750 --> 00:39:05,070 that you can shoot someone with? 968 00:39:05,070 --> 00:39:09,950 - Yes, you see literally a ray gun style projectile, 969 00:39:09,950 --> 00:39:13,322 a ray gun, and you go, the guy from projectiles 970 00:39:13,322 --> 00:39:16,380 got put up on the research for the psychometer. 971 00:39:16,380 --> 00:39:18,570 So all of this has basically confirmed 972 00:39:18,570 --> 00:39:21,231 your worst suspicions, and looking at those schematics 973 00:39:21,231 --> 00:39:23,823 on the table, you also fundamentally see... 974 00:39:25,350 --> 00:39:29,812 the frequencies attached to those schematics and that gun 975 00:39:29,812 --> 00:39:34,753 render the white key in your mind as citizens of Mentopolis. 976 00:39:34,753 --> 00:39:37,415 You see basically confirmation 977 00:39:37,415 --> 00:39:40,539 of what you had already posited, 978 00:39:40,539 --> 00:39:42,810 that he got hit with that ray gun 979 00:39:42,810 --> 00:39:47,483 and that's what put that white key into Mentopolis. 980 00:39:47,483 --> 00:39:49,063 - So the big guy, we've got to make him 981 00:39:49,063 --> 00:39:51,298 grab the schematics, right? (cool mid-tempo music) 982 00:39:51,298 --> 00:39:56,148 - Damn, how close are we to the station? I mean, that's... 983 00:39:56,148 --> 00:39:58,007 - He made it there on his own. 984 00:39:58,007 --> 00:40:00,727 He might already be looking to do that. 985 00:40:00,727 --> 00:40:04,230 - Well, I wouldn't be so sure. 986 00:40:04,230 --> 00:40:06,712 There's no mayor anymore. 987 00:40:06,712 --> 00:40:09,870 - Right, and the DA doesn't want him to quit his job. 988 00:40:09,870 --> 00:40:11,642 - But the chief of police is still there! 989 00:40:11,642 --> 00:40:12,475 - Well... 990 00:40:12,475 --> 00:40:13,800 (Trapp laughing) 991 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:15,108 - The way you say that! 992 00:40:15,108 --> 00:40:17,908 (players laughing) 993 00:40:17,908 --> 00:40:22,805 - What happened with the big guy that tried to kill you? 994 00:40:22,805 --> 00:40:25,230 - I don't know, he was at the DA's office. 995 00:40:25,230 --> 00:40:27,360 I ran. I couldn't see where he went. 996 00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:29,520 - What happened with the DA? 997 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:31,440 - Well, he's not the DA anymore. 998 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:33,543 He's been taken over somehow, 999 00:40:33,543 --> 00:40:35,455 and there is a giant man with a key 1000 00:40:35,455 --> 00:40:37,980 who tried to turn me into the white-faced zombie 1001 00:40:37,980 --> 00:40:39,428 that the DA became. 1002 00:40:39,428 --> 00:40:40,950 - What's the order of succession in this city? 1003 00:40:40,950 --> 00:40:42,583 - [Hank] Yeah, how does it go next? (Freddie laughing) 1004 00:40:42,583 --> 00:40:44,137 - Well, it's funny you should ask. 1005 00:40:44,137 --> 00:40:48,275 I outlawed any changes in any form of government. 1006 00:40:48,275 --> 00:40:50,687 - [Trapp] Oh, okay. - So you are still the mayor, 1007 00:40:50,687 --> 00:40:54,553 even though you became mayor under a false name. 1008 00:40:54,553 --> 00:40:55,978 - Right, I'm the mayor. 1009 00:40:55,978 --> 00:40:59,640 Oh b'wait, I announced that I campaigned under a false name, 1010 00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:02,880 so probably, I'm legally barred from office. 1011 00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:05,775 But the good news is, no one else can do anything, either! 1012 00:41:05,775 --> 00:41:07,410 - All right, maybe- - Okay! 1013 00:41:07,410 --> 00:41:09,360 - I don't understand how that's good news. 1014 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:11,310 - Well, think about all the terrible things 1015 00:41:11,310 --> 00:41:12,720 that could happen if someone did something! 1016 00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:14,003 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. 1017 00:41:14,003 --> 00:41:15,578 (players laughing) 1018 00:41:15,578 --> 00:41:17,040 I think we gotta shoot that 1019 00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:19,173 guy with our copper gun, the white- the, 1020 00:41:19,173 --> 00:41:21,124 I didn't want to say the white guy, but... 1021 00:41:21,124 --> 00:41:23,048 (group laughing) 1022 00:41:23,048 --> 00:41:25,650 - No no no, follow this! 1023 00:41:25,650 --> 00:41:28,261 You see Frank says, 1024 00:41:28,261 --> 00:41:31,760 you said the DA's been turned into 1025 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:35,370 some sort of puppet by some figure with this white key? 1026 00:41:35,370 --> 00:41:37,308 - I believe that is the case. 1027 00:41:37,308 --> 00:41:39,210 He certainly seemed to be 1028 00:41:39,210 --> 00:41:41,460 entirely under the control of this man. 1029 00:41:41,460 --> 00:41:44,310 I have a question that I think you might know the answer to. 1030 00:41:44,310 --> 00:41:46,027 - [Brennan] Oh sure. - In this city, 1031 00:41:46,027 --> 00:41:50,398 where are the keyhole places where you can put a key in 1032 00:41:50,398 --> 00:41:53,535 and make this big guy do somethin'. 1033 00:41:53,535 --> 00:41:56,300 There's one at Cerebella, where- 1034 00:41:56,300 --> 00:41:57,633 - Cerebell Pacific. - Cerebell Pacific, 1035 00:41:57,633 --> 00:41:58,466 that's what it was. 1036 00:41:58,466 --> 00:42:02,070 And there's one at the station. Is there one in your office? 1037 00:42:02,070 --> 00:42:03,300 - There is one in my office, 1038 00:42:03,300 --> 00:42:05,730 but you know what's funny, Mr. The Fix, 1039 00:42:05,730 --> 00:42:07,950 is that you're not the first person to ask me that. 1040 00:42:07,950 --> 00:42:09,083 - Fuck. 1041 00:42:10,590 --> 00:42:13,733 - [Brennan] Mark Bition came into my office 1042 00:42:13,733 --> 00:42:16,230 after the murder at Cerebell Pacific. 1043 00:42:16,230 --> 00:42:17,970 - And did you freeze up in that moment 1044 00:42:17,970 --> 00:42:20,130 and decide to do nothing? 1045 00:42:20,130 --> 00:42:22,980 - That's exactly what I did. - Really? 1046 00:42:22,980 --> 00:42:23,880 - No, that's really what I did! 1047 00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:24,713 - That's fantastic news! 1048 00:42:24,713 --> 00:42:26,742 - See? Everyone has a lot of shit to say! 1049 00:42:26,742 --> 00:42:27,842 (players laughing) 1050 00:42:27,842 --> 00:42:29,490 Everyone's got a lot of shit to say 1051 00:42:29,490 --> 00:42:33,420 about freezing up and not doing anything, but occasionally, 1052 00:42:33,420 --> 00:42:37,380 when a really handsome DA comes in and steeples his fingers 1053 00:42:37,380 --> 00:42:40,830 and says, hey, do you know any other keyholes in the city? 1054 00:42:40,830 --> 00:42:44,355 The main one that all of us higher cognitive functions use 1055 00:42:44,355 --> 00:42:46,740 seems to have been destroyed in the murder last night. 1056 00:42:46,740 --> 00:42:50,207 What I said was, you know, that's an interesting question. 1057 00:42:50,207 --> 00:42:52,492 Let's game out everything that could happen 1058 00:42:52,492 --> 00:42:55,500 with various answers, and then he got really frustrated 1059 00:42:55,500 --> 00:42:57,690 and left before I could say anything useful! 1060 00:42:57,690 --> 00:42:59,520 - So you're saying he's handsome. 1061 00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:02,278 - He's a good looking guy. - Okay, that's good to know. 1062 00:43:02,278 --> 00:43:03,719 (players laughing) 1063 00:43:03,719 --> 00:43:05,238 - And I notice, once again, 1064 00:43:05,238 --> 00:43:07,920 you haven't told us where the other keyholes are. 1065 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,710 - And that's exactly how... 1066 00:43:10,710 --> 00:43:13,918 You see Ivana just wails out and clocks him in the head. 1067 00:43:13,918 --> 00:43:14,851 Guh! 1068 00:43:14,851 --> 00:43:16,260 I'm actually going to ask 1069 00:43:16,260 --> 00:43:21,252 for a DC 15 slick check to get this guy- 1070 00:43:21,252 --> 00:43:22,920 - Oh, I've got this! 1071 00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:24,709 - Can I flick him on the forehead a couple of times 1072 00:43:24,709 --> 00:43:26,417 and say, you know, 1073 00:43:26,417 --> 00:43:28,683 (thumping sounds, ASMR lovers rejoice) 1074 00:43:28,683 --> 00:43:32,245 you can't hum while you're blocking your nose. 1075 00:43:32,245 --> 00:43:33,217 Give it a try. 1076 00:43:33,217 --> 00:43:34,717 (quick fun music) 1077 00:43:34,717 --> 00:43:38,295 (Brennan attempting to hum and failing) 1078 00:43:38,295 --> 00:43:39,295 - (quietly) Wow! Where. 1079 00:43:39,295 --> 00:43:42,553 Are. The. Key. Holes. (thumping in time with speaking) 1080 00:43:42,553 --> 00:43:45,261 I can roll sharp instead of- - [Brennan] Yes, absolutely. 1081 00:43:45,261 --> 00:43:46,553 (Brennan laughing) 1082 00:43:49,011 --> 00:43:51,094 Oh! Yeah, what is it? 1083 00:43:51,094 --> 00:43:52,452 - 15. - [Brennan] 15! 1084 00:43:52,452 --> 00:43:54,570 You see he looks and says- 1085 00:43:54,570 --> 00:43:56,040 - Exactly 15. 1086 00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:59,580 - Well, there's one in my office, 1087 00:43:59,580 --> 00:44:04,020 but that's not a true impulse switchboard. 1088 00:44:04,020 --> 00:44:06,784 That's just a PA for announcing things to the brain. 1089 00:44:06,784 --> 00:44:08,743 I- I can use that to freeze things up, 1090 00:44:08,743 --> 00:44:11,823 but it's only just good for my key. 1091 00:44:11,823 --> 00:44:13,557 There's- There's a couple. 1092 00:44:13,557 --> 00:44:15,256 There's the one at Cerebell Pacific. 1093 00:44:15,256 --> 00:44:17,111 - Mm-hm, which doesn't work. 1094 00:44:17,111 --> 00:44:19,200 - [Brennan] Unless... - You fix it? 1095 00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:20,730 - Unless the phone lines are working again. 1096 00:44:20,730 --> 00:44:22,170 - Oh! Oh! 1097 00:44:22,170 --> 00:44:24,600 - I thought it was well and truly shot out. 1098 00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:27,937 - Hey, I passed that big neuroplasticity bill 1099 00:44:27,937 --> 00:44:31,500 so, you know, things do get fixed around here! 1100 00:44:31,500 --> 00:44:33,990 You know, things come back, all right? 1101 00:44:33,990 --> 00:44:36,120 The government's not totally inept! 1102 00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:36,953 There's a lot of things 1103 00:44:36,953 --> 00:44:39,186 I can do autonomically! - That neuroplasticity bill 1104 00:44:39,186 --> 00:44:40,752 was really watered down. 1105 00:44:40,752 --> 00:44:43,885 (players laughing) 1106 00:44:43,885 --> 00:44:45,478 - And all you really did was sign it. 1107 00:44:45,478 --> 00:44:46,853 I think all of the real- 1108 00:44:46,853 --> 00:44:48,952 - (dumbfounded babbling) Well, hold on! 1109 00:44:48,952 --> 00:44:51,480 - That's been in place for a long time. 1110 00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:53,545 - Look, leadership is complex. 1111 00:44:53,545 --> 00:44:55,428 (players laughing) 1112 00:44:55,428 --> 00:44:58,380 - He says, the executive function branches 1113 00:44:58,380 --> 00:45:00,630 is at Cerebell Pacific. 1114 00:45:00,630 --> 00:45:04,320 Then there's the reflexive switchboard at Oblongata Station. 1115 00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:07,440 There's also the autonomic switch. 1116 00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:10,506 That's in the head of the auto worker's union in Motor City. 1117 00:45:10,506 --> 00:45:13,920 That's in the head of the auto worker's union in Motor City. 1118 00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:14,754 - Fuck. 1119 00:45:14,754 --> 00:45:16,631 (Alex chuckling) 1120 00:45:16,631 --> 00:45:21,009 - Well, I do believe that going back to Cerebellum Pacific 1121 00:45:21,009 --> 00:45:22,770 at this point would be a mistake. 1122 00:45:22,770 --> 00:45:26,310 I am guessing if they have just gotten all of the phones 1123 00:45:26,310 --> 00:45:27,930 and if everything's back online, 1124 00:45:27,930 --> 00:45:29,779 considering that it had already been destroyed- 1125 00:45:29,779 --> 00:45:30,870 - Seems like a trap. - There's probably going to be 1126 00:45:30,870 --> 00:45:33,681 a huge police presence, 1127 00:45:33,681 --> 00:45:37,230 and perhaps more goons. 1128 00:45:37,230 --> 00:45:40,470 - Palookas. - More palookas, I apologize. 1129 00:45:40,470 --> 00:45:44,084 I believe if we were to go back to the train station, 1130 00:45:44,084 --> 00:45:45,201 we would be, 1131 00:45:45,201 --> 00:45:46,740 we would be dealing with the same problem, 1132 00:45:46,740 --> 00:45:48,270 since the last time we were there- 1133 00:45:48,270 --> 00:45:50,300 - I don't think Max is going to be happy to see us 1134 00:45:50,300 --> 00:45:51,469 if we go back there. 1135 00:45:51,469 --> 00:45:52,994 (players laughing) 1136 00:45:52,994 --> 00:45:54,718 - I do believe that I have perhaps 1137 00:45:54,718 --> 00:45:56,160 ruined my relationship with them. 1138 00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:58,380 That will be something I will deal with later. 1139 00:45:58,380 --> 00:46:00,905 I'm sure Dan does not want to go back and get Fucksed up. 1140 00:46:00,905 --> 00:46:03,390 - No, no, no. - So I think we may have 1141 00:46:03,390 --> 00:46:05,610 no choice but to go to the auto workers. 1142 00:46:05,610 --> 00:46:07,687 - I've got a broader concern, 1143 00:46:07,687 --> 00:46:11,207 which is that there is a big man with a key 1144 00:46:11,207 --> 00:46:13,830 that he can put in any keyhole in this body, 1145 00:46:13,830 --> 00:46:15,797 and we do not know where he is, 1146 00:46:15,797 --> 00:46:18,870 and I think that Norrell might've shot out that hole 1147 00:46:18,870 --> 00:46:21,330 to prevent that from happening, 1148 00:46:21,330 --> 00:46:24,613 having saved all of our lives. 1149 00:46:24,613 --> 00:46:25,446 - I think The Fix is right. 1150 00:46:25,446 --> 00:46:28,097 I think we got a couple of things going on here. 1151 00:46:28,097 --> 00:46:29,238 We've got, 1152 00:46:29,238 --> 00:46:32,198 We want to make sure that the big guy's doing what we want. 1153 00:46:32,198 --> 00:46:34,308 At the same time, there's another guy in here 1154 00:46:34,308 --> 00:46:36,780 trying to make sure that the big guy does what he wants, 1155 00:46:36,780 --> 00:46:38,728 so we're in a race to keyholes, 1156 00:46:38,728 --> 00:46:41,400 but also trying to keep this other guy out of any keyhole. 1157 00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:42,420 The person who seemed to know the most 1158 00:46:42,420 --> 00:46:43,800 about this was Norrell Ojiccle. 1159 00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:45,810 He's gone, but we know that Ronnie Reptile 1160 00:46:45,810 --> 00:46:47,481 knows something about Norrell Ojiccle. 1161 00:46:47,481 --> 00:46:49,782 - I didn't know they get to go on field trips. 1162 00:46:49,782 --> 00:46:52,505 - Yeah, that's nice of Miss Loathing. (players laughing) 1163 00:46:52,505 --> 00:46:54,023 - I mean, it sounds boring 1164 00:46:54,023 --> 00:46:55,997 to go to a phone factory or whatever 1165 00:46:55,997 --> 00:46:57,531 it is that they do there - That sounds fucking awesome, 1166 00:46:57,531 --> 00:46:59,330 actually. (players laughing) 1167 00:46:59,330 --> 00:47:02,250 - So it sounds like we want maybe an offensive 1168 00:47:02,250 --> 00:47:06,120 to try to get to a switch, defensive to try to hunt down 1169 00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:08,523 the white guy, as Conrad named him, 1170 00:47:08,523 --> 00:47:10,939 (players laughing) 1171 00:47:10,939 --> 00:47:13,290 and maybe we see if Ronnie Reptile knows anything else 1172 00:47:13,290 --> 00:47:16,410 about this guy that would help us in our hunt. 1173 00:47:16,410 --> 00:47:18,982 That's the way I sees it, at least. (curious jazzy music) 1174 00:47:18,982 --> 00:47:20,497 - You see Frank speaks up and says, 1175 00:47:20,497 --> 00:47:24,535 oh boy, well, all of those three keyholes are unprotected, 1176 00:47:24,535 --> 00:47:27,630 and I can't say with certainty whether they, you know, 1177 00:47:27,630 --> 00:47:29,370 fixed the one at Cerebell Pacific, 1178 00:47:29,370 --> 00:47:34,232 but I know that that's one that Mark Bition knows about. 1179 00:47:34,232 --> 00:47:36,000 - Right, he doesn't maybe know about the Motor City one. 1180 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:37,290 - Possibly. No, he... 1181 00:47:37,290 --> 00:47:39,720 I mean, the DA does the DA's job. 1182 00:47:39,720 --> 00:47:42,110 I made sure that the executive function branch 1183 00:47:42,110 --> 00:47:43,590 is heavily siloed. 1184 00:47:43,590 --> 00:47:45,513 The only thing that possibly could happen 1185 00:47:45,513 --> 00:47:49,410 is he could go to the courthouse and Judge Fusion, 1186 00:47:49,410 --> 00:47:53,580 if she were convinced, could potentially award 1187 00:47:53,580 --> 00:47:57,055 emergency powers, if M. Bition could prove 1188 00:47:57,055 --> 00:47:59,007 that there was an actual state of emergency. 1189 00:47:59,007 --> 00:48:01,530 But in the meantime, the big guy's standing at this desk 1190 00:48:01,530 --> 00:48:04,382 probably wondering what he should be doing. 1191 00:48:04,382 --> 00:48:08,943 - Well, I can go to Cerebell because I've been there before. 1192 00:48:08,943 --> 00:48:10,483 Seems like if there's the DA there, 1193 00:48:10,483 --> 00:48:12,643 maybe I can talk us out of some kind of trouble. 1194 00:48:12,643 --> 00:48:14,999 - People are looking for you now, though. 1195 00:48:14,999 --> 00:48:16,265 - (suavely) People are always looking for me. 1196 00:48:16,265 --> 00:48:18,423 (players laughing) 1197 00:48:18,423 --> 00:48:21,710 - I believe that one of us should definitely go 1198 00:48:21,710 --> 00:48:23,730 to the courthouse to make sure that doesn't happen. 1199 00:48:23,730 --> 00:48:26,370 I have the biggest in with the court, 1200 00:48:26,370 --> 00:48:29,250 being that I often cover the news of the day. 1201 00:48:29,250 --> 00:48:33,052 I strongly suggest that if someone does come with me, 1202 00:48:33,052 --> 00:48:35,185 it be someone who is packing. 1203 00:48:36,060 --> 00:48:38,460 - I don't think we should put both our guns in one place. 1204 00:48:38,460 --> 00:48:40,556 - Absolutely not. - [Siobhan] This is true. 1205 00:48:41,820 --> 00:48:45,229 - I'm the only one who knows anybody at Madam Loathing's. 1206 00:48:45,229 --> 00:48:47,246 But I'm also the one- - I know some. 1207 00:48:47,246 --> 00:48:48,707 - [Hank] Yeah, you do. - I'll come with you. 1208 00:48:48,707 --> 00:48:51,240 - Okay. I'm worried about all of you. 1209 00:48:51,240 --> 00:48:52,993 Please take care of yourselves. 1210 00:48:52,993 --> 00:48:54,176 (players laughing) 1211 00:48:54,176 --> 00:48:56,670 I can't give you Moxie if we're not together. 1212 00:48:56,670 --> 00:48:58,770 - I'm going to come with Fix and Conrad, 1213 00:48:58,770 --> 00:49:00,710 because I'm very curious about- 1214 00:49:00,710 --> 00:49:03,923 - [Brennan] So The Fix, Conrad, and Hunch 1215 00:49:03,923 --> 00:49:05,190 are headed to Madam Loathing's. 1216 00:49:05,190 --> 00:49:07,320 - Yes. - Justin goes, (barks) 1217 00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:10,590 And me, too! We're not getting split up again. 1218 00:49:10,590 --> 00:49:12,240 - Oh, is Fight still with us? Is Ivana? 1219 00:49:12,240 --> 00:49:13,140 - [Brennan] Ivana's still here with you 1220 00:49:13,140 --> 00:49:13,973 as well, yeah, for sure. 1221 00:49:13,973 --> 00:49:15,510 - Maybe Ivana should come with me. 1222 00:49:15,510 --> 00:49:18,780 - Ivana winks and says, that sound like a good idea. 1223 00:49:18,780 --> 00:49:20,795 - I was thinking maybe Dan Fucks 1224 00:49:20,795 --> 00:49:23,370 should go to the courthouse also, 1225 00:49:23,370 --> 00:49:25,950 because maybe there's a criminal element there. 1226 00:49:25,950 --> 00:49:29,040 - Oh yes, quite familiar with all of them. 1227 00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:31,410 They don't like me at the courthouse, though. 1228 00:49:31,410 --> 00:49:32,756 - This is true. - A place of law and order. 1229 00:49:32,756 --> 00:49:33,589 - We'll have to give you some kind of 1230 00:49:33,589 --> 00:49:35,481 a disguise. - Some sort of disguise, perhaps! 1231 00:49:35,481 --> 00:49:37,896 - I pull out fairy wings (light magical twinkle) 1232 00:49:37,896 --> 00:49:40,379 from my bag, (players laughing) 1233 00:49:40,379 --> 00:49:42,596 put them on Dan Fucks. (magical twinkling) 1234 00:49:42,596 --> 00:49:43,429 - So now I am like- 1235 00:49:43,429 --> 00:49:45,840 - You look completely different! A new man! 1236 00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:48,130 - Ooh, yes. - I take off my trilby. 1237 00:49:48,130 --> 00:49:50,180 It is immediately replaced by a fedora. (poof sound) 1238 00:49:50,180 --> 00:49:51,547 (players laughing) 1239 00:49:51,547 --> 00:49:53,580 I give you the trilby to top it off. 1240 00:49:53,580 --> 00:49:56,737 - Okay, so The Fix, Conrad, Justin, and Hunch 1241 00:49:56,737 --> 00:49:57,570 going to Madam Loathing's. 1242 00:49:57,570 --> 00:50:02,453 Anastasia and Dan are headed to... 1243 00:50:02,453 --> 00:50:03,869 - The courthouse. - Headed to the courthouse. 1244 00:50:03,869 --> 00:50:05,520 (whispering) There's so much. This is so cool. 1245 00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:07,620 Everyone's doing cool stuff. (players laughing) 1246 00:50:07,620 --> 00:50:10,530 And then Imelda and Ivana 1247 00:50:10,530 --> 00:50:14,520 are going to Cerebell Pacific? 1248 00:50:14,520 --> 00:50:16,984 - Yes. - [Brennan] Hell yeah. 1249 00:50:16,984 --> 00:50:18,658 - I would very much like a gun. 1250 00:50:19,590 --> 00:50:21,482 - Well, I would very much like a gun! 1251 00:50:21,482 --> 00:50:23,923 Actually, I think I might give my gun to Ivana. 1252 00:50:23,923 --> 00:50:25,473 (Brennan laughing) 1253 00:50:25,473 --> 00:50:26,820 - Okay, so you're going to give your gun to Ivana. 1254 00:50:26,820 --> 00:50:28,380 You have the other copper gun. 1255 00:50:28,380 --> 00:50:30,742 - Yeah. - [Brennan] Up to you. 1256 00:50:30,742 --> 00:50:33,870 - I also have my gun, and if you got the copper gun- 1257 00:50:33,870 --> 00:50:36,420 - I think the copper gun's only good against... 1258 00:50:36,420 --> 00:50:37,993 - Yeah. - But I do think- 1259 00:50:37,993 --> 00:50:40,545 - A copper gun could definitely do some damage to a normal- 1260 00:50:40,545 --> 00:50:43,830 - It's just like silver bullets hurt werewolves and people. 1261 00:50:43,830 --> 00:50:44,971 (players agreeing) 1262 00:50:44,971 --> 00:50:46,440 - I'm just saying if... 1263 00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:48,590 - [Hank] I don't expect to run into the key- 1264 00:50:48,590 --> 00:50:49,965 - At Madam Loathing's. - [Hank] At Madam Loathing's. 1265 00:50:49,965 --> 00:50:53,760 So I pass the copper gun over to A. Tension. 1266 00:50:53,760 --> 00:50:55,402 - Look at us! Pew, pew! 1267 00:50:55,402 --> 00:50:57,710 (saying pew back and forth, practicing zero gun safety) 1268 00:50:57,710 --> 00:50:59,745 My finger's on the button! 1269 00:50:59,745 --> 00:51:01,137 - Actually, maybe just try it once, (Alex laughing) 1270 00:51:01,137 --> 00:51:03,020 just to see what happens. - [Freddie] No, no, no! 1271 00:51:03,020 --> 00:51:04,477 - A. Tension just starts spinning- (gun barrel spinning) 1272 00:51:04,477 --> 00:51:06,870 - Spinning the little thingy? (Alex laughing) 1273 00:51:06,870 --> 00:51:08,310 - And then Frank says, great! 1274 00:51:08,310 --> 00:51:09,810 That sounds like an amazing plan! 1275 00:51:09,810 --> 00:51:11,493 Which team needs my help? 1276 00:51:13,020 --> 00:51:14,743 - I think that we need you to go 1277 00:51:14,743 --> 00:51:16,830 down to Motor City by yourself. 1278 00:51:16,830 --> 00:51:18,475 - Wait, no one's going to Motor City. 1279 00:51:19,475 --> 00:51:21,382 - Just call us when you get there 1280 00:51:21,382 --> 00:51:23,640 and tell us everything's okay, bye! 1281 00:51:23,640 --> 00:51:27,052 - I'll go to Motor City and give them all my best ideas! 