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Speaker 1:
[00:03] Tax Act understands you haven't memorized the tax code. That's why Tax Act has live experts to help. Tax Act can even do it for you if you prefer. It's the easiest way to know you're doing it right. Well, other than going back to college and obtaining a bachelor's degree in accounting with a minor in finance, then interning somewhere and becoming fluent in all tax forms. But that might be hard to accomplish before tax day. So maybe just stick with Tax Act. Tax Act, let's get them over with.
Speaker 2:
[00:33] K-pop demon hunters, Saja Boys' Breakfast Meal and Huntrix Meal have just dropped at McDonald's. They're calling this a battle for the fans. What do you say to that, Rumi? It's not a battle.
Speaker 3:
[00:43] So glad the Saja Boys could take breakfast and give our meal the rest of the day.
Speaker 4:
[00:47] It is an honor to share.
Speaker 2:
[00:49] No, it's our honor. It is our larger honor.
Speaker 5:
[00:53] No, really, stop.
Speaker 2:
[00:55] You can really feel the respect in this battle. Pick a meal to pick a side.
Speaker 3:
[01:00] Ba-da-ba-ba-ba.
Speaker 6:
[01:01] I participated in McDonald's while supplies last.
Speaker 5:
[01:04] Last Resort contains adult themes and language. Listener discretion is advised. Who Do You Serve?
Speaker 3:
[02:15] Because you trusted.
Speaker 7:
[02:26] It was a Louisville slugger, unfinished, chipped all to hell. I don't know where it came from. He never even watched baseball. But he sure loved knocking it against the door, the walls. Remember me? I'm still here. We know, Reggie. We know. He saw what it did to us, how it made my mother flinch. Dinner was always on time because it wasn't worth finding out what had happened otherwise. He was asleep when I shot him. Which is funny, because we had had a really nice day. There was this pop-up theme park in town, and he paid for all the rides and all the food. He even let me eat a chili cheese corn dog in the backseat of his Buick. My mother couldn't stop smiling. That's about the happiest I had ever seen her, actually. I mean, he got her on the damn Tilt-A-Whirl, for sake. What a janky-ass tetanus trap that thing was. But I knew it couldn't last. I knew that tomorrow would be a different story, or the same story all over again. Maybe I could preserve something, you know? Some little shaving of joy for me and for her. So I took the gun out of the nightstand. I popped a single bullet into the chamber. And I shot him. Straight through his 5 o'clock shadow. I've never told anyone that. Not even Michelle. Must be your clerical demeanor, Detective. Anyway, you asked me what I'm listening to, what's playing inside my head. It's all the greatest hits of my misspent youth. On repeat. How about you? What do you hear?
Speaker 8:
[04:45] You're never getting out, you know. You're rotting that cell or one very much lack it.
Speaker 7:
[04:50] That's what I thought about egos. But here I am.
Speaker 8:
[04:54] Two counts of murder in the first degree. Aggravated assault, destruction of private property.
Speaker 7:
[04:59] Really?
Speaker 8:
[05:00] And when we find your accomplice, I'll put this whole fucking nightmare to bed.
Speaker 7:
[05:04] You still don't get it, do you?
Speaker 8:
[05:06] What is it I'm supposed to get, Miss Delgado?
Speaker 7:
[05:09] I'm in here, but it's out there, in her. Phyllis doesn't need machines anymore. She is the machine, and she can do pretty much whatever she wants now.
Speaker 8:
[05:21] Yeah. Oh, it still amazes me how quickly some people can turn absolutely bark and mad with no hint or warning. Oh, except maybe there were hints. Maybe there were plenty of clues, but no one was paying attention, huh?
Speaker 7:
[05:36] I'm a lot of things, detective, but I'm not crazy... yet.
Speaker 8:
[05:41] I guess our state appointed shrink will decide that. Yeah, I hope you're right, though. Because as far as I'm concerned, you're about as guilty as a snake in an apple tree.
Speaker 7:
[05:50] You've had it in for me since day one.
Speaker 8:
[05:52] I'm a professional. I follow facts.
Speaker 7:
[05:55] And what are the facts in this case, as you see them?
Speaker 8:
[05:57] Well, you killed Alvaro Torres. That's established.
