1. Who are you?Copy !req
2. Who are you?Copy !req
3. Hello?Copy !req
4. I'm sorry, I got ahead of myself.Copy !req
5. Hi there, you on the table.Copy !req
6. I wonder if you'd mind
taking a brief survey.Copy !req
7. Who is that?Copy !req
8. Five questions.Copy !req
9. Now, I know you're sleepy,Copy !req
10. but I just bet
it'll make you feel right as rain.Copy !req
11. Who's speaking?Copy !req
12. Oh, God.Copy !req
13. Hey! Open the door!Copy !req
14. I'd be just thrilled to chat
once we've run the survey.Copy !req
15. Shall we begin with question one?Copy !req
16. I'm not taking your survey.Copy !req
17. Shall we begin with question one?Copy !req
18. Let me out of here.Copy !req
19. Hey!Copy !req
20. Open the door!Copy !req
21. Fuck.Copy !req
22. Hey! Let me out!Copy !req
23. Hey.Copy !req
24. Hello.Copy !req
25. Five questions?Copy !req
26. Five questions.Copy !req
27. What do I get at the end?Copy !req
28. Depends on your answers.Copy !req
29. Okay.Copy !req
30. Great. Off we go.Copy !req
31. Now to start, who are you?Copy !req
32. That's the first question?Copy !req
33. First name will do.Copy !req
34. I don't...Copy !req
35. It's okay.Copy !req
36. If you can't answer the question,
feel free to say, "unknown."Copy !req
37. What is this?Copy !req
38. Okay, unknown.Copy !req
39. Question two, in which US state
or territory were you born?Copy !req
40. - Wait.
- Which state or territory, please?Copy !req
41. - I don't know.
- Unknown.Copy !req
42. Question three,
please name any US state or territory.Copy !req
43. - Fuck. I...
- First that comes to mind.Copy !req
44. - I don't know. Delaware. What is this?
- Delaware.Copy !req
45. Question four,
what is Mr. Eagan's favorite breakfast?Copy !req
46. I don't... That one makes no sense.Copy !req
47. Right? Unknown. Question five.Copy !req
48. And as a reminder,
this is the final question.Copy !req
49. To the best of your memory,Copy !req
50. what is or was the color
of your mother's eyes?Copy !req
51. Okay, what's hap... What's happening?Copy !req
52. Unknown.Copy !req
53. So that's unknown,
unknown, Delaware, unknown, unknown.Copy !req
54. What the hell did you do to me?Copy !req
55. That's a perfect score.Copy !req
56. Are you ready for Mr. Scout?Copy !req
57. Thank you.Copy !req
58. Go ahead.Copy !req
59. Mr. Scout.Copy !req
60. Hi, Judd.Copy !req
61. - All right, see you this evening.
- Yep, see you soon.Copy !req
62. - You're breathing shitty.
- Sorry.Copy !req
63. You sick?Copy !req
64. Maybe. Petey was sniffling yesterday.Copy !req
65. If you breathe on me,
I'll rip your larynx out.Copy !req
66. Wow. That went right to ten.Copy !req
67. I feel like
ripping out my germ-ridden larynxCopy !req
68. would get you sicker
than just me breathing on you.Copy !req
69. Nah. Endorphins.Copy !req
70. Petey better not be out for the day,
'cause I'm about zero secondsCopy !req
71. from wrapping the Tumwater file,
and he needs to process it.Copy !req
72. I think he's out.Copy !req
73. If he doesn't process today, they won't
know until Tuesday of next week.Copy !req
74. - It's typical Lumon bullshit.
- Careful, guy.Copy !req
75. Hi, kids. What's for dinner?Copy !req
76. Goddamn it, Irv. We warned you.Copy !req
77. About the greeting? You were kidding.Copy !req
78. No, we sincerely hate it.
How many reasons did we come up with?Copy !req
79. - Eight.
- Eight reasons.Copy !req
80. Chief among them the
latent condescension.Copy !req
81. And it's confusing. Like, did the kids
make you dinner in this scenario? Or...Copy !req
82. Yeah. What kind of a shit dad are you?Copy !req
83. - No Petey?
