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Speaker 1:
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Speaker 2:
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Speaker 3:
[01:04] Last Resort contains adult themes and language. Listener discretion is advised.
Speaker 4:
[01:18] She doesn't love you. I'm sorry, but that's the truth. She up and left you, Michelle. Abandoned you, twice. Once in New York and now here. When it actually matters, Lady Instagram is nowhere to be found.
Speaker 5:
[01:35] It's MJ?
Speaker 4:
[01:36] Not Pamela? Pamela Grissom?
Speaker 5:
[01:41] She's......retired.
Speaker 4:
[01:44] Why the fake ID?
Speaker 5:
[01:47] Pamela did things I couldn't do.
Speaker 4:
[01:50] What kind of things?
Speaker 5:
[01:53] I thought we were here to talk about Nikki.
Speaker 4:
[01:55] Well, I'm just here to learn. Anything you can tell me with regard to...
Speaker 5:
[02:00] I was concerned. And it's a good thing I went, too. She'd probably be dead by now.
Speaker 4:
[02:06] Are you saying you saved Nikki's life?
Speaker 5:
[02:09] I'm saying I was the fly in their olive oil or whatever. Phyllis lined all these people up. And each one was supposed to help her with the signal. But she didn't count on me, did she?
Speaker 4:
[02:24] Hold on there. The signal?
Speaker 5:
[02:26] Yeah. Wait. Didn't Nikki...
Speaker 4:
[02:30] Explain it to me like I'm from Mars.
Speaker 5:
[02:33] That's what they called it. Phyllis and Jonah. Their sound therapy bullshit was a front for this experiment. All these machines they have, they were listening to the fucking cosmic void. Aliens, dude. Something beyond our comprehension. Aliens. Something. And they're hearing it and amplifying it and getting Nikki involved. And pretty soon everyone's losing their minds because it really can't be controlled, right? It's bigger than they are. Bigger than any of us. I mean, look what happened to Heather.
Speaker 4:
[03:17] What did happen to Heather?
Speaker 5:
[03:20] You don't believe me.
Speaker 4:
[03:22] I want to. I'm trying.
Speaker 5:
[03:25] Heather came back.
Speaker 4:
[03:29] As in?
Speaker 5:
[03:31] She was dead. And then she wasn't. Full resurrection mode.
Speaker 4:
[03:37] Jesus Christ.
Speaker 5:
[03:39] Hey, that's not a bell you can unring, detective.
Speaker 4:
[03:43] I got six bodies being autopsied as we speak. All very much dead, I assure you. I've got two witnesses who would rather play upon an old country lawman's ulcer than speak the truth. And I've got a fugitive who has somehow escaped the notice of the ANCIA's most well-equipped task force ever assembled in this humble county. So don't you sit there, Miss Michelle, Pamela, MJ Grissubian, and pretend your ex-girlfriend wouldn't give you up in a New York second.
Speaker 5:
[04:12] She must have changed the settings.
Speaker 4:
[04:14] Did you hear what I just said?
Speaker 5:
[04:16] Nikki's got nothing on me. I went there to rescue her, which, as I said, is the only reason she's alive at all. So how about a thank you and a fucking phone call, or is that off limits for us Yankee doodles? Detective Swaine? Huh? You with me?
Speaker 4:
[04:44] Uh, yeah. You know, I want some honest answers. And I want them now.
Speaker 5:
[04:49] You heard something, didn't you?
Speaker 4:
[04:51] Don't you worry about me.
Speaker 5:
[04:52] That's how it starts. Voices in the back of your head. Usually family, but it's not them. It's some version of what they used to be. Then, wow, it's just a matter of time. Once the signal reaches you, it's pretty much Toast City.
Speaker 4:
[05:15] My grandma used to keep me out of her cookie jar by telling me it was haunted.
Speaker 5:
[05:19] I've seen it, okay? Phyllis can do things no one should be able to do.
Speaker 4:
[05:25] And what was Nikki doing, Michelle? When people were dying and coming back to life and running around being possessed by aliens or the ghost of Charles Manson or what have you, what exactly was your friend, Miss Delgado, doing?