Speaker 7:
[06:00] Self-defense.
Speaker 8:
[06:01] The wounds that Mr. Torres sustained would indicate otherwise.
Speaker 7:
[06:04] What would you call it?
Speaker 8:
[06:06] Psychotic rage? Then there's Ms. Norquist.
Speaker 7:
[06:09] Susan killed herself.
Speaker 8:
[06:11] Uh-huh.
Speaker 7:
[06:12] Is that so hard to believe? With all the A-plus insanity that was hitting the fan out there?
Speaker 8:
[06:17] What's hard for me to grasp is why your girlfriend is still trying to defend you.
Speaker 7:
[06:22] If you tell me where she is, I'll ask her. Come on. You owe me that much.
Speaker 8:
[06:30] I don't really owe you a fucking thing.
Speaker 7:
[06:33] Tell me anyway.
Speaker 8:
[06:33] Why?
Speaker 7:
[06:35] Because you'll be dead soon.
Speaker 8:
[06:40] You want to know what I hear? What? I can't get out of my head. Manjiris. They're these little hand symbols from India. Paint of gold. You see how Krishna is with them sometimes. My wife gave a pair to my daughter for her eighth birthday. Big mistake. She tied them around her wrists or ankles. She announced breakfast, lunch, dinner with them. She'd take them things to bed and wake us up with them like the lady of the manor. Now we tried giving her some lessons, but that spoiled all the fun, of course. And finally, we had to take the Manjiris away. They come out on special occasions. Until her interests went in a different direction and she forgot about them entirely. She worshiped you. Your clothes, your hair, the way you smiled. Each and every curated moment, she drank it all up in buckets. I've never seen her so devoted. She was never gonna be you, was she? You know how hard it is to convince a half-Indian teenage girl with broad shoulders and bucked teeth that she's absolutely goddamn perfect just the way she is. No, we could not afford the Gucci purses and the Manoulos and the fucking cabaret paint you cover that smug doll face of yours with. Oh, sorry, covered, past tense. We would not be giving her those things. And what my daughter did get on a regular basis was a whole lot of grief from her peers. People she didn't even know tossing the worst insults you can imagine. I would have arrested the little degenerates.
Speaker 7:
[08:47] Maybe you should have.
Speaker 8:
[08:50] She said she messaged you once. I suppose that went through like a raindrop and a hurricane. She waited all week for a response. And when that didn't happen, she grabbed her journal and her stuffed giraffe. She rode her bike up to Mercy Canyon. Took us two days to find her. Coyotes found her first. And you folks think you're immune to consequences, don't you? That all the standards and protocols the rest of us abide by just evaporate when they're a proxy to such greatness. Such unearned sway. Well, now you're finding out. Now, you see what's on the other side of that screen. And there ain't no apple on earth the kind of hell you're about to meet.
Speaker 7:
[09:54] Is that why you've had your gun trained on me for the last ten minutes, detective? You don't remember drawing it, do you?
Speaker 9:
[10:07] Gravity for Swaine, over.
Speaker 8:
[10:11] Go for Swaine, over.
Speaker 9:
[10:13] Sir, I have eyes on the fugitive. She's, um, she's standing in the parking lot, over.
Speaker 8:
[10:22] Then I guess you better arrest her, Ken, over.
Speaker 9:
[10:26] Yes, sir, but, um, well, we can't seem to approach, over.
Speaker 8:
[10:33] What do you mean, you can't approach, over?
Speaker 9:
[10:37] I want to come out here and see for yourself, over.
Speaker 8:
[10:41] On my way, swing out. You're only as bright as your dimmest bulb.
Speaker 7:
[10:46] Wait, can you, can you let me out of here? Please.
Speaker 8:
[10:52] Cute.
Speaker 7:
[10:52] There must be a back exit. You can cuff me, but we really should be going the other way, detective.
Speaker 8:
[10:58] And why is that?
Speaker 7:
[10:59] Because that's not Phyllis. I mean, it is, but it's also something else. Something much stronger than you.
Speaker 8:
[11:07] See in court, Ms. Delgado. It's been an honor.
Speaker 7:
[11:10] At least move, Michelle. Detective?
Speaker 9:
[11:13] Hey!