- We think he's sick.Copy !req
84. Oh, no. And Dylan's
about to wrap Tumwater today.Copy !req
85. Yeah, and if he doesn't see me finish,Copy !req
86. I might get passed over
for refiner of the quarterCopy !req
87. and miss out on my goddamn waffle party.Copy !req
88. Grumble, grumble.
These perks are so out of hand.Copy !req
89. When we'd process
a file in the old days,Copy !req
90. they'd shake our hand
and fill up the creamer.Copy !req
91. I still don't buy
they actually incentivized creamer.Copy !req
92. They did.
And back then, we were grateful for it.Copy !req
93. That's fucked, dude.Copy !req
94. Yes, very fucked.Copy !req
95. To put in an honest day's work and not
get a children's breakfast in return.Copy !req
96. Irv's got claws today.Copy !req
97. Good morning, Macrodata Refinement.Copy !req
98. Hi, Mr. Milchick.Copy !req
99. Mark, could I have a word?Copy !req
100. Last time you saw Ms. Cobel,
she was in her old office.Copy !req
101. Now she's in her new office.Copy !req
102. It's a completely different office.Copy !req
103. What's this about?Copy !req
104. She'd never say so,Copy !req
105. but I know a compliment about the office
would just make her day.Copy !req
106. Mark? Come in. Shut the thing.Copy !req
107. Nice office.Copy !req
108. It's horrid.Copy !req
109. Yeah, the old one was better.Copy !req
110. You look awful. You look hungover.Copy !req
111. Have a seat.Copy !req
112. The Board will be joining us
remotely today.Copy !req
113. I have Mark S. at my desk.Copy !req
114. Hello. You...Copy !req
115. I assume this is about me acting
as department chief today.Copy !req
116. Okay. Well... I mean,Copy !req
117. I've subbed for Petey before,
so it shouldn't be that big a thing.Copy !req
118. Petey is no longer with this company.Copy !req
119. I'm sorry?Copy !req
120. I said,
Petey is no longer with this company.Copy !req
121. I'm sorry, Mark. You guys were
one of my favorite office friendships.Copy !req
122. I mean, there should have been
some notice of this. What happened?Copy !req
123. We'd love to tell you,Copy !req
124. but unfortunately,
non-disclosure policy forbids.Copy !req
125. We'd be aiding an assault
on Petey's privacy by you.Copy !req
126. Mark, would you place your key card
on my desk?Copy !req
127. Mark S., at this time I confer upon you
the freedom to serve KierCopy !req
128. in the advanced role of Macrodata
Refinement department chief.Copy !req
129. Congratulations.Copy !req
130. A handshake is available upon request.Copy !req
131. Thank you. May I have a handshake?Copy !req
132. I know you haven't run a training before,
but Irving will be there to shadow.Copy !req
133. Just stick to the flowchart and escalate
properly depending on dialectics.Copy !req
134. You'll be fine.Copy !req
135. - If you need to take a few minutes...
- Thank you. I don't.Copy !req
136. And thank you to the Board as well.Copy !req
137. The Board won't be contributing
to this meeting vocally.Copy !req
138. Our last refiner, who
was a woman, was...Copy !req
139. Carol. Dylan's old seat.Copy !req
140. Don't be sad.Copy !req
141. I'm fine. We'll be fine.Copy !req
142. I know you and Petey were close.Copy !req
143. He was the only one
who really appreciated your humor.Copy !req
144. Everything's fine. So, I'm supposed
to start with just the input survey?Copy !req
145. Isn't that a little weird?Copy !req
146. It's standard.Copy !req
147. Just start at 1A and continue by line,
based on her answers.Copy !req
148. Well, what if I just talk to her?Copy !req
149. She deserves to have the information
presented to her in the proper order.Copy !req
150. Just as you had.Copy !req
151. "If the trainee becomes agitated
and demands to leave, skip to page 19."Copy !req
152. She has to ask three times
for you to let her.Copy !req
153. Right. Yes.Copy !req
154. Image is good.Copy !req
155. She looks nice.Copy !req
156. Okay. You're all set.Copy !req
157. I just love
seeing you all come in like this.Copy !req
158. Go on ahead when you're ready.Copy !req
159. - All right.
- Okay.Copy !req
160. There you go.Copy !req
161. Who are you?Copy !req
162. All right.Copy !req
163. Who are you?Copy !req
164. - Mark.
- What?Copy !req
165. You skipped the preamble.Copy !req
166. Hello?Copy !req
167. Shit!Copy !req
168. I'm sorry, I got ahead of myself.Copy !req
169. - That's it.
- Okay.Copy !req
170. Hi there, you on the table.Copy !req
171. I wonder if you'd mind
taking a brief survey.Copy !req
172. Who is that?Copy !req
173. Five questions.Copy !req
174. Now, I know you're sleepy,Copy !req
175. but I just bet
it'll make you feel right as rain.Copy !req
176. Who's speaking?Copy !req
177. "Who's speaking?"Copy !req
178. Hey! Open the door!Copy !req
179. Mark.Copy !req
180. I'd be just thrilled to chat,
once we've run the survey.Copy !req
181. Shall we begin with question one?Copy !req
182. I'm not taking your survey.Copy !req
183. Shall we begin with question one?Copy !req
184. Let me out of here. Hey!Copy !req
185. - Open the door!