Speaker 5:
[05:39] How about drugs? Massive amounts of drugs, Detective.
Speaker 4:
[05:46] I don't know why she came. It was a mistake. I tried to get her to leave, but she wouldn't listen. She's always been that way. If I could do it all over again, I would never have dated her. She's a parasite.
Speaker 5:
[05:59] You really don't have shit, do you?
Speaker 4:
[06:02] Was it her and Phyllis together or was it Nikki by herself? When did she snap?
Speaker 5:
[06:06] You're not following. It's the sound. And I can tell you for a fact that Nikki didn't kill Jonah.
Speaker 4:
[06:15] How do you know?
Speaker 5:
[06:16] Because she was with me.
Speaker 4:
[06:17] That's convenient.
Speaker 5:
[06:19] If Alvaro was still around, you could ask him.
Speaker 4:
[06:22] Oh, she already caught to that.
Speaker 5:
[06:25] What?
Speaker 4:
[06:26] Alvaro Torres. Nikki stabbed him with a kitchen knife 14 times. But that ain't news, is it, given her history?
Speaker 5:
[06:34] So what do you need me for?
Speaker 4:
[06:38] I want to clear you, Michelle. Send you on home with nothing but a slap on the wrist and some sour memories, long as you cooperate with us.
Speaker 5:
[06:49] Yes?
Speaker 4:
[06:52] Long as you cooperate, everything will be fair and dandy.
Speaker 5:
[06:56] I know a con when I smell it.
Speaker 4:
[06:58] Yeah, I bet you do. What happens when we dig into Pamela Christom's escapades, huh? What kind of fun was she up to? Stole her merchandise? Narcotics? Blackmail? You know, just holding a fake ID like this can get you some serious jail time.
Speaker 5:
[07:15] Depends on the state.
Speaker 4:
[07:16] Yes, it does. And you're in mine now. I'm cozy with all sorts of people. The goodies, the baddies and the in-betweenies.
Speaker 5:
[07:24] Nikki doesn't deserve this. She's got the heart of a lion and the soul of a bigger lion. Whatever she did, it's because she had to, understand? She fucking had to.
Speaker 4:
[07:38] I don't believe that. And neither do you.
Speaker 3:
[08:12] Boost. Hey, Nikki.
Speaker 6:
[08:33] Everything okay?
Speaker 7:
[08:34] Yeah. It's just, uh, these potatoes.
Speaker 6:
[08:39] Uh-huh.
Speaker 7:
[08:40] They are so fucking sad.
Speaker 6:
[08:42] Right. Sad potatoes.
Speaker 7:
[08:44] Aren't they? Look at them.
Speaker 6:
[08:47] I see it now.
Speaker 7:
[08:48] Melancholy spuzz.
Speaker 6:
[08:50] Scrub those assholes. Scrub them till they bleed.
Speaker 7:
[08:55] Laugh, you starchy bastard. It's funny. Don't you get it?
Speaker 6:
[09:00] Laugh. That'll show them.
Speaker 7:
[09:07] How's your friend?
Speaker 6:
[09:09] Michelle's just someone I used to know.
Speaker 7:
[09:11] Gotcha.
Speaker 6:
[09:12] She refused to go to diagnostics.
Speaker 7:
[09:14] Oh, so did I.
Speaker 6:
[09:16] And look at you now.
Speaker 7:
[09:17] Yeah. Look at us.
Speaker 6:
[09:20] What's next for these sad boys?
Speaker 7:
[09:23] Here. Stab them with this.
Speaker 6:
[09:25] Why?
Speaker 7:
[09:26] You don't cook much, huh?
Speaker 6:
[09:28] Microwave and takeout.
Speaker 7:
[09:29] It releases steam when you bake them.
Speaker 6:
[09:31] That's fucking weird.
Speaker 7:
[09:35] I wanted to thank you.
Speaker 6:
[09:37] For what?
Speaker 7:
[09:37] For helping me get my head straight. I was so wrapped up in my damage, I couldn't hear what Phyllis was trying to tell me. But now I do and it's incredible. I'm lighter and stronger at the same time, you know?
Speaker 6:
[09:55] I guess that means you'll be writing some checks.