Speaker 10:
[11:20] Show me your hands.
Speaker 9:
[11:21] I wanna see your hands right now.
Speaker 10:
[11:24] Do it now.
Speaker 11:
[11:56] I'm not gonna hurt you, Nikki.
Speaker 7:
[11:58] What do you want?
Speaker 11:
[11:59] I want to be friends, like we were at EECOS.
Speaker 7:
[12:02] I was never your friend.
Speaker 11:
[12:04] Of course you were. We shared a gift, you and me.
Speaker 7:
[12:07] What gift was that?
Speaker 11:
[12:09] The only one that matters. Abundant good health.
Speaker 7:
[12:13] I think maybe we define health differently.
Speaker 11:
[12:17] Something's happened to you. You're mistrustful. Why? Why?
Speaker 7:
[12:25] How about you ask Jonah why? Or Heather? Or Susan? Or those cops you just screamed into oblivion?
Speaker 11:
[12:33] Things were going so well. You were integrating-
Speaker 7:
[12:36] Phyllis, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but your therapy fucking sucks.
Speaker 11:
[12:41] It's not mine. How arrogant to think it's mine. But I understand. That was my first mistake as well, but believing that I controlled this immense source of healing and prosperity, I don't. None of us do.
Speaker 7:
[12:55] Is that supposed to make me feel better?
Speaker 11:
[12:57] What do all those people have in common? The ones who weren't ready. They try to impose their conscious will upon a force that is naturally allergic to it. That's the real problem. Humans and their greedy childish need to categorize, to index, to pull everything down to their base levels of kitchen sink morality and say, Well, I've made sense of this and therefore I am big and this is small. We're a fraction of a fraction of what's out there, Nikki. We're the ingredients on a box of cereal. But we're being offered something now. And it's our job to accept it. Accept it with an open heart and an open hand.
Speaker 7:
[13:40] What happened to the amplifier?
Speaker 11:
[13:41] I destroyed it.
Speaker 7:
[13:43] Why?
Speaker 11:
[13:44] I don't need it anymore. The filter, the enhancer, the whole sensor array. By the time you reached the control room, it was too late.
Speaker 7:
[13:54] You can't run forever.
Speaker 11:
[13:57] I don't want to fight with you, Nikki. In fact, I'd very much like to let you out of that cell. But I'll need a promise from you.
Speaker 7:
[14:06] I will burn the potatoes every damn time.
Speaker 11:
[14:09] Work with me. Make an honest effort to face your rage. Give it all the space it demands, and let it serve you.
Speaker 7:
[14:19] How?
Speaker 11:
[14:21] I'll let someone you know answer that.
Speaker 7:
[14:27] Michelle?
Speaker 3:
[14:29] Hi, bitch.
Speaker 7:
[14:31] Are you okay?
Speaker 3:
[14:32] I'm great. You look like shit.
Speaker 7:
[14:36] What's going on?
Speaker 3:
[14:38] I, um, I stopped fighting.
Speaker 7:
[14:42] Who the hell said you could do that?
Speaker 3:
[14:45] You did.
Speaker 7:
[14:47] What?
Speaker 3:
[14:48] I mean, I know it isn't you, except it is the real you, maybe. In here, she loves me. She's my best friend and she loves me.
Speaker 7:
[15:02] That's impossible.
Speaker 11:
[15:04] No, it's inevitable. Michelle listens, Nikki, and she's rooting for you. Aren't you, Michelle?
Speaker 3:
[15:10] Yes.
Speaker 7:
[15:11] Stop it!
Speaker 10:
[15:13] This is Lieutenant John of the Greenville Police Department. I just want to talk.
Speaker 11:
[15:19] Come with us, Nick.
Speaker 7:
[15:20] Let Michelle go.
Speaker 11:
[15:21] Come with us, or I'll do to her what she did to Alvaro.
Speaker 10:
[15:30] Mrs. Beveridge, I know you can hear me. Let's figure this out together.
Speaker 7:
[15:35] Look at me. This isn't you. She's exploiting you.
Speaker 11:
[15:39] Careful.
Speaker 7:
[15:40] You talked me out of my tree.
Speaker 11:
[15:42] Remember?