1282 00:51:27,052 --> 00:51:28,310 (players laughing) 1283 00:51:28,310 --> 00:51:31,104 - Is there anything to keeping him close? 1284 00:51:31,104 --> 00:51:31,937 (players laughing) 1285 00:51:31,937 --> 00:51:34,780 - Actually, honestly, keeping everything in exact stasis 1286 00:51:34,780 --> 00:51:36,960 at Motor City is not the worst thing. 1287 00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:38,640 - Just don't move! 1288 00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:40,770 - Make sure no one does anything there, 1289 00:51:40,770 --> 00:51:42,638 and we'll get there as soon as we can. 1290 00:51:42,638 --> 00:51:44,610 - Get the big guy in a closet. 1291 00:51:44,610 --> 00:51:48,840 - You see he looks at you and takes a moment as Freeze. 1292 00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:52,041 He looks at all of you and says, 1293 00:51:52,041 --> 00:51:53,591 (inspiring patriotic music) 1294 00:51:53,591 --> 00:51:55,786 you know, this fair city of ours, 1295 00:51:56,807 --> 00:51:58,312 it is near and dear to my heart, 1296 00:51:58,312 --> 00:52:01,353 even if I haven't always been the most honest mayor. 1297 00:52:02,850 --> 00:52:06,333 Sometimes it's the right thing to freeze, but other times, 1298 00:52:07,230 --> 00:52:10,698 other times, you have to do what's right by other people, 1299 00:52:10,698 --> 00:52:13,500 even if it wouldn't be your first idea. 1300 00:52:13,500 --> 00:52:15,523 He smiles at Conrad. 1301 00:52:15,523 --> 00:52:17,314 So I'm going to go to Motor City, 1302 00:52:17,314 --> 00:52:20,247 and while you're saving this 1303 00:52:20,247 --> 00:52:23,223 rainy old, crummy old town (inspiring music keeps building) 1304 00:52:23,223 --> 00:52:25,650 from that figure with the white key, 1305 00:52:25,650 --> 00:52:28,050 and while you're trying to solve this mystery, 1306 00:52:28,050 --> 00:52:31,350 I'm going to go to Motor City and I'm going to tell them, 1307 00:52:31,350 --> 00:52:33,141 while we're waiting on you, 1308 00:52:33,141 --> 00:52:35,333 to change our shitty pants. 1309 00:52:35,333 --> 00:52:38,556 (big brass horn music) (players laughing) 1310 00:52:38,556 --> 00:52:40,050 - You're a hero. 1311 00:52:40,050 --> 00:52:42,420 - He fully weeps and salutes. 1312 00:52:42,420 --> 00:52:44,355 (loudly and proudly) We're going to do something! 1313 00:52:44,355 --> 00:52:47,621 We're going to get the shit out of our pants! 1314 00:52:47,621 --> 00:52:51,076 He starts running off to Motor City. (players laughing) 1315 00:52:51,076 --> 00:52:54,420 - When we saw the eye open, I wasn't thinking of this man 1316 00:52:54,420 --> 00:52:57,950 looking at his desk with shit running down his legs. 1317 00:52:57,950 --> 00:53:00,840 - To be clear, it was like, Mr. Henry, 1318 00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:02,820 I don't think that what we're doing is right! 1319 00:53:02,820 --> 00:53:05,670 Goons? Oh no! (jumping in the air) 1320 00:53:05,670 --> 00:53:07,395 Mind control ray? (mimics brain scrambling) 1321 00:53:07,395 --> 00:53:08,620 (screams) (glass shattering) 1322 00:53:08,620 --> 00:53:10,011 Oh go- (mimics grappling gun firing) 1323 00:53:10,011 --> 00:53:11,528 (glass shattering) (fart sound) Shit! 1324 00:53:11,528 --> 00:53:12,640 Oh, my office! 1325 00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:14,357 (players laughing) 1326 00:53:14,357 --> 00:53:16,178 - This is all that's happened so far. 1327 00:53:16,178 --> 00:53:17,490 - Five episodes, that's all. 1328 00:53:17,490 --> 00:53:19,270 - Yes, exactly, in all these episodes, 1329 00:53:19,270 --> 00:53:21,900 that is the full extent of what we have covered. 1330 00:53:21,900 --> 00:53:23,850 We haven't found Flight, right? 1331 00:53:23,850 --> 00:53:24,900 - No. - No, 1332 00:53:24,900 --> 00:53:26,024 or Fawn. - [Danielle] Or Fawn. 1333 00:53:26,024 --> 00:53:29,730 - You know that Fanny Fawnsworth is at Avaricci's place. 1334 00:53:29,730 --> 00:53:32,520 - Flight could be in Motor City. 1335 00:53:32,520 --> 00:53:34,237 - True, that's where I'd be. 1336 00:53:34,237 --> 00:53:37,200 And look out for Flight while you're there! 1337 00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:39,092 - My sister? - [Hank] Yeah! 1338 00:53:39,092 --> 00:53:42,150 - All right, probably not going to find her. 1339 00:53:42,150 --> 00:53:44,286 She's really good at getting away. 1340 00:53:44,286 --> 00:53:46,236 (players laughing) 1341 00:53:46,236 --> 00:53:47,620 - Especially from you. 1342 00:53:47,620 --> 00:53:48,511 (players laughing) 1343 00:53:48,511 --> 00:53:51,476 - He's like, oh, I've never caught her a day in my life. 1344 00:53:51,476 --> 00:53:52,983 (players laughing) 1345 00:53:52,983 --> 00:53:55,800 Let's roll sneak across the board, 1346 00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:58,830 and we'll do highest rolls of the pairs. 1347 00:53:58,830 --> 00:53:59,802 - Five. 1348 00:53:59,802 --> 00:54:01,196 - Eight. - Three. 1349 00:54:01,196 --> 00:54:02,347 - [Trapp and Alex] Six. 1350 00:54:02,347 --> 00:54:03,720 - [Brennan] Six, okay. - One. 1351 00:54:03,720 --> 00:54:04,553 - [Brennan] One. 1352 00:54:04,553 --> 00:54:05,386 - [Danielle] Wait, no, that's a three. 1353 00:54:05,386 --> 00:54:06,219 - Okay, gotcha. 1354 00:54:06,219 --> 00:54:07,317 Cool cool cool. 1355 00:54:07,317 --> 00:54:10,230 We're actually going to start at Cerebell Pacific. 1356 00:54:10,230 --> 00:54:14,332 You see Ivana, this sort of old boxing trainer, says, 1357 00:54:14,332 --> 00:54:15,315 can I ask you a question 1358 00:54:15,315 --> 00:54:18,258 while we on way to this place over here? 1359 00:54:18,258 --> 00:54:19,499 (cool slow music) 1360 00:54:19,499 --> 00:54:22,770 Throw a punch in my hand. Let me see how you do. 1361 00:54:22,770 --> 00:54:24,607 - I slap the hand. (slapping sound) 1362 00:54:24,607 --> 00:54:26,490 (players laughing) 1363 00:54:26,490 --> 00:54:28,858 - She goes, okay, we got some work to do. 1364 00:54:28,858 --> 00:54:30,300 And runs off with you. 1365 00:54:30,300 --> 00:54:33,720 But she has that new gun in her hand. 1366 00:54:33,720 --> 00:54:37,152 The two of you end up arriving at Cerebell Pacific. 1367 00:54:37,152 --> 00:54:39,600 How do you approach Cerebell Pacific? 1368 00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:41,957 - So sneakily, oh my goodness. 1369 00:54:41,957 --> 00:54:44,523 There's a full dark shadow (whooshing sound) 1370 00:54:44,523 --> 00:54:46,148 waved across my face. 1371 00:54:46,148 --> 00:54:50,910 I know about a backdoor situation 1372 00:54:50,910 --> 00:54:54,085 since my family has this key, which is, 1373 00:54:54,085 --> 00:54:57,033 It's not exactly above board that we have these keys. 1374 00:54:57,033 --> 00:54:58,530 It's just like we've always had them. 1375 00:54:58,530 --> 00:54:59,370 - [Brennan] Yeah. 1376 00:54:59,370 --> 00:55:00,810 - But maybe we don't want to be taking 1377 00:55:00,810 --> 00:55:05,460 the regular person corridors, so I know the layout 1378 00:55:05,460 --> 00:55:07,140 of this place pretty well, I'm assuming. 1379 00:55:07,140 --> 00:55:08,590 - Yeah. 1380 00:55:08,590 --> 00:55:12,615 - And hopefully, I can take us through in a way 1381 00:55:12,615 --> 00:55:16,920 that's not bursting in the front door at three AM. 1382 00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:18,455 Excuse me, can you open your business? 1383 00:55:18,455 --> 00:55:20,230 I have nefarious things to do! 1384 00:55:20,230 --> 00:55:22,845 - Go ahead and give me either sneak or slick 1385 00:55:22,845 --> 00:55:24,000 or whatever skill you think you'd be using 1386 00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:27,150 as you approach Cerebell Pacific, trying to get in. 1387 00:55:27,150 --> 00:55:28,800 - I actually think I might use savvy. 1388 00:55:28,800 --> 00:55:30,810 Does that make sense? An intelligence- 1389 00:55:30,810 --> 00:55:32,407 - [Brennan] Go ahead and give me savvy eight. 1390 00:55:32,407 --> 00:55:33,573 - Great. 1391 00:55:34,622 --> 00:55:36,330 Bleh, that's a four. 1392 00:55:36,330 --> 00:55:39,450 - With a savvy four, thinking about a back way in, 1393 00:55:39,450 --> 00:55:42,170 it's hard because you, in your normal life, 1394 00:55:42,170 --> 00:55:43,980 are so used to just walking in through the front of places 1395 00:55:43,980 --> 00:55:45,880 and having doors open for you. 1396 00:55:45,880 --> 00:55:47,326 - Uh-huh. - You know, Ivana sort of- 1397 00:55:47,326 --> 00:55:48,693 - I get to the front door and I just wait 1398 00:55:48,693 --> 00:55:50,310 for somebody else to open it. 1399 00:55:50,310 --> 00:55:52,680 - Ivana goes, we want to kick the door down? 1400 00:55:52,680 --> 00:55:54,960 Fight our way through? 1401 00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:56,670 - Yeah, that sounds really great. 1402 00:55:56,670 --> 00:55:58,253 - She kicks the door open (door getting kicked in) 1403 00:55:58,253 --> 00:56:00,720 and starts blasting. (gun shots) 1404 00:56:00,720 --> 00:56:02,094 Let's go! (gun shots) 1405 00:56:02,094 --> 00:56:05,220 And you see it causes a huge distraction, 1406 00:56:05,220 --> 00:56:07,607 which is going to bring the difficulty down on a sneak check 1407 00:56:07,607 --> 00:56:10,710 for you as she rushes into Cerebell Pacific. 1408 00:56:10,710 --> 00:56:11,970 Call it six. (cool tense music) 1409 00:56:11,970 --> 00:56:13,920 - That's a nine! 10. - Hey, all right! 1410 00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:17,220 You sneak all the way 1411 00:56:17,220 --> 00:56:20,640 into the heart of Cerebell Pacific. 1412 00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:23,730 You arrive at the room. 1413 00:56:23,730 --> 00:56:26,988 You look at the Switchboard. 1414 00:56:26,988 --> 00:56:29,752 This is the place that you came before our story even began 1415 00:56:29,752 --> 00:56:32,400 where you started all of this 1416 00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:35,790 by grabbing those papers off the desk. 1417 00:56:35,790 --> 00:56:38,640 You look at the Switchboard, 1418 00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:40,007 and there is... 1419 00:56:40,007 --> 00:56:42,960 no keyhole there. (gasps) 1420 00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:45,600 You hear a voice in the shadows behind you. 1421 00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:47,520 Looking for something? 1422 00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:51,970 And you see the deputy chief of staff Lance walk out 1423 00:56:51,970 --> 00:56:55,460 holding this last piece of machinery 1424 00:56:55,460 --> 00:56:56,839 that gets set into the desk, 1425 00:56:56,839 --> 00:56:59,322 set into the Switchboard, and connected. 1426 00:56:59,322 --> 00:57:01,272 - Are you looking for something? 1427 00:57:02,670 --> 00:57:05,370 - Hey. And he takes out a gun. 1428 00:57:05,370 --> 00:57:07,440 I'm always looking for something. 1429 00:57:07,440 --> 00:57:11,638 - Well, I'm always looking to get into something. 1430 00:57:13,110 --> 00:57:14,643 - You're getting into something. 1431 00:57:14,643 --> 00:57:16,950 Is that something trouble, Ms. Pulse? 1432 00:57:16,950 --> 00:57:21,660 - Oh, I guess it depends on who's talking. 1433 00:57:21,660 --> 00:57:23,370 - Well, it's me. 1434 00:57:23,370 --> 00:57:28,350 Deputy Chief of Staff H.V. Lance. 1435 00:57:28,350 --> 00:57:30,210 - Yeah, well, you probably think 1436 00:57:30,210 --> 00:57:31,590 all kinds of things are trouble. 1437 00:57:31,590 --> 00:57:33,630 - That's right, I do! 1438 00:57:33,630 --> 00:57:36,965 Now, I know that somebody came in here last night 1439 00:57:36,965 --> 00:57:39,609 and murdered Mr. Norrell Ojiccle, 1440 00:57:39,609 --> 00:57:43,062 but something didn't add up, did it? Because... 1441 00:57:43,062 --> 00:57:44,510 - No, it didn't, 1442 00:57:44,510 --> 00:57:47,176 and I (players laughing) 1443 00:57:47,176 --> 00:57:49,726 have a lot of suspicions about that. 1444 00:57:49,726 --> 00:57:51,159 - You're suspici- So what do you got to 1445 00:57:51,159 --> 00:57:52,025 say about that, huh? 1446 00:57:52,025 --> 00:57:52,950 - Who are you suspicious of? 1447 00:57:52,950 --> 00:57:55,230 - Exactly! Who are you suspicious of? 1448 00:57:55,230 --> 00:57:59,176 - Give me a slick check. We'll call it a difficulty 11. 1449 00:58:00,030 --> 00:58:01,423 - I got it. (Brennan laughing) 1450 00:58:01,423 --> 00:58:03,810 - You see he goes, you're not suspicious of me, are you? 1451 00:58:03,810 --> 00:58:05,258 - I'm suspicious of everybody. (suspicious music) 1452 00:58:05,258 --> 00:58:07,230 Aren't you suspicious of everybody in this town? 1453 00:58:07,230 --> 00:58:08,370 - Not generally myself, 1454 00:58:08,370 --> 00:58:10,290 but now I'm wondering if I should be. (players laughing) 1455 00:58:10,290 --> 00:58:11,821 - Well, maybe think about it, huh? 1456 00:58:11,821 --> 00:58:14,503 (Brennan groaning in confused distress) 1457 00:58:14,503 --> 00:58:17,070 - You watch the brain's sense of hypervigilance 1458 00:58:17,070 --> 00:58:19,860 start to turn around on himself. 1459 00:58:19,860 --> 00:58:23,610 He goes, the DA told me to come down here 1460 00:58:23,610 --> 00:58:26,907 and protect this until- - The DA? The DA? 1461 00:58:26,907 --> 00:58:28,440 Don't you know these things always go 1462 00:58:28,440 --> 00:58:30,840 all the way to the top? - All the way to the top?! 1463 00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:32,873 You're saying the mayor's a traitor? 1464 00:58:32,873 --> 00:58:36,810 - Actually, the mayor was lying about who he was, but- 1465 00:58:36,810 --> 00:58:38,190 - (vindicated) I knew it! 1466 00:58:38,190 --> 00:58:40,447 - That guy was a red herring the whole time! 1467 00:58:40,447 --> 00:58:42,531 - A red herring?! - A red herring, I tell ya! 1468 00:58:42,531 --> 00:58:44,216 - Well, I want a normal colored herring! 1469 00:58:44,216 --> 00:58:45,789 - Well, you can't have one. 1470 00:58:45,789 --> 00:58:48,030 Not in this town, not in these days. 1471 00:58:48,030 --> 00:58:50,610 - Look, you can put an anchovy on toast all you want, 1472 00:58:50,610 --> 00:58:52,890 but we still got a fish to catch! 1473 00:58:52,890 --> 00:58:55,917 - We do? - What? What do you mean? 1474 00:58:55,917 --> 00:58:58,980 - I mean that there's a killer in this town, 1475 00:58:58,980 --> 00:59:00,480 and I'm out to get him, see? 1476 00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:01,770 Or her! 1477 00:59:01,770 --> 00:59:04,022 - That's right, and we know the killer, and it's you. 1478 00:59:04,022 --> 00:59:04,855 - No! 1479 00:59:04,855 --> 00:59:08,005 - You came here and turned the key to get the packet, 1480 00:59:08,005 --> 00:59:10,647 and Norrell tried to stop you, and that's when 1481 00:59:10,647 --> 00:59:14,400 you turned your gun on him like the one you... 1482 00:59:14,400 --> 00:59:15,233 don't have right now, 1483 00:59:15,233 --> 00:59:17,190 but I hear it shooting out in the hallway! You- 1484 00:59:17,190 --> 00:59:18,843 - I didn't kill anybody. 1485 00:59:18,843 --> 00:59:21,240 Yes, I used the key, and yes, that's my right. 1486 00:59:21,240 --> 00:59:22,707 Look here, mister. (pleasant light sound) 1487 00:59:22,707 --> 00:59:24,789 This is my key and none else's. 1488 00:59:24,789 --> 00:59:27,170 But I didn't kill nobody. 1489 00:59:27,170 --> 00:59:30,888 Norrell, he was just a kid doing a job. 1490 00:59:30,888 --> 00:59:34,380 - A kid doing a job? What do you mean, a kid doing a job. 1491 00:59:34,380 --> 00:59:37,902 He was sitting here and he got killed in cold blood 1492 00:59:37,902 --> 00:59:40,620 so that you could turn the key in that switchboard. 1493 00:59:40,620 --> 00:59:43,822 - I don't need to kill Norrell. We're old friends. 1494 00:59:43,822 --> 00:59:46,380 We go back. I'm of the Pulse family. 1495 00:59:46,380 --> 00:59:48,180 I can use the key whenever I want. 1496 00:59:48,180 --> 00:59:51,256 That doesn't make any sense. Listen to yourself. 1497 00:59:51,256 --> 00:59:52,406 (Hank giggling, enjoying the tropes) 1498 00:59:52,406 --> 00:59:53,772 - No, no no. 1499 00:59:53,772 --> 00:59:56,314 that's what that Mayor Logic always wants, 1500 00:59:56,314 --> 00:59:59,490 it to make sense, but sometimes if you wait 1501 00:59:59,490 --> 01:00:01,620 for things to make sense, it's too late! 1502 01:00:01,620 --> 01:00:05,070 - Well, there I agree with you, Mr. Lance! 1503 01:00:05,070 --> 01:00:09,390 There, I agree with you. Sometimes you gotta just act. 1504 01:00:09,390 --> 01:00:10,605 - He leans in for a kiss. 1505 01:00:10,605 --> 01:00:12,096 (players laughing) 1506 01:00:12,096 --> 01:00:13,973 - I fully dip him. (saucy music) 1507 01:00:13,973 --> 01:00:15,191 - Mwah! 1508 01:00:15,191 --> 01:00:16,274 (players laughing) 1509 01:00:16,274 --> 01:00:19,320 He goes, I've never felt more alive in my life! 1510 01:00:19,320 --> 01:00:20,947 - Isn't it great? Isn't it great? 1511 01:00:20,947 --> 01:00:22,025 This is definitely a thing. 1512 01:00:22,025 --> 01:00:24,826 Hypervigilance and impulse? Absolutely. (players laughing) 1513 01:00:24,826 --> 01:00:26,970 - Wow, wowie wow wow wow! 1514 01:00:26,970 --> 01:00:30,270 Geez Louise, okay, (panting) look. 1515 01:00:30,270 --> 01:00:31,553 I'm going to say, actually, 1516 01:00:31,553 --> 01:00:35,820 go ahead and give me slick, six. 1517 01:00:37,560 --> 01:00:39,533 - Yes, nine. 1518 01:00:39,533 --> 01:00:41,924 (beautiful romantic music) (pressure releasing) 1519 01:00:41,924 --> 01:00:43,740 (players cheering in relief) 1520 01:00:43,740 --> 01:00:45,900 - You see that the pressure comes down 1521 01:00:45,900 --> 01:00:49,065 as impulse is married to hypervigilance, and somewhere, 1522 01:00:49,065 --> 01:00:51,765 the big guy, changing his pants, goes, 1523 01:00:51,765 --> 01:00:53,548 (panting) okay! 1524 01:00:53,548 --> 01:00:56,486 Everything's a threat, but we have to act! 1525 01:00:56,486 --> 01:01:00,052 (players laughing) 1526 01:01:00,052 --> 01:01:01,312 As the two of you kiss 1527 01:01:01,312 --> 01:01:04,413 in the middle of the communications center of the brain. 1528 01:01:04,413 --> 01:01:05,910 So you see Lance looks at you and says- 1529 01:01:05,910 --> 01:01:07,118 - I slap him across the face. 1530 01:01:07,118 --> 01:01:07,951 - Guh! (slapping sound) 1531 01:01:07,951 --> 01:01:09,709 - How dare you, sir? 1532 01:01:09,709 --> 01:01:11,273 - (exhilarated and enthralled) Wow! 1533 01:01:11,273 --> 01:01:12,624 I'm in love! 1534 01:01:12,624 --> 01:01:13,682 (players laughing) 1535 01:01:13,682 --> 01:01:16,337 You see he goes, okay, look, the DA told me 1536 01:01:16,337 --> 01:01:17,490 to come here with this thing and not connect it. 1537 01:01:17,490 --> 01:01:20,610 The DA said he'd be along with a friend in not too long, 1538 01:01:20,610 --> 01:01:23,220 but he had to swing by the courthouse first, so- 1539 01:01:23,220 --> 01:01:25,470 - We gotta get out of here before it's too late! 1540 01:01:25,470 --> 01:01:27,570 We gotta get this big man 1541 01:01:27,570 --> 01:01:29,880 picking up these papers and out of this damn room! 1542 01:01:29,880 --> 01:01:31,500 - How are we going to get him to pick up the papers? 1543 01:01:31,500 --> 01:01:34,383 - Well, the keyhole is gone. What'd you do with it? 1544 01:01:34,383 --> 01:01:36,550 - No I got it right here! - Oh! Put it on there! 1545 01:01:36,550 --> 01:01:39,450 - You see he goes in, slams it into the Switchboard, 1546 01:01:39,450 --> 01:01:42,390 and you are once again standing at the switchboard 1547 01:01:42,390 --> 01:01:44,850 at the center of Cerebell Pacific, 1548 01:01:44,850 --> 01:01:47,010 and have your key in your hand. 1549 01:01:47,010 --> 01:01:50,097 You see Ivana comes in with the gun, slams the thing shut, 1550 01:01:50,097 --> 01:01:53,640 looks around and says, I think I've done a good job 1551 01:01:53,640 --> 01:01:55,590 of holding most of them off. 1552 01:01:55,590 --> 01:01:58,410 - Again, if you want a job after this. 1553 01:01:58,410 --> 01:02:00,240 - I'd just like my old job back. 1554 01:02:00,240 --> 01:02:01,740 - Oh, that's great. - [Brennan] For sure. 1555 01:02:01,740 --> 01:02:04,980 - I put the key in and I look at hypervigilance and say, 1556 01:02:04,980 --> 01:02:07,499 you want to go to Vagus and get married right after this? 1557 01:02:07,499 --> 01:02:09,316 (players laughing) 1558 01:02:09,316 --> 01:02:12,027 - Ma'am, it would be an honor. 1559 01:02:12,027 --> 01:02:15,043 (players laughing) 1560 01:02:15,043 --> 01:02:16,736 You see hypervigilance, as you say that, 1561 01:02:16,736 --> 01:02:19,213 you see he actually gets on one knee, takes a ring out. 1562 01:02:19,213 --> 01:02:20,196 (gemstone sparkling) 1563 01:02:20,196 --> 01:02:21,150 - You had this this whole time? 1564 01:02:21,150 --> 01:02:22,927 - You gotta be ready for everything! 1565 01:02:22,927 --> 01:02:26,801 (group laughing) 1566 01:02:26,801 --> 01:02:31,287 You see you turn the key, and you hear a hush 1567 01:02:31,287 --> 01:02:32,387 (light trilling) 1568 01:02:32,387 --> 01:02:34,723 as the microphone comes into your hand again, 1569 01:02:34,723 --> 01:02:37,617 and once again, impulse is at the helm. 1570 01:02:37,617 --> 01:02:41,468 You hear and feel, almost, the breathing, 1571 01:02:41,468 --> 01:02:43,342 (heavy breathing) slow, 1572 01:02:43,342 --> 01:02:47,852 things coming into focus and perspective. 1573 01:02:47,852 --> 01:02:52,569 You feel stepping into pant legs. 1574 01:02:52,569 --> 01:02:53,852 Elias, (players laughing) 1575 01:02:53,852 --> 01:02:56,083 - Yeah, the mayor got there! 1576 01:02:56,083 --> 01:03:00,272 - Elias, Elias so overworked that he has to keep 1577 01:03:00,272 --> 01:03:04,170 a change of clothes at the office, steps in. 1578 01:03:04,170 --> 01:03:06,960 You look down and see- 1579 01:03:06,960 --> 01:03:08,013 - Some shitty pants on the floor. 1580 01:03:08,013 --> 01:03:09,660 - Some shitty pants on the floor, 1581 01:03:09,660 --> 01:03:12,180 but see the oculus at Cerebell Pacific 1582 01:03:12,180 --> 01:03:14,820 open up and see all of the schematics on the desk. 1583 01:03:14,820 --> 01:03:18,750 - As I tell him what to do, I think of Conrad, 1584 01:03:18,750 --> 01:03:22,020 and hopefully imbue into him the feeling of, 1585 01:03:22,020 --> 01:03:25,238 this is the first time we've ever done a good thing. 1586 01:03:25,238 --> 01:03:26,442 - He says, this is the first time 1587 01:03:26,442 --> 01:03:28,040 we've ever done a good thing. 1588 01:03:28,040 --> 01:03:32,482 You see hands in that slow time of the outside world 1589 01:03:32,482 --> 01:03:37,097 begin to move, scoop up all of the packets, grab them again, 1590 01:03:37,097 --> 01:03:40,860 and begin to shove all of them quickly into a bag. 1591 01:03:40,860 --> 01:03:44,250 As you say that, that impulse of, 1592 01:03:44,250 --> 01:03:48,300 this is a sudden, correct thing to do, 1593 01:03:48,300 --> 01:03:52,002 you begin to see, lighting up on the Switchboard, 1594 01:03:52,002 --> 01:03:53,952 (little bulbs popping on) 1595 01:03:53,952 --> 01:03:57,865 little lights that have to do with rail signals. 1596 01:03:57,865 --> 01:03:59,965 (more little bulbs popping on) 1597 01:03:59,965 --> 01:04:03,120 But you also begin to hear shouting outside of the door, 1598 01:04:03,120 --> 01:04:06,990 and you see Lance says, that'll be the fuzz coming in. 1599 01:04:06,990 --> 01:04:08,010 They're mad as hell. 1600 01:04:08,010 --> 01:04:10,671 Someone killed the chief of police today. 1601 01:04:10,671 --> 01:04:13,533 - Oh boy. Well, let's get out of here. (players laughing) 1602 01:04:13,533 --> 01:04:15,185 - What do you do as you're getting ready to leave? 1603 01:04:15,185 --> 01:04:17,010 Your key is in this keyhole 1604 01:04:17,010 --> 01:04:19,710 here in the center of Cerebell Pacific. 1605 01:04:19,710 --> 01:04:22,959 - Can I take it out and 1606 01:04:22,959 --> 01:04:25,400 grab the gun 1607 01:04:25,400 --> 01:04:27,640 off of Ivana, 1608 01:04:27,640 --> 01:04:29,188 and give it back to Ivana (Freddie cackling) 1609 01:04:29,188 --> 01:04:30,870 because I realize that she's probably better at using it, 1610 01:04:30,870 --> 01:04:33,714 and have her shoot the Switchboard again. 