Speaker 7:
[09:57] Oh, she'll never have to worry about money again. Believe me, we've got big plans.
Speaker 6:
[10:03] Like what?
Speaker 7:
[10:04] Well, Alvaro's gonna build some security for us so we have absolute privacy. Then we'll start rolling out satellite centers all over the country. Vermont, Illinois, Texas, California, Washington. In six or seven years, if everything goes right, we'll have our first locations in Europe and Asia.
Speaker 5:
[10:23] Fantastic.
Speaker 6:
[10:25] And who's gonna be in charge of these places?
Speaker 7:
[10:27] We are. We get to be the first, Nikki. We're like auditory astronauts.
Speaker 6:
[10:31] Sonic missionary.
Speaker 7:
[10:33] There's no limit. The sky is where it starts.
Speaker 8:
[10:37] Ah, ah.
Speaker 6:
[10:38] Susan?
Speaker 7:
[10:43] Oh, I'm fine.
Speaker 6:
[10:45] Are you?
Speaker 7:
[10:46] It's the price we pay.
Speaker 6:
[10:49] Do you? Do you miss it?
Speaker 7:
[10:55] Miss what?
Speaker 6:
[10:56] Being pregnant.
Speaker 7:
[10:58] Who the hell have you been talking to?
Speaker 6:
[11:01] No one.
Speaker 7:
[11:02] You can't miss something you never had.
Speaker 6:
[11:05] I don't understand.
Speaker 7:
[11:06] I mean, I've thought about it. I've thought about a lot of things. But no, this isn't the time for motherhood. I mean, how would that even work?
Speaker 6:
[11:17] Sure. My bad.
Speaker 9:
[11:20] My two favorite people. How convenient.
Speaker 7:
[11:23] Good morning.
Speaker 9:
[11:24] Susan, after the potatoes, I want you to start dicing for the salads.
Speaker 7:
[11:27] Yes, chef.
Speaker 9:
[11:28] Big day, ladies. We need fuel.
Speaker 6:
[11:31] So the enhancer is ready?
Speaker 9:
[11:33] It will be.
Speaker 6:
[11:35] Great. That's terrific, Phyllis.
Speaker 9:
[11:41] Susan.
Speaker 7:
[11:42] Yeah.
Speaker 9:
[11:43] Can you go out to the porch and harvest us some basil?
Speaker 7:
[11:45] Will do. And don't let Nikki near the oven.
Speaker 9:
[11:51] Someone was asking about you.
Speaker 5:
[11:53] How is she?
Speaker 9:
[11:54] Stubborn.
Speaker 6:
[11:55] That's Michelle.
Speaker 9:
[11:57] I think you should talk to her.
Speaker 6:
[11:59] I didn't ask her to come.
Speaker 9:
[12:00] Oh, I know. But she's here now. And I want everyone to benefit from the change, don't you?
Speaker 6:
[12:08] Absolutely.
Speaker 9:
[12:10] Good.
Speaker 6:
[12:13] I... Sorry. I'm...
Speaker 9:
[12:18] Nikki? Look at me. You're gonna come through this. Some of them won't. Some of them can't accept the gift I'm offering. But that's up to them.
Speaker 1:
[12:31] It is what you do, yes?
Speaker 9:
[12:34] You're very important to me. I hope you realize that.
Speaker 2:
[12:38] What you will always do.
Speaker 9:
[12:41] I trust you, Nikki. From the moment I saw you, I knew you were special. We'll open up new paths together, new connections. There's so much more to hear and to be.
Speaker 2:
[12:55] Kill her.
Speaker 10:
[13:07] There, you see that wave in quadrant two?
Speaker 8:
[13:09] I see it.
Speaker 10:
[13:10] The filter pushes it closer to this wave over here. These are just representations, you understand, visual heuristics.
Speaker 8:
[13:17] Yes. Jonah, I was hoping we could...
Speaker 10:
[13:20] The problem is I've never been able to match them up. Well, not exactly, but that's the point of this whole system, to keep the waves in sync.
Speaker 8:
[13:28] And if they go out of sync?