- She's not supposed to do that.Copy !req
186. Hey!Copy !req
187. She's going to break in.Copy !req
188. - Let me out!
- No, she's not.Copy !req
189. Are you seeing this?Copy !req
190. I'm watching.Copy !req
191. Should I help?Copy !req
192. You should not.Copy !req
193. That's a perfect score.Copy !req
194. Now, I think I know where
our disconnect is coming from.Copy !req
195. - What?
- Well, there was a preamble,Copy !req
196. which I was supposed to read
before the survey,Copy !req
197. to lead into the questions and...Copy !req
198. But I unfortunately skipped that
and went straight into the survey.Copy !req
199. Am I livestock?Copy !req
200. I'm sorry?Copy !req
201. Like, did you grow me as food
and that's why I have no memories?Copy !req
202. You think we grew a full human,
gave you consciousness...Copy !req
203. - I don't know.
- did your nails and...Copy !req
204. I don't know. I don't know you.Copy !req
205. No, you're not livestock. Good Lord.Copy !req
206. Then what's my name?Copy !req
207. Helly.Copy !req
208. Your name is Helly. Helly R.Copy !req
209. Please.Copy !req
210. Thank you for taking the welcome survey.Copy !req
211. I can sense that the questions
made you feel afraid or disoriented.Copy !req
212. Well, the good news is,
you're at an orientation.Copy !req
213. You see, you have
been hired to a positionCopy !req
214. on the severed floor
of Lumon Industries.Copy !req
215. The what floor?Copy !req
216. I understand you're confused
about the severance procedure.Copy !req
217. Before we hop on that,Copy !req
218. let's chat about something I bet you
have heard of, the work/life balance.Copy !req
219. To start, imagine yourself as a seesaw.Copy !req
220. Fuck!Copy !req
221. That locks from out there!Copy !req
222. - Let me out!
- God!Copy !req
223. Can we just take a beat? Please.Copy !req
224. Please.Copy !req
225. Okay, my name's Mark.Copy !req
226. And... So, I...Copy !req
227. You know, few years back,
I woke up on this table.Copy !req
228. In this room.Copy !req
229. And a disembodied voice
asked me 19 times who I was.Copy !req
230. And when I realized I couldn't answer,Copy !req
231. I told that voice that I would find him
and kill him.Copy !req
232. I don't know why I said that.
I mean, I was scared too.Copy !req
233. Did you kill the voice?Copy !req
234. No.Copy !req
235. No, that voice's name was Petey,
and he became my best friend.Copy !req
236. So, look, you know,
there is a life to be had here, Helly.Copy !req
237. A life to be had?Copy !req
238. Well, you see,
life, like a seesaw, requi...Copy !req
239. Let me the fuck out of here!Copy !req
240. - Ask me again.
- What?Copy !req
241. You've asked twice to be let go.
Ask one more time.Copy !req
242. - Mark.
- Yeah?Copy !req
243. I would like to leave the building now.Copy !req
244. I understand you don't feel
it's working out for you here at Lumon.Copy !req
245. While disappointed, I'd hate to
keep you somewhere you're not happy.Copy !req
246. So, let's get you outta here.Copy !req
247. Irv.Copy !req
248. The departments are pretty spaced out,
but it'll all fill in one day.Copy !req
249. They're planning an expansion.Copy !req
250. And I'm, what, part of that?Copy !req
251. No. You're a replacement.Copy !req
252. Replacement for who?Copy !req
253. Why are you saying
that like you hate it?Copy !req
254. Here's your stairwell.
Just past the bend.Copy !req
255. You're not coming with me?Copy !req
256. I'm not allowed to see.Copy !req
257. Excuse me?Copy !req
258. Well, once you leave, you...Copy !req
259. I just can't watch you leave.Copy !req
260. Of course you can't.Copy !req
261. What the hell?Copy !req
262. - Am I dead?
- No.Copy !req
263. - This isn't, like, hell or something?
- No.Copy !req
264. Then why the fuck can't I leave?Copy !req
265. Well, you did leave, just now.
Out into the stairwell at least.Copy !req
266. You left, but you came back.Copy !req
267. - I did not.