1611 01:04:33,714 --> 01:04:35,640 - You see she says, you want me to shoot 1612 01:04:35,640 --> 01:04:37,950 the thing that lets you control big guy? 1613 01:04:37,950 --> 01:04:38,783 - Yeah. 1614 01:04:39,780 --> 01:04:41,328 - You are wild, lady. 1615 01:04:41,328 --> 01:04:43,720 (players laughing) 1616 01:04:43,720 --> 01:04:44,553 Bam! (gun shot) 1617 01:04:44,553 --> 01:04:47,594 Shoots it, and you see Lance says, we just got a new one! 1618 01:04:47,594 --> 01:04:49,635 - One guy in the back is putting his tools away. 1619 01:04:49,635 --> 01:04:50,468 He's like, ah! 1620 01:04:50,468 --> 01:04:53,489 - Come on, we just fixed that! Incredible. 1621 01:04:53,489 --> 01:04:55,653 - I'm going to be late coming home. 1622 01:04:55,653 --> 01:04:56,969 (players laughing) 1623 01:04:56,969 --> 01:04:59,095 - You should be lucky you have a job. 1624 01:04:59,095 --> 01:04:59,970 (players laughing) 1625 01:04:59,970 --> 01:05:01,110 - So as Ivana pulls the trigger, 1626 01:05:01,110 --> 01:05:04,695 you watch and see and can feel deep in your bones, 1627 01:05:04,695 --> 01:05:06,900 in your own sense of impulse, (fast tense music) 1628 01:05:06,900 --> 01:05:10,590 and know for a fact that what you had stated must be true, 1629 01:05:10,590 --> 01:05:15,377 that no one came here to murder Norrell Ojiccle. 1630 01:05:15,377 --> 01:05:18,030 Someone came here with a white key 1631 01:05:18,030 --> 01:05:22,830 to end Mentopolis as a city as we know it, 1632 01:05:22,830 --> 01:05:27,830 and instead met someone who had prepared just in time 1633 01:05:28,470 --> 01:05:32,400 to blow a hole through the keyhole and save the city. 1634 01:05:32,400 --> 01:05:35,332 As you and Ivana and Lance all begin to run out of here, 1635 01:05:35,332 --> 01:05:38,590 you see Lance looks behind, looks up at you and says, 1636 01:05:40,230 --> 01:05:43,385 well, I guess I'll confess, too. 1637 01:05:43,385 --> 01:05:46,920 I haven't always been strictly legal here, either. 1638 01:05:46,920 --> 01:05:48,900 I snuck some paperwork into an amendment 1639 01:05:48,900 --> 01:05:50,490 passing through the courthouse 1640 01:05:50,490 --> 01:05:53,042 to requisition a bunch of copper supplements. 1641 01:05:53,042 --> 01:05:55,983 And you see that he grabs your hand (smooth romantic music) 1642 01:05:55,983 --> 01:05:56,816 and begins to run. 1643 01:05:56,816 --> 01:05:58,638 - I am in love with you. 1644 01:05:58,638 --> 01:06:01,713 (group laughing) 1645 01:06:01,713 --> 01:06:04,950 - You head out. You rush on out of there. 1646 01:06:04,950 --> 01:06:08,370 Now, we are going to move to the courthouse. 1647 01:06:08,370 --> 01:06:10,410 We are deep in Cortex City, (dramatic music) 1648 01:06:10,410 --> 01:06:14,370 and you see the vast marble halls of a civic building. 1649 01:06:14,370 --> 01:06:16,620 You hear the bailiff announce, hear ye, hear ye! 1650 01:06:16,620 --> 01:06:20,583 All rise for the right honorable Judge Connie Fusion! 1651 01:06:21,535 --> 01:06:23,785 - The worst people in the positions of power. 1652 01:06:25,470 --> 01:06:26,826 No one's where they belong. 1653 01:06:26,826 --> 01:06:29,018 (Brennan laughing) 1654 01:06:29,018 --> 01:06:31,800 - And you see this older, 1655 01:06:31,800 --> 01:06:34,680 very stern-looking woman sit, 1656 01:06:34,680 --> 01:06:36,236 sort of the judge's frock, 1657 01:06:37,086 --> 01:06:41,310 and as the two of you walk in through the back door, 1658 01:06:41,310 --> 01:06:43,650 again, neither of you, I think, have really been... 1659 01:06:43,650 --> 01:06:45,843 Well, you killed the chief of police earlier today. 1660 01:06:45,843 --> 01:06:48,228 - Yeah. Yeah, yeah. (players laughing) 1661 01:06:48,228 --> 01:06:49,221 Let's not forget. 1662 01:06:49,221 --> 01:06:50,860 - Let's not forget. 1663 01:06:50,860 --> 01:06:54,522 As you both walk in, you see Mark Bition 1664 01:06:54,522 --> 01:06:58,912 standing at the prosecutor's desk saying, 1665 01:06:58,912 --> 01:07:00,360 your honor, we come here today 1666 01:07:00,360 --> 01:07:03,720 on behalf of City Hall and the mayor's office 1667 01:07:03,720 --> 01:07:06,702 requesting an emergency grant of powers. 1668 01:07:06,702 --> 01:07:08,460 Mayor Leon Logic has gone missing, 1669 01:07:08,460 --> 01:07:10,620 kidnapped by some miscreants that we believe 1670 01:07:10,620 --> 01:07:14,070 may also be responsible for the death of one Norrell Ojiccle 1671 01:07:14,070 --> 01:07:17,610 and various acts of vandalism throughout our fair city. 1672 01:07:17,610 --> 01:07:21,120 I ask that I be granted emergency power 1673 01:07:21,120 --> 01:07:22,740 so that the executive function branch 1674 01:07:22,740 --> 01:07:26,100 can still act in this time of crisis. 1675 01:07:26,100 --> 01:07:30,390 You see that the judge says, well, in the absence 1676 01:07:30,390 --> 01:07:33,848 of any counsel to the contrary, the bench has no other- 1677 01:07:33,848 --> 01:07:36,064 of any counsel to the contrary, the bench has no other- 1678 01:07:36,064 --> 01:07:37,825 - Hi! - [Hank] (quietly) Nice. 1679 01:07:37,825 --> 01:07:39,649 - Hello, hi. 1680 01:07:39,649 --> 01:07:44,370 My name is A. Tension. 1681 01:07:44,370 --> 01:07:45,577 As you may know, 1682 01:07:45,577 --> 01:07:48,210 I am a representative of the Daily Observer. 1683 01:07:48,210 --> 01:07:50,670 Hi, hello. Hi, hello. 1684 01:07:50,670 --> 01:07:53,962 I've come here to observe today's daily proceedings, 1685 01:07:53,962 --> 01:07:56,850 I've come here to observe today's daily proceedings, 1686 01:07:56,850 --> 01:08:00,367 and as well, offer counsel to you 1687 01:08:00,367 --> 01:08:02,250 and as well, offer counsel to you 1688 01:08:02,250 --> 01:08:05,130 on the proceedings that are proceeding, 1689 01:08:05,130 --> 01:08:09,897 because I also know law stuff. 1690 01:08:09,897 --> 01:08:12,365 - Hm, go ahead and give me a slick eight. 1691 01:08:12,365 --> 01:08:13,753 - Why would I do this? 1692 01:08:13,753 --> 01:08:14,819 (players laughing) 1693 01:08:14,819 --> 01:08:17,820 - I love that almost every NPC's response 1694 01:08:17,820 --> 01:08:19,756 to A. Tension has been, hm. 1695 01:08:19,756 --> 01:08:22,864 (players laughing) 1696 01:08:22,864 --> 01:08:24,659 I'm interested in hearing more. 1697 01:08:24,659 --> 01:08:26,567 - What was it? - Eight. 1698 01:08:27,510 --> 01:08:29,790 - Uh, that would be a 10. - Wow! 1699 01:08:29,790 --> 01:08:33,690 You see the judge says, hm. Highly irregular. 1700 01:08:33,690 --> 01:08:35,490 Now look here, Ms. Tension. 1701 01:08:35,490 --> 01:08:38,370 I've been on this bench for a long time, 1702 01:08:38,370 --> 01:08:40,265 and let me tell you, I have no idea 1703 01:08:40,265 --> 01:08:43,268 what the fuck is going on, all right? 1704 01:08:43,268 --> 01:08:45,660 So if you're telling me you're here representing 1705 01:08:45,660 --> 01:08:47,670 the Daily Observer, who are you representing? 1706 01:08:47,670 --> 01:08:48,960 - Me! 1707 01:08:48,960 --> 01:08:50,850 I object! (Brennan guffawing) 1708 01:08:50,850 --> 01:08:53,250 I hereby nominate myself! 1709 01:08:53,250 --> 01:08:55,158 You think that this man asked for this- 1710 01:08:55,158 --> 01:08:56,160 - Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. 1711 01:08:56,160 --> 01:09:00,248 You nominate yourself to be represented by your attorney? 1712 01:09:00,248 --> 01:09:03,090 - And, and, to take over this body! (players laughing) 1713 01:09:03,090 --> 01:09:05,370 Emergency power should be granted to me! 1714 01:09:05,370 --> 01:09:09,405 - Okay, so wait, so Ms. Tension, you've come here 1715 01:09:09,405 --> 01:09:11,700 to represent your client, Mr. Daniel Fucks. 1716 01:09:11,700 --> 01:09:12,533 - Correct! 1717 01:09:12,533 --> 01:09:16,590 - You believe you, a speakeasy owner- 1718 01:09:16,590 --> 01:09:17,423 - Correct! 1719 01:09:17,423 --> 01:09:19,290 - [Brennan] Should be granted emergency powers? 1720 01:09:19,290 --> 01:09:22,369 - A speakeasy owner, yes, but also a man of the people. 1721 01:09:22,369 --> 01:09:23,327 (players laughing) 1722 01:09:23,327 --> 01:09:27,108 - Judge Fusion, when you think about the way 1723 01:09:27,108 --> 01:09:30,420 that this beautiful, wonderful city of ours operates, 1724 01:09:30,420 --> 01:09:33,720 who better to run the city than someone 1725 01:09:33,720 --> 01:09:37,477 who has their finger on the pulse of this beautiful city, 1726 01:09:37,477 --> 01:09:42,447 as well as someone who knows how to run an organization 1727 01:09:42,447 --> 01:09:46,500 and someone who could also be equally persuasive? 1728 01:09:46,500 --> 01:09:48,210 - You see, I'm a businessman. 1729 01:09:48,210 --> 01:09:50,250 Businessmen are going to be good at politics, because, 1730 01:09:50,250 --> 01:09:53,850 I don't know why, but I'm pretty sure that's, yeah. 1731 01:09:53,850 --> 01:09:56,670 - He's also rich, and rich people are fantastic! 1732 01:09:56,670 --> 01:09:58,950 Rich people are great at politics! 1733 01:09:58,950 --> 01:10:02,250 - You see that Mark says, objection, your honor! 1734 01:10:02,250 --> 01:10:04,410 This man might have his finger on the pulse, 1735 01:10:04,410 --> 01:10:05,370 but only accidentally, 1736 01:10:05,370 --> 01:10:07,740 because god knows where his finger's been! 1737 01:10:07,740 --> 01:10:10,020 - This is slander! I object to that! 1738 01:10:10,020 --> 01:10:11,062 Hearsay, slander! 1739 01:10:11,062 --> 01:10:15,214 - I object to that! This man is... 1740 01:10:15,214 --> 01:10:19,350 I said speakeasy owner! By definition a criminal! 1741 01:10:19,350 --> 01:10:22,658 (players laughing) 1742 01:10:22,658 --> 01:10:24,453 - I object to that! 1743 01:10:26,250 --> 01:10:27,990 He is not merely a criminal, 1744 01:10:27,990 --> 01:10:31,748 he is also a fine, upstanding citizen, 1745 01:10:31,748 --> 01:10:33,515 and as you may know, 1746 01:10:33,515 --> 01:10:38,040 there are plenty of people in this fine government 1747 01:10:38,040 --> 01:10:41,178 who have partaken of his services, 1748 01:10:41,178 --> 01:10:46,178 and maybe it's possible that if he were looking to find 1749 01:10:46,178 --> 01:10:48,690 a different way to change what happens in this city, 1750 01:10:48,690 --> 01:10:52,790 he could always use his knowledge of such things. 1751 01:10:52,790 --> 01:10:55,110 Or he could do it above board. 1752 01:10:55,110 --> 01:10:58,050 - The argument that you are more electable 1753 01:10:58,050 --> 01:11:01,785 because you are more corrupt than the other guy, 1754 01:11:01,785 --> 01:11:03,551 is like, this is good. I like this. (players laughing) 1755 01:11:03,551 --> 01:11:05,334 - I know all the illegal shit! So I know 1756 01:11:05,334 --> 01:11:06,467 how to avoid it! - So therefore, 1757 01:11:06,467 --> 01:11:07,525 I know how to avoid it! 1758 01:11:07,525 --> 01:11:10,770 - You see that M. Bition goes, objection, your hon- 1759 01:11:10,770 --> 01:11:11,603 You see the judge 1760 01:11:11,603 --> 01:11:13,261 hits the gavel and says, (gavel banging) 1761 01:11:13,261 --> 01:11:14,669 now look. 1762 01:11:14,669 --> 01:11:17,717 I can't make heads or tails of this, all right? 1763 01:11:17,717 --> 01:11:20,460 So I'm going to need it plain and simple. 1764 01:11:20,460 --> 01:11:23,507 We'll have opening statements from you both. 1765 01:11:23,507 --> 01:11:24,548 These opening statements 1766 01:11:24,548 --> 01:11:27,247 will also double as closing statements. 1767 01:11:27,247 --> 01:11:30,888 (players laughing) 1768 01:11:30,888 --> 01:11:35,250 We'll hear from the prosecution first. Mr. Bition. 1769 01:11:35,250 --> 01:11:40,187 You see that Mark Bition sneers at both of you and says, 1770 01:11:40,187 --> 01:11:41,278 (tense music) 1771 01:11:41,278 --> 01:11:45,858 your honor, it has been my privilege to serve 1772 01:11:45,858 --> 01:11:50,720 the fine city of Mentopolis and all of its inhabitants 1773 01:11:50,720 --> 01:11:54,690 for the past several years as your district attorney. 1774 01:11:54,690 --> 01:11:57,320 When Mayor Logic was elected, 1775 01:11:57,320 --> 01:12:00,783 I was happy to prosecute and promote 1776 01:12:00,783 --> 01:12:05,730 his vision of a stable and happy civilization. 1777 01:12:05,730 --> 01:12:09,063 The big guy, Elias Hodge, got into the finest schools, 1778 01:12:09,063 --> 01:12:12,060 The big guy, Elias Hodge, got into the finest schools, 1779 01:12:12,060 --> 01:12:13,890 was hired straight out of college 1780 01:12:13,890 --> 01:12:17,190 at none other than Gobstopper Industries, 1781 01:12:17,190 --> 01:12:20,796 a man on his way to the top, getting paid top dollar. 1782 01:12:20,796 --> 01:12:23,220 a man on his way to the top, getting paid top dollar. 1783 01:12:23,220 --> 01:12:24,870 Here, you hear him say top dollar. 1784 01:12:24,870 --> 01:12:28,965 He says, in order to do 1785 01:12:28,965 --> 01:12:30,862 what he most loves to do. 1786 01:12:30,862 --> 01:12:32,645 (passionately) Science! 1787 01:12:32,645 --> 01:12:35,650 Thanks to my actions as district attorney, 1788 01:12:35,650 --> 01:12:38,348 we were able to remove the criminal riffraff off the street 1789 01:12:38,348 --> 01:12:40,528 and keep our people working around the clock, 1790 01:12:40,528 --> 01:12:43,183 doing what Mayor Logic had us set out to do, 1791 01:12:43,183 --> 01:12:45,123 which is to do science 1792 01:12:45,123 --> 01:12:49,050 for one of the biggest companies in the outside world. 1793 01:12:49,050 --> 01:12:53,880 This achievement, this high honor and prestige 1794 01:12:53,880 --> 01:12:57,510 promises a type of reward 1795 01:12:57,510 --> 01:13:00,802 that dull, base pleasure could never understand. 1796 01:13:00,802 --> 01:13:03,376 that dull, base pleasure could never understand. 1797 01:13:03,376 --> 01:13:08,023 A day is coming when this prohibition will end 1798 01:13:08,023 --> 01:13:12,480 on logical terms and legal terms, 1799 01:13:12,480 --> 01:13:15,030 and the pleasure we know then 1800 01:13:15,030 --> 01:13:19,645 won't be the crass, crude itchings 1801 01:13:19,645 --> 01:13:23,918 of a flophouse gin joint operator 1802 01:13:23,918 --> 01:13:26,250 like Daniel Fucks. 1803 01:13:27,120 --> 01:13:30,510 It'll be the knowledge that we achieved, 1804 01:13:30,510 --> 01:13:34,770 and achieved greatly, and in the absence of Mayor Logic, 1805 01:13:34,770 --> 01:13:38,430 I submit that one M. Bition 1806 01:13:38,430 --> 01:13:42,390 should be able to make the choices for this fair city. 1807 01:13:42,390 --> 01:13:44,220 And I'm going to roll in the Box of Doom. 1808 01:13:44,220 --> 01:13:45,900 - Ooh! - [Hank] Ooh Fuck. 1809 01:13:45,900 --> 01:13:50,220 - Mark Bition has a d20 in slick, 1810 01:13:50,220 --> 01:13:51,487 (Trapp chuckling lightly) 1811 01:13:51,487 --> 01:13:53,102 and I am going to say 1812 01:13:53,102 --> 01:13:56,940 that due to the institutional corruption in this place, 1813 01:13:56,940 --> 01:13:58,823 I am going to roll 2d20 and take the higher. 1814 01:13:58,823 --> 01:13:59,939 - (quietly) Motherfucker. 1815 01:13:59,939 --> 01:14:02,468 - We don't even have two d20s in front of us. 1816 01:14:05,190 --> 01:14:07,200 - That is a 14 and an 11. 1817 01:14:07,200 --> 01:14:11,700 The district attorney says, I rest my case. Takes a seat. 1818 01:14:11,700 --> 01:14:14,752 The judge says, we'll now have a statement 1819 01:14:14,752 --> 01:14:18,660 from Mr. Fucks and counsel. 1820 01:14:18,660 --> 01:14:20,591 - Just counsel. - Oh! 1821 01:14:20,591 --> 01:14:21,990 (players laughing) 1822 01:14:21,990 --> 01:14:25,427 - No, hold on, I had a whole thing I was writing down! 1823 01:14:25,427 --> 01:14:26,510 (players laughing) 1824 01:14:26,510 --> 01:14:28,350 Give me like 30 seconds at the end of yours. 1825 01:14:28,350 --> 01:14:30,035 - [Brennan] Incredible, incredible. 1826 01:14:30,035 --> 01:14:31,544 (players laughing) 1827 01:14:31,544 --> 01:14:33,360 - Another great pairing of Tension Fucks. 1828 01:14:33,360 --> 01:14:36,380 - Tension Fucks. Fucks and Tension. 1829 01:14:36,380 --> 01:14:40,740 So, Anastasia, you're trying to beat a four- 1830 01:14:40,740 --> 01:14:42,240 First of all, what does Anastasia say 1831 01:14:42,240 --> 01:14:45,690 as she stands up before the judge? 1832 01:14:45,690 --> 01:14:47,580 - First of all, I would like to thank you 1833 01:14:47,580 --> 01:14:49,932 for meeting with all of us today. (heroic courthouse music) 1834 01:14:49,932 --> 01:14:53,503 Judge Fusion, I understand that you are very, very busy, 1835 01:14:53,503 --> 01:14:57,368 and this is a huge ask by a huge man 1836 01:14:57,368 --> 01:15:00,901 who is known for his ambition and his ambition alone. 1837 01:15:00,901 --> 01:15:02,951 who is known for his ambition and his ambition alone. 1838 01:15:02,951 --> 01:15:07,293 He is not interested in the goodwill of this city. 1839 01:15:07,293 --> 01:15:11,730 He is not interested in what is best for the big guy. 1840 01:15:11,730 --> 01:15:16,175 Man cannot live on ambition alone! 1841 01:15:16,175 --> 01:15:19,675 Yes, he has led us to our brilliant career as a scientist, 1842 01:15:19,675 --> 01:15:21,691 Yes, he has led us to our brilliant career as a scientist, 1843 01:15:21,691 --> 01:15:25,440 while neglecting those important urges 1844 01:15:25,440 --> 01:15:28,710 that every single man, woman, child- 1845 01:15:28,710 --> 01:15:30,222 Scratch that last one! (music stops abruptly) 1846 01:15:30,222 --> 01:15:34,740 Every single person has inside of them. (players laughing) 1847 01:15:34,740 --> 01:15:37,290 And while the big guy (heroic courthouse music) 1848 01:15:37,290 --> 01:15:40,731 might be achieving a lot at work, 1849 01:15:40,731 --> 01:15:43,650 the big guy is miserable. 1850 01:15:43,650 --> 01:15:46,110 The reason for our prohibition 1851 01:15:46,110 --> 01:15:50,760 is because the big guy is not allowed to be happy. 1852 01:15:50,760 --> 01:15:52,582 The big guy is not allowed (whispers through the court) 1853 01:15:52,582 --> 01:15:54,906 to be happy because M. Bition 1854 01:15:54,906 --> 01:15:58,064 has not allowed him to be happy. 1855 01:15:58,064 --> 01:16:00,828 He has not allowed any of us to be happy. 1856 01:16:00,828 --> 01:16:05,400 In fact, if there is anything that created a Daniel Fucks, 1857 01:16:05,400 --> 01:16:09,238 it was Mark and his ambition! 1858 01:16:09,238 --> 01:16:10,950 (Brennan gasping loudly) 1859 01:16:12,000 --> 01:16:13,745 - You look around at all this. 1860 01:16:13,745 --> 01:16:15,330 As this happens, I'm going to say go ahead 1861 01:16:15,330 --> 01:16:18,467 and you can give me a snoop check right in this moment 1862 01:16:18,467 --> 01:16:22,323 if you would like, difficulty of, call it a 10. 1863 01:16:23,512 --> 01:16:24,410 - 19. 1864 01:16:24,410 --> 01:16:25,660 (Hank grunts triumphantly) 1865 01:16:25,660 --> 01:16:27,009 - As you say that, you look 1866 01:16:27,009 --> 01:16:31,567 and see Mark sort of looking shocked. 1867 01:16:31,567 --> 01:16:33,360 In his briefcase on his desk, 1868 01:16:33,360 --> 01:16:38,360 you see the glimmer of a campaign contribution check 1869 01:16:38,610 --> 01:16:40,590 in his briefcase right in front of you. 1870 01:16:40,590 --> 01:16:43,424 - And I am not done yet, (dramatic string music) 1871 01:16:43,424 --> 01:16:47,040 because I would like to submit into evidence 1872 01:16:47,040 --> 01:16:50,173 a surprise submission of evidence. 1873 01:16:50,173 --> 01:16:52,214 - You see the judge goes, (players laughing) 1874 01:16:52,214 --> 01:16:53,422 ooh, surprise evidence? 1875 01:16:53,422 --> 01:16:55,752 (players mimic hubbub in the court) 1876 01:16:55,752 --> 01:16:58,260 The judge says, what would you like to submit, Ms. Tension? 1877 01:16:58,260 --> 01:17:00,480 - Well, I know that the rules state 1878 01:17:00,480 --> 01:17:02,610 that if you're going to submit evidence, 1879 01:17:02,610 --> 01:17:05,892 that means that the other party must be aware of it 1880 01:17:05,892 --> 01:17:09,410 and must have seen it, which will be easy for Mr. Bition, 1881 01:17:09,410 --> 01:17:13,194 because that evidence is in his very briefcase! 1882 01:17:13,194 --> 01:17:14,027 (Brennan gasps loudly) 1883 01:17:14,027 --> 01:17:15,611 (shocked hubbub in the court) 1884 01:17:15,611 --> 01:17:17,497 - You see Mark goes to close his briefcase, 1885 01:17:17,497 --> 01:17:19,920 and you see the bailiff jam a hand into the briefcase, 1886 01:17:19,920 --> 01:17:23,252 open it wide, and the check is right in front of you. 1887 01:17:23,252 --> 01:17:26,880 - Mr. Bition, will you please read for us 1888 01:17:26,880 --> 01:17:29,880 what is on this check in my hands? 1889 01:17:29,880 --> 01:17:32,805 - You see he starts to sweat and looks at it and says, 1890 01:17:35,430 --> 01:17:38,790 1.5 million ATP 1891 01:17:38,790 --> 01:17:43,790 to the reelection campaign for one M. Bition, 1892 01:17:44,580 --> 01:17:46,610 signed by one Donald Avaricci. 1893 01:17:46,610 --> 01:17:49,126 (all mimicking outraged court hubbub) 1894 01:17:49,126 --> 01:17:52,997 - I'm sorry, and by who...m do you mean, 1895 01:17:52,997 --> 01:17:54,396 (players laughing) 1896 01:17:54,396 --> 01:17:56,574 - Good grammar, good grammar, good grammar! 1897 01:17:57,466 --> 01:18:01,320 - Mr. Avaricci, as everyone in the gallery knows, 1898 01:18:01,320 --> 01:18:04,943 is one of the largest sources of corruption 1899 01:18:04,943 --> 01:18:07,170 in our fair city. 1900 01:18:07,170 --> 01:18:10,350 Sir, how dare you? 1901 01:18:10,350 --> 01:18:12,690 - Everyone within arm's reach of M. Bition 1902 01:18:12,690 --> 01:18:14,210 just slaps him in the face. 1903 01:18:14,210 --> 01:18:16,110 (successive face-slappings) (players laughing) 1904 01:18:16,110 --> 01:18:18,697 So, there's a DC 14 here. 1905 01:18:18,697 --> 01:18:21,810 The entire courthouse is with you. A ripple goes through. 1906 01:18:21,810 --> 01:18:24,540 However, you see Judge Fusion going, 1907 01:18:24,540 --> 01:18:27,028 I can't make heads or tails of this! 1908 01:18:27,028 --> 01:18:28,103 (players laughing) 1909 01:18:28,103 --> 01:18:31,070 So, I will say this. 1910 01:18:31,070 --> 01:18:36,033 We are going to mirror the boxing match 1911 01:18:36,033 --> 01:18:39,240 from before, but this time flipped. 1912 01:18:39,240 --> 01:18:42,277 You could almost never get to a 14. 1913 01:18:42,277 --> 01:18:44,010 What's your slick die again? 1914 01:18:44,010 --> 01:18:47,490 - Oh god, it is 10 plus 2, so 12. 1915 01:18:47,490 --> 01:18:52,320 - Oh, okay, so we are going to roll this here as well. 1916 01:18:52,320 --> 01:18:54,420 What I'm going to ask is this. 1917 01:18:54,420 --> 01:18:57,990 We are going to set a new number 1918 01:18:57,990 --> 01:19:00,907 for how many of the numbers on your slick die explode. 1919 01:19:00,907 --> 01:19:03,331 for how many of the numbers on your slick die explode. 1920 01:19:03,331 --> 01:19:05,515 - (whispering) Yes, baby. - And I'm going to say 1921 01:19:05,515 --> 01:19:07,440 because you are advocating for Daniel, 1922 01:19:07,440 --> 01:19:10,825 Daniel, in this moment, is there anything you say 1923 01:19:10,825 --> 01:19:13,133 either to Anastasia or to anyone else in the courtroom? 1924 01:19:13,133 --> 01:19:15,713 - I think I stand up and say, 1925 01:19:15,713 --> 01:19:17,610 I think the answer is clear here. (heroic courthouse music) 1926 01:19:17,610 --> 01:19:19,650 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 1927 01:19:19,650 --> 01:19:21,420 we have a very clear choice set before us. 1928 01:19:21,420 --> 01:19:24,108 - (whispering) There's no jury. - Oh, right. 1929 01:19:24,108 --> 01:19:25,950 - I think it's just me. 1930 01:19:25,950 --> 01:19:27,780 - I turn away from addressing the crowd. 1931 01:19:27,780 --> 01:19:30,019 Everyone's confused. Why is he talking to us? 1932 01:19:30,019 --> 01:19:33,360 Oh yes, yes. Judge, judge, yes yes yes. 1933 01:19:33,360 --> 01:19:37,230 We can see what ruinous road that ambition has led us upon. 1934 01:19:37,230 --> 01:19:38,820 It is chaos outside. 1935 01:19:38,820 --> 01:19:40,890 Roads exploding, it's been raining nonstop. 