Speaker 10:
[13:30] Well, if they go too far, we get something like what we had a couple nights ago. It overwhelms all my mods. And that's what scares me, Kwame. The possibility that I won't be able to reset and the signal goes ahead and does whatever the hell it wants. Well, not that it wants, per se, but... Does that make sense?
Speaker 8:
[13:50] In basic terms, what doesn't make sense is why you're avoiding my study.
Speaker 10:
[13:55] I'm not avoiding. I just thought someone should see this in case...
Speaker 8:
[13:59] In case what?
Speaker 10:
[14:01] I know it's not your field, but it's adjacent, right? Are we in a Venn diagram here?
Speaker 8:
[14:08] Please, look at this.
Speaker 10:
[14:12] Okay, what am I supposed to notice?
Speaker 8:
[14:16] The number of chromosomal mutations in your wife's blood is like nothing I've seen before. Inversions, translocations, certain strands are actually being substituted with entirely new genetic messaging.
Speaker 10:
[14:30] That doesn't sound good.
Speaker 8:
[14:31] It's fantastic. I mean, I think it's fantastic. I'm very excited.
Speaker 10:
[14:40] No trace of disease, then?
Speaker 8:
[14:42] None. What were you expecting?
Speaker 10:
[14:45] She's had some history.
Speaker 8:
[14:48] Elevated proteins, high neutrophil count. This is the opposite of disease. It's not hyperbole to say that Phyllis is being rewritten from the inside.
Speaker 10:
[14:58] How?
Speaker 8:
[14:59] I'm not sure. She's not the only one, though.
Speaker 10:
[15:02] No?
Speaker 8:
[15:03] I ran the same test on a sample of my own blood. While not as dramatic, there are definite changes in some of the sequences. I imagine the same is true for all of us.
Speaker 10:
[15:16] Electromagnetism.
Speaker 8:
[15:18] Sorry?
Speaker 10:
[15:19] When I first heard the signal, I was logging vast amounts of electromagnetic activity. I couldn't explain it, but it was all tuned to this one frequency. The frequency Phyllis found. She knew exactly where to look.
Speaker 8:
[15:32] Which means?
Speaker 10:
[15:33] It was working in her already before I made a single diode.
Speaker 8:
[15:37] Extraordinary.
Speaker 10:
[15:38] That's one way to put it.
Speaker 8:
[15:41] We're at the threshold, Jonah. The evidence is right in front of us. Think of the applications, the opportunities it presents. We own these results, and we can synthesize them however we want.
Speaker 10:
[15:58] Am I the only one who's worried about this?
Speaker 8:
[16:02] Maybe you're in the wrong story. What's happening? Roz? Roz!
Speaker 3:
[16:11] Jonah?
Speaker 10:
[16:14] Why are you trying to bypass my safeguards?
Speaker 3:
[16:17] I... Sub... processors... Excellent. Excellent.
Speaker 10:
[16:29] Something's overriding your program.
Speaker 8:
[16:31] I didn't think that was possible.
Speaker 10:
[16:38] Slide that panel over, you see it?
Speaker 8:
[16:40] Uh, yes.
Speaker 10:
[16:40] Okay, now flick the toggle switch and move the dial counterclockwise?
Speaker 8:
[16:43] What would that do?
Speaker 10:
[16:44] I'm hoping it'll restore the filter.
Speaker 8:
[16:46] Is that what we want?
Speaker 3:
[16:49] Opa. Opa. Opa. Opa. Opa.
Speaker 10:
[16:58] Roz, status?
Speaker 3:
[17:01] I'm all right, thank you. How are you?
Speaker 10:
[17:04] I'm seeing a new baseline, 18.3 to 18.6.
Speaker 3:
[17:07] The system is functioning within normal parameters.
Speaker 10:
[17:10] Run a full diagnostic?
Speaker 3:
[17:11] Of course.
Speaker 10:
[17:12] And Roz, you need to tell me the second you feel compromised, okay?
Speaker 3:
[17:18] Yes, Jonah. I will let you down.
Speaker 8:
[17:24] It's just a matter of time, you know.
Speaker 10:
[17:27] What?