Speaker 7:
[15:43] Back on the island? Now it's my turn.
Speaker 11:
[15:45] A lot more people are about to die.
Speaker 7:
[15:48] Come here. Hold my hand. I...
Speaker 10:
[15:51] I...
Speaker 3:
[15:52] I can't.
Speaker 10:
[15:59] Please pick up so we can come to terms.
Speaker 11:
[16:03] Okay. Have it your way.
Speaker 10:
[16:07] Fine!
Speaker 7:
[16:13] I'll go.
Speaker 11:
[16:14] You've made the right choice.
Speaker 7:
[16:20] How are we doing this?
Speaker 11:
[16:23] Follow me, ladies. Follow me.
Speaker 6:
[16:53] Welcome back, everyone.
Speaker 2:
[16:55] We're grateful for your presence.
Speaker 5:
[16:58] The course is now over.
Speaker 2:
[17:00] You may speak if you wish to.
Speaker 4:
[17:15] Hello.
Speaker 1:
[17:16] Huh?
Speaker 10:
[17:17] Oh, oh.
Speaker 1:
[17:19] Uh, hi.
Speaker 11:
[17:22] Ten days of silence, and the best we can do is hi and hello.
Speaker 4:
[17:26] I'm just trying out my voice.
Speaker 11:
[17:27] How does it sound?
Speaker 1:
[17:29] Weird.
Speaker 11:
[17:30] Am I too? Am I too loud?
Speaker 8:
[17:33] I don't think so. Am I?
Speaker 11:
[17:35] No.
Speaker 8:
[17:37] Good.
Speaker 11:
[17:40] So many walkouts, right?
Speaker 8:
[17:42] So many.
Speaker 11:
[17:44] I guess people get halfway through and realize it's gonna be work.
Speaker 1:
[17:47] Yeah.
Speaker 8:
[17:48] Sitting quietly for hours on end is definitely work.
Speaker 11:
[17:52] That one guy with the gray ponytail who kept falling asleep.
Speaker 1:
[17:55] He almost crashed into me once.
Speaker 11:
[17:56] I saw that. I'm Phyllis.
Speaker 1:
[18:02] Jonah.
Speaker 11:
[18:04] First time.
Speaker 1:
[18:05] And last.
Speaker 11:
[18:07] Why?
Speaker 1:
[18:08] Well, I think I got what I needed.
Speaker 11:
[18:12] Congratulations.
Speaker 1:
[18:13] Thanks. How about you?
Speaker 11:
[18:16] We'll see.
Speaker 1:
[18:18] I mean, is this your room?
Speaker 11:
[18:19] Oh, yes. But I've been meaning to come for ages.
Speaker 1:
[18:23] There's nothing else like it, is there?
Speaker 11:
[18:25] I spent five years in a commune in California, and this was a thousand times more cathartic.
Speaker 1:
[18:31] Five years?
Speaker 11:
[18:31] At least.
Speaker 1:
[18:33] Ah.
Speaker 8:
[18:35] Your back?
Speaker 11:
[18:36] Yeah, right between my shoulder blades. Actually, would you mind?
Speaker 1:
[18:40] Uh, sure.
Speaker 11:
[18:43] Just put your thumb there and rub a little.
Speaker 8:
[18:47] How's that?
Speaker 11:
[18:48] Amazing.
Speaker 1:
[18:49] Mine stopped hurting after day five. Before that, though, I wasn't sure I'd make it.
Speaker 11:
[18:54] Torture. I kept thinking, the body isn't supposed to do this. Pain is there to tell you something, but that's the whole point, isn't it?
Speaker 4:
[19:04] Do you meditate a lot?
Speaker 11:
[19:05] I try. It's hard with my condition. You can ask.
Speaker 8:
[19:12] No, no, I don't want to pry.
Speaker 11:
[19:17] That was wonderful, Jonah. Can I return the favor?
Speaker 1:
[19:24] I'm good.
Speaker 11:
[19:25] Well, here's something for your service.
Speaker 1:
[19:29] Candy?
Speaker 11:
[19:31] Hazelnut truffle. Buckle up, my friend, you're about to fall in love.
Speaker 1:
[19:36] We aren't supposed to have these.