1936 01:19:40,890 --> 01:19:44,465 How many of us, turning back to the crowd, remember the sun. 1937 01:19:44,465 --> 01:19:46,965 (pensive hubbub in the court) 1938 01:19:46,965 --> 01:19:48,060 I will simply say this. 1939 01:19:48,060 --> 01:19:50,760 My counsel has represented me adequately, 1940 01:19:50,760 --> 01:19:52,530 if not a little bit... 1941 01:19:52,530 --> 01:19:54,390 But here, 1942 01:19:54,390 --> 01:19:55,531 before us, 1943 01:19:56,370 --> 01:19:58,440 are two marshmallows, you see. 1944 01:19:58,440 --> 01:20:00,160 We could have one marshmallow now. 1945 01:20:00,160 --> 01:20:03,114 - Nope. - That's me, pleasure. 1946 01:20:03,114 --> 01:20:04,770 That's what we get. - Nope. 1947 01:20:04,770 --> 01:20:08,285 - Or you could talk maybe two marshmallows later. 1948 01:20:08,285 --> 01:20:09,118 - Nope. 1949 01:20:09,118 --> 01:20:12,158 - But we've been waiting this whole time! This guy sucks! 1950 01:20:12,158 --> 01:20:16,220 A vote for me is a vote for a marshmallow immediately. 1951 01:20:16,220 --> 01:20:17,595 (Brennan laughing) 1952 01:20:17,595 --> 01:20:19,500 - You see someone stands up in the back 1953 01:20:19,500 --> 01:20:22,361 who even in the city is wearing farmer's clothes 1954 01:20:22,361 --> 01:20:25,772 and is like, that second marshmallow's never comin'! 1955 01:20:25,772 --> 01:20:28,505 (players laughing) 1956 01:20:28,505 --> 01:20:31,412 I'm going to ask for a slick check from you. 1957 01:20:31,412 --> 01:20:34,043 So go ahead and roll. Let me know the number that you roll. 1958 01:20:34,920 --> 01:20:35,940 - Four. - Four. 1959 01:20:35,940 --> 01:20:39,240 So Anastasia, with a four on the die, 1960 01:20:39,240 --> 01:20:43,973 you can pick four numbers on your d10 1961 01:20:43,973 --> 01:20:45,006 that explode. - Lucky numbers! 1962 01:20:45,006 --> 01:20:47,640 - So you can pick lucky numbers that explode on your d10. 1963 01:20:47,640 --> 01:20:49,090 They can't be 10 or 1, 1964 01:20:49,090 --> 01:20:52,170 because 10 already explodes and 1 is an automatic failure. 1965 01:20:52,170 --> 01:20:56,213 - Okay, I'm going to go with four, eight, 1966 01:20:57,180 --> 01:21:00,900 let's do seven, (tense Box of Doom music) 1967 01:21:00,900 --> 01:21:02,550 and let's do three, fuck it. 1968 01:21:02,550 --> 01:21:03,420 - [Brennan] Okay, I'm going to 1969 01:21:03,420 --> 01:21:04,253 put the Box of Doom over there. 1970 01:21:04,253 --> 01:21:05,160 - Why'd I say fuck it? It's just a number. 1971 01:21:05,160 --> 01:21:06,660 - Three. Okay, go ahead. 1972 01:21:06,660 --> 01:21:09,360 Here you go, and we're going to roll in there. 1973 01:21:09,360 --> 01:21:12,000 Three, four, seven, and eight all explode. 1974 01:21:12,000 --> 01:21:14,011 You're trying to get to 14. 1975 01:21:17,100 --> 01:21:19,740 - Seven. - Okay, seven explodes! 1976 01:21:19,740 --> 01:21:21,530 Go ahead and roll again. 1977 01:21:21,530 --> 01:21:23,231 - Nine. - Oh yeah, that's nine. 1978 01:21:23,231 --> 01:21:24,900 - Nine doesn't explode? - Nine doesn't explode. 1979 01:21:24,900 --> 01:21:27,596 - But hold on, so wait, what do you add to slick? 1980 01:21:27,596 --> 01:21:28,856 - Plus two. - Oh, plus two. 1981 01:21:28,856 --> 01:21:33,480 - So 11 plus 7, you roll an 18, beats a 14! 1982 01:21:33,480 --> 01:21:34,620 Hell yes! 1983 01:21:34,620 --> 01:21:37,830 You see, go ahead, I'll take the Box of Doom back. 1984 01:21:37,830 --> 01:21:40,380 - After that speech, if you let her fail- 1985 01:21:40,380 --> 01:21:43,213 - [Hank] I know! - I would've been so mad. 1986 01:21:43,213 --> 01:21:44,354 (players laughing) 1987 01:21:44,354 --> 01:21:46,700 - That's not how it works. - Not how it works. 1988 01:21:46,700 --> 01:21:48,972 You see, that, 1989 01:21:48,972 --> 01:21:52,030 You see Judge Connie Fusion looks down 1990 01:21:52,030 --> 01:21:55,230 at you holding the check, looks at M. Bition sweating there, 1991 01:21:55,230 --> 01:21:56,880 and you see she says... 1992 01:21:56,880 --> 01:21:58,410 I'll also point one thing out, 1993 01:21:58,410 --> 01:22:00,717 because now that we're back down in the green, 1994 01:22:00,717 --> 01:22:04,560 one more Moxie would put you 1995 01:22:04,560 --> 01:22:06,933 at five over. 1996 01:22:08,760 --> 01:22:12,570 The judge looks at you and says, now, I'll be honest. 1997 01:22:12,570 --> 01:22:14,490 I come into work every day 1998 01:22:14,490 --> 01:22:16,782 having no clue, (Siobhan giggling) 1999 01:22:16,782 --> 01:22:19,315 how this city functions. 2000 01:22:20,413 --> 01:22:23,546 But the raw, unfiltered, unmitigated, 2001 01:22:23,546 --> 01:22:25,712 But the raw, unfiltered, unmitigated, 2002 01:22:25,712 --> 01:22:30,647 beyond impressive moxie of this one reporter 2003 01:22:30,647 --> 01:22:34,805 who, if I'm not much mistaken, has no formal background 2004 01:22:34,805 --> 01:22:37,148 as a lawyer or attorney in this fair city. 2005 01:22:37,148 --> 01:22:38,964 (light hubbub in the court) 2006 01:22:38,964 --> 01:22:40,163 - She called laws rules! 2007 01:22:40,163 --> 01:22:43,954 (players laughing) 2008 01:22:43,954 --> 01:22:45,960 - Okay, well technically, there are rules of court. 2009 01:22:45,960 --> 01:22:47,884 I will not get into my paralegal shit. 2010 01:22:47,884 --> 01:22:49,534 (players laughing) 2011 01:22:49,534 --> 01:22:51,522 - Wait, you're a paralegal in real life? 2012 01:22:51,522 --> 01:22:52,355 - Yes. 2013 01:22:52,355 --> 01:22:54,322 (players laughing) 2014 01:22:54,322 --> 01:22:57,235 Before my day job when I was doing standup, 2015 01:22:57,235 --> 01:22:59,070 I was a paralegal. - Incredible. 2016 01:22:59,070 --> 01:23:01,380 You see that she looks at you and says, 2017 01:23:01,380 --> 01:23:06,140 this court rules unequivocally in favor of the defense! 2018 01:23:06,140 --> 01:23:06,973 - Ay. (gavel bangs) 2019 01:23:06,973 --> 01:23:10,250 Daniel Fucks is awarded emergency powers! 2020 01:23:10,250 --> 01:23:11,751 - (triumphant) Finally! 2021 01:23:11,751 --> 01:23:12,701 (players laughing) 2022 01:23:12,701 --> 01:23:14,580 - [Brennan] That's the client. That is the client. 2023 01:23:14,580 --> 01:23:17,181 - That's what I do. - We just put our pants on! 2024 01:23:17,181 --> 01:23:21,389 (group laughing) 2025 01:23:21,389 --> 01:23:24,010 - And with that stunning argument, 2026 01:23:24,010 --> 01:23:25,350 as well as that final push 2027 01:23:25,350 --> 01:23:30,120 to get all the way to an incredible 19, you see she says, 2028 01:23:30,120 --> 01:23:33,270 and due to this highly irregular behavior, 2029 01:23:33,270 --> 01:23:36,870 bailiff, please place the DA under arrest! 2030 01:23:36,870 --> 01:23:37,710 Bum bum buh! (gavel bangs) 2031 01:23:37,710 --> 01:23:40,922 And you watch the bailiff grab M. Bition, and he says, 2032 01:23:40,922 --> 01:23:43,055 (grunting and straining) 2033 01:23:43,055 --> 01:23:45,817 A. Tension, you'll never get away with this. 2034 01:23:45,817 --> 01:23:47,490 Not in this city! 2035 01:23:47,490 --> 01:23:48,323 - I just did. 2036 01:23:48,323 --> 01:23:50,101 (players laughing) 2037 01:23:50,101 --> 01:23:54,000 - And he is marched off. Anastasia, you have won the case. 2038 01:23:54,000 --> 01:23:55,835 - As he's being dragged off, I whisper to the judge, 2039 01:23:55,835 --> 01:23:58,219 I bet you he killed the chief of police. 2040 01:23:58,219 --> 01:24:01,035 (players laughing) 2041 01:24:01,035 --> 01:24:03,630 - Give me a DC 12 slick check. 2042 01:24:03,630 --> 01:24:05,454 - I'm just saying! - [Alex] Whisper 2043 01:24:05,454 --> 01:24:06,321 to a judge. - [Trapp] That makes sense. 2044 01:24:06,321 --> 01:24:07,504 He's rich. 2045 01:24:07,504 --> 01:24:09,405 - Six. - [Brennan] Six? (laughing) 2046 01:24:09,405 --> 01:24:12,880 (players laughing) (ball sliding on a track) 2047 01:24:12,880 --> 01:24:15,092 - Does that mean Daniel Fucks gets a key, 2048 01:24:15,092 --> 01:24:17,684 or just he has the ability to access keyholes. 2049 01:24:17,684 --> 01:24:18,805 What do the emergency powers mean? 2050 01:24:18,805 --> 01:24:20,534 - [Brennan] The conscious mind of 2051 01:24:20,534 --> 01:24:22,975 Elias Hodge doesn't need- - Oh no. 2052 01:24:22,975 --> 01:24:24,869 - There's two antagonists this time. 2053 01:24:24,869 --> 01:24:25,994 (players laughing) 2054 01:24:25,994 --> 01:24:28,528 - In other words, with no key, you would have to go 2055 01:24:28,528 --> 01:24:31,181 to City Hall and do the job of the mayor 2056 01:24:31,181 --> 01:24:35,790 and talk with people and pass legislation. 2057 01:24:35,790 --> 01:24:39,060 - So the real victory is keeping Mark Bition 2058 01:24:39,060 --> 01:24:40,217 from having emergency powers, 2059 01:24:40,217 --> 01:24:42,256 not necessarily the power that is now granted. 2060 01:24:42,256 --> 01:24:44,380 - Don't worry. - From your perspective. 2061 01:24:44,380 --> 01:24:45,671 (players laughing) 2062 01:24:45,671 --> 01:24:48,598 - For the rest of this, Elias has a little bit of a chub. 2063 01:24:48,598 --> 01:24:51,765 (players laughing) 2064 01:24:51,765 --> 01:24:53,610 - Raise to half-mast! - Elias gets through- 2065 01:24:53,610 --> 01:24:54,660 Well, I think it makes perfect sense, 2066 01:24:54,660 --> 01:24:56,010 because Imelda just went like, 2067 01:24:56,010 --> 01:24:58,202 you're doing the first good thing in your life! 2068 01:24:58,202 --> 01:24:59,594 And all of a sudden he's like, 2069 01:24:59,594 --> 01:25:01,618 (horny) yeah, this fucking rules! 2070 01:25:01,618 --> 01:25:03,316 (players laughing) 2071 01:25:03,316 --> 01:25:05,880 So as you both walk out of the courthouse, 2072 01:25:05,880 --> 01:25:08,368 what do you do as you see people filing out? 2073 01:25:08,368 --> 01:25:12,030 - Well, there's another key, or another keyhole 2074 01:25:12,030 --> 01:25:13,650 that's specifically just for the mayor to use 2075 01:25:13,650 --> 01:25:17,129 for the microphone in the mayor's office. 2076 01:25:17,129 --> 01:25:18,653 So, 2077 01:25:18,653 --> 01:25:19,486 Mayor Fucks. 2078 01:25:19,486 --> 01:25:21,060 - Oh, I like the ring of that. 2079 01:25:21,060 --> 01:25:24,510 - How would you feel about going back to your office. 2080 01:25:24,510 --> 01:25:27,770 And that way, we can protect that so that no one else 2081 01:25:27,770 --> 01:25:32,550 is obviously able to make any announcements, and if you... 2082 01:25:32,550 --> 01:25:33,383 Nope. 2083 01:25:33,383 --> 01:25:34,995 (Brennan laughing) 2084 01:25:34,995 --> 01:25:35,828 Nope. 2085 01:25:35,828 --> 01:25:39,045 Um, I will make the announcement, (Siobhan laughing) 2086 01:25:39,045 --> 01:25:42,945 I will make the announcement that we now have 2087 01:25:42,945 --> 01:25:44,686 a new mayor. - Ah, as my vice mayor! 2088 01:25:44,686 --> 01:25:46,908 - As the two of you begin walking through the halls 2089 01:25:46,908 --> 01:25:49,140 of the courthouse and get down towards the steps 2090 01:25:49,140 --> 01:25:51,609 headed back towards City Hall, 2091 01:25:51,609 --> 01:25:54,305 as you start making your plan, 2092 01:25:54,305 --> 01:25:58,581 you hear a voice behind you say, 2093 01:25:58,581 --> 01:26:00,240 oh, a lot of... 2094 01:26:00,240 --> 01:26:03,150 A lot of plans here, huh? (tense mafia music) 2095 01:26:03,150 --> 01:26:07,828 And you see yourself suddenly flanked by gangsters. 2096 01:26:07,828 --> 01:26:09,465 - (quietly) Palookas. 2097 01:26:09,465 --> 01:26:10,940 - [Brennan] Palookas. 2098 01:26:10,940 --> 01:26:12,806 - Two palookas, three goons. 2099 01:26:12,806 --> 01:26:13,789 (players laughing) 2100 01:26:13,789 --> 01:26:17,524 - Walking out of the shadows, you see one 2101 01:26:17,524 --> 01:26:19,890 Don Avaricci. 2102 01:26:20,932 --> 01:26:23,899 Well, it seems that you saw fit to air my dirty laundry 2103 01:26:23,899 --> 01:26:27,810 Well, it seems that you saw fit to air my dirty laundry 2104 01:26:27,810 --> 01:26:30,951 in front of the entire courthouse. 2105 01:26:31,800 --> 01:26:34,913 I can't say I find it very amusing. 2106 01:26:34,913 --> 01:26:39,647 Daniel Fucks, congratulations. - Oh, thank you. 2107 01:26:39,647 --> 01:26:42,852 - Congratulations on your emergency powers. 2108 01:26:42,852 --> 01:26:44,250 Before you head to City Hall, 2109 01:26:44,250 --> 01:26:46,722 I'd love to invite you to a conversation 2110 01:26:46,722 --> 01:26:51,006 at my estate outside of the Hypothalamuseum. 2111 01:26:52,110 --> 01:26:57,000 Chaáteaux Appetit has many amenities. 2112 01:26:57,000 --> 01:26:59,010 I suggest you come with me. 2113 01:26:59,010 --> 01:27:01,920 - You can get in contact with my assistant. 2114 01:27:01,920 --> 01:27:05,130 - He puts a hand on your shoulder and says, 2115 01:27:05,130 --> 01:27:07,993 why don't you come with me right now. 2116 01:27:10,944 --> 01:27:12,538 - This feels like the kind of thing 2117 01:27:12,538 --> 01:27:14,340 I don't necessarily have a choice in. 2118 01:27:14,340 --> 01:27:18,450 - Oh, have I finally got your attention. 2119 01:27:18,450 --> 01:27:19,890 Very good. 2120 01:27:19,890 --> 01:27:21,746 Get 'em in the car, boys! 2121 01:27:21,746 --> 01:27:25,663 (players laughing) 2122 01:27:25,663 --> 01:27:27,510 You see you are thrown into the back 2123 01:27:27,510 --> 01:27:28,950 of one of these black town cars 2124 01:27:28,950 --> 01:27:30,773 that's been pursuing you for so long. 2125 01:27:30,773 --> 01:27:31,860 - Just once in my life, 2126 01:27:31,860 --> 01:27:33,813 I want to be able to say that sentence. 2127 01:27:33,813 --> 01:27:36,752 Get them in the car, boys! Just on-! 2128 01:27:36,752 --> 01:27:38,517 I don't know how the scenario can get there, but like, 2129 01:27:38,517 --> 01:27:41,173 - You, follow that cab! - I know, right? That one too! 2130 01:27:41,173 --> 01:27:43,350 - [Brennan] Incredible. - I do love that these cars 2131 01:27:43,350 --> 01:27:47,182 have been following us since the very... 2132 01:27:47,182 --> 01:27:49,377 They're so slippery! 2133 01:27:49,377 --> 01:27:51,750 - The mileage logged that they're submitting. 2134 01:27:51,750 --> 01:27:53,940 - You see Charlie Hungry, there's a bunch of bullet holes 2135 01:27:53,940 --> 01:27:55,200 in the side of the car, and he's like, 2136 01:27:55,200 --> 01:27:57,717 what a day it has been. 2137 01:27:57,717 --> 01:27:59,033 (players laughing) 2138 01:27:59,033 --> 01:28:02,243 Mark Bition is in jail, but you did come 2139 01:28:02,243 --> 01:28:04,350 to one of the big, central civic places 2140 01:28:04,350 --> 01:28:07,131 where these gangsters have known to look for you. 2141 01:28:07,131 --> 01:28:09,880 You go into the back of the car and you see, 2142 01:28:09,880 --> 01:28:12,450 sitting across from you, those seats that face the back 2143 01:28:12,450 --> 01:28:16,890 almost limousine-style, the Don sits down and goes, 2144 01:28:16,890 --> 01:28:18,248 (jazzy horn music) 2145 01:28:18,248 --> 01:28:20,742 attention and pleasure. 2146 01:28:22,219 --> 01:28:25,980 The mayor is gone, and Mark Bition is in jail. 2147 01:28:25,980 --> 01:28:29,535 Feels like high time we talked about the direction 2148 01:28:29,535 --> 01:28:31,767 this fair city is headed in. 2149 01:28:31,767 --> 01:28:36,767 I understand your friend Imelda Pulse 2150 01:28:37,110 --> 01:28:40,322 has seen fit to get us to grab these papers again, 2151 01:28:40,322 --> 01:28:42,972 has seen fit to get us to grab these papers again, 2152 01:28:42,972 --> 01:28:46,727 papers that our friend Mr. Bition 2153 01:28:46,727 --> 01:28:49,922 wanted to return to the muckety-mucks and higher-ups. 2154 01:28:49,922 --> 01:28:52,830 Well, Mr. Bition looks like he's going to the big house 2155 01:28:52,830 --> 01:28:55,065 for a while, but you know, 2156 01:28:55,065 --> 01:28:58,000 those schematics might be worth something. 2157 01:28:58,000 --> 01:28:59,899 (laughs sinisterly) 2158 01:28:59,899 --> 01:29:02,185 - Well, our current thought 2159 01:29:02,185 --> 01:29:04,400 was that we would take the schematics, 2160 01:29:04,400 --> 01:29:07,230 so perfect, we're on the same page. 2161 01:29:07,230 --> 01:29:09,758 - It seems we are. 2162 01:29:09,758 --> 01:29:14,758 Tell me, what do you know about Conrad Schintz. 2163 01:29:14,970 --> 01:29:16,944 - (in wonderment) Conrad Schintz. 2164 01:29:16,944 --> 01:29:18,660 (players laughing) 2165 01:29:18,660 --> 01:29:20,294 - Wait, give me a slick check. 2166 01:29:20,294 --> 01:29:23,610 (players laughing) 2167 01:29:23,610 --> 01:29:24,443 Yeah, give me a slick check. 2168 01:29:24,443 --> 01:29:26,170 Are you trying to be like you don't know Conrad? 2169 01:29:26,170 --> 01:29:27,003 - Yep. 2170 01:29:27,003 --> 01:29:28,029 (players laughing) 2171 01:29:28,029 --> 01:29:29,303 Ah dammit. 2172 01:29:29,303 --> 01:29:31,778 Why do I keep going for slick. - Difficulty of seven. 2173 01:29:31,778 --> 01:29:32,611 - Oh god. 2174 01:29:34,080 --> 01:29:37,470 Okay, well that's six plus two, so that is eight. 2175 01:29:37,470 --> 01:29:39,300 - You don't know about Conrad Schintz? 2176 01:29:39,300 --> 01:29:41,220 You're a reporter. I would assume- 2177 01:29:41,220 --> 01:29:42,450 - Who? 2178 01:29:42,450 --> 01:29:43,650 - Now, you're going to have to give me 2179 01:29:43,650 --> 01:29:45,240 a slick check here as well. 2180 01:29:45,240 --> 01:29:47,013 Oh, my die explodes. 2181 01:29:47,850 --> 01:29:49,041 Okay, 12. 2182 01:29:49,041 --> 01:29:50,610 - You've done nothing but scream about 2183 01:29:50,610 --> 01:29:52,685 how he's your mortal enemy. - Two! 2184 01:29:52,685 --> 01:29:53,793 - [Alex] Oh no. 2185 01:29:53,793 --> 01:29:55,543 (players laughing) (ball sliding on a track) 2186 01:29:55,543 --> 01:29:58,955 - You see he says, oh. 2187 01:29:58,955 --> 01:30:02,070 So you don't know the little kid 2188 01:30:02,070 --> 01:30:03,763 that puts a notice on your 2189 01:30:03,763 --> 01:30:04,754 door every - Oh, that piece of shit! 2190 01:30:04,754 --> 01:30:05,587 - [Brennan] Fucking day? - I hate that- 2191 01:30:05,587 --> 01:30:07,470 - You see he grabs your head and he says, 2192 01:30:07,470 --> 01:30:09,540 all right, soften him up, boys! 2193 01:30:09,540 --> 01:30:12,330 And the car peels out. (players laughing) 2194 01:30:12,330 --> 01:30:13,323 - Second time today! 2195 01:30:13,323 --> 01:30:15,640 (players laughing) 2196 01:30:15,640 --> 01:30:16,680 - You've gotten your ass kicked by every end 2197 01:30:16,680 --> 01:30:19,800 of the legal spectrum. - [Freddie] Just handed to me. 2198 01:30:19,800 --> 01:30:22,470 Okay, and we are going to move from there 2199 01:30:22,470 --> 01:30:26,670 back down to the sort of gothic spires 2200 01:30:26,670 --> 01:30:31,200 of Madam Loathing's Home for Wayward Interests. 2201 01:30:31,200 --> 01:30:32,490 - I bought a bunch of sweets on the way. 2202 01:30:32,490 --> 01:30:33,913 - Aw. (dour, dreary music) 2203 01:30:33,913 --> 01:30:36,366 - I also brought some, but I've eaten half of it. 2204 01:30:36,366 --> 01:30:37,199 (players laughing) 2205 01:30:37,199 --> 01:30:38,790 What's inside this one? 2206 01:30:38,790 --> 01:30:40,380 - Timing-wise, where are we 2207 01:30:40,380 --> 01:30:43,350 in terms of the other stuff happening. 2208 01:30:43,350 --> 01:30:45,990 - This is all sort of happening simultaneously. 2209 01:30:45,990 --> 01:30:50,370 - I was wondering if when Imulda Pul- Imelda Pulse 2210 01:30:50,370 --> 01:30:52,050 says this is the first thing we've ever done, 2211 01:30:52,050 --> 01:30:53,640 if something happens to Conrad. 2212 01:30:53,640 --> 01:30:57,390 - Yes, I believe it does, but that has not happened yet, 2213 01:30:57,390 --> 01:30:58,918 so we'll run the first part of this, 2214 01:30:58,918 --> 01:31:01,500 and then that will occur partway through. 2215 01:31:01,500 --> 01:31:03,388 So with some candy, 2216 01:31:03,388 --> 01:31:06,215 you arrive at Madam Loathing's Home for Wayward Interests. 2217 01:31:06,215 --> 01:31:10,065 (mimics thunder) Rain falling. (rain falling) 2218 01:31:10,065 --> 01:31:11,550 As you approach, you see Justin 2219 01:31:11,550 --> 01:31:14,699 sort of looks like a sad dog. (whimpers nervously) 2220 01:31:14,699 --> 01:31:16,740 - We haven't been back here in a while, huh, boy? 2221 01:31:16,740 --> 01:31:18,763 - I don't like this place at all. 2222 01:31:18,763 --> 01:31:21,660 - It's okay. We're a little different now. 2223 01:31:21,660 --> 01:31:23,940 - [Brennan] That's right, that's right. 2224 01:31:24,933 --> 01:31:26,790 And you begin to approach the door. 2225 01:31:26,790 --> 01:31:29,561 - I knock, but it's too hard. Like I didn't mean to. 2226 01:31:29,561 --> 01:31:30,627 - [Brennan] Yeah. (players laughing) 2227 01:31:30,627 --> 01:31:31,885 (Brennan mimics door pounding) (metal door being hit) 2228 01:31:31,885 --> 01:31:32,993 Open. - Jesus. 2229 01:31:32,993 --> 01:31:33,843 (players laughing) 2230 01:31:33,843 --> 01:31:35,442 - The door opens, (door creaking open) 2231 01:31:35,442 --> 01:31:38,183 and you see Madam Loathing (sneers softly) 2232 01:31:38,183 --> 01:31:40,590 Fix, what do you wan... 2233 01:31:40,590 --> 01:31:42,360 Oh. 2234 01:31:42,360 --> 01:31:45,006 Quite a few of you here, eh? 2235 01:31:45,841 --> 01:31:47,510 - Hello, Madam Loathing. 2236 01:31:47,510 --> 01:31:50,090 Again, I appreciate you taking care of these children 2237 01:31:50,090 --> 01:31:52,764 despite the fact that you hate it and them. 2238 01:31:52,764 --> 01:31:55,140 These are my friends. (players laughing) 2239 01:31:55,140 --> 01:31:57,360 You know Conrad, of course. 2240 01:31:57,360 --> 01:31:59,745 Justin, go ahead and give some of those kiddos 2241 01:31:59,745 --> 01:32:01,980 a lickin' there, that'd be real cute. 2242 01:32:01,980 --> 01:32:03,883 - I'll go find the kids and give them a lickin'! 2243 01:32:03,883 --> 01:32:06,452 You see Justin runs in. Hey, kids! (panting) 2244 01:32:06,452 --> 01:32:09,619 You see she looks up and says, (groan) damn dog! 2245 01:32:09,619 --> 01:32:11,443 (players laughing) 2246 01:32:11,443 --> 01:32:14,280 - This is Detective Hunch Curio. He's a real disaster. 2247 01:32:14,280 --> 01:32:16,036 - I also brought chocolates. 2248 01:32:17,400 --> 01:32:19,590 I ate all the ones I weren't sure what was inside, 2249 01:32:19,590 --> 01:32:21,509 but there's a smattering of coconut 2250 01:32:21,509 --> 01:32:22,550 (players laughing) 2251 01:32:22,550 --> 01:32:24,480 and some chocolate nougat. 2252 01:32:24,480 --> 01:32:26,940 - Everyone's favorites, detective. 2253 01:32:26,940 --> 01:32:28,882 - Another case well done. 2254 01:32:28,882 --> 01:32:30,873 (players laughing) 2255 01:32:30,873 --> 01:32:33,210 - You see that she says, well, 2256 01:32:33,210 --> 01:32:35,321 what is it you want, and why have you brought... 2257 01:32:35,321 --> 01:32:36,600 you see she says... 2258 01:32:36,600 --> 01:32:38,152 Conrad. 2259 01:32:38,152 --> 01:32:39,420 - Ma- Madam. 2260 01:32:39,420 --> 01:32:41,220 - Oh. 2261 01:32:41,220 --> 01:32:45,120 Have you come back to deposit this wayward interest? 2262 01:32:45,120 --> 01:32:46,795 - Oh, certainly not. Shut the fuck up. 2263 01:32:46,795 --> 01:32:49,437 (players laughing) 2264 01:32:49,437 --> 01:32:50,460 Look, if you're not going to be nice to me, 2265 01:32:50,460 --> 01:32:51,923 I'm not going to be nice to you. 2266 01:32:51,923 --> 01:32:53,945 This is how it's going to go. That's how it works. 2267 01:32:53,945 --> 01:32:58,945 - Where have you achieved this sudden sense of reciprocity. 2268 01:32:59,443 --> 01:33:01,050 - A lot- A lot's happened. 2269 01:33:01,050 --> 01:33:03,293 I don't really know who I work for anymore, 2270 01:33:03,293 --> 01:33:05,010 so I'm just sort of working for myself. 2271 01:33:05,010 --> 01:33:07,920 It's real weird. Uncomfortable, but kind of fun. 2272 01:33:07,920 --> 01:33:09,780 I would like to talk to two of your children. 2273 01:33:09,780 --> 01:33:13,989 First, Bastion Bass. I think he's like 14 years old. 2274 01:33:13,989 --> 01:33:15,885 He plays bass guitar all the time. 2275 01:33:15,885 --> 01:33:18,750 I'd like to just have him play music, maybe. 2276 01:33:18,750 --> 01:33:22,181 I've heard that low frequency noises can be relaxing. 