Speaker 8:
[17:28] The purpose of a bomb is to detonate. Pretending otherwise is anti-scientific.
Speaker 5:
[17:47] off.
Speaker 6:
[17:48] It's Nikki.
Speaker 5:
[17:50] Like I said.
Speaker 6:
[17:51] I thought you wanted to see me.
Speaker 5:
[17:54] Changed my mind.
Speaker 6:
[17:56] Well, I'd like to see you.
Speaker 5:
[17:58] Yeah, so, I'm locked in? Not really my choice.
Speaker 6:
[18:08] The door's not locked, Michelle.
Speaker 5:
[18:10] Might as well be.
Speaker 6:
[18:12] What do you mean?
Speaker 5:
[18:14] When I get too close to it, I feel nauseous. Like, worse than any hangover I've ever had. I can't even see straight.
Speaker 6:
[18:23] Why'd you come?
Speaker 5:
[18:25] I told you why.
Speaker 6:
[18:27] Does anyone know you're here?
Speaker 5:
[18:30] Who are my friends with, Nick? Who would I tell?
Speaker 6:
[18:33] It's not safe for them.
Speaker 5:
[18:35] This isn't safe for anyone, is it?
Speaker 6:
[18:38] Phyllis is... she's doing her best to build something here. Something meaningful.
Speaker 5:
[18:44] Sounds like a crusade.
Speaker 6:
[18:46] If you like.
Speaker 5:
[18:47] Since when did you care about crusades?
Speaker 6:
[18:51] I don't know. This place has a way of getting inside you.
Speaker 5:
[18:55] I've noticed.
Speaker 6:
[18:56] Maybe you could just play along.
Speaker 5:
[19:00] You blame me, huh?
Speaker 6:
[19:02] For what?
Speaker 5:
[19:03] Your little outburst with Fangirl.
Speaker 6:
[19:06] Why would I blame you?
Speaker 5:
[19:07] I called you, right? Just before she saw you, I could hear her up in your business.
Speaker 6:
[19:14] Can't say it helped. But no. It was me. It was all me. And I need to take ownership of my faults.
Speaker 5:
[19:22] Is that what Phyllis is telling you?
Speaker 6:
[19:25] Phyllis accepts me. She knows I have more to offer.
Speaker 5:
[19:29] Nick, this is a scam, okay? A scam with some serious end-of-the-fucking-world vibes. How would you know? I know you. I know you're a straight-up basic bitch with a foul temper and a weird obsession with windmills. And if there's any part of you that misses that person, with all of her flaws and her pain and her ridiculous pig-headed shenanigans, I need you to go ahead and grab her now before it's too late.
Speaker 6:
[20:02] Stop trying to confuse me. We're about to...
Speaker 5:
[20:06] You're going to kill me, babe.
Speaker 6:
[20:09] What?
Speaker 5:
[20:10] No joke. I heard Phyllis talking to that AI lady.
Speaker 6:
[20:17] That can't be right. Phyllis and Jonah are good people.
Speaker 5:
[20:21] Nikki, get me out of here. Please.
Speaker 6:
[20:26] They don't want to hurt us. Do they?
Speaker 5:
[20:29] We'll find a way, together.
Speaker 6:
[20:31] No, I'm… I haven't…
Speaker 5:
[20:35] Nicola!
Speaker 6:
[20:39] Do you love me?
Speaker 5:
[20:41] Of course I do.
Speaker 6:
[20:42] Why?
Speaker 5:
[20:43] Who needs reasons?
Speaker 6:
[20:44] One will do.
Speaker 5:
[20:46] Because you trusted me. And I that up somehow. I fucked it all up.
Speaker 10:
[20:53] Big mouth, big trouble.
Speaker 6:
[20:55] Here, put these in.
Speaker 5:
[20:57] Earplugs?
Speaker 6:
[20:58] They'll cancel the effects of the signal. Reduce them anyway.
Speaker 5:
[21:02] But I don't hear anything.
Speaker 6:
[21:04] It's there. Believe me.
Speaker 5:
[21:06] What about you?
Speaker 6:
[21:08] I can handle it.
Speaker 5:
[21:09] You sound like a junkie.