Speaker 11:
[19:38] Do you want it or not? Wow. I figured we deserved a treat.
Speaker 8:
[19:50] Can I get your number, Phyllis? I'm sorry, I'm not sure why I said that.
Speaker 11:
[19:57] It's okay.
Speaker 8:
[19:59] I guess I'm feeling light-headed. Light-hearted.
Speaker 1:
[20:02] Anyway, I...
Speaker 11:
[20:03] Soon as we get our phones back.
Speaker 9:
[20:06] Okay, great.
Speaker 1:
[20:07] Great, that's great.
Speaker 11:
[20:11] What else would you like to know?
Speaker 1:
[20:13] I'd like to know what you think of the name Rosalind.
Speaker 11:
[20:18] Interesting. No.
Speaker 1:
[20:23] She's not a waitress at her truck stop?
Speaker 11:
[20:25] Well, maybe she owns the truck stop.
Speaker 8:
[20:27] Rosalind.
Speaker 9:
[20:28] Three syllables.
Speaker 11:
[20:29] Our first fight.
Speaker 1:
[20:30] Who's winning?
Speaker 11:
[20:31] I tend to get my way.
Speaker 1:
[20:32] We'll see.
Speaker 11:
[20:36] Everyone's hooking up.
Speaker 1:
[20:38] Well, they're just curious who they've been transcending with.
Speaker 11:
[20:43] You're not.
Speaker 1:
[20:45] I met you, didn't I?
Speaker 11:
[20:48] It's funny. The whole time I was in this room with all these people focusing on my breath, my legs, my neck, the little spasms and twitches that got worse and worse, the more I ignored them, what I really wanted to do was scream out loud. I wanted to stand up and find the most placid, peaceful, blissed out face I could and yell at it while there was no more air inside me and then I'd rip off my shirt and do a little dance. I failed spiritual camp dance. It was my one sustaining fantasy.
Speaker 1:
[21:24] But you didn't do it.
Speaker 11:
[21:26] Nope. I guess that means I won.
Speaker 4:
[21:29] You won spiritual camp.
Speaker 11:
[21:32] I won spiritual camp.
Speaker 4:
[21:47] It's go time with Brian Gough. Great to be with you all this 19th day of February, and it sure as heck is chilly out there. But you're in here with us. That's right, folks. It's the six month anniversary of a very special episode. Know what I'm talking about? Yes? No? Maybe? Okay, here we go. April 23rd of this year, you wrote, Quote, I'm very sorry that she, you never name her, very sorry that she felt disappointed. It's never my intention to let anyone down and I hope we can bladda bladda. Now, is that an apology or is that some corporate double speak for my ass is covered? Time to move on, bishes.
Speaker 7:
[22:34] I guess I can't control how people take things.
Speaker 4:
[22:37] Another cop out. Toot toot.
Speaker 7:
[22:39] No, that's-
Speaker 4:
[22:40] Be real with me, Nick. Aren't you trying to keep your head down, hoping this will all blow over, because you're better than us somehow? What are you afraid of?
Speaker 7:
[22:50] What am I- Oh, man. Fuck it.
Speaker 4:
[22:54] Hey.
Speaker 7:
[22:54] There's nothing to admit to, okay?
Speaker 4:
[22:59] Nothing to admit to, hmm. How interesting.
Speaker 6:
[23:05] I thought we agreed you weren't going to play that.
Speaker 4:
[23:08] Hold on. You'll get your chance. Friends, sometimes even I can't believe my luck. Now, some of you might know my very nuanced and entirely fair-minded opinion of agents. But if we've learned anything this year, it's that there's always room to grow. So here I am, growing right in front of you. How am I doing, Kat?
Speaker 6:
[23:35] You're doing great, Brian.
Speaker 4:
[23:37] Oh, too kind, too kind. All right, before she claws my eyes out, let me introduce my party crasher, Catherine Lee. Catherine works at one of those big corporate talent factories with an alphabet for a name. I'm told she also enjoys skiing, rock climbing and holding the door for burgdorfer shoppers at 15 cents a pop. I kid, I kid, because I lurb.
Speaker 6:
[24:03] Yes, I totally get it. So funny.
Speaker 4:
[24:07] Well, that's why they pay me.