2277 01:33:22,181 --> 01:33:23,706 - You see, that 2278 01:33:23,706 --> 01:33:24,596 over in the corner, you see there's a kid 2279 01:33:24,596 --> 01:33:25,429 who's like, 2280 01:33:25,429 --> 01:33:27,013 (like a pissed off teen) whatever, I'll play it. 2281 01:33:27,013 --> 01:33:29,013 (players laughing) 2282 01:33:29,013 --> 01:33:32,182 (Brennan does a funky bass lick) 2283 01:33:32,182 --> 01:33:34,086 He starts playing this big standup bass. 2284 01:33:34,086 --> 01:33:35,860 (Trapp snaps rhythmically) 2285 01:33:35,860 --> 01:33:38,226 (players laughing) (chill bass music) 2286 01:33:38,226 --> 01:33:39,787 Who else do you wish to speak to? 2287 01:33:39,787 --> 01:33:41,307 - I'd like to speak to Ronnie Reptile, 2288 01:33:41,307 --> 01:33:43,170 and then you can just listen to the bass guitar 2289 01:33:43,170 --> 01:33:45,596 and see if you can take it down a couple notches. 2290 01:33:45,596 --> 01:33:47,646 (players laughing) 2291 01:33:47,646 --> 01:33:49,020 - Very well. 2292 01:33:49,020 --> 01:33:52,147 She says, do you want me to show you to where Ronnie is? 2293 01:33:52,147 --> 01:33:53,640 - Where's Ronnie at? Oh, sorry, Conrad. 2294 01:33:53,640 --> 01:33:55,083 - I could probably show you guys there. 2295 01:33:55,083 --> 01:33:57,585 Conrad hasn't unclenched his fists since- 2296 01:33:57,585 --> 01:34:00,476 (players laughing) 2297 01:34:00,476 --> 01:34:03,600 We'll find our own way, if you don't mind, Madam. 2298 01:34:03,600 --> 01:34:05,280 - Very well, Conrad. 2299 01:34:05,280 --> 01:34:08,940 I'll stay here and enjoy the bass music. 2300 01:34:08,940 --> 01:34:10,020 That's what everyone loves, 2301 01:34:10,020 --> 01:34:13,519 is just a bass playing by itself. 2302 01:34:13,519 --> 01:34:15,544 (players laughing) 2303 01:34:15,544 --> 01:34:16,620 - I mean, if you listen to him, 2304 01:34:16,620 --> 01:34:18,473 I mean, he's got some chops here! 2305 01:34:18,473 --> 01:34:21,390 (Trapp snapping and scatting) 2306 01:34:21,390 --> 01:34:23,880 - Incredible, so she's like, Mr. Curio, 2307 01:34:23,880 --> 01:34:26,801 if you would like to stay with me? 2308 01:34:26,801 --> 01:34:28,380 (sounds of consideration) 2309 01:34:28,380 --> 01:34:29,213 - No. 2310 01:34:29,213 --> 01:34:30,705 (players laughing) 2311 01:34:30,705 --> 01:34:32,927 - I can't blame you. I don't want to stay with you either. 2312 01:34:32,927 --> 01:34:34,260 - I mean, the music's great. 2313 01:34:34,260 --> 01:34:36,120 I gotta know what Ronnie's going to say. 2314 01:34:36,120 --> 01:34:39,990 - The Fix, at least, I know, and you're just a stranger. 2315 01:34:39,990 --> 01:34:41,522 - Sure, yeah, this would probably be 2316 01:34:41,522 --> 01:34:42,630 an awkward conversation. 2317 01:34:42,630 --> 01:34:45,852 - Maybe you can snoop around a little, I say quietly. 2318 01:34:45,852 --> 01:34:47,435 (players laughing lightly) 2319 01:34:47,435 --> 01:34:52,433 - So the two of you head off, and as you do so, 2320 01:34:52,433 --> 01:34:54,300 you go up the staircase, you stay with Madam Loathing, 2321 01:34:54,300 --> 01:34:56,682 sort of paying attention to, there's a lot of stuff 2322 01:34:56,682 --> 01:34:58,380 down in this entryway and things like that. 2323 01:34:58,380 --> 01:35:00,600 - Yeah, I think as a general rule, 2324 01:35:00,600 --> 01:35:03,798 whenever Hunch enters a new place, he just starts, 2325 01:35:03,798 --> 01:35:05,670 the equivalent- just like opening cabinets, 2326 01:35:05,670 --> 01:35:07,080 just sort of lookin' through shit. 2327 01:35:07,080 --> 01:35:08,871 - You're snoopin' around. 2328 01:35:10,080 --> 01:35:12,897 You two go upstairs and quickly find Ronnie's room, 2329 01:35:13,984 --> 01:35:18,478 and you see Ronnie's got his little reptile head there. 2330 01:35:18,478 --> 01:35:20,850 You see he looks up and goes, Mr. Fix! 2331 01:35:20,850 --> 01:35:21,840 - Ronnie! 2332 01:35:21,840 --> 01:35:24,750 - He gives you a big hug and he says, did you know 2333 01:35:24,750 --> 01:35:29,743 that the black mamba has been observed at top speeds 2334 01:35:29,743 --> 01:35:34,728 of 12 1/2 miles per hour at its fastest slither, 2335 01:35:34,728 --> 01:35:39,073 and that at that speed, it would almost certainly catch 2336 01:35:39,073 --> 01:35:42,720 even some of the fastest humans on the planet? 2337 01:35:42,720 --> 01:35:45,228 - I did not know that. 2338 01:35:45,228 --> 01:35:46,650 - [Brennan] Mm-hm, mm-hm, mm-hm. 2339 01:35:46,650 --> 01:35:47,483 - I love new facts. 2340 01:35:47,483 --> 01:35:50,340 - Even faster people would probably not have the stamina, 2341 01:35:50,340 --> 01:35:54,743 because the resting or average speed is 7 1/2 miles per hour 2342 01:35:54,743 --> 01:35:57,248 which is faster than the human average of six, 2343 01:35:57,248 --> 01:35:59,048 and that's for healthy adults. 2344 01:35:59,048 --> 01:36:00,723 (Freddie laughing lightly) 2345 01:36:00,723 --> 01:36:03,255 - You know so much stuff. 2346 01:36:03,255 --> 01:36:06,112 - You see he gives you a big hug at this. Conrad! 2347 01:36:06,112 --> 01:36:06,945 - Hey, kid. 2348 01:36:06,945 --> 01:36:08,640 - [Brennan] It's good to see you again. How are you doing? 2349 01:36:08,640 --> 01:36:10,110 - [Alex] Good. How are you? 2350 01:36:10,110 --> 01:36:12,780 - [Brennan] I'm good. We miss you around the home. 2351 01:36:12,780 --> 01:36:16,680 - I miss you guys, too. How has it been over here? 2352 01:36:16,680 --> 01:36:19,770 - It's been okay. Honestly, it's been kind of nice. 2353 01:36:19,770 --> 01:36:22,650 Madam Loathing's sort of, you know, 2354 01:36:22,650 --> 01:36:25,690 been not as bad as always. 2355 01:36:25,690 --> 01:36:28,680 We kind of, you know, whenever she's sort of not around, 2356 01:36:28,680 --> 01:36:32,760 it's easier for us to not get, you know, bullied. 2357 01:36:32,760 --> 01:36:35,427 - Has Madam Loathing not been around much lately? 2358 01:36:37,007 --> 01:36:40,165 - Yeah, she's been away for a little while, 2359 01:36:40,165 --> 01:36:43,110 more often than usual, and we've been doing some stuff 2360 01:36:43,110 --> 01:36:44,305 that we didn't used to get to do. 2361 01:36:44,305 --> 01:36:47,520 Like we went on a fun field trip to Cerebell Pacific. 2362 01:36:47,520 --> 01:36:49,650 - Who took you to do that? - [Brennan] Madam Loathing did. 2363 01:36:49,650 --> 01:36:51,030 - Oh, okay. 2364 01:36:51,030 --> 01:36:54,360 - Well, Ronnie, do you know where she goes 2365 01:36:54,360 --> 01:36:56,070 when she's not around? 2366 01:36:56,070 --> 01:36:57,270 - I asked her one time, 2367 01:36:57,270 --> 01:37:00,630 and she sneered and raised up a big clawed hand, 2368 01:37:00,630 --> 01:37:03,568 and she kind of got bigger than she was a second before. 2369 01:37:03,568 --> 01:37:06,270 She said little boys who ask questions 2370 01:37:06,270 --> 01:37:08,457 have terrible fates befall them. 2371 01:37:08,457 --> 01:37:09,498 (Hank laughing) 2372 01:37:09,498 --> 01:37:10,955 - While this conversation is going on, 2373 01:37:10,955 --> 01:37:13,500 can I check Madam Loathing's eyes? 2374 01:37:13,500 --> 01:37:15,740 - As you are about to go check Madam Loathing's eyes, 2375 01:37:15,740 --> 01:37:17,590 you hear off in the corner, 2376 01:37:17,590 --> 01:37:18,423 bing, bang! (metal clanging) 2377 01:37:18,423 --> 01:37:20,640 Some big crashes, and you hear (barking) 2378 01:37:20,640 --> 01:37:23,048 and you hear a bunch of kids going, yay! 2379 01:37:23,048 --> 01:37:23,881 (stock audio of children cheering) 2380 01:37:23,881 --> 01:37:25,228 (players laughing) 2381 01:37:25,228 --> 01:37:27,728 And Madam Loathing goes, ugh! 2382 01:37:27,728 --> 01:37:29,211 (threateningly) Don't you snoop around. 2383 01:37:29,211 --> 01:37:30,630 And runs off to go to the noise 2384 01:37:30,630 --> 01:37:32,640 of the dog and the children playing. 2385 01:37:32,640 --> 01:37:35,370 Do you do anything in that moment? 2386 01:37:35,370 --> 01:37:38,190 - So Madam Loathing just left to go after the noise? 2387 01:37:38,190 --> 01:37:39,810 - Go after the noise, and you're out here 2388 01:37:39,810 --> 01:37:43,500 in the entryway with Bastion Bass playing bass off in the- 2389 01:37:43,500 --> 01:37:46,580 - That rules. Can I... 2390 01:37:47,705 --> 01:37:49,500 I mean, I'm snooping. I'm poking into everything. 2391 01:37:49,500 --> 01:37:50,730 Can I just do a sort of general- 2392 01:37:50,730 --> 01:37:52,888 - [Brennan] Yeah, give me snoop seven. 2393 01:37:52,888 --> 01:37:53,721 - Sure. 2394 01:37:56,250 --> 01:37:58,242 That is an... 2395 01:37:58,242 --> 01:37:59,784 a 12. - Ooh, 2396 01:37:59,784 --> 01:38:00,950 beat it by five. 2397 01:38:00,950 --> 01:38:02,760 You're looking around at different photographs, 2398 01:38:02,760 --> 01:38:05,452 these creepy, old, almost Victorian, 2399 01:38:05,452 --> 01:38:07,773 daguerreotype type of photos, 2400 01:38:08,850 --> 01:38:12,210 and you see a photo (tense music) 2401 01:38:12,210 --> 01:38:17,187 and recognize someone in the photo who is not a child, 2402 01:38:17,187 --> 01:38:21,510 someone you met for the first time earlier today. 2403 01:38:21,510 --> 01:38:24,619 You see Madam Loathing, what looks like her as much younger. 2404 01:38:24,619 --> 01:38:27,602 You see Madam Loathing, what looks like her as much younger. 2405 01:38:27,602 --> 01:38:32,373 She's in a portrait that is very clearly a family portrait, 2406 01:38:32,373 --> 01:38:34,957 and she has her arm around a massive, hulking, 2407 01:38:34,957 --> 01:38:37,723 and she has her arm around a massive, hulking, 2408 01:38:37,723 --> 01:38:41,970 dangerous-looking man with giant, musclebound arms, 2409 01:38:41,970 --> 01:38:45,497 tons of tattoos, and a big, square jaw 2410 01:38:45,497 --> 01:38:47,940 that looks like it can take a lot of punches. 2411 01:38:47,940 --> 01:38:49,920 - Self Doubt? - [Brennan] Self Doubt. 2412 01:38:49,920 --> 01:38:51,980 - Okay. - Just the two of them? 2413 01:38:51,980 --> 01:38:54,210 - It looks like there are some parents there, 2414 01:38:54,210 --> 01:38:56,370 but it looks like those two are siblings. 2415 01:38:56,370 --> 01:38:57,776 - Got it. Okay. 2416 01:38:59,610 --> 01:39:01,440 - Bastion looks over and says, 2417 01:39:01,440 --> 01:39:03,240 something caught your eye over there? 2418 01:39:03,240 --> 01:39:07,650 - Yeah, just looking at the beautiful family. 2419 01:39:07,650 --> 01:39:09,441 - Beautiful family? (scoffs) 2420 01:39:09,441 --> 01:39:10,366 (dismissively) Whatever. 2421 01:39:10,366 --> 01:39:12,519 (more slick bass music) (players laughing) 2422 01:39:12,519 --> 01:39:16,623 You see he says, yeah. That's, like, her relative. 2423 01:39:16,623 --> 01:39:19,997 Her brother or whatever that's, like, by here sometimes. 2424 01:39:19,997 --> 01:39:23,370 Their family name is, like, their first name. 2425 01:39:23,370 --> 01:39:25,170 So it's like... 2426 01:39:25,170 --> 01:39:28,040 - Ahh. - Self Loathing and Self Doubt. 2427 01:39:28,040 --> 01:39:29,932 - [Brennan] Yeah. - Yeah. 2428 01:39:29,932 --> 01:39:32,340 - You had asked that question about Madam Loathing's eyes, 2429 01:39:32,340 --> 01:39:34,765 but you hear that it's gotten a little bit quieter. 2430 01:39:34,765 --> 01:39:36,240 You see some of the kids are running out of the hallway, 2431 01:39:36,240 --> 01:39:37,231 but Madam Loathing 2432 01:39:37,231 --> 01:39:38,156 has not come back. (children's footsteps) 2433 01:39:38,156 --> 01:39:40,648 - Got it. Can I go to Madam Loathing's room? 2434 01:39:40,648 --> 01:39:42,141 - [Brennan] Yeah. - Great. 2435 01:39:42,141 --> 01:39:43,716 - You go to walk to Madam Loathing's room. 2436 01:39:43,716 --> 01:39:45,660 For you two upstairs talking to Ronnie, (eerie static) 2437 01:39:45,660 --> 01:39:47,727 is there anything that you are doing up here? 2438 01:39:47,727 --> 01:39:50,280 - We, I assume, have that place mat. 2439 01:39:50,280 --> 01:39:51,768 - [Brennan] Yes, you do. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 2440 01:39:51,768 --> 01:39:52,611 - Oh yeah, here. 2441 01:39:52,611 --> 01:39:56,623 - Yes, we heard that you went to Cerebell. 2442 01:39:58,114 --> 01:40:00,596 A friend of ours had this. 2443 01:40:00,596 --> 01:40:04,230 We thought it might be yours. (investigative music) 2444 01:40:04,230 --> 01:40:06,888 - You see Ronnie says, that was mine! 2445 01:40:06,888 --> 01:40:10,630 I made a drawing of a reticulated python, 2446 01:40:10,630 --> 01:40:12,657 which is actually the longest, 2447 01:40:12,657 --> 01:40:14,483 did you know it's the longest snake in the world? 2448 01:40:14,483 --> 01:40:17,030 It's not the biggest. The biggest is the anaconda. 2449 01:40:17,030 --> 01:40:18,900 But the longest is the reticulated python. 2450 01:40:18,900 --> 01:40:20,858 - Do you know what the longest animal in the world is? 2451 01:40:20,858 --> 01:40:24,643 - No! What is it? - It's the bootlace worm. 2452 01:40:24,643 --> 01:40:27,197 - Is that a reptile? - It's a worm! 2453 01:40:27,197 --> 01:40:29,383 It's not a reptile. It's still a cool fact. 2454 01:40:29,383 --> 01:40:31,595 - But that's close. That's a cool fact, that's pretty close. 2455 01:40:31,595 --> 01:40:34,237 (players laughing) 2456 01:40:34,237 --> 01:40:35,714 - Clearly not interested. 2457 01:40:35,714 --> 01:40:37,064 (players laughing) 2458 01:40:37,064 --> 01:40:39,060 - Honestly, interacting with kids, 2459 01:40:39,060 --> 01:40:39,893 whenever you're interacting with kids, 2460 01:40:39,893 --> 01:40:41,310 there needs to be one moment where you're like, 2461 01:40:41,310 --> 01:40:42,360 and here's something, too! 2462 01:40:42,360 --> 01:40:45,240 And the kid just glazes over and is like, whatever! 2463 01:40:45,240 --> 01:40:47,235 - Sorry! Wait, wait! 2464 01:40:47,235 --> 01:40:49,677 Sorry that's not a reptile. 2465 01:40:49,677 --> 01:40:51,074 - I actually want to make sure, I believe 2466 01:40:51,074 --> 01:40:52,222 the reticulated python (very focused typing) 2467 01:40:52,222 --> 01:40:53,832 is the longest snake in the world. 2468 01:40:53,832 --> 01:40:55,049 (players laughing lightly) 2469 01:40:55,049 --> 01:40:56,597 - Boy, if you get this wrong. 2470 01:40:56,597 --> 01:40:57,780 - I don't have that one in my head. 2471 01:40:57,780 --> 01:41:00,090 - Get in the comments! (Um, Actually music sting) 2472 01:41:00,090 --> 01:41:01,320 - Yeah, reticulated python! 2473 01:41:01,320 --> 01:41:02,790 Okay, we're good, we're good, we're good. 2474 01:41:02,790 --> 01:41:05,010 - Good. Always fact check. - Always fact check. 2475 01:41:05,010 --> 01:41:08,748 He says, yeah, that place mat I gave to the nice man 2476 01:41:08,748 --> 01:41:10,830 on the field trip. - That's awesome. 2477 01:41:10,830 --> 01:41:13,290 Did you see anything interesting while you were there? 2478 01:41:13,290 --> 01:41:15,750 - Yeah, we saw the Switchboard, 2479 01:41:15,750 --> 01:41:19,440 and Madam Loathing 2480 01:41:19,440 --> 01:41:22,320 was asking a bunch of questions on our behalf, 2481 01:41:22,320 --> 01:41:25,831 because she said our questions would be... stupid. 2482 01:41:25,831 --> 01:41:27,447 (players laughing lightly) 2483 01:41:27,447 --> 01:41:29,011 - That sounds like her. 2484 01:41:29,880 --> 01:41:34,230 - So Madam Loathing wanted to be at Cerebell Pacific. 2485 01:41:34,230 --> 01:41:35,063 - [Brennan] That's right. 2486 01:41:35,063 --> 01:41:36,450 - Do you go on many field trips? 2487 01:41:36,450 --> 01:41:37,774 - No, just one. 2488 01:41:37,774 --> 01:41:39,870 - You've been on one field trip. 2489 01:41:39,870 --> 01:41:42,360 - And Nostalgia's Diner. 2490 01:41:42,360 --> 01:41:43,770 - Oh yeah, the... 2491 01:41:46,140 --> 01:41:48,593 We didn't go to Nostalgia's Diner, 2492 01:41:48,593 --> 01:41:53,507 but the guy who works there at Nostalgia's comes by 2493 01:41:53,507 --> 01:41:56,640 and gives us paper to draw on as a donation to the home. 2494 01:41:56,640 --> 01:41:58,836 - Old place mats. 2495 01:41:58,836 --> 01:42:00,336 (players laughing) 2496 01:42:00,336 --> 01:42:02,497 I guess that's still nice. 2497 01:42:02,497 --> 01:42:04,375 - Do you remember his name, Ronnie? 2498 01:42:05,280 --> 01:42:06,753 - He didn't say. 2499 01:42:08,070 --> 01:42:10,803 But I know that he likes to talk 2500 01:42:10,803 --> 01:42:13,980 about the way things used to be, 2501 01:42:13,980 --> 01:42:18,425 and I guess all the kids at the home are things 2502 01:42:18,425 --> 01:42:21,720 that the big guy doesn't care about anymore. 2503 01:42:21,720 --> 01:42:23,483 - For now, buddy. 2504 01:42:23,483 --> 01:42:26,038 Did you know that there are some reptiles 2505 01:42:26,038 --> 01:42:28,830 that have a light-sensing organ on the top of their head 2506 01:42:28,830 --> 01:42:31,350 so they can sense shadows 2507 01:42:31,350 --> 01:42:34,119 that might be coming from something that's coming for them? 2508 01:42:34,119 --> 01:42:35,410 (Brennan gasps innocently) 2509 01:42:35,410 --> 01:42:36,840 It's like a third eye! 2510 01:42:36,840 --> 01:42:39,330 - As you say that, 2511 01:42:39,330 --> 01:42:42,428 you watch as that appears 2512 01:42:42,428 --> 01:42:43,674 (fwoom) 2513 01:42:43,674 --> 01:42:45,782 on Ronnie's head, and he goes, (Hank laughing) 2514 01:42:45,782 --> 01:42:47,173 (innocent gasp) 2515 01:42:47,173 --> 01:42:48,481 (sudden tense music) 2516 01:42:48,481 --> 01:42:50,771 (hauntingly) there's a shadow downstairs. 2517 01:42:50,771 --> 01:42:51,810 - Oh my god. 2518 01:42:51,810 --> 01:42:53,040 - That gave me fucking goosebumps. 2519 01:42:53,040 --> 01:42:55,107 - (laughing) Ronnie, you're terrifying. 2520 01:42:55,107 --> 01:42:56,665 (players laughing) 2521 01:42:56,665 --> 01:42:58,950 - Don't forget this boy has a reptile head. 2522 01:42:58,950 --> 01:43:01,582 - He's got a full snake head. 2523 01:43:01,582 --> 01:43:03,840 - I forgot, you do this to me all the time. 2524 01:43:03,840 --> 01:43:05,614 - [Brennan] We cut downstairs. 2525 01:43:05,614 --> 01:43:06,981 - (silly) Doopity doop doop do. 2526 01:43:06,981 --> 01:43:08,806 (players laughing) 2527 01:43:08,806 --> 01:43:10,488 Still listening to the music through the walls. 2528 01:43:10,488 --> 01:43:12,493 - I didn't bring my copper gun. 2529 01:43:12,493 --> 01:43:14,746 I don't know, if it doesn't matter, we'll find out. 2530 01:43:14,746 --> 01:43:16,437 (Alex and Hank laughing lightly) 2531 01:43:16,437 --> 01:43:19,834 - (gravely) You go into Madam Loathing's room 2532 01:43:19,834 --> 01:43:24,834 and see a towering figure of shadow. 2533 01:43:25,367 --> 01:43:26,200 - Wuh-oh. 2534 01:43:26,200 --> 01:43:29,972 (players laughing) 2535 01:43:29,972 --> 01:43:33,541 - With a blinding white key. (light thrumming) 2536 01:43:33,541 --> 01:43:35,504 (Hank rage-slamming his notebook and fists) 2537 01:43:35,504 --> 01:43:36,337 (players laughing) 2538 01:43:36,337 --> 01:43:37,742 - I thought we'd be safe here! 2539 01:43:37,742 --> 01:43:40,495 - [Siobhan] The one place that doesn't have a gun. 2540 01:43:40,495 --> 01:43:42,360 - The one place that doesn't have a copper gun. 2541 01:43:42,360 --> 01:43:44,398 - I instinctively reach for where I had the gun. 2542 01:43:44,398 --> 01:43:45,293 Agh, A. Tension! 2543 01:43:45,293 --> 01:43:48,001 (players laughing) 2544 01:43:48,001 --> 01:43:51,840 - With a blinding white key, it takes the key 2545 01:43:51,840 --> 01:43:55,140 as you open the door, reaches back, 2546 01:43:55,140 --> 01:44:00,140 and plunges the key right into the heart 2547 01:44:00,300 --> 01:44:03,998 of Justin the dog. (all screaming) 2548 01:44:03,998 --> 01:44:05,551 - [Hank] You said the dogs 2549 01:44:05,551 --> 01:44:08,190 don't get hurt! - You son of a bitch! 2550 01:44:08,190 --> 01:44:09,603 - I told ya. 2551 01:44:10,770 --> 01:44:12,777 (menacingly) I'm gonna kill that dog! 2552 01:44:12,777 --> 01:44:14,260 (players laughing) 2553 01:44:14,260 --> 01:44:18,060 The key plunges (painful wailing) and you see the dog shift, 2554 01:44:18,060 --> 01:44:20,243 change (grotesque wailing) (bones cracking) 2555 01:44:20,243 --> 01:44:24,127 and mold and change in shape (snarls) 2556 01:44:24,127 --> 01:44:27,677 into a snarling German Shepherd as Madam Loathing says, 2557 01:44:27,677 --> 01:44:30,243 into a snarling German Shepherd as Madam Loathing says, 2558 01:44:30,243 --> 01:44:34,770 I'm going to need you to find some reasons 2559 01:44:34,770 --> 01:44:38,130 for us to hate ourselves as much as we can. 2560 01:44:38,130 --> 01:44:40,565 for us to hate ourselves as much as we can. 2561 01:44:40,565 --> 01:44:42,120 (Brennan growls) 2562 01:44:42,120 --> 01:44:44,551 Justin prowls towards you and says, 2563 01:44:45,450 --> 01:44:49,302 it doesn't make any sense for us to be curious 2564 01:44:49,302 --> 01:44:51,800 about a world as bad as this one. 2565 01:44:51,800 --> 01:44:53,850 - Is there anything copper in the room? 2566 01:44:53,850 --> 01:44:55,563 Is there ornamentation? 2567 01:44:55,563 --> 01:44:58,350 This is an old, kind of gothic place. 2568 01:44:58,350 --> 01:45:02,610 - Give me a snoop check, difficulty 14. 2569 01:45:02,610 --> 01:45:03,443 - Okay. 2570 01:45:06,510 --> 01:45:07,566 I explode. 2571 01:45:07,566 --> 01:45:09,724 - [Alex] Ah! - [Hank] Ooh! 2572 01:45:11,437 --> 01:45:16,437 So that is a 12 plus 9, is 21. 2573 01:45:16,440 --> 01:45:17,965 - There is a copper pipe 2574 01:45:17,965 --> 01:45:19,131 right next to you, 2575 01:45:19,131 --> 01:45:20,531 (players cheering victoriously) 2576 01:45:20,531 --> 01:45:22,101 (laughing) in the wall. 2577 01:45:23,340 --> 01:45:26,913 - I reach it and I... 2578 01:45:26,913 --> 01:45:30,420 Am I within reach of the guy with the key? 2579 01:45:30,420 --> 01:45:33,780 - You see that that figure is fully Madam Loathing. 2580 01:45:33,780 --> 01:45:35,722 Madam Loathing, holding the key, 2581 01:45:35,722 --> 01:45:37,477 has transformed into this figure. 2582 01:45:37,477 --> 01:45:39,747 - Am I within reach of her? - Yes, you are. 2583 01:45:39,747 --> 01:45:41,580 - All right, I try to just- I, 2584 01:45:41,580 --> 01:45:43,530 hit her across the head with the copper pipe. 2585 01:45:43,530 --> 01:45:45,532 - Okay, I'm going to need a sharp check, 2586 01:45:45,532 --> 01:45:49,020 and she is going to resist it with a sturdy. 2587 01:45:49,020 --> 01:45:52,650 - Okay. - She only rolls a three. 2588 01:45:52,650 --> 01:45:54,486 However, Justin's going to jump in the way 2589 01:45:54,486 --> 01:45:56,452 and try to bite your arm. - Reasonable. 2590 01:45:56,452 --> 01:45:57,343 (Trapp laughing) 2591 01:45:57,343 --> 01:45:59,338 - And he only rolls a four. - Okay. 2592 01:45:59,338 --> 01:46:00,510 - So you're going to have to beat 2593 01:46:00,510 --> 01:46:04,830 a four and a three on two successive sharp checks. 2594 01:46:04,830 --> 01:46:07,425 - Am I with him? I'm not with- 2595 01:46:07,425 --> 01:46:08,640 - You're upstairs with Ronnie, 2596 01:46:08,640 --> 01:46:11,381 but you guys hear the commotion downstairs. 2597 01:46:11,381 --> 01:46:14,910 - So just being clear, the sharp check is... 2598 01:46:14,910 --> 01:46:17,001 - Getting past Justin. - [Trapp] Just getting passed- 2599 01:46:17,001 --> 01:46:17,834 okay, cool. - And then, 2600 01:46:17,834 --> 01:46:20,958 and then getting to Madam Loathing. 2601 01:46:20,958 --> 01:46:23,310 - Copy, okay, so two different rolls here? 2602 01:46:23,310 --> 01:46:24,143 - [Brennan] Two different rolls. 2603 01:46:24,143 --> 01:46:25,027 You've got to beat a four on the first one, 2604 01:46:25,027 --> 01:46:25,860 and a three on the next one. 2605 01:46:25,860 --> 01:46:27,473 - All right, here's the first one. 2606 01:46:29,670 --> 01:46:31,890 That is a three, but I'm going to use a Moxie, 2607 01:46:31,890 --> 01:46:33,825 and we're in the green, so only one will be needed. 2608 01:46:33,825 --> 01:46:35,160 That'll bring it up to four. 2609 01:46:35,160 --> 01:46:36,780 - All right, you bypass Justin. 2610 01:46:36,780 --> 01:46:37,770 - [Trapp] Sorry, no, I don't even need to. 2611 01:46:37,770 --> 01:46:38,850 That's plus two on my sharp roll. 2612 01:46:38,850 --> 01:46:40,380 - Okay, great. - So that's actually a five. 2613 01:46:40,380 --> 01:46:41,550 - [Brennan] Great. - Okay. 2614 01:46:41,550 --> 01:46:43,848 And now this is my swinging at Madam Loathing. 