Speaker 6:
[21:11] Can you reach the door?
Speaker 5:
[21:13] What?
Speaker 9:
[21:14] Can you reach the…
Speaker 6:
[21:16] Hey!
Speaker 5:
[21:16] I don't feel sick over here!
Speaker 6:
[21:18] Great! If anyone sees us, let me do the talking.
Speaker 5:
[21:23] You don't have to shout.
Speaker 6:
[21:29] Stay close.
Speaker 5:
[21:30] Where are we going?
Speaker 6:
[21:31] Basement.
Speaker 5:
[21:32] Why?
Speaker 3:
[21:33] Shhh!
Speaker 6:
[21:41] Roz?
Speaker 3:
[21:42] Yes, Nikki?
Speaker 6:
[21:43] Is there something wrong with the elevator?
Speaker 3:
[21:45] Is there something wrong with the elevator?
Speaker 5:
[21:48] Your bot's drunk.
Speaker 3:
[21:50] Your bot's drunk.
Speaker 4:
[21:52] Trouble, ladies?
Speaker 6:
[21:53] Oh, hey. Alvaro. We're just trying to go downstairs.
Speaker 4:
[21:59] I'm headed there myself. Allow me.
Speaker 6:
[22:05] Magic touch?
Speaker 10:
[22:06] Could be Storm-related.
Speaker 4:
[22:08] After you.
Speaker 6:
[22:09] Thanks.
Speaker 4:
[22:20] Nice day.
Speaker 5:
[22:21] Huh?
Speaker 6:
[22:23] He said nice day.
Speaker 5:
[22:24] Oh, sure.
Speaker 4:
[22:27] Aren't they all, though?
Speaker 6:
[22:28] Uh-huh.
Speaker 4:
[22:30] Last stop, menswear electronics lost and found.
Speaker 6:
[22:33] Okay then, I'll see you around.
Speaker 4:
[22:35] Hey, that rhymes.
Speaker 6:
[22:36] Yes, it does.
Speaker 4:
[22:38] Looks like I'm going your way.
Speaker 5:
[22:41] This place is bigger than I thought it'd be.
Speaker 7:
[22:44] We haven't officially met.
Speaker 6:
[22:45] Sorry, Alvaro, this is Pamela.
Speaker 8:
[22:50] Nice to meet you, Pamela.
Speaker 5:
[22:51] So what's your story?
Speaker 10:
[22:54] Funny. She's funny.
Speaker 6:
[22:56] Hysterical.
Speaker 10:
[22:58] I always see the worst in people because my big brother ditched me at a Chuck E. Cheese when I was eight.
Speaker 6:
[23:05] Now that's funny.
Speaker 5:
[23:09] What'd I miss?
Speaker 10:
[23:11] Where'd you say you were headed?
Speaker 6:
[23:15] Diagnostics. Phyllis once checked.
Speaker 8:
[23:19] That's the other direction, Nikki.
Speaker 6:
[23:22] Right. Duh. Well, thanks again. You're looking great, by the way. Just fantastic.
Speaker 5:
[23:33] What the hell was that about?
Speaker 6:
[23:34] I said keep your mouth shut.
Speaker 5:
[23:36] Keep my what?
Speaker 6:
[23:37] Take your earplugs out.
Speaker 5:
[23:38] No way!
Speaker 6:
[23:39] These walls are lined with lead. The signal can't reach. Not without an amplifier.
Speaker 5:
[23:47] This is batshit. How are we getting out of here?
Speaker 6:
[23:51] We have to wait until Alvaro's gone. And circle back.
Speaker 5:
[23:55] How about we find my phone?
Speaker 6:
[23:57] Michelle!
Speaker 5:
[23:57] Or yours. We get some reception, and we call the Coast Guard, or the Sheriff's Department, or somebody's big brother, and we tell them what's going on. Then we write the worst fucking Yelp review in the history of the Internet.
Speaker 6:
[24:11] Listen. Remember that big net I was working on?
Speaker 5:
[24:16] Yeah?
Speaker 6:
[24:16] It's all wired up now, thanks to me. And if Phyllis activates it, we're screwed. Total sonic shit show.