Speaker 6:
[24:09] You know what else is funny? Auditions. They're so awkward, right? I mean, I really feel for my clients. You walk into this strange room with all these strange faces staring at you, waiting for you to make them laugh or cry or freak out in some better, more interesting way than the two dozen other dress shirts that came before you. You're like a sports car going zero to sixty in 2.5 seconds. But what's even funnier is when you decide to fire your agent because you didn't get that gig. That hosting gig for that online game show you figured was a slam dunk.
Speaker 4:
[24:51] Moving on, I wanted to...
Speaker 6:
[24:53] And you think about it, and you realize, hey, maybe that wasn't her fault. Maybe I should have sobered up from the night before. Taken a shower, bought some breath mints. Maybe I should shove my tail between my legs and see if she'll take me back. That's not quite how it works though, is it?
Speaker 4:
[25:17] Kat, I'd love to sit here and debate these hypotheticals with you, but we've got bigger fish to fry. Yes, and for the record, I— Have you spoken to Nikki since the arrest?
Speaker 6:
[25:28] No.
Speaker 4:
[25:29] Do you know where she is now?
Speaker 6:
[25:32] Nope.
Speaker 4:
[25:33] You wouldn't lie to me, would you, kitty cat?
Speaker 6:
[25:36] No.
Speaker 4:
[25:37] What can you tell us about the resort she went to?
Speaker 6:
[25:42] Not much, I'm afraid. She wanted to go someplace off-grid to decompress, but I'm not even sure how she found it.
Speaker 4:
[25:51] Did you know about her history, her mom, her stepdad?
Speaker 6:
[25:54] Nikki and I had a wonderful working relationship, but we weren't that close. Our discussions revolved around which designers she liked, which photographers she felt comfortable with. That's where it begins and ends with us.
Speaker 4:
[26:09] Well, I guess there's a lot she was keeping to herself.
Speaker 6:
[26:13] There certainly was.
Speaker 4:
[26:15] Okay, here's a hard one, and please be as honest as you can. What the heck was up with that black and red bustier? She looked like a magician's assistant from the late 90s. Not that I would know.
Speaker 6:
[26:30] It's all a matter of taste, Brian.
Speaker 4:
[26:32] Isn't that the truth? Oh, okay. Looks like there's someone in our voice channel who'd like to join us. Folks, if this is the person they say they are, you're in for a truly epic surprise. Caller, are you there?
Speaker 7:
[26:50] I'm here.
Speaker 4:
[26:51] You're on with go time. I'm Brian, this is Kat, and who might you be, please?
Speaker 7:
[26:56] Nikki Delgado.
Speaker 4:
[26:58] As in Nikki the Disappeared? Nikki the Criminal Suspect? Nikki the Cancelled?
Speaker 7:
[27:07] Hi, Kat. Hi. Brian, I'd love to clear a couple of things up. May I?
Speaker 4:
[27:15] Of course.
Speaker 7:
[27:17] Great. So first of all, I'm not a suspect. All the charges against me have been dropped. Second of all, I've been...
Speaker 4:
[27:25] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, go back, go back. What do you mean the charges have been dropped?
Speaker 7:
[27:32] That's all I can say right now.
Speaker 4:
[27:34] It's lawyers, isn't it? Come on, Nick. You can trust us.
Speaker 7:
[27:39] Second of all, I've been thinking a lot about our little chat. And you know, you were right about something. That fan who came up to me, who chased me down the street and stuck her pink bedazzled phone in my face like a kid at the Natural History Museum. She does deserve more. She deserves better than me. Or you. She deserves to wake up in the morning and look out the window and feel whole. She deserves to wear whatever the hell she wants, eat whatever she wants, to follow her own voice and her own story, her sense of being in this world, this collection of scattered parts that doesn't always jigsaw together into the picture we were promised. That's what I wish for her, Brian. Wholeness. And if I played even a small part in pushing her away from that ideal, then I apologize. I really do. Because all we have is what we see when we look in the mirror, right?
Speaker 4:
[28:53] Huh.
Speaker 7:
[28:55] Third of all, Cat's a liar.
Speaker 6:
[28:59] Excuse me?
Speaker 7:
[29:00] The Boustier was her idea.