2615 01:46:43,848 --> 01:46:44,690 - [Brennan] Yeah. 2616 01:46:45,780 --> 01:46:47,850 - That is a four plus two for a six. 2617 01:46:47,850 --> 01:46:52,800 - Six, okay, so Hunch Curio, you are standing here 2618 01:46:52,800 --> 01:46:55,442 looking at the fucking face of evil and go, 2619 01:46:55,442 --> 01:46:56,791 (snaps) copper pipe! 2620 01:46:56,791 --> 01:46:58,975 What a curious thing to find here! 2621 01:46:58,975 --> 01:47:00,466 (tense string music) 2622 01:47:00,466 --> 01:47:02,728 Justin sails past you and you, 2623 01:47:02,728 --> 01:47:04,294 bam, connect, gah! (hitting) (bones crunching) 2624 01:47:04,294 --> 01:47:07,835 and you hear a crack of bone in Madam Loathing's forearm 2625 01:47:07,835 --> 01:47:10,011 as you deliver an injury to her. 2626 01:47:10,897 --> 01:47:14,050 And you hear her say in response to that, 2627 01:47:14,050 --> 01:47:16,270 looking at you, looking at the pipe, 2628 01:47:16,270 --> 01:47:18,502 she looks at Justin and screams, where! 2629 01:47:18,502 --> 01:47:21,600 Where is a keyhole! Where is a place to put the key! 2630 01:47:21,600 --> 01:47:23,310 - Justin, having been with you 2631 01:47:23,310 --> 01:47:24,660 for the rest of the conversation, 2632 01:47:24,660 --> 01:47:28,085 give me a sturdy check to see how scared Loathing is. 2633 01:47:28,085 --> 01:47:30,159 give me a sturdy check to see how scared Loathing is. 2634 01:47:30,159 --> 01:47:31,500 - Okay. 2635 01:47:31,500 --> 01:47:33,960 - You want high here. You want to get an 11 or higher. 2636 01:47:33,960 --> 01:47:36,076 - 11 or higher on a sturdy check, - [Brennan] Sturdy check. 2637 01:47:36,076 --> 01:47:36,909 - Okay. 2638 01:47:39,840 --> 01:47:41,760 That is a 15. 2639 01:47:41,760 --> 01:47:43,350 - All right, so she is terrified. 2640 01:47:43,350 --> 01:47:46,428 So you see Justin snarls, 2641 01:47:46,428 --> 01:47:48,237 and she says, where is a place for the keyhole! 2642 01:47:48,237 --> 01:47:51,720 And you see Justin goes, Oblongata Station, and... 2643 01:47:51,720 --> 01:47:54,780 And before he can say that there's another location, 2644 01:47:54,780 --> 01:47:58,573 she leaps to go for the window. 2645 01:47:59,550 --> 01:48:01,050 At this point, however, 2646 01:48:01,050 --> 01:48:02,580 we're going to resolve a couple different things. 2647 01:48:02,580 --> 01:48:03,413 - Right. 2648 01:48:03,413 --> 01:48:06,805 - So she's going to roll a sneak check, first and foremost. 2649 01:48:07,760 --> 01:48:09,870 She rolls an 11 on a sneak check. 2650 01:48:09,870 --> 01:48:14,630 All three of you can attempt to beat an 11 on a sneak check 2651 01:48:14,630 --> 01:48:15,875 to try to beat her to the punch 2652 01:48:15,875 --> 01:48:17,163 before she leaps through the window. 2653 01:48:17,163 --> 01:48:20,422 - With sneak? - [Brennan] With sneak, yes. 2654 01:48:20,422 --> 01:48:24,249 - Well, I explode on a four. - On a four, okay. 2655 01:48:24,249 --> 01:48:25,082 - Nope. 2656 01:48:27,939 --> 01:48:30,810 - That's just a seven. I can't get to 11 with that. 2657 01:48:30,810 --> 01:48:31,924 - Seven. 2658 01:48:31,924 --> 01:48:35,808 (ball sliding on a track x4) 2659 01:48:35,808 --> 01:48:37,530 - Okay, seven. 2660 01:48:37,530 --> 01:48:40,020 You see Loathing, on that sneak check, 2661 01:48:40,020 --> 01:48:42,750 has that white key, hears Oblongata Station, 2662 01:48:42,750 --> 01:48:46,729 sneers at you and says, catch me if you can! 2663 01:48:46,729 --> 01:48:49,020 And goes through the window. (bursting through glass) 2664 01:48:49,020 --> 01:48:53,400 As she does that, does everyone remember what they rolled? 2665 01:48:53,400 --> 01:48:54,870 - Just now for the sneak? - [Brennan] Just now for the sneak. 2666 01:48:54,870 --> 01:48:55,740 - Seven. - Seven. 2667 01:48:55,740 --> 01:48:57,960 - [Brennan] Seven and seven here. - I rolled a five. 2668 01:48:57,960 --> 01:48:59,250 - Rolled a five. Okay, gotcha. 2669 01:48:59,250 --> 01:49:01,560 Fix and Hunch, you're going to go first. 2670 01:49:01,560 --> 01:49:03,930 I'm going to say that you two have just arrived down here, 2671 01:49:03,930 --> 01:49:05,970 running down the stairs towards the noise. 2672 01:49:05,970 --> 01:49:10,970 Conrad, you see Justin turn to look at you and say, 2673 01:49:11,610 --> 01:49:14,335 this mind is a terrible place. 2674 01:49:15,380 --> 01:49:19,560 So weak! Why couldn't we do the right thing? Ever?! 2675 01:49:19,560 --> 01:49:22,432 There's no reason to like any part about this city! 2676 01:49:22,432 --> 01:49:24,810 (sad, tense music) 2677 01:49:24,810 --> 01:49:27,450 - Conrad doesn't say anything back. 2678 01:49:27,450 --> 01:49:29,811 - Fix and Hunch. 2679 01:49:29,811 --> 01:49:32,670 - I am going to... 2680 01:49:32,670 --> 01:49:34,650 I'm going to take the copper pipe 2681 01:49:34,650 --> 01:49:39,540 and try to basically bridle Justin with it, 2682 01:49:39,540 --> 01:49:42,570 get it in his mouth and sort of keep him... 2683 01:49:42,570 --> 01:49:45,930 - I see him doing that, and I try and hold the body 2684 01:49:45,930 --> 01:49:47,749 while he heads for the head. 2685 01:49:47,749 --> 01:49:52,260 And I say, you're- you're not you. He's not him. 2686 01:49:54,345 --> 01:49:58,297 - I can roll for this if I have to, and then 2687 01:49:58,297 --> 01:50:02,816 I want to whisper into his ear, who's your best friend. 2688 01:50:02,816 --> 01:50:04,157 - Aww. 2689 01:50:04,157 --> 01:50:06,520 A combination of copper and sentiment. 2690 01:50:06,520 --> 01:50:08,086 (players laughing) 2691 01:50:08,086 --> 01:50:11,188 - Yes, amazing, so you whisper that. 2692 01:50:11,188 --> 01:50:15,810 I'm going to say right now, determine between yourselves, 2693 01:50:15,810 --> 01:50:18,110 we need a sharp check to restrain the dog, 2694 01:50:18,110 --> 01:50:19,802 and I think we also need a... 2695 01:50:20,820 --> 01:50:24,758 We do need a slick check 2696 01:50:24,758 --> 01:50:28,767 for trying to convince Justin to turn. 2697 01:50:28,767 --> 01:50:29,600 - Sure. 2698 01:50:29,600 --> 01:50:31,050 - One of you give me sharp, one of you give me slick. 2699 01:50:31,050 --> 01:50:33,360 - Those are my two weakest attributes. 2700 01:50:33,360 --> 01:50:36,480 - Sharp is my most powerful, slick is d8. 2701 01:50:36,480 --> 01:50:37,980 - [Trapp] Okay. 2702 01:50:37,980 --> 01:50:41,430 - So I'm going to say probably sharp here and slick here. 2703 01:50:41,430 --> 01:50:42,263 - [Trapp] Okay. 2704 01:50:42,263 --> 01:50:43,096 - Because you're the one who said it. 2705 01:50:43,096 --> 01:50:44,909 - What's your- - My slick's my d4. 2706 01:50:44,909 --> 01:50:46,110 - [Hank] Your slick is your d4. 2707 01:50:46,110 --> 01:50:47,940 - Yeah. I got a bit of Moxie, though. 2708 01:50:47,940 --> 01:50:50,340 And easier to explode on a d4 2709 01:50:50,340 --> 01:50:52,111 than any other die, right guys? 2710 01:50:52,111 --> 01:50:53,550 (players laughing nervously) 2711 01:50:53,550 --> 01:50:58,110 - Justin is going to roll to resist being captured. 2712 01:50:58,110 --> 01:50:58,950 He's going to roll a d20. 2713 01:50:58,950 --> 01:51:00,653 I'll roll it in front of the board. 2714 01:51:01,770 --> 01:51:02,603 Eight. 2715 01:51:04,800 --> 01:51:07,380 - Ooh, six. 2716 01:51:07,380 --> 01:51:09,642 I guess I'll burn two Moxie. 2717 01:51:09,642 --> 01:51:11,610 - Okay. - And I'll do my slick check. 2718 01:51:11,610 --> 01:51:14,311 - [Brennan] The DC here is going to be a 13. 2719 01:51:14,311 --> 01:51:18,420 - Okay, here we go. We're hoping for a bunch of explosions. 2720 01:51:18,420 --> 01:51:19,920 That is a one. 2721 01:51:19,920 --> 01:51:22,844 I don't think that's even worth burning the Moxie on there. 2722 01:51:22,844 --> 01:51:26,877 But I'll take those. (ball sliding on a track x2) 2723 01:51:28,200 --> 01:51:31,288 - You just watch as you get down on top of Justin, 2724 01:51:31,288 --> 01:51:34,090 and Hunch, you say, remember your best friend. 2725 01:51:35,700 --> 01:51:38,970 You see Justin snarling, frothing at the mouth 2726 01:51:38,970 --> 01:51:40,800 with these blinding white eyes, 2727 01:51:40,800 --> 01:51:44,293 just going, a best friend would've helped you. 2728 01:51:44,293 --> 01:51:47,217 A best friend would've made things right. 2729 01:51:47,217 --> 01:51:51,356 How could I have a best friend if my life is like this? 2730 01:51:51,356 --> 01:51:55,578 - Conrad can't look away, but has just shut down. 2731 01:51:56,490 --> 01:51:58,826 - So since we did restrain him, can we- 2732 01:51:58,826 --> 01:52:01,200 - [Brennan] Yes, you can- - Get the pipe in his mouth? 2733 01:52:01,200 --> 01:52:05,022 Is there an amount of, we can get this dog in a situation 2734 01:52:05,022 --> 01:52:07,320 where we don't have to worry about it anymore? 2735 01:52:07,320 --> 01:52:09,390 - Potentially. Potentially you could. 2736 01:52:09,390 --> 01:52:12,030 But you know that Justin's also a powerful... 2737 01:52:12,030 --> 01:52:12,863 - [Hank] Dog. 2738 01:52:14,550 --> 01:52:17,700 - I look over to Conrad. I think it's going to mean more 2739 01:52:17,700 --> 01:52:19,470 coming from you than from me! 2740 01:52:19,470 --> 01:52:22,537 I told him he was my best friend already earlier today, 2741 01:52:22,537 --> 01:52:24,141 and he, he kind of shot me down. 2742 01:52:24,141 --> 01:52:26,070 I think it's gotta come from you. (players laughing) 2743 01:52:26,070 --> 01:52:29,313 - Even the old Justin didn't think I was his best friend. 2744 01:52:29,313 --> 01:52:32,998 - Justin! Justin! (Brennan growls) 2745 01:52:32,998 --> 01:52:36,900 I don't care what they did to you. You're my best friend. 2746 01:52:36,900 --> 01:52:39,116 You're my best friend! 2747 01:52:39,116 --> 01:52:41,833 Conrad grabs Justin with both arms. 2748 01:52:43,860 --> 01:52:46,440 - Gonna ask for a roll here. 2749 01:52:46,440 --> 01:52:47,521 - (quietly) Yeah, I thought so. 2750 01:52:47,521 --> 01:52:49,996 (players laughing) 2751 01:52:49,996 --> 01:52:53,282 - Behind my back, can I be signaling to Hunch 2752 01:52:53,282 --> 01:52:55,183 to give me the copper pipe. 2753 01:52:55,183 --> 01:52:56,516 (players laughing) 2754 01:52:56,516 --> 01:52:58,650 - [Hank] Oh no. - I'm going to say you reach. 2755 01:52:58,650 --> 01:53:02,593 Give me a sneak check as you start reaching. 2756 01:53:02,593 --> 01:53:03,526 - Okay. 2757 01:53:06,601 --> 01:53:08,426 13 plus 2, 15. 2758 01:53:09,450 --> 01:53:14,010 - You start to reach with your hand open, 2759 01:53:14,010 --> 01:53:16,410 and on a 15, 2760 01:53:16,410 --> 01:53:18,256 very high roll, 2761 01:53:19,620 --> 01:53:24,450 you think about all the hidden places in Mentopolis 2762 01:53:24,450 --> 01:53:28,553 that you have hidden things before. 2763 01:53:30,090 --> 01:53:32,790 All the things you stole and hid away 2764 01:53:32,790 --> 01:53:35,190 from a mind that wanted to forget them, 2765 01:53:35,190 --> 01:53:38,280 and you and you alone as a kid 2766 01:53:38,280 --> 01:53:41,920 felt the responsibility to take these things that mattered 2767 01:53:41,920 --> 01:53:44,851 so that they wouldn't always be forgotten. 2768 01:53:46,380 --> 01:53:49,710 Reaching back in this place, 2769 01:53:49,710 --> 01:53:54,360 what is Conrad reaching for. 2770 01:53:54,360 --> 01:53:58,680 Maybe not even specifically, but what is Conrad reaching for 2771 01:53:58,680 --> 01:54:01,738 and what is he hoping for in this moment. 2772 01:54:03,399 --> 01:54:05,832 (tense music slowly building) 2773 01:54:07,470 --> 01:54:09,640 - Conrad's just reaching for something 2774 01:54:09,640 --> 01:54:14,640 that'll remind Justin and maybe the big guy who he is. 2775 01:54:15,180 --> 01:54:19,222 - You reach and feel 2776 01:54:19,222 --> 01:54:21,677 a piece of metal in your hand. 2777 01:54:21,677 --> 01:54:24,477 You feel it. You have what you're looking for. 2778 01:54:24,477 --> 01:54:28,350 And you look and see Justin turn and go (snarls) 2779 01:54:28,350 --> 01:54:30,480 and you see his blinding white eyes, 2780 01:54:30,480 --> 01:54:33,360 and then there in the center of his chest 2781 01:54:33,360 --> 01:54:38,100 is a little white hole, a little slit, 2782 01:54:38,100 --> 01:54:40,976 like you saw in Mark Bition's chest. (static thrumming) 2783 01:54:40,976 --> 01:54:43,470 (snarling) 2784 01:54:43,470 --> 01:54:45,720 - I take whatever metal is in my hand, 2785 01:54:45,720 --> 01:54:48,456 and I just plunge it into the white hole. 2786 01:54:49,320 --> 01:54:52,545 - Everything becomes 2787 01:54:52,545 --> 01:54:55,112 blinding light, 2788 01:54:55,112 --> 01:54:56,442 and you look up and see the piece of metal 2789 01:54:56,442 --> 01:54:58,380 that you assumed was the copper, but Hunch, 2790 01:54:58,380 --> 01:55:00,840 you're still holding the copper in your hand. 2791 01:55:00,840 --> 01:55:04,963 Both of you watched Conrad's hand 2792 01:55:04,963 --> 01:55:07,770 disappear into shadow behind him, 2793 01:55:07,770 --> 01:55:11,232 the deep, dark shadows all over Mentopolis, 2794 01:55:11,232 --> 01:55:14,917 Conrad, an urchin who's been hiding for so, so long, 2795 01:55:14,917 --> 01:55:18,840 seeing his dog, he's your best friend, 2796 01:55:18,840 --> 01:55:21,000 and even when he's like this, there's a part of you 2797 01:55:21,000 --> 01:55:25,500 deep down that knows that you still love him. 2798 01:55:25,500 --> 01:55:28,320 Even when he's hurting, even when he's angry, 2799 01:55:28,320 --> 01:55:31,110 and even when he's angry because he's really scared, 2800 01:55:31,110 --> 01:55:34,143 you still love him, and you tap into that thing 2801 01:55:34,143 --> 01:55:37,180 that maybe is the center of your heart, 2802 01:55:38,310 --> 01:55:41,880 the love you have for this dog, your best friend, 2803 01:55:41,880 --> 01:55:44,831 the center of whatever this conscience is. 2804 01:55:46,474 --> 01:55:48,473 You take the metal, plunge it 2805 01:55:48,473 --> 01:55:51,150 into Justin's chest, (static sizzling) 2806 01:55:51,150 --> 01:55:54,364 and the room fills with light. 2807 01:55:54,364 --> 01:55:55,814 (Brennan makes the sound of light surging out) 2808 01:55:55,814 --> 01:55:57,870 All of you watch (light humming) 2809 01:55:57,870 --> 01:56:01,050 as a ice skate 2810 01:56:01,050 --> 01:56:02,640 in Conrad's hand 2811 01:56:02,640 --> 01:56:05,100 surges forward, 2812 01:56:05,100 --> 01:56:07,878 the point (wails) jabs, 2813 01:56:07,878 --> 01:56:09,452 the metal glows bright, (pleasant light sound) 2814 01:56:09,452 --> 01:56:12,060 the ice skate breaks and falls apart, (simple shattering) 2815 01:56:12,060 --> 01:56:13,957 and the metal in your hand 2816 01:56:13,957 --> 01:56:16,860 (magical movement, materialization) 2817 01:56:16,860 --> 01:56:21,068 turns into a brilliant, silvery key. 2818 01:56:22,380 --> 01:56:27,380 Justin, (choking) the froth leaves. (whines) 2819 01:56:28,680 --> 01:56:31,513 You can feel in that lock, 2820 01:56:31,513 --> 01:56:34,438 locking something safe away. 2821 01:56:35,880 --> 01:56:38,913 This dog will never be uncertain 2822 01:56:38,913 --> 01:56:41,504 This dog will never be uncertain 2823 01:56:41,504 --> 01:56:43,233 about how much you love him. 2824 01:56:44,176 --> 01:56:45,567 (Brennan whimpers) 2825 01:56:45,567 --> 01:56:48,993 The floppy jowls and long ears of a basset hound return. 2826 01:56:48,993 --> 01:56:50,130 (pained whining) 2827 01:56:50,130 --> 01:56:52,610 - Justin! - I'm so sorry! 2828 01:56:52,610 --> 01:56:56,994 - Justin, no, don't apologize. You're my best friend! 2829 01:56:56,994 --> 01:57:00,685 (saying "you're my best friend" emotionally back and forth) 2830 01:57:00,685 --> 01:57:03,990 (Brennan slurping) (players laughing) 2831 01:57:03,990 --> 01:57:05,518 - That was fucking weird, right? 2832 01:57:05,518 --> 01:57:09,543 (players laughing) 2833 01:57:09,543 --> 01:57:11,490 - The Fix jumps out of the window. (glass shattering) 2834 01:57:11,490 --> 01:57:14,040 (players laughing) 2835 01:57:14,040 --> 01:57:15,090 - Stop doing that! 2836 01:57:15,090 --> 01:57:18,463 - Everything seems to be good here! I gotta get that bitch. 2837 01:57:18,463 --> 01:57:21,005 (players laughing) 2838 01:57:21,005 --> 01:57:23,580 - Yeah, The Fix, Madam Loathing's charging down the street. 2839 01:57:23,580 --> 01:57:25,669 - Okay, let's take the car. - Okay! 2840 01:57:25,669 --> 01:57:27,493 (players laughing) 2841 01:57:27,493 --> 01:57:29,938 - Incredible, and you do see, yeah, 2842 01:57:32,200 --> 01:57:34,488 so the ice skate is broken, 2843 01:57:34,488 --> 01:57:36,518 and one of the metal things has become this key. 2844 01:57:36,518 --> 01:57:39,120 You see, even, a small, silvery lanyard. 2845 01:57:39,120 --> 01:57:41,082 You're looking at a key. 2846 01:57:41,082 --> 01:57:45,510 You have a key. You can tell this is your key. 2847 01:57:45,510 --> 01:57:48,812 And as you begin to charge out of there, Hunch, 2848 01:57:48,812 --> 01:57:51,810 you do see the rest of the ice skates as that memory 2849 01:57:51,810 --> 01:57:55,170 still sitting on the ground there in front of you. 2850 01:57:55,170 --> 01:57:57,938 - I take the ice skates with me, and also the copper pipe. 2851 01:57:57,938 --> 01:58:01,116 - You grab the copper pipe, and I'll say, 2852 01:58:01,116 --> 01:58:03,717 as you're running with the ice skates that have now broken, 2853 01:58:03,717 --> 01:58:06,090 you see them, kind of in the shadow, 2854 01:58:06,090 --> 01:58:09,060 meld and morph and change. (light coruscating) 2855 01:58:09,060 --> 01:58:12,175 This memory that was kept as this object that Conrad found 2856 01:58:12,175 --> 01:58:13,008 turns back, 2857 01:58:13,008 --> 01:58:14,234 and you suddenly see, (magic shimmer) 2858 01:58:14,234 --> 01:58:17,355 you're holding a book in your hand. 2859 01:58:17,355 --> 01:58:22,263 It is the oldest, chopped up, dog-eared old book, 2860 01:58:22,263 --> 01:58:25,710 and you see it says, please return to the memory bank, 2861 01:58:25,710 --> 01:58:30,570 and it lists a date that's like 13 years ago, essentially. 2862 01:58:30,570 --> 01:58:32,730 - There's going to be some late fees on this one. 2863 01:58:32,730 --> 01:58:35,180 (players laughing) 2864 01:58:35,180 --> 01:58:36,810 - Incredible. You rush out. 2865 01:58:36,810 --> 01:58:39,243 Cutting from there to (sick retrofuturistic music) 2866 01:58:39,243 --> 01:58:43,377 Imelda, Ivana, and Lance 2867 01:58:43,377 --> 01:58:45,840 running from Cerebell Pacific, having given the order 2868 01:58:45,840 --> 01:58:50,220 to pick up the papers and blown that new switch, 2869 01:58:50,220 --> 01:58:51,900 where do you think Imelda is heading now. 2870 01:58:51,900 --> 01:58:53,432 Also with the understanding that yes, 2871 01:58:53,432 --> 01:58:54,672 you did blow up the keyhole, 2872 01:58:54,672 --> 01:58:56,160 but the phones are actually working again. 2873 01:58:56,160 --> 01:58:58,432 - Okay, great. - Where do you think 2874 01:58:58,432 --> 01:59:00,290 Imelda would head off to with Ivana. 2875 01:59:02,580 --> 01:59:04,980 - Weren't we talking about going to the station? 2876 01:59:05,820 --> 01:59:07,200 - [Brennan] Maybe you're just heading right to the station? 2877 01:59:07,200 --> 01:59:09,870 - Yeah, I think so. - Cool, so you guys get there. 2878 01:59:09,870 --> 01:59:11,760 You're heading right to Oblongata Station, 2879 01:59:11,760 --> 01:59:13,860 and then you're following Madam Loathing, 2880 01:59:13,860 --> 01:59:16,860 and then Conrad, Justin, and Hunch, 2881 01:59:16,860 --> 01:59:18,030 you're all getting in the car 2882 01:59:18,030 --> 01:59:19,440 to kind of do the same thing, correct? 2883 01:59:19,440 --> 01:59:22,418 - I think we're also chasing after Madam Loathing, but- 2884 01:59:22,418 --> 01:59:24,355 - Unless there'll be a faster way. 2885 01:59:24,355 --> 01:59:27,514 If you see me, pick me up. That would be great. 2886 01:59:27,514 --> 01:59:30,523 - The Fix running in the street. Fix, get in! 2887 01:59:30,523 --> 01:59:31,356 (Trapp chuckling) 2888 01:59:31,356 --> 01:59:33,516 - We don't even brake, we just scoop, 2889 01:59:33,516 --> 01:59:35,715 - It seems like my ploy to have a bass player 2890 01:59:35,715 --> 01:59:37,572 calm the big guy down hasn't worked, 2891 01:59:37,572 --> 01:59:39,540 unless you'd like me to roll for something. 2892 01:59:39,540 --> 01:59:40,860 - No, I, well okay- 2893 01:59:40,860 --> 01:59:43,590 Actually, you give me a sneak check here 2894 01:59:43,590 --> 01:59:45,587 as you're pursuing Madam Loathing. 2895 01:59:45,587 --> 01:59:47,460 - I'm not very sneaky. - Then I'll get a snoop 2896 01:59:47,460 --> 01:59:51,390 from the two of you to try to find The Fix. 2897 01:59:51,390 --> 01:59:53,970 - A six. - [Brennan] Okay, six. 2898 01:59:53,970 --> 01:59:55,808 - What are we trying to beat? Just six? 2899 01:59:55,808 --> 01:59:56,880 - [Brennan] You're trying to beat a six, yeah. 2900 01:59:56,880 --> 01:59:58,644 - I got a six. Actually, I got an eight. 2901 01:59:58,644 --> 02:00:00,240 - Got an eight? Okay. 2902 02:00:00,240 --> 02:00:02,933 So you see, (ball sliding on a track) 2903 02:00:02,933 --> 02:00:04,260 some Moxie for The Fix, 2904 02:00:04,260 --> 02:00:07,500 and Madam Loathing vanishes into the dark. 2905 02:00:07,500 --> 02:00:10,620 However, you know she's on foot and you have a car, 2906 02:00:10,620 --> 02:00:14,010 so as Conrad wheels back around, Justin goes, (barks) 2907 02:00:14,010 --> 02:00:15,120 Fix, get in! 2908 02:00:15,120 --> 02:00:18,160 - All right! Love to hear your voice, buddy. 2909 02:00:18,160 --> 02:00:19,890 That one, not the other one. 2910 02:00:19,890 --> 02:00:23,153 - I'm sorry. I'm going to have to unpack that experience. 2911 02:00:23,153 --> 02:00:25,293 I mean I know that it was very bad for you, 2912 02:00:25,293 --> 02:00:26,617 but in a whole other different sort of way, 2913 02:00:26,617 --> 02:00:28,357 it was quite bad for me as well. 2914 02:00:28,357 --> 02:00:30,058 - Conrad locks eyes and just goes, 2915 02:00:30,058 --> 02:00:31,991 take as much time as you need, buddy. 2916 02:00:31,991 --> 02:00:34,066 (players laughing) 2917 02:00:34,066 --> 02:00:35,970 (Brennan whimpering appreciatively) 2918 02:00:35,970 --> 02:00:37,786 - And you peel off. (tires screeching) 2919 02:00:37,786 --> 02:00:40,512 You see Justin just wrestling with, boy, 2920 02:00:40,512 --> 02:00:42,930 it's really good I ended up with conscience, 2921 02:00:42,930 --> 02:00:44,520 because any other concept 2922 02:00:44,520 --> 02:00:48,205 with justification at its side could get so bad. 2923 02:00:48,205 --> 02:00:49,688 (players laughing) 2924 02:00:49,688 --> 02:00:52,396 Yeah, his alternate life as a war dog is very frightening. 2925 02:00:52,396 --> 02:00:53,971 (players laughing) 2926 02:00:53,971 --> 02:00:55,967 We are actually going to cut now, 2927 02:00:55,967 --> 02:00:59,017 'cause we have Ivana, Imelda, and Lance 2928 02:00:59,017 --> 02:01:02,550 racing from Cerebell Pacific towards Oblongata Station. 2929 02:01:02,550 --> 02:01:06,510 From Madam Loathing's Home for Wayward Interests, 2930 02:01:06,510 --> 02:01:08,730 The Fix, Justin, Hunch, and Conrad 2931 02:01:08,730 --> 02:01:10,670 are all barreling there as well. 2932 02:01:10,670 --> 02:01:15,030 And behind the Hypothalamuseum 2933 02:01:15,030 --> 02:01:18,014 is the Chaáteaux Appetit, 2934 02:01:18,014 --> 02:01:20,970 a place of finery and riches 2935 02:01:20,970 --> 02:01:24,240 where we see drinks being served, 2936 02:01:24,240 --> 02:01:27,150 and Dan and Anastasia, 2937 02:01:27,150 --> 02:01:30,180 you are marched in here 2938 02:01:30,180 --> 02:01:32,730 and seated in these very comfortable chairs, 2939 02:01:32,730 --> 02:01:34,020 but still surrounded by goons. 2940 02:01:34,020 --> 02:01:35,400 You've had the shit kicked out of you 2941 02:01:35,400 --> 02:01:37,981 a little bit in the seat on the way here. 2942 02:01:37,981 --> 02:01:39,481 (vaguely threatening but good mob music) 2943 02:01:39,481 --> 02:01:41,730 - Bleeding all over the leather. 2944 02:01:41,730 --> 02:01:44,640 - Yeah, you see he tosses you a little silk handkerchief. 2945 02:01:44,640 --> 02:01:47,100 Clean yourself up, Fucks. 