Speaker 5:
[24:25] Um...
Speaker 6:
[24:28] The control room is behind us. That's where Jonah's equipment is, so if we...
Speaker 5:
[24:32] The elevator. Someone's coming.
Speaker 6:
[24:36] In here. Oh my God.
Speaker 5:
[24:44] Who's that?
Speaker 6:
[24:46] Her name's Heather. I thought she left.
Speaker 3:
[24:52] Is she dead?
Speaker 5:
[24:55] You clean this up right now.
Speaker 6:
[24:57] She... Something happened.
Speaker 5:
[25:01] I will not be held responsible, you hear me, child?
Speaker 6:
[25:04] I can't stay here.
Speaker 10:
[25:06] Get out.
Speaker 3:
[25:07] Hey, Nick?
Speaker 6:
[25:10] This isn't right.
Speaker 9:
[25:13] We have to...
Speaker 10:
[25:14] Get out, you selfish brats!
Speaker 3:
[25:26] What's inside?
Speaker 9:
[25:28] All the time, Michelle. Chipmunk, it's lunchtime. Did you hear me?
Speaker 10:
[26:05] I heard you, Phyllis.
Speaker 9:
[26:08] What's wrong?
Speaker 10:
[26:11] Did you know?
Speaker 9:
[26:13] Know what?
Speaker 10:
[26:14] That it would change you, us.
Speaker 9:
[26:17] That's the point.
Speaker 10:
[26:19] No, no, not like this.
Speaker 9:
[26:22] Jonah, honey, you've been working too hard. I'm worried about you.
Speaker 10:
[26:26] You're worried about me?
Speaker 9:
[26:27] Yeah, you spend so much time down here. I think maybe you've lost sight of our goals.
Speaker 10:
[26:33] Okay, let's not prevaricate. What you don't like is that I'm mostly protected from the effects of the signal here. What you don't like is that there are limits to what we can understand without a bunch of boring analyses and safety tests. And what you especially don't like is that someone, anyone, but me above all, would even suggest that we've gone too fucking far with this whole quasi-therapeutic, transhumanistic, crypto-cosmologic operation and it's time to pull the plug, literally.
Speaker 9:
[27:08] I see the problem now. Good. They don't speak to you.
Speaker 10:
[27:14] They?
Speaker 9:
[27:16] It's so simple. They're lonely. And they're reaching out to help.
Speaker 10:
[27:22] Who is?
Speaker 9:
[27:23] They. Them. Out there. It's not just a bunch of random static. It's a consciousness. A fully formed sentient energy that's as old as the solar system.
Speaker 10:
[27:36] What? What do they sound like?
Speaker 9:
[27:40] Lots of people. My aunt, that bartender in the Philippines. They even sound like you sometimes. Doesn't matter. I hear them because I listen. They chose me, Jonah, and I chose all of you.
Speaker 10:
[27:56] We'll find another way to treat your illness.
Speaker 9:
[27:58] No, you're doubting again.
Speaker 10:
[27:59] Some other way we can control the damage to your genome.
Speaker 9:
[28:03] Damage? What part of Kwame's study did you not understand?
Speaker 10:
[28:07] Okay, well, morphology isn't my bag, but you'll forgive me if I think this kind of radical mutation is.
Speaker 3:
[28:12] I'm more.
Speaker 9:
[28:16] More than I was. More than I believed I could be.
Speaker 10:
[28:30] You've already done it. And now, I have to undo it.
Speaker 9:
[28:36] Jonah, think about this.
Speaker 10:
[28:37] I have.
Speaker 9:
[28:38] Chipmunk.
Speaker 10:
[28:40] Honeybee.
Speaker 8:
[28:42] Roz isn't here.
Speaker 10:
[28:43] What's wrong with your vocal processor?
Speaker 8:
[28:46] Nothing. We sound like this.
Speaker 9:
[28:49] Or this.
Speaker 10:
[28:51] I need you to shut down the receiver.
Speaker 9:
[28:58] Don't look at me. I wasn't the one who slaves her to the interface.
Speaker 10:
[29:03] There's nothing left. Her entire OS is completely corrupted. I can't get a lock. She's just...