- You did.Copy !req
268. Come on.Copy !req
269. Weaponizing office equipment
on your first day.Copy !req
270. You are gonna be fun.Copy !req
271. Look, I do sympathize.Copy !req
272. I've wanted to pummel Mark myself,
but I am his employer.Copy !req
273. And he is your department chief.Copy !req
274. So we'll both have to be strong.Copy !req
275. The good news is, there's only
one part left of your orientation,Copy !req
276. which Mark can't possibly derail.Copy !req
277. Why is that?Copy !req
278. Because it's a video.Copy !req
279. Welcome to Lumon, Helly.Copy !req
280. Have a seat.Copy !req
281. Are you mad at me?Copy !req
282. For the incompetence
or the disobedience?Copy !req
283. - Well...
- Yes!Copy !req
284. You know, my mother was an atheist.Copy !req
285. She used to say that there was
good news and bad news about hell.Copy !req
286. The good news is,Copy !req
287. hell is just the product
of a morbid human imagination.Copy !req
288. The bad news is,Copy !req
289. whatever humans can imagine,
they can usually create.Copy !req
290. I don't know what that means.Copy !req
291. A department like yours
can go so good or so bad.Copy !req
292. You know what makes the difference?Copy !req
293. The people.Copy !req
294. You can have a seat.Copy !req
295. Okay, go ahead and have a seat.Copy !req
296. My name is Helly R.Copy !req
297. I'm making this videoCopy !req
298. roughly two hours
before it will be shown to me.Copy !req
299. I have, of my own free accord,
elected to undergo the procedureCopy !req
300. colloquially known as severance.Copy !req
301. I give consent for my perceptual
chronologies to be surgically split,Copy !req
302. separating my memories between
my work life and my personal life.Copy !req
303. I acknowledge that, henceforth,Copy !req
304. my access to my memories
will be spatially dictated.Copy !req
305. I will be unable to access
outside recollectionsCopy !req
306. whilst on Lumon's
severed basement floor,Copy !req
307. nor retain work memories upon my ascent.Copy !req
308. I am aware that this alterationCopy !req
309. is comprehensive and irreversible.Copy !req
310. I make these statements freely.Copy !req
311. Okay, that's a wrap.Copy !req
312. Okay.Copy !req
313. Go ahead.Copy !req
314. So I'll never leave here?Copy !req
315. You'll leave at 5:00.Copy !req
316. Well, actually,
they stagger our exits, so 5:15.Copy !req
317. But it won't feel like it.
Not to this version of you anyway.Copy !req
318. Do I have a family?Copy !req
319. You'll never know.Copy !req
320. And I have no choice.Copy !req
321. Well, every time you find yourself here,
it's because you chose to come back.Copy !req
322. Hello.Copy !req
323. Good night.Copy !req
324. Good night.Copy !req
325. "Dear Mark,
Whilst carrying boxes in a room today,Copy !req
326. you slipped on an
overhead projector slideCopy !req
327. and sustained a minor
blow to the temple."Copy !req
328. Hey!Copy !req
329. Sorry.Copy !req
330. Maybe keep your eyes on the icy road.Copy !req
331. Sorry.Copy !req
332. Indeed, this gnat will spend
much of its three to seven-day life...Copy !req
333. No, I know, Mrs. Selvig.
It's just, it was in my space again.Copy !req
334. Yeah. Well, trash comes tomorrow night.
Tonight's recycling.Copy !req
335. Yeah, it is weird,
but that's how they do it.Copy !req
336. And with both yours,
there's no room for...Copy !req
337. - Hey.
- Hey.Copy !req
338. Did you forget?Copy !req
339. Oh, yeah. Shit.Copy !req
340. That's okay.Copy !req
341. - Sorry.
- That's fine.Copy !req
342. - Do you wanna put on pants, and I'll...
- I'm wearing pants.Copy !req
343. meet you in... Those are not pants.Copy !req
344. So if there's no
dinner, how is it dinner?Copy !req
345. - Okay.
- Like...Copy !req
346. You actually owe me this.Copy !req
347. - Do I?
- Yep.Copy !req
348. You remember that time when we were kids
and I was a way better sibling than you?Copy !req
349. Must have slipped my mind.Copy !req
350. Also,
I know we're nearing the anniversary,Copy !req
351. so I just thought
maybe you'd wanna be around people.Copy !req
352. Nope.Copy !req
353. This is nice. When did you get it?Copy !req
354. Something from work,
and they apologized.Copy !req
355. They apologized. Thank God.Copy !req
356. Did they tack an explanation
onto that apology?Copy !req
357. It's fine. Got a gift card.Copy !req
358. You got a gift card.
Where's he going to?Copy !req
359. I don't know. Pip's.Copy !req
360. Of course it's Pip's. Well, enjoy.Copy !req
361. I will, without you.Copy !req
362. There's our captive.Copy !req
363. - Hi, Rick.