2946 02:01:47,100 --> 02:01:49,050 - That's Mayor Fucks to you. 2947 02:01:49,050 --> 02:01:51,725 - Well, well, well, I seem to recall 2948 02:01:51,725 --> 02:01:55,310 something about emergency powers being granted, 2949 02:01:55,310 --> 02:01:59,550 and I'm not sure how much of an emergency we're really in. 2950 02:01:59,550 --> 02:02:02,148 At this moment, I will say, though, 2951 02:02:02,148 --> 02:02:05,680 with Madam Loathing on her way, pressure does build back up. 2952 02:02:05,680 --> 02:02:07,388 - [Alex] No. - That's the opposite of what 2953 02:02:07,388 --> 02:02:08,221 I was trying to do. 2954 02:02:08,221 --> 02:02:10,524 (sound of something ramping up) 2955 02:02:10,524 --> 02:02:12,855 - All the way to 90. 2956 02:02:12,855 --> 02:02:15,180 And I will say, too, at this moment, 2957 02:02:15,180 --> 02:02:17,043 racing on your way there, 2958 02:02:18,728 --> 02:02:20,228 Conrad, 2959 02:02:20,228 --> 02:02:22,919 you feel a... (slight humming of light) 2960 02:02:22,919 --> 02:02:23,752 pulse, 2961 02:02:23,752 --> 02:02:27,540 and you can hear reverberating in your key, 2962 02:02:27,540 --> 02:02:30,240 almost like a frequency, (light ringing slowly) 2963 02:02:30,240 --> 02:02:33,382 you hear Imelda's voice saying... 2964 02:02:33,382 --> 02:02:34,639 - [Siobhan] (echoing) This is the first time 2965 02:02:34,639 --> 02:02:37,041 we've ever done a good thing. 2966 02:02:37,041 --> 02:02:41,094 - And I'll leave it to you. What happens with Conrad. 2967 02:02:41,094 --> 02:02:42,347 What does Conrad feel in that moment? 2968 02:02:42,347 --> 02:02:46,860 - Conrad feels like he might be an inch or two taller, 2969 02:02:46,860 --> 02:02:49,890 and I'll leave it up to you if that's just a feeling or not. 2970 02:02:49,890 --> 02:02:51,256 - I don't think it is. 2971 02:02:51,256 --> 02:02:54,591 I think as you hear Imelda's voice in the key, 2972 02:02:56,010 --> 02:02:59,910 both of you watch as Conrad- - Head rising. 2973 02:02:59,910 --> 02:03:02,550 - I think Conrad, you have to kick the bricks 2974 02:03:02,550 --> 02:03:04,598 off the gas pedal because your legs 2975 02:03:04,598 --> 02:03:06,185 grow a little bit longer. 2976 02:03:06,185 --> 02:03:09,537 - Weird. I don't brake, but I'm like, gotta adjust this. 2977 02:03:09,537 --> 02:03:14,313 - The mirrors all change. (players laughing) 2978 02:03:14,313 --> 02:03:16,140 - Hell yeah, hell yeah. 2979 02:03:16,140 --> 02:03:18,174 - Hunch is in the backseat and just watches 2980 02:03:18,174 --> 02:03:19,781 Conrad's head just slowly 2981 02:03:19,781 --> 02:03:21,331 rise above the seat rest. (neck cracking and stretching) 2982 02:03:21,331 --> 02:03:22,438 What the fuck? 2983 02:03:22,438 --> 02:03:24,187 (players laughing) 2984 02:03:24,187 --> 02:03:25,020 - Just an inch or two. 2985 02:03:25,020 --> 02:03:27,570 - Just an inch or two. Just a little bit. 2986 02:03:27,570 --> 02:03:32,100 Back at Avaricci's, you see he looks and says, 2987 02:03:32,100 --> 02:03:36,360 emergency powers only qualify in an emergency, 2988 02:03:36,360 --> 02:03:38,760 and sooner or later, the big guy's going to get out of here. 2989 02:03:38,760 --> 02:03:42,660 He already grappled his way to safety. 2990 02:03:42,660 --> 02:03:44,767 Now we have some decisions to make, 2991 02:03:44,767 --> 02:03:47,890 so Mr. Fucks, I've got to tell you somethin'. 2992 02:03:49,620 --> 02:03:53,335 I love the idea of working with you. 2993 02:03:54,870 --> 02:03:57,330 Does that sound like something we could maybe do together? 2994 02:03:57,330 --> 02:03:58,895 Go into business? 2995 02:03:58,895 --> 02:04:01,420 - What do you mean? I am generally a lone operator. 2996 02:04:01,420 --> 02:04:02,770 Sole proprietorship, as it were. 2997 02:04:02,770 --> 02:04:06,203 - You're a lone operator because... 2998 02:04:06,203 --> 02:04:08,111 a businessman like myself 2999 02:04:08,111 --> 02:04:11,880 has to make due with the situation as it is, 3000 02:04:11,880 --> 02:04:13,890 and Mr. Bition, the district attorney, 3001 02:04:13,890 --> 02:04:18,780 was happy to turn his eye the other way. 3002 02:04:18,780 --> 02:04:21,840 You know, the big guy's making money. 3003 02:04:21,840 --> 02:04:24,510 Bition stays off my tail. 3004 02:04:24,510 --> 02:04:25,950 All's well. 3005 02:04:25,950 --> 02:04:29,910 But given that we just almost got murdered, 3006 02:04:30,930 --> 02:04:33,218 it seems like the flow of money 3007 02:04:33,218 --> 02:04:35,280 in old Elias Hodge's bank account 3008 02:04:35,280 --> 02:04:39,270 might come to a sudden stop, you understand what I'm saying? 3009 02:04:39,270 --> 02:04:40,808 So we need to reevaluate, 3010 02:04:40,808 --> 02:04:44,625 'cause Mark Bition's going away for a while. 3011 02:04:46,210 --> 02:04:47,335 So, 3012 02:04:48,643 --> 02:04:51,909 what if we were greedy for other things? 3013 02:04:51,909 --> 02:04:56,197 You know, Elias could grab those schematics, 3014 02:04:56,197 --> 02:04:59,610 sell them to Gobstopper's competitor, 3015 02:04:59,610 --> 02:05:04,260 and pay for a lot of good times, Mr. Fucks. 3016 02:05:04,260 --> 02:05:05,910 You see here, he says, 3017 02:05:05,910 --> 02:05:09,300 I understand you run Sugah's establishment. 3018 02:05:09,300 --> 02:05:11,370 How'd you like to see Sugah's in lights, 3019 02:05:11,370 --> 02:05:14,940 not hidden behind a vault door. 3020 02:05:14,940 --> 02:05:18,123 I could make you a very prosperous man. 3021 02:05:18,123 --> 02:05:22,919 Theaters, burlesques, Vaudeville, cathouses. 3022 02:05:22,919 --> 02:05:26,160 All sorts of pleasures and amenities. 3023 02:05:26,160 --> 02:05:29,885 The big guy could be eating the best meals, 3024 02:05:29,885 --> 02:05:32,160 drinking the finest wines. 3025 02:05:32,160 --> 02:05:35,040 You just gotta put him in a position to do that. 3026 02:05:35,040 --> 02:05:37,280 I think you as mayor 3027 02:05:38,190 --> 02:05:40,800 could be a very good thing for Mentopolis. 3028 02:05:40,800 --> 02:05:45,060 You see he reaches in, pulls out a checkbook and says, 3029 02:05:45,060 --> 02:05:47,952 have you considered forming a campaign committee? 3030 02:05:47,952 --> 02:05:48,800 (pen clicks) 3031 02:05:48,800 --> 02:05:49,633 (Freddie laughing softly) 3032 02:05:49,633 --> 02:05:50,536 - [Danielle] Excuse me! 3033 02:05:50,536 --> 02:05:52,213 - And if so, please share what your slogan would be 3034 02:05:52,213 --> 02:05:55,093 if you, Daniel Fucks, were running for mayor. 3035 02:05:55,093 --> 02:05:56,576 (players laughing) 3036 02:05:56,576 --> 02:05:58,288 - I think the campaign slogan would 100% be 3037 02:05:58,288 --> 02:06:00,150 let the good times roll. 3038 02:06:00,150 --> 02:06:03,270 - Mr. Avaricci, may I please have a sidebar with my client? 3039 02:06:03,270 --> 02:06:06,297 - Yes, courtroom rules. - You see he says, 3040 02:06:06,297 --> 02:06:11,070 anything you need to say can be said here in our company. 3041 02:06:11,070 --> 02:06:12,390 Fanny! (snapping) 3042 02:06:12,390 --> 02:06:15,942 You see that a woman walks over in a cocktail dress. 3043 02:06:15,942 --> 02:06:17,850 She's got the full sort of hourglass, 3044 02:06:17,850 --> 02:06:20,108 sort of like Betty Boop hair, 3045 02:06:20,108 --> 02:06:22,518 and she comes over and goes, hey there, sailor! 3046 02:06:22,518 --> 02:06:23,498 Nice to see ya! 3047 02:06:25,009 --> 02:06:26,418 - It's like every time you think there wouldn't be 3048 02:06:26,418 --> 02:06:29,280 another one, there's a new one and it's just as tasty! 3049 02:06:29,280 --> 02:06:32,760 - She says, ooh, meeting a new person for the first time. 3050 02:06:32,760 --> 02:06:35,787 I hope you like me, 'cause that'll keep me safe. 3051 02:06:35,787 --> 02:06:39,811 (Alex and Freddie laughing) 3052 02:06:39,811 --> 02:06:41,269 He says, please, 3053 02:06:41,269 --> 02:06:42,777 Ms. Fawnsworth. (jazzy horn music) 3054 02:06:42,777 --> 02:06:44,207 - Ahh. 3055 02:06:44,207 --> 02:06:48,565 So I think that the voice that Conrad hears 3056 02:06:48,565 --> 02:06:51,912 of realizing that us grabbing this for the first time, 3057 02:06:51,912 --> 02:06:53,795 that we're doing the right thing for the first time, 3058 02:06:53,795 --> 02:06:54,961 has like, 3059 02:06:54,961 --> 02:06:57,210 I feel like it has reverberated also, 3060 02:06:57,210 --> 02:06:58,920 not as sort of in the forefront, 3061 02:06:58,920 --> 02:07:03,100 but somewhere in the back of Dan Fucks' mind 3062 02:07:03,100 --> 02:07:06,060 is this sort of feeling of, wait, hold on. 3063 02:07:06,060 --> 02:07:10,800 Doing the right thing in a moralistic society 3064 02:07:10,800 --> 02:07:12,622 has its own rewards, too! 3065 02:07:12,622 --> 02:07:14,513 Like he sort of has this like, 3066 02:07:14,513 --> 02:07:15,960 It's not quite as good as being hugged, 3067 02:07:15,960 --> 02:07:18,569 but it's also... not bad! 3068 02:07:18,569 --> 02:07:21,660 The idea of, you know, there's morals, 3069 02:07:21,660 --> 02:07:23,228 and we have this plan. 3070 02:07:23,228 --> 02:07:24,900 Not quite sure what the plan is yet, 3071 02:07:24,900 --> 02:07:28,585 but we have this plan for the papers that we picked up. 3072 02:07:28,585 --> 02:07:30,660 So I think for the first time, he's like, wait a minute. 3073 02:07:30,660 --> 02:07:31,740 Maybe... 3074 02:07:31,740 --> 02:07:34,260 Maybe there are greater pleasures in life 3075 02:07:34,260 --> 02:07:38,250 than just the sort of base first marshmallow, 3076 02:07:38,250 --> 02:07:40,740 so to speak, desires. 3077 02:07:40,740 --> 02:07:44,190 However, I think also in his mind is the idea 3078 02:07:44,190 --> 02:07:49,085 of the feeling of, you know what also, though, feels good. 3079 02:07:49,085 --> 02:07:52,210 Is getting one over on the bad guys, too. 3080 02:07:52,210 --> 02:07:54,427 So he says, oh, so you're willing 3081 02:07:54,427 --> 02:07:56,852 to make a campaign contribution, then. 3082 02:07:56,852 --> 02:07:59,760 - I'm very happy to see the future of our fine city- 3083 02:07:59,760 --> 02:08:01,290 - I would like to see a lot of commerce. 3084 02:08:01,290 --> 02:08:03,870 I can see it now. We could run the city together! 3085 02:08:03,870 --> 02:08:06,960 He kind of gives a wink over to A Tension. 3086 02:08:06,960 --> 02:08:09,223 - What's wrong with your eye? 3087 02:08:09,223 --> 02:08:11,310 - A light twitch. It's very dusty in here. 3088 02:08:11,310 --> 02:08:13,042 - It is very dusty. 3089 02:08:13,042 --> 02:08:16,055 - There's blood all over the leather. This place sucks. 3090 02:08:16,055 --> 02:08:18,660 Should take a page out of my interior decoration book. 3091 02:08:18,660 --> 02:08:22,080 - I think that the Don can see your... 3092 02:08:22,080 --> 02:08:24,198 - Duplicity? - Can see your duplicity here. 3093 02:08:24,198 --> 02:08:27,810 So he says, come with me for a moment, if you'd be so kind. 3094 02:08:27,810 --> 02:08:31,222 Fanny, take a look after Ms. Tension. 3095 02:08:31,222 --> 02:08:34,755 And you see Fanny says, ooh! Hello there, sister. 3096 02:08:34,755 --> 02:08:38,222 You're looking so fine and fresh. Who does your hair? 3097 02:08:38,222 --> 02:08:39,055 (laughs casually) 3098 02:08:39,055 --> 02:08:40,991 - It's two wigs sewn into one. 3099 02:08:40,991 --> 02:08:43,949 (players laughing) 3100 02:08:43,949 --> 02:08:47,252 - Double wigs for a triple good time. 3101 02:08:47,252 --> 02:08:48,428 (abruptly) You want to fuck? 3102 02:08:48,428 --> 02:08:51,777 (players laughing) 3103 02:08:51,777 --> 02:08:53,550 - Sure, but first, I have to know. 3104 02:08:53,550 --> 02:08:55,530 What's wrong with your eye? 3105 02:08:55,530 --> 02:08:58,230 - My eye? This one? - Mm-hm. 3106 02:08:58,230 --> 02:08:59,433 - It's fake! 3107 02:09:00,270 --> 02:09:01,351 - (with grotesque intrigue) Oh. 3108 02:09:01,351 --> 02:09:02,676 (players laughing) 3109 02:09:02,676 --> 02:09:04,500 Oh, I love that. 3110 02:09:04,500 --> 02:09:07,530 - Is it really noticeable? I didn't want that to- 3111 02:09:07,530 --> 02:09:11,198 - It was mostly the way it was twitching. I was curious. 3112 02:09:11,198 --> 02:09:13,478 You know, I would be very interested 3113 02:09:13,478 --> 02:09:16,800 in going into a private back room with you. 3114 02:09:16,800 --> 02:09:21,220 - Ooh la la. Want to buy a girl dinner first? 3115 02:09:21,220 --> 02:09:22,070 - No. 3116 02:09:22,070 --> 02:09:23,682 (players laughing) 3117 02:09:23,682 --> 02:09:24,974 - (nervously) You're not mad at me, are you? 3118 02:09:24,974 --> 02:09:26,223 Are you mad at me? 3119 02:09:27,360 --> 02:09:29,670 - I could tell you what would make me less mad at you. 3120 02:09:29,670 --> 02:09:30,663 (quietly) Oh, gross. 3121 02:09:30,663 --> 02:09:31,821 (players laughing) 3122 02:09:31,821 --> 02:09:34,560 I could tell you what would make me less mad at you. 3123 02:09:34,560 --> 02:09:36,150 Lead me to where you usually lead 3124 02:09:36,150 --> 02:09:38,370 all of your... special friends. 3125 02:09:38,370 --> 02:09:40,170 - Mm, all right. 3126 02:09:40,170 --> 02:09:43,034 Let's go and change into something a little more fuckable. 3127 02:09:43,034 --> 02:09:47,359 (players laughing) 3128 02:09:47,359 --> 02:09:49,530 - How does she find the double entendre. 3129 02:09:49,530 --> 02:09:52,546 (players laughing) 3130 02:09:52,546 --> 02:09:55,037 Something mysteriously erotic about this. 3131 02:09:55,037 --> 02:09:57,229 (players laughing) 3132 02:09:57,229 --> 02:09:59,559 - So charged, all the conversations. 3133 02:09:59,559 --> 02:10:02,095 - She takes you by the hand and begins to lead you 3134 02:10:02,095 --> 02:10:04,508 down a hallway towards another room, 3135 02:10:04,508 --> 02:10:09,210 opens the door to her room, 3136 02:10:09,210 --> 02:10:12,570 and you see there's a small key on her bedside table. 3137 02:10:12,570 --> 02:10:15,480 She says, want me to make you a stiff drink? 3138 02:10:15,480 --> 02:10:18,426 - Yes. I would love a room temperature vodka, please. 3139 02:10:18,426 --> 02:10:19,726 (players laughing) 3140 02:10:19,726 --> 02:10:21,300 - Ooh la la! (smooth jazz lounge music) 3141 02:10:21,300 --> 02:10:25,460 I like my drinks like I like my women. Room temperature. 3142 02:10:25,460 --> 02:10:30,043 (players laughing) 3143 02:10:30,043 --> 02:10:32,250 - Oh no. - She walks away. 3144 02:10:32,250 --> 02:10:35,010 You see that she kind of stops and thinks. 3145 02:10:35,010 --> 02:10:36,511 That can't be right! 3146 02:10:36,511 --> 02:10:37,852 (players laughing) 3147 02:10:37,852 --> 02:10:39,780 Walks out of there. 3148 02:10:39,780 --> 02:10:43,497 - You know, you promised 3149 02:10:43,497 --> 02:10:45,630 you would change into something more comfortable. 3150 02:10:45,630 --> 02:10:48,630 I would love to do that for you. 3151 02:10:48,630 --> 02:10:49,560 - You want to change into something 3152 02:10:49,560 --> 02:10:51,277 more comfortable yourself? 3153 02:10:53,250 --> 02:10:55,832 - How about we start with me changing you 3154 02:10:55,832 --> 02:10:57,720 into something more comfortable. 3155 02:10:57,720 --> 02:11:00,988 - Ooh! Well, you know what I always say. 3156 02:11:00,988 --> 02:11:03,783 She walks her fingers up your arm and says, 3157 02:11:03,783 --> 02:11:07,068 I'll change myself for absolutely anybody. 3158 02:11:07,068 --> 02:11:09,484 (players laughing lightly) 3159 02:11:10,410 --> 02:11:11,825 - (quietly) In for a fucking penny. 3160 02:11:11,825 --> 02:11:12,658 (players laughing) 3161 02:11:12,658 --> 02:11:16,950 Anastasia kind of runs her hands across her cheek 3162 02:11:16,950 --> 02:11:19,465 and does the same spider walk kind of at the- 3163 02:11:19,465 --> 02:11:20,883 What kind of shirt is she wearing? 3164 02:11:20,883 --> 02:11:23,643 - I think a halter top. - A halter top? 3165 02:11:24,670 --> 02:11:26,444 (rising tone) A halter top 3166 02:11:26,444 --> 02:11:28,406 or like a (falling tone) halter top. 3167 02:11:28,406 --> 02:11:29,406 - Oh. (laughs) 3168 02:11:29,406 --> 02:11:30,293 The latter. 3169 02:11:31,708 --> 02:11:34,440 - Kind of walks her fingers down, 3170 02:11:34,440 --> 02:11:36,568 and then, (quietly) in for a penny! 3171 02:11:36,568 --> 02:11:37,826 And then, (laughs) 3172 02:11:37,826 --> 02:11:41,520 and then goes down to the stomach, starts lifting up 3173 02:11:41,520 --> 02:11:46,040 the halter top, lifts it up, lifts it up, lifts it up. 3174 02:11:47,070 --> 02:11:48,961 Can you move your arm? 3175 02:11:48,961 --> 02:11:51,422 I just need you to move your arm. Just move your arm. 3176 02:11:51,422 --> 02:11:53,030 - I love a lady with a plan. 3177 02:11:53,030 --> 02:11:55,071 - Okay and then I, then I, I st- (players laughing) 3178 02:11:55,071 --> 02:11:58,772 move it up, and it gets stuck right here. 3179 02:11:58,772 --> 02:11:59,814 (players laughing) 3180 02:11:59,814 --> 02:12:02,739 (Danielle grunts in effort) - [Trapp] Ooh la la. 3181 02:12:02,739 --> 02:12:04,609 - Am I doing something you don't like? 3182 02:12:04,609 --> 02:12:06,484 (players laughing) 3183 02:12:06,484 --> 02:12:07,820 - Can you bend? Just stick it through- 3184 02:12:07,820 --> 02:12:09,118 Just put it in the hole. 3185 02:12:09,118 --> 02:12:11,488 - I want you to know that I think you're great. 3186 02:12:11,488 --> 02:12:12,871 (players laughing lightly) 3187 02:12:12,871 --> 02:12:15,719 - Fantastic! And then finally, just a little bit of a tug. 3188 02:12:15,719 --> 02:12:17,019 (final grunt of effort) 3189 02:12:17,019 --> 02:12:19,200 The shirt comes off. - Ooh! 3190 02:12:19,200 --> 02:12:21,540 - And Anastasia... - [Brennan] Sees the F. 3191 02:12:21,540 --> 02:12:26,220 - And traces her finger around an F on her chest. 3192 02:12:26,220 --> 02:12:29,926 - Say, the family tattoo. You know it. 3193 02:12:29,926 --> 02:12:32,310 - I do. I do know it. 3194 02:12:32,310 --> 02:12:34,500 I happen to be great friends 3195 02:12:34,500 --> 02:12:37,920 with your brother and one of your sisters. 3196 02:12:37,920 --> 02:12:39,720 - Oh, you don't say? 3197 02:12:39,720 --> 02:12:44,640 Those old so-and-sos are still snooping around town? 3198 02:12:44,640 --> 02:12:45,930 - They are. 3199 02:12:45,930 --> 02:12:49,097 You know, your sister really needs to get 3200 02:12:49,097 --> 02:12:51,630 her anger in check, but she's doing great, 3201 02:12:51,630 --> 02:12:55,650 and you would know that your brother was the mayor 3202 02:12:55,650 --> 02:12:57,552 then abdicated the mayor throne, 3203 02:12:57,552 --> 02:12:59,250 and then we had to go to court and- 3204 02:12:59,250 --> 02:13:00,312 It's a whole big mess. 3205 02:13:00,312 --> 02:13:01,863 You'll read about it on the newspaper, 3206 02:13:01,863 --> 02:13:03,918 probably tomorrow or the day after. 3207 02:13:03,918 --> 02:13:08,220 But I see that you have one of your family keys. 3208 02:13:08,220 --> 02:13:09,608 - I sure do. 3209 02:13:11,543 --> 02:13:15,000 - What would it take for you to let me borrow that key? 3210 02:13:15,000 --> 02:13:16,230 - I'll do anything for you! 3211 02:13:16,230 --> 02:13:19,170 Absolutely anything! Have it right now! 3212 02:13:19,170 --> 02:13:21,990 - Fantastic. Thank you so much. 3213 02:13:21,990 --> 02:13:24,740 - And you're going to leave this interaction liking me? 3214 02:13:26,400 --> 02:13:28,740 - Who could ever hate you? - Oh! 3215 02:13:28,740 --> 02:13:33,042 Wow, you sure know how to make a reflex feel special. 3216 02:13:33,042 --> 02:13:34,233 (players laughing lightly) 3217 02:13:34,233 --> 02:13:36,238 - Go ahead and take a seat, sugar. 3218 02:13:36,238 --> 02:13:38,168 - I'll do it, and I will keep doing it 3219 02:13:38,168 --> 02:13:40,454 until someone tells me to do something different. 3220 02:13:40,454 --> 02:13:41,829 (players laughing) 3221 02:13:41,829 --> 02:13:44,115 - Take a seat for about 10 minutes, sugar, 3222 02:13:44,115 --> 02:13:45,780 and then get back to work. 3223 02:13:45,780 --> 02:13:47,038 - Ooh la la! 3224 02:13:47,038 --> 02:13:48,060 - [Danielle] Put your shirt on first. 3225 02:13:48,060 --> 02:13:49,055 - Okay! 3226 02:13:49,055 --> 02:13:51,272 (players laughing) 3227 02:13:51,272 --> 02:13:55,050 - And then Anastasia puts the key, 3228 02:13:55,050 --> 02:13:56,465 god, I guess in her titties. 3229 02:13:56,465 --> 02:13:57,606 (players laughing) 3230 02:13:57,606 --> 02:13:59,063 I don't imagine, I mean look, 3231 02:13:59,063 --> 02:14:01,260 if dresses don't have pockets now, 3232 02:14:01,260 --> 02:14:04,080 - You're sort of walking out near the entrance, 3233 02:14:04,080 --> 02:14:05,630 preparing to put that key away, 3234 02:14:05,630 --> 02:14:08,963 and you bump into somebody. (slapping sound) 3235 02:14:08,963 --> 02:14:12,690 There's a young woman who bumps into you and goes, oh! 3236 02:14:12,690 --> 02:14:14,670 I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. (slick music) 3237 02:14:14,670 --> 02:14:16,710 Didn't mean to bump into you. I'm just on my way out. 3238 02:14:16,710 --> 02:14:19,650 And turns to head out of here. 3239 02:14:19,650 --> 02:14:22,200 - Excuse me, miss? Excuse me, miss! 3240 02:14:22,200 --> 02:14:25,440 I believe that you may have dropped something. 3241 02:14:25,440 --> 02:14:27,510 - Oh, did I? No, I don't think I did. 3242 02:14:27,510 --> 02:14:29,260 - No, I believe that you did. 3243 02:14:29,260 --> 02:14:31,160 - Oh. - I think you may have 3244 02:14:31,160 --> 02:14:32,626 dropped something. 3245 02:14:32,626 --> 02:14:37,140 It looks like, I don't know, a key? 3246 02:14:37,140 --> 02:14:40,860 - You see that she looks at you and says, oh. 3247 02:14:40,860 --> 02:14:43,860 I'm walking away with one key more than I had. 3248 02:14:43,860 --> 02:14:45,949 And she holds your key up (pleasant light sound) 3249 02:14:45,949 --> 02:14:48,700 in her hand and begins to bolt down the hallway. 3250 02:14:48,700 --> 02:14:50,274 - Cool, I pull out my gun. 3251 02:14:50,274 --> 02:14:55,007 (group laughing) 3252 02:14:55,007 --> 02:14:57,223 (group laughing) 3253 02:14:57,223 --> 02:15:00,166 - Go ahead and give me a sharp check. 3254 02:15:00,166 --> 02:15:02,087 - Okay. 3255 02:15:02,087 --> 02:15:04,567 - [Brennan] DC eight. 3256 02:15:04,567 --> 02:15:06,751 - What have I become? - [Brennan] What have I become? 3257 02:15:06,751 --> 02:15:10,126 - Oh no. 3258 02:15:10,126 --> 02:15:12,540 'Kay, that is a two. 3259 02:15:12,540 --> 02:15:14,366 - That's a two. That's all right. (ball sliding on a track) 3260 02:15:14,366 --> 02:15:16,923 Bang! She is so fucking fast. (fast paced music) 3261 02:15:16,923 --> 02:15:21,060 She actually has the key of attention, your family key. 3262 02:15:21,060 --> 02:15:25,015 You still have Fanny's, and she has yours, 3263 02:15:25,015 --> 02:15:27,538 and she is sprinting away from you. 3264 02:15:27,538 --> 02:15:28,950 You fire. Bang, zing! (gunshot) 3265 02:15:28,950 --> 02:15:31,410 She whips around a corner. 3266 02:15:31,410 --> 02:15:34,290 You hear yells from Avaricci's men as you fire. 3267 02:15:34,290 --> 02:15:35,765 What do you do in this moment? 3268 02:15:37,325 --> 02:15:40,170 - The first thing I do is I turn to Avaricci's men. 3269 02:15:40,170 --> 02:15:41,700 Back off! 3270 02:15:41,700 --> 02:15:44,480 And then I take off my fedora, 3271 02:15:44,480 --> 02:15:45,810 a trilby appears in its place, 3272 02:15:45,810 --> 02:15:50,067 and I throw it behind me to get her to slip and fall. 3273 02:15:50,067 --> 02:15:51,750 (players laughing) 3274 02:15:51,750 --> 02:15:53,393 - Okay. - Boomerang around the corner. 3275 02:15:53,393 --> 02:15:54,745 - I'll say this, she's around the corner, 3276 02:15:54,745 --> 02:15:55,650 so you're going to have to pursue her 3277 02:15:55,650 --> 02:15:57,510 to get to the place where you can throw the hat. 3278 02:15:57,510 --> 02:15:59,340 - Okay, then I'm going to do that cool thing 3279 02:15:59,340 --> 02:16:00,870 that people do in movies that never works 3280 02:16:00,870 --> 02:16:02,640 where I run backwards with the gun. 3281 02:16:02,640 --> 02:16:05,907 And no one move, and no one follow me! 3282 02:16:05,907 --> 02:16:10,230 - You see they all go, hey, hey, take it easy, all right? 3283 02:16:10,230 --> 02:16:12,600 Listen, nobody wants any trouble, 3284 02:16:12,600 --> 02:16:14,100 until you are around the corner, 3285 02:16:14,100 --> 02:16:16,860 in which case we will be pursuing you. (players laughing) 3286 02:16:16,860 --> 02:16:18,840 - I will take that chance! 3287 02:16:18,840 --> 02:16:20,985 I keep kind of backing away until finally 3288 02:16:20,985 --> 02:16:23,340 I can turn around the corner, and then I throw. 3289 02:16:23,340 --> 02:16:24,993 - Give me a sneak seven. 