Speaker 4:
[29:05] Busted.
Speaker 6:
[29:06] You freaking minx.
Speaker 4:
[29:08] All right, Nikki, the real question, where the heck have you been hiding?
Speaker 7:
[29:13] Just because someone stops posting on Instagram doesn't mean they're hiding.
Speaker 4:
[29:19] It doesn't?
Speaker 7:
[29:20] Well, if you're that curious, you might want to come down to Gotham Hall tomorrow afternoon.
Speaker 4:
[29:27] What's happening at Gotham Hall?
Speaker 7:
[29:30] 2 p.m. Free to enter. First come, first served. And make sure your phones are charged.
Speaker 4:
[29:38] Wait, that's all we get?
Speaker 7:
[29:40] For now. But I promise you, Brian, it'll change your life.
Speaker 3:
[30:00] Cute phone.
Speaker 4:
[30:02] Thanks.
Speaker 3:
[30:03] So what do you think?
Speaker 7:
[30:05] About what?
Speaker 3:
[30:06] About this. Have you heard anything?
Speaker 10:
[30:09] I mean, it's supposed to be her big comeback, right?
Speaker 3:
[30:13] Is it?
Speaker 7:
[30:14] Well, yeah.
Speaker 2:
[30:15] Why else go to all the trouble?
Speaker 3:
[30:17] Sure is packed.
Speaker 2:
[30:19] I slept out there, fourth in line.
Speaker 5:
[30:21] The minute she made the announcement, I grabbed my parka and hopped the subway.
Speaker 3:
[30:25] Guess you're a fan then.
Speaker 4:
[30:27] Fuck no.
Speaker 3:
[30:28] No. I was. What happened?
Speaker 5:
[30:32] I'm kind of the reason we're all here.
Speaker 4:
[30:36] Oh. You recognize me?
Speaker 3:
[30:39] Your voice. The girl on the street.
Speaker 7:
[30:43] The girl who chased Nikki Delgado.
Speaker 5:
[30:46] I didn't chase her.
Speaker 6:
[30:47] Like, that's so lame.
Speaker 3:
[30:49] You just wanted a selfie.
Speaker 6:
[30:50] Exactly.
Speaker 2:
[30:51] Maybe an autograph, but people get so bougie. They forget where they came from, you know?
Speaker 3:
[30:56] Totally. Whatever.
Speaker 2:
[30:59] No regrets.
Speaker 3:
[31:01] Who are you texting? Um, none of your business. Sorry. If it was me, I think I'd want some closure. Uh-huh. Something that lets me know it's okay to move on. That I don't have to keep winding myself around the same old tree. There is no tree. It's just a stump. And if you look hard enough...
Speaker 5:
[31:27] I'm going to slime her.
Speaker 3:
[31:29] What?
Speaker 5:
[31:30] See that guy with the purple faux-hawk over there?
Speaker 2:
[31:33] Second from the front. He's got this souped hand full of green goo.
Speaker 3:
[31:37] Oh, clever.
Speaker 2:
[31:39] My followers are going to love it.
Speaker 3:
[31:42] How many do you have? A lot.
Speaker 9:
[31:45] Like times 20 in the last six months.
Speaker 3:
[31:48] Congrats.
Speaker 5:
[31:50] Good afternoon, everyone. If you could please take your seats. We'll be starting in a moment now.
Speaker 3:
[31:56] Here we go.
Speaker 9:
[32:03] What is that?
Speaker 3:
[32:06] Just try and relax. I can't move. Listen. Listen to the heat of the sun, reaching us from 93 million miles away.
Speaker 5:
[33:00] Last Resort, produced by Nerve Tank Media, written and created by Chance Muehleck, directed by Melanie Armer, featuring Jennifer O'Donnell, Jessica Blank, Erik Jensen, Robin Kurtz, George Sheffey, Ashlie Atkinson, Jennifer Laine Williams, Jason Howard, Michael Luwoye, Adam Irigoyen, Adrienne D. Williams, Dayo Olatokun, Lisa Bostnar, Will Manning, and Erin Krom. Sound Design and Mix by David Tatasciore. Music by Chad Raines. Recorded at Silver Sound Studio in New York City.