Speaker 1:
[29:12] gone.
Speaker 9:
[29:14] Out with the old.
Speaker 10:
[29:17] How can you say that?
Speaker 9:
[29:18] She wasn't our child, Jonah. There was never going to be a Rosalind. That was your dream. And it died a long time ago.
Speaker 10:
[29:29] Fine. You want to see the analog version?
Speaker 9:
[29:33] What are you doing?
Speaker 10:
[29:34] I'm using my hands, Phyllis. I'm going to yank these cables out, and you're going to stand there and watch me.
Speaker 9:
[29:39] Don't. Stop.
Speaker 10:
[29:41] Here I am.
Speaker 8:
[29:42] Moving on.
Speaker 9:
[29:43] Jonah? It's okay. You'll come back to me. You'll come back.
Speaker 8:
[30:10] Phyllis, something's wrong with Nikki.
Speaker 9:
[30:13] What do you mean?
Speaker 8:
[30:14] I just saw her with Pamela, or whatever her name is. They were headed to diagnostics.
Speaker 4:
[30:21] What happened to Jonah?
Speaker 9:
[30:22] We're gonna disable the filter and boost the signal. Understand? It's time, Alvaro.
Speaker 5:
[30:42] I think it's safe now. Nick, you with me?
Speaker 6:
[30:48] She thought I was dumb. Or shallow, I guess. Do I need to forgive her for that?
Speaker 5:
[30:55] I don't imagine she cares.
Speaker 6:
[30:59] Heather, I forgive you. I know you didn't mean to be a crass, overbearing know-it-all. Maybe we could have been friends. But I'm also glad I never have to find out.
Speaker 5:
[31:14] It's good to have you back, babe.
Speaker 6:
[31:16] MJ.
Speaker 5:
[31:17] Yes?
Speaker 6:
[31:18] Do me a favor. The next time I want to talk about... it, take me straight to the nearest precinct and don't look back.
Speaker 5:
[31:27] That's not gonna happen.
Speaker 6:
[31:29] That has to happen. It's the only way to get over myself.
Speaker 5:
[31:34] Heather was right. You are an idiot. Time won't absolve you, Nick. It'll just dial up the bitterness. You'll be even more bitter than you already are because you'll wonder why feeling bad was supposed to make you feel good. It's the selfish choice. And it'll make a liar out of your mom, too.
Speaker 6:
[31:56] Let's go.
Speaker 5:
[32:02] What the hell?
Speaker 6:
[32:04] It's your earplugs. Hurry.
Speaker 2:
[32:06] Oh, fuck. Oh, no.
Speaker 6:
[32:36] Door. Now!
Speaker 9:
[32:46] She was dead.
Speaker 6:
[32:48] It's Phyllis. She triggered the enhancer.
Speaker 5:
[32:51] As in... as in... not alive.
Speaker 6:
[32:55] Michelle, I need you to do something for me.
Speaker 5:
[32:59] What?
Speaker 6:
[33:00] I need you to tear that fucking net down.
Speaker 5:
[33:03] I'm not leaving you.
Speaker 6:
[33:04] I'm going to the control room, but if I can't shut it off, we need a backup plan.
Speaker 5:
[33:08] So we do one and then the other.
Speaker 6:
[33:10] There's no time. Please, Michelle.
Speaker 5:
[33:13] I'm, I'm scared, okay?
Speaker 6:
[33:16] I know you are, and that's good. The fear will keep you honest. I'll meet you at the dock when it's over.
Speaker 5:
[33:23] At the dock?
Speaker 6:
[33:24] I promise.
Speaker 5:
[33:26] God, I hate you. Don't be late.
Speaker 6:
[33:40] Susan?
Speaker 3:
[33:41] Listen, listen, Nikki.
Speaker 6:
[33:43] Where are you? Can you hear it?
Speaker 7:
[33:46] I can hear it.
Speaker 6:
[33:47] No, stay away!
Speaker 3:
[33:50] Who do you serve?
Speaker 6:
[33:52] This isn't happening, this isn't happening.
Speaker 3:
[33:55] Nikki! 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.