3290 02:16:27,068 --> 02:16:29,370 - I was so close to being able to halve that. 3291 02:16:29,370 --> 02:16:32,795 - Slippery hats. - Slippery hats. 3292 02:16:32,795 --> 02:16:36,807 Okay, come on baby, come on baby, come on baby. 3293 02:16:38,220 --> 02:16:39,446 It's a five. 3294 02:16:39,446 --> 02:16:40,728 (ball sliding on a track) 3295 02:16:40,728 --> 02:16:42,990 - You rush around the corner and see 3296 02:16:42,990 --> 02:16:44,593 a big pair of these beautiful windows 3297 02:16:44,593 --> 02:16:47,045 in the manor house of Don Avaricci, 3298 02:16:47,045 --> 02:16:48,960 and you see that this woman, (slow tense music) 3299 02:16:48,960 --> 02:16:51,660 who is wearing almost a servant's attire, 3300 02:16:51,660 --> 02:16:53,700 she's almost dressed like a waiter, 3301 02:16:53,700 --> 02:16:54,633 has your key, 3302 02:16:54,633 --> 02:16:55,874 has lept from a window, (glass shattering) 3303 02:16:55,874 --> 02:17:00,023 and is scrambling up the sort of rainy, 3304 02:17:00,023 --> 02:17:01,706 shingled roofs, (rain falling) 3305 02:17:01,706 --> 02:17:05,400 the slanted roofs of the manor here. 3306 02:17:05,400 --> 02:17:06,233 That's where she is. 3307 02:17:06,233 --> 02:17:07,530 If you want to get your key back, 3308 02:17:07,530 --> 02:17:08,730 you're going to have to pursue her. 3309 02:17:08,730 --> 02:17:11,648 - What. Is with. Us. And windows? 3310 02:17:11,648 --> 02:17:13,548 (players laughing) 3311 02:17:13,548 --> 02:17:17,061 Yeah, so I start pursuing her. 3312 02:17:18,780 --> 02:17:21,090 I look up to figure out, 3313 02:17:21,090 --> 02:17:23,730 because she went up to the roof, right? 3314 02:17:23,730 --> 02:17:24,734 - [Brennan] Yeah. 3315 02:17:24,734 --> 02:17:28,224 - So is there a fire escape that I can go up 3316 02:17:28,224 --> 02:17:29,057 and then follow her- 3317 02:17:29,057 --> 02:17:30,265 - Ooh, if you don't want to... 3318 02:17:30,265 --> 02:17:31,923 You feel like her sneak might be better than yours, 3319 02:17:31,923 --> 02:17:34,620 but you can give me a savvy or a snoop 3320 02:17:34,620 --> 02:17:35,951 to try to find a faster- 3321 02:17:35,951 --> 02:17:37,592 - Snoop! - [Brennan] Let's do it. 3322 02:17:37,592 --> 02:17:40,110 Call it difficulty of... 3323 02:17:40,110 --> 02:17:41,885 We'll call it difficulty 10. 3324 02:17:41,885 --> 02:17:43,208 - Half! 3325 02:17:43,208 --> 02:17:44,983 (players laughing) 3326 02:17:44,983 --> 02:17:46,200 - Snap decision. 3327 02:17:46,200 --> 02:17:47,587 - Nerves of steel! 3328 02:17:47,587 --> 02:17:51,803 (players laughing) 3329 02:17:51,803 --> 02:17:55,643 - Bam! You just fucking tear off. (panting) 3330 02:17:57,900 --> 02:17:59,610 As you're running, you're like, I gotta beat her to there! 3331 02:17:59,610 --> 02:18:02,730 Because you can see that the top of Avaricci's manor house 3332 02:18:02,730 --> 02:18:06,127 goes to a highway overpass, one of the crumbled overpasses, 3333 02:18:06,127 --> 02:18:08,280 and there is a car with the lights on up there 3334 02:18:08,280 --> 02:18:10,953 that she's running to, so you run through the house 3335 02:18:10,953 --> 02:18:12,120 to get to the staircase before her. 3336 02:18:12,120 --> 02:18:15,510 We cut back to Dan with Avaricci. 3337 02:18:15,510 --> 02:18:20,400 You walk into a chamber with him, 3338 02:18:20,400 --> 02:18:22,680 and you see there are a bunch of people here 3339 02:18:22,680 --> 02:18:25,590 who are printing and putting up posters and stuff, 3340 02:18:25,590 --> 02:18:28,207 and you begin to see... (swanky horn music) 3341 02:18:28,207 --> 02:18:30,423 the slogans are Fucks for Mayor. 3342 02:18:30,423 --> 02:18:33,223 (players laughing) 3343 02:18:33,223 --> 02:18:35,918 He says, now with your friend in front of you, 3344 02:18:35,918 --> 02:18:38,958 I obviously think that 3345 02:18:39,810 --> 02:18:41,408 there would be a lot, you know, 3346 02:18:41,408 --> 02:18:44,062 you would want to save face, but here, 3347 02:18:44,062 --> 02:18:49,062 two urges can speak honestly to one another. 3348 02:18:49,600 --> 02:18:53,386 So what I want to ask you, Mr. Fucks, is, 3349 02:18:55,680 --> 02:18:59,515 would you do me a favor of imagining 3350 02:18:59,515 --> 02:19:03,630 what this city would be like 3351 02:19:03,630 --> 02:19:05,370 with you in charge. 3352 02:19:05,370 --> 02:19:08,700 I don't want you to make any promises to me, 3353 02:19:08,700 --> 02:19:11,955 but we got a lot of great guys working 3354 02:19:11,955 --> 02:19:16,230 here at the Avaricci household, and they're really good 3355 02:19:16,230 --> 02:19:21,136 at coming up with what our life could be like. 3356 02:19:21,136 --> 02:19:22,620 You see there are a couple people there, 3357 02:19:22,620 --> 02:19:25,980 scribes and little artists and stuff like that. 3358 02:19:25,980 --> 02:19:28,920 You see there's one woman here 3359 02:19:28,920 --> 02:19:32,610 who looks like a sort of in-house artist. 3360 02:19:32,610 --> 02:19:36,444 She's got one of those little green accountant visors on. 3361 02:19:36,444 --> 02:19:38,250 You see she looks up, sort of looks tired. 3362 02:19:38,250 --> 02:19:39,630 You see that there's a little plaque 3363 02:19:39,630 --> 02:19:43,230 on her desk that says E. Muse. 3364 02:19:43,230 --> 02:19:44,970 - I think for once we would be, 3365 02:19:44,970 --> 02:19:48,690 just sort of spitballing here, sort of blue sky, 3366 02:19:48,690 --> 02:19:51,450 you know, we would be united in purpose. 3367 02:19:51,450 --> 02:19:53,017 We wouldn't be every which way, 3368 02:19:53,017 --> 02:19:54,960 motor functions going this way and that, 3369 02:19:54,960 --> 02:19:57,585 mental functions worried about schooling 3370 02:19:57,585 --> 02:20:00,000 and education and these sort of larger ideas. 3371 02:20:00,000 --> 02:20:01,200 We wouldn't be distracted by those. 3372 02:20:01,200 --> 02:20:04,740 We would be united in a single purpose, towards goals. 3373 02:20:04,740 --> 02:20:08,558 There would be unity. It would be fantastic. 3374 02:20:08,558 --> 02:20:10,408 - Yeah, unity. 3375 02:20:10,408 --> 02:20:13,905 I want to know what would feel good to you. 3376 02:20:13,905 --> 02:20:15,853 - Oh. 3377 02:20:15,853 --> 02:20:17,160 - And you see here he says, 3378 02:20:17,160 --> 02:20:21,795 I might be a man of some status, 3379 02:20:21,795 --> 02:20:23,815 but we're here in a private chamber, 3380 02:20:23,815 --> 02:20:28,495 just you, me, and these 20 paid workers. 3381 02:20:28,495 --> 02:20:29,553 (players laughing) 3382 02:20:29,553 --> 02:20:30,958 You see he steps closer 3383 02:20:30,958 --> 02:20:35,190 and sort of runs a finger along your chin and says, 3384 02:20:35,190 --> 02:20:38,210 I want to know what would make you feel good Mr. Fucks. 3385 02:20:38,210 --> 02:20:40,063 (Freddie breathlessly laughing) 3386 02:20:40,063 --> 02:20:40,909 - (primally) Yes. 3387 02:20:40,909 --> 02:20:42,950 (players laughing) 3388 02:20:42,950 --> 02:20:46,140 - Well, if I were to pull into my compendium 3389 02:20:46,140 --> 02:20:51,137 of forbidden delights, the stranger, the more esoteric. 3390 02:20:52,230 --> 02:20:53,640 - Give me the weird stuff, yeah. 3391 02:20:53,640 --> 02:20:57,930 - The big guy, you see, he got this haircut recently, 3392 02:20:57,930 --> 02:21:01,260 and there was something about, mm, the sound, 3393 02:21:01,260 --> 02:21:05,790 the feeling of the whispering shears 3394 02:21:05,790 --> 02:21:07,718 on the sort of back part. 3395 02:21:07,718 --> 02:21:09,420 - You see he points to someone and says, 3396 02:21:09,420 --> 02:21:11,310 put it up on the board. 3397 02:21:11,310 --> 02:21:13,470 We get a haircut once a week 3398 02:21:13,470 --> 02:21:16,530 from that old barber with a quiet voice. 3399 02:21:16,530 --> 02:21:18,420 - Really quiet, whispery one. Yes, yes. 3400 02:21:18,420 --> 02:21:21,210 - And a bristly mustache that just touches- 3401 02:21:21,210 --> 02:21:22,043 - Very lightly! 3402 02:21:22,043 --> 02:21:23,801 - [Brennan] The outer edge of the ear. 3403 02:21:23,801 --> 02:21:25,350 - Yes, that one part right there. 3404 02:21:25,350 --> 02:21:27,500 - [Brennan] Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. 3405 02:21:27,500 --> 02:21:30,033 - Yes, yes yes yes yes yes. 3406 02:21:30,033 --> 02:21:31,140 - Mr. Fucks. 3407 02:21:31,140 --> 02:21:33,532 - Oh, that made me think of another one! 3408 02:21:33,532 --> 02:21:34,407 (players laughing) 3409 02:21:34,407 --> 02:21:37,620 - Yeah. I think you get going. 3410 02:21:37,620 --> 02:21:40,800 - You know when you're on one side of the pillow, you see. 3411 02:21:40,800 --> 02:21:43,920 A pillow has four sides! Let me tell you. 3412 02:21:43,920 --> 02:21:46,740 If you think about it, just want to make this clear, 3413 02:21:46,740 --> 02:21:50,460 this is sort of me speaking here, not, yes. 3414 02:21:50,460 --> 02:21:51,780 There's four sides to a pillow, 3415 02:21:51,780 --> 02:21:54,060 because your head only kind of takes the bottom half, 3416 02:21:54,060 --> 02:21:55,980 so actually if you flip it, 3417 02:21:55,980 --> 02:21:57,660 you're accessing another cold part. 3418 02:21:57,660 --> 02:22:01,020 But if you 180 it, that's another cold part! 3419 02:22:01,020 --> 02:22:02,923 Then you can flip it again, and by that point, 3420 02:22:02,923 --> 02:22:04,050 you can start the process anew! 3421 02:22:04,050 --> 02:22:05,670 There are, in fact, four cold- 3422 02:22:05,670 --> 02:22:08,428 - Mr. Fucks, you gotta dream big. 3423 02:22:08,428 --> 02:22:10,830 Hey fellas, fellas. (Freddie laughing) 3424 02:22:10,830 --> 02:22:13,506 How much is one of those big iceboxes? 3425 02:22:13,506 --> 02:22:15,300 If we had a house, could we get another in the basement 3426 02:22:15,300 --> 02:22:16,530 and leave the pillows in it 3427 02:22:16,530 --> 02:22:18,588 while we were busy about our day? 3428 02:22:18,588 --> 02:22:19,479 - Oh my goodness. - [Brennan] Come home 3429 02:22:19,479 --> 02:22:22,330 to a couple ice cold pillows at night. 3430 02:22:22,330 --> 02:22:26,137 (players laughing) 3431 02:22:26,137 --> 02:22:27,045 - [Freddie] You're giving me ideas. 3432 02:22:27,045 --> 02:22:29,092 - Everyone's putting the weirdest shit 3433 02:22:29,092 --> 02:22:30,495 in their freezers in this town. 3434 02:22:30,495 --> 02:22:32,795 (players laughing) 3435 02:22:32,795 --> 02:22:33,628 - He looks at you and goes, 3436 02:22:33,628 --> 02:22:35,700 I don't know about you, Mr. Fucks, 3437 02:22:35,700 --> 02:22:37,995 but my balls are hard as diamonds. 3438 02:22:37,995 --> 02:22:41,670 (players laughing) 3439 02:22:41,670 --> 02:22:43,929 And he puts a warm hand on your back. 3440 02:22:43,929 --> 02:22:46,730 You see this man is powerful. 3441 02:22:46,730 --> 02:22:49,326 He could make these dreams come true. 3442 02:22:50,700 --> 02:22:53,910 The only thing that's stopping us, 3443 02:22:53,910 --> 02:22:58,620 now that M. Bition is out of the way and Logic's gone, 3444 02:22:58,620 --> 02:23:01,278 the only thing that's really stopping us... 3445 02:23:02,203 --> 02:23:03,586 is the kid. 3446 02:23:03,586 --> 02:23:06,426 - Yes, yes, the child. 3447 02:23:06,426 --> 02:23:10,076 - Do you like that child? You a fan of that child? 3448 02:23:10,076 --> 02:23:11,983 - Absolutely not! 3449 02:23:13,050 --> 02:23:14,550 - Great. 3450 02:23:14,550 --> 02:23:17,250 Then we gotta do what we gotta do. 3451 02:23:17,250 --> 02:23:19,710 He turns around, and you see he starts talking 3452 02:23:19,710 --> 02:23:21,840 to some of his friends and he says, 3453 02:23:21,840 --> 02:23:24,883 all right fellas, we know the kid trusts Mr. Fucks. 3454 02:23:24,883 --> 02:23:28,080 We gotta find the kid, put Fucks out in front, 3455 02:23:28,080 --> 02:23:29,820 and then someone's going to take the shot. 3456 02:23:29,820 --> 02:23:32,878 Conrad Schintz dies, tonight. 3457 02:23:32,878 --> 02:23:34,020 (tense music) 3458 02:23:34,020 --> 02:23:37,580 He turns to you and says, 3459 02:23:38,600 --> 02:23:40,980 with Schintz out of the way, 3460 02:23:40,980 --> 02:23:45,720 it's a long golden age with Mayor Fucks in charge. 3461 02:23:45,720 --> 02:23:49,290 - I do like the sound of that, to be totally honest. 3462 02:23:49,290 --> 02:23:50,456 Sounds great. 3463 02:23:51,450 --> 02:23:54,180 I'd like for you to redo my picture, though. 3464 02:23:54,180 --> 02:23:55,650 It's a little bit, you know what I mean? 3465 02:23:55,650 --> 02:23:58,470 I want you to sort of focus on the chest-al area, 3466 02:23:58,470 --> 02:24:00,248 the sort of thing I've got going on there. 3467 02:24:00,248 --> 02:24:01,081 I think this is a good selling point. 3468 02:24:01,081 --> 02:24:03,390 The people need to see it, right? Get the artists on this. 3469 02:24:03,390 --> 02:24:05,160 - As he starts to move, I'm going to ask 3470 02:24:05,160 --> 02:24:08,400 if Daniel is telling the truth in this moment, 3471 02:24:08,400 --> 02:24:11,310 or is trying to deceive, uh, 3472 02:24:11,310 --> 02:24:12,990 - Ooh, I think it's a little bit conflicted, 3473 02:24:12,990 --> 02:24:14,940 because he's trying to keep his options open, right? 3474 02:24:14,940 --> 02:24:16,992 Because he's thinking about it in terms of, okay, 3475 02:24:16,992 --> 02:24:19,427 well, I'm in this situation. 3476 02:24:19,427 --> 02:24:20,999 I should see this as far as this goes. 3477 02:24:20,999 --> 02:24:23,340 But I think in the very, very back of his head, 3478 02:24:23,340 --> 02:24:24,795 there's the thought of, you know, 3479 02:24:24,795 --> 02:24:27,028 maybe there's another way of doing this. 3480 02:24:27,028 --> 02:24:28,618 But I think in this moment right here, 3481 02:24:28,618 --> 02:24:30,480 he's kind of going along more so with that. 3482 02:24:30,480 --> 02:24:32,880 - So you see that he says, 3483 02:24:32,880 --> 02:24:35,430 where do you think Conrad Schintz is headed? 3484 02:24:35,430 --> 02:24:36,263 Where is he going to be? 3485 02:24:36,263 --> 02:24:39,720 - I have no idea what that idiot child gets up to. 3486 02:24:39,720 --> 02:24:41,160 - You got no- - Literally none. 3487 02:24:41,160 --> 02:24:43,033 I don't care at all. 3488 02:24:43,033 --> 02:24:45,789 I don't even think about that little shit. 3489 02:24:45,789 --> 02:24:47,922 - Well, he's a huge impediment to all your plans, 3490 02:24:47,922 --> 02:24:49,093 so I would think about him. 3491 02:24:49,093 --> 02:24:52,318 (players laughing) 3492 02:24:52,318 --> 02:24:54,060 - Usually hanging out posting signs 3493 02:24:54,060 --> 02:24:55,726 on the outside of my club. 3494 02:24:57,270 --> 02:25:00,632 - All right, well, let's go try to track him down. 3495 02:25:00,632 --> 02:25:02,910 You ride with me, 3496 02:25:02,910 --> 02:25:06,240 and when we find him, 3497 02:25:06,240 --> 02:25:09,090 all you gotta do is get him to step out 3498 02:25:09,090 --> 02:25:12,284 so that one of my guys on the roof can take him out. 3499 02:25:12,284 --> 02:25:14,626 - Very well, very well. 3500 02:25:15,840 --> 02:25:18,197 - Incredible, you see Don takes you 3501 02:25:18,197 --> 02:25:20,856 and is going to make you fucking mayor, 3502 02:25:20,856 --> 02:25:24,439 and takes you to, 3503 02:25:24,439 --> 02:25:29,220 takes you out with him to his car to go hunt down Conrad. 3504 02:25:29,220 --> 02:25:31,620 We're going to cut back real quick to Anastasia. 3505 02:25:31,620 --> 02:25:33,545 You got that awesome snoop check. 3506 02:25:33,545 --> 02:25:37,200 You burst out onto the roof just in time 3507 02:25:37,200 --> 02:25:41,347 to see this woman coming over the side of the thing. 3508 02:25:41,347 --> 02:25:42,660 Either give me... (fast paced music) 3509 02:25:42,660 --> 02:25:45,270 What do you do as you see her crawling over the banister. 3510 02:25:45,270 --> 02:25:46,770 - Okay, so she's crawling over the banister, 3511 02:25:46,770 --> 02:25:49,350 and she is headed towards the car. 3512 02:25:49,350 --> 02:25:50,700 - Yeah, you get to the top of the staircase, 3513 02:25:50,700 --> 02:25:51,870 open out into the rain. 3514 02:25:51,870 --> 02:25:54,090 You're at the little circular balcony 3515 02:25:54,090 --> 02:25:56,670 on a steepled tower of the manor house, 3516 02:25:56,670 --> 02:25:59,250 and she's climbing over the edge of the banister. 3517 02:25:59,250 --> 02:26:01,530 You see her in a very vulnerable position as you- 3518 02:26:01,530 --> 02:26:03,130 - Great, I throw my shoe at her. 3519 02:26:04,530 --> 02:26:06,840 Both shoes. They're heels. 3520 02:26:06,840 --> 02:26:09,901 - [Brennan] Great, go ahead and give me sneak. 3521 02:26:09,901 --> 02:26:11,001 - (quietly) Okay. 3522 02:26:11,001 --> 02:26:12,317 - [Brennan] We'll call it difficulty, 3523 02:26:12,317 --> 02:26:15,430 she's in a very vulnerable place, so difficulty six. 3524 02:26:16,950 --> 02:26:19,230 - Halve it. - (laughs) Snap decision. 3525 02:26:19,230 --> 02:26:20,930 - Can't, not enough Moxie. - Cool, okay. 3526 02:26:20,930 --> 02:26:21,988 - Okay. 3527 02:26:22,927 --> 02:26:24,390 10! Oh, 12. 3528 02:26:24,390 --> 02:26:27,185 - There you go. You throw the shoe. Bang! 3529 02:26:27,185 --> 02:26:31,260 Hits her hand, and she falls and grabs the bottom of a thing 3530 02:26:31,260 --> 02:26:34,770 and is dangling in the storm. (nervous panicking) 3531 02:26:34,770 --> 02:26:37,230 She goes, help! Help! 3532 02:26:37,230 --> 02:26:38,550 Get me out of here! 3533 02:26:38,550 --> 02:26:40,985 - Now shoeless, goddammit, 3534 02:26:40,985 --> 02:26:43,468 (players laughing) 3535 02:26:44,970 --> 02:26:46,360 I run over 3536 02:26:47,880 --> 02:26:52,470 and I take off my trench coat, 3537 02:26:52,470 --> 02:26:53,970 my trusty trench coat. 3538 02:26:53,970 --> 02:26:56,280 I'm now on kind of the area she's on. 3539 02:26:56,280 --> 02:26:58,428 I assu- there's something for me, like a pipe or something. 3540 02:26:58,428 --> 02:26:59,261 - [Brennan] Yeah. 3541 02:26:59,261 --> 02:27:01,769 - So I tie part of my trench coat onto the pipe. 3542 02:27:01,769 --> 02:27:02,761 - [Brennan] Yes. - And then 3543 02:27:02,761 --> 02:27:05,160 hand her the other part, 3544 02:27:05,160 --> 02:27:08,027 and then I'm like, it's all on you, girl! 3545 02:27:08,027 --> 02:27:10,620 Because if I hold this, you're going to let me fall with you 3546 02:27:10,620 --> 02:27:11,940 or you're going to do something tricksy, 3547 02:27:11,940 --> 02:27:14,940 so it is completely on you 3548 02:27:14,940 --> 02:27:16,740 if you would like to climb up this trench coat. 3549 02:27:16,740 --> 02:27:18,750 - Great, and you see that she has your key 3550 02:27:18,750 --> 02:27:20,273 in her other hand as well. 3551 02:27:20,273 --> 02:27:25,273 You see she says, you're really going to try to help me? 3552 02:27:25,530 --> 02:27:27,303 - Yes, I am trying to help you. 3553 02:27:27,303 --> 02:27:29,610 I've always been trying to help you. 3554 02:27:29,610 --> 02:27:32,910 - Give me snoop six. 3555 02:27:32,910 --> 02:27:33,870 - Is this a snap? 3556 02:27:33,870 --> 02:27:35,190 - [Brennan] Actually no, this is planned. 3557 02:27:35,190 --> 02:27:37,890 - Oh, I'm halving it. - Okay. You look at her. 3558 02:27:37,890 --> 02:27:41,076 Her face. You recognize her face. 3559 02:27:41,076 --> 02:27:42,017 (tense music) 3560 02:27:42,017 --> 02:27:45,946 You recognize this woman's face. It's so... 3561 02:27:45,946 --> 02:27:47,392 At first, you're sort of like, oh, 3562 02:27:47,392 --> 02:27:50,550 she's very plain looking but also somewhat cute. 3563 02:27:50,550 --> 02:27:54,360 And then you're like, no, her face is vague. 3564 02:27:54,360 --> 02:27:55,785 You look down at her. 3565 02:27:57,540 --> 02:27:58,890 Okay! She grabs it. 3566 02:27:58,890 --> 02:28:02,722 You begin to pull her up, and she goes, all right! 3567 02:28:02,722 --> 02:28:04,860 Thank you for saving me! 3568 02:28:04,860 --> 02:28:06,960 As she comes up, you look down. 3569 02:28:06,960 --> 02:28:10,560 The rain, her white shirt, her servant's shirt, 3570 02:28:10,560 --> 02:28:13,410 goes a little bit translucent with the water, 3571 02:28:13,410 --> 02:28:16,775 and you see an F on her chest. 3572 02:28:18,660 --> 02:28:20,286 She pulls up with you. 3573 02:28:20,286 --> 02:28:21,161 (grunts in relief) 3574 02:28:21,161 --> 02:28:24,420 Oh god! Thank you so much for saving me. 3575 02:28:24,420 --> 02:28:27,988 Here's your key. It's fine, I have one of my own. 3576 02:28:27,988 --> 02:28:29,871 (dramatic intriguing music) 3577 02:28:29,871 --> 02:28:32,970 - Is there any way that I could borrow that key? 3578 02:28:32,970 --> 02:28:36,497 - Borrow it? No, no, I need it to get the fuck out of here. 3579 02:28:36,497 --> 02:28:40,080 You see, again, that F tattoo on her chest. 3580 02:28:40,080 --> 02:28:44,160 She says, but if you're smart, you'll come with me. 3581 02:28:44,160 --> 02:28:45,240 We gotta get to the rail station 3582 02:28:45,240 --> 02:28:47,460 and get the hell out of dodge right now. 3583 02:28:47,460 --> 02:28:48,780 - The rail station? 3584 02:28:48,780 --> 02:28:50,850 - Yeah, we gotta get out of here! 3585 02:28:50,850 --> 02:28:53,100 - Okay, you know, 3586 02:28:53,100 --> 02:28:55,950 I think that we should go to the rail station, 3587 02:28:55,950 --> 02:28:58,948 and it seems like you're fast enough to get us there. 3588 02:28:58,948 --> 02:29:01,500 - I'm pretty fast. That's my car up there. 3589 02:29:01,500 --> 02:29:02,683 What's your name? 3590 02:29:04,080 --> 02:29:06,167 - My name is A. Tension. 3591 02:29:07,500 --> 02:29:09,296 - Fakename, Stacy Fakename. 3592 02:29:09,296 --> 02:29:10,379 (players laughing) 3593 02:29:10,379 --> 02:29:11,956 - Nice to meet you, Ms. Fakename. 3594 02:29:11,956 --> 02:29:16,272 (players laughing) 3595 02:29:16,272 --> 02:29:17,409 I was so close. 3596 02:29:17,409 --> 02:29:20,350 (players laughing) 3597 02:29:20,350 --> 02:29:24,360 - You see the real Stacy Fakename, 3598 02:29:24,360 --> 02:29:28,230 AKA Flight, gets you up onto the highway. 3599 02:29:28,230 --> 02:29:30,181 All right, you're going to want to buckle up. 3600 02:29:30,181 --> 02:29:33,780 (mimics engine revving) and tears off. 3601 02:29:33,780 --> 02:29:37,950 And that's all for this episode of Dimension 20: Mentopolis. 3602 02:29:37,950 --> 02:29:39,516 Tune in next week, 3603 02:29:39,516 --> 02:29:43,324 as we converge on Oblongata Station. 3604 02:29:43,324 --> 02:29:45,180 Come back for the thrilling finale 3605 02:29:45,180 --> 02:29:47,670 of Dimension 20: Mentopolis. 3606 02:29:47,670 --> 02:29:48,661 See you there! 3607 02:29:48,661 --> 02:29:50,977 (players applaud) 3608 02:29:50,977 --> 02:29:52,576 - It's all coming together. 3609 02:29:52,576 --> 02:29:56,839 - (echoing) There's our special guy. 3610 02:29:56,839 --> 02:29:59,820 Where are you going in such a hurry? 3611 02:29:59,820 --> 02:30:02,303 - Everybody just like, hold on one second. 3612 02:30:02,303 --> 02:30:04,042 I need to make an important phone call. 3613 02:30:04,042 --> 02:30:05,457 - This is a pretty urgent 3614 02:30:05,457 --> 02:30:06,706 situation, Fucks. - Yes, yes, yes, yes, 3615 02:30:06,706 --> 02:30:08,457 but I have some things- - Hold onto what? 3616 02:30:08,457 --> 02:30:11,250 - You hear the ka-chick of a door opening. 3617 02:30:11,250 --> 02:30:14,490 The big guy is walking out of his office. 3618 02:30:14,490 --> 02:30:15,606 - Okay. 3619 02:30:18,750 --> 02:30:19,583 Go! 3620 02:30:19,583 --> 02:30:21,360 - You're not elected government officials, 3621 02:30:21,360 --> 02:30:22,800 and I'm very much the station- 3622 02:30:22,800 --> 02:30:25,860 - Screw elected government officials. I'm old money. 3623 02:30:25,860 --> 02:30:28,020 - This is my cake now! (slurps) 3624 02:30:28,020 --> 02:30:28,867 Fuck all of you! 3625 02:30:28,867 --> 02:30:30,907 - Mr. Fix? - Yes'm? 3626 02:30:30,907 --> 02:30:32,649 - Duck! (Brennan laughing) 3627 02:30:32,649 --> 02:30:36,270 - Fucks, you're willing to give away everything to save me? 3628 02:30:36,270 --> 02:30:37,507 - No, absolutely not, 3629 02:30:37,507 --> 02:30:38,340 you dolt! - Oh, okay. Sorry. 3630 02:30:38,340 --> 02:30:40,208 - I plan on getting all of that! 3631 02:30:40,208 --> 02:30:43,987 - Should his pressure meter get all the way to 240, 3632 02:30:43,987 --> 02:30:45,684 he's going to faint and pass out. 3633 02:30:45,684 --> 02:30:48,851 (haunting jazz music)