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- Every 78 seconds.
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- No, he's not.
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- Okay. Bye.
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101. Thanks, Maureen.
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102. - Okay, this is Olga.
- Hi. Hi, Olga.
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106. - Happy reading.
- This is Nicky, with a pillow.
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- Yes.
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- Of course!
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- Thank you.
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- Hi!
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- Yes.
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- Hi.
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- Careful, it's really sharp.
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137. - Your humble servant.
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I'm sorry, should I know who you are?
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- Hey.
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I think they're mostly glazed,
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152. but one box ought to be sprinkled,
powdered and all that.
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- Trombone.
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- Good evening. Morning. Whatever.
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- Guinea pigs. Now rats.
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- Did he break the skin?
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Yeah, it's through the glove.
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You're gonna be all right, you hear me?
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Talk to me. Come on, Jenn, come on.
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- You need a drink.
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- Pardon me.
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- Yeah? On a plane,
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- Do one quick one.
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- Nothing. Just...
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- Yes. Hi. I...
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- Shit!
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- Fuck!
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- Fuck!
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360. Come on, come on, come on.
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361. Come on, come on, come on!
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362. Fuck you.
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364. Fuck you!
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365. Hey, you gotta get out.
Come on, get out. Get out! Oh, God.
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- Sure, Carol.
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with Helen's remains...
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446. We can deliver food, medicine,
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447. Just dial zero, day or night.
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448. You will want to call from a landline
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454. I guess to start with,
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455. what the fuck is happening?
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456. Well, basically...
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457. It's an alien invasion, right?
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458. I mean, obviously it's an alien invasion.
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459. Actually, no. It is not.
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460. What the fuck it isn't. You know my name.
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461. You know Helen's name.
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462. You are talking to me from my TV!
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463. And what the fuck is with everybody's...
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464. Shit like this...
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465. And those two weird...
the weird neighbor kids next door.
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466. They know where some goddamn key...
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467. How would they know that, huh?
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468. - Are you reading my mind?
- No. Absolutely not.
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469. We couldn't do that if we wanted to.
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470. Who is "we?"
Why is everybody suddenly "we?"
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471. You know, we could continue this
after you've had a good night's sleep.
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472. Who is "we?"
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473. "We" is us. Just us.
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474. Who the fuck is "us?"
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475. Us. There are no aliens.
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476. Not on this planet.
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477. We are, however, beneficiaries
of extraterrestrial technology.
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478. Fourteen months ago,
astronomers discovered a radio signal
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479. from 600 light-years away.
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480. There's no telling
how long it's been repeating.
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481. Maybe throughout all of human existence.
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482. This signal, it's made up of four tones
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483. representing guanine, uracil,
adenine and cytosine.
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484. It's a recipe, it turns out,
for a nucleotide sequence.
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485. RNA.
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486. Scientists have created
this sequence in a lab.
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487. It is not a living thing, per se.
It is more akin to a virus.
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488. Though it's not that exactly either.
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489. It's kind of a psychic glue
capable of binding us all together.
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490. Okay.
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491. So, if you're not aliens...
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492. Who am I talking to right now?
Who are you?
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493. This particular individual?
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494. This is Davis Taffler.
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495. Under Secretary of Agriculture
for Farm Production and Conservation.
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496. But you are currently
talking to every person on Earth,
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497. including Davis Taffler.
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498. We're all one.
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499. How does that work?
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500. We don't know exactly. It just does.
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501. Can I talk to the President?
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502. That individual passed away this evening,
unfortunately.
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503. Along with quite a few senior members
of the United States government.
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504. Davis Taffler happened to be
nearby and intact.
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505. And he was wearing a suit. So...
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506. So, you're in charge now?
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507. - The Under Secretary of...
- No.
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508. Nobody's in charge.
Or everybody's in charge.
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509. Really, there's no such thing anymore.
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510. But there's got to be others like me.
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511. Your situation is a rare one.
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512. There appear to be
11 other individuals like yourself.
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513. In Albuquerque?
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514. No. In the world.
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515. We have reached out to them.
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516. Like you, they are disoriented.
Understandably.
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517. Rest assured, Carol.
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518. We will figure out
what makes you different.
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519. Figure it out why?
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520. So we can fix it.
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521. So you can join us.
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522. Oh, God.
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523. Carol, you still there?
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524. You...
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525. You said my life was my own.
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526. It is. One hundred percent.
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527. So, what happens when I say no?
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528. Carol, once you understand
how wonderful this is...
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529. Carol?
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530. Hi! You've reached 505-796-6933.
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531. We're on the French Riviera
drinking champagne.
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532. We are not here in our sweatpants
screening your call.
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533. Make it a good one.
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534. Carol, hello?
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535. It's us. Hello?
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536. We're sorry we upset you, Carol.
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537. We only want to make you happy.
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538. Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!
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