- Ricken. Come on, it's Ricken.Copy !req
364. - You, sir, look at peace.
- You know.Copy !req
365. - Okay.
- Hi, baby.Copy !req
366. Hi.Copy !req
367. No, what a lot of people overlook,
I think, is that life is not food.Copy !req
368. - Right.
- You've got life,Copy !req
369. this complex quality
of sentience and activity.Copy !req
370. And then you've got food, which is what?Copy !req
371. - Yes, what is it?
- Fuel.Copy !req
372. Calories. It's not the same thing.Copy !req
373. - Yes, that is spot on, Patton.
- I definitely agree.Copy !req
374. Though, if I'm...Copy !req
375. Sorry, Mark and my dad used to have
"whiskey is life" carved on a flask.Copy !req
376. - True.
- It was low-hanging fruit.Copy !req
377. He did. He was a misdiagnosed alcoholic.Copy !req
378. Now, Mark, Ricken told Rebeck and me
that you're a former history professor.Copy !req
379. Yeah.Copy !req
380. So I'm curious
for your take on all of this.Copy !req
381. The food v life of it.Copy !req
382. Well, I'm not sure.
I taught mostly about World War I.Copy !req
383. Okay. Well, I got one for you.Copy !req
384. I was just reading this think pieceCopy !req
385. about the comparative levels of violence
and warfare throughout history.Copy !req
386. Nerd alert.Copy !req
387. War porn, I know.Copy !req
388. But anyway, in it, he said that the
people actually called it the Great War.Copy !req
389. Apparently, it would have been a
faux pas to have called it World War I.Copy !req
390. Is that right?Copy !req
391. Well, you know,
no one would've called it World War ICopy !req
392. 'cause World War II hadn't happened yet.Copy !req
393. - Wow.
- Of course.Copy !req
394. - That's absolutely right.
- Duh.Copy !req
395. That's so true.Copy !req
396. This is why we bring this guy.Copy !req
397. Mark's late wife, Gemma, was an educator
as well. Russian literature.Copy !req
398. - I love literature.
- Right?Copy !req
399. But Mark is a Lumon man now.Copy !req
400. - Ricken.
- Really?Copy !req
401. Yeah. About two years.Copy !req
402. - Do you design the medicines?
- No.Copy !req
403. I thought Lumon
was more on the tech side of things.Copy !req
404. - They began in the 1800s.
- Really?Copy !req
405. Topical salves, right?Copy !req
406. What don't they make?Copy !req
407. Yeah, but I'm in
the corporate archives division, so...Copy !req
408. So you know all the dirty secrets.Copy !req
409. - No, not really.
- No.Copy !req
410. Mark's work is sensitive enough
as to require the severance procedure.Copy !req
411. Well.Copy !req
412. That's something, isn't it?Copy !req
413. Yeah. It's also, I think, something
that's his choice to tell people or not.Copy !req
414. - Right, Ricken?
- Oh, my God.Copy !req
415. - No. No.
- Oh, God, Mark.Copy !req
416. - Please forgive me.
- No. It's okay. I don't care.Copy !req
417. - My apologies.
- No, I think it's fascinating.Copy !req
418. I mean, I wish I could do it.Copy !req
419. I'd just always be thinking about,
you know, the other one.Copy !req
420. Well, there is no other one.Copy !req
421. It's me. I do the job.Copy !req
422. I just don't grasp the visceral element.
What does it feel like?Copy !req
423. Well, it's simple.
One's memories are bifurcated,Copy !req
424. so when you're not at work, you have no
recollection of what it is you do there.Copy !req
425. Did I get that right, Mark?Copy !req
426. - Well, it's...
- So you walk in at 9:00 a.m.,Copy !req
427. and then suddenly it's 5:00,
and you're leaving?Copy !req
428. - Well, they stagger us a little, so...
- They stagger you?Copy !req
429. And then, conversely, when you're at
work, you can't access outside memories.Copy !req
430. So, in effect,
that version of you is trapped there.Copy !req
431. Well...Copy !req
432. - Well, I mean, not trapped, but...
- But what?Copy !req
433. No, no. I'm curious. What were you
gonna say? But not trapped, but what?Copy !req
434. What were you saying?Copy !req
435. So I suppose we know where you fall
on the congressional goings-on.Copy !req
436. Okay, I think we may beCopy !req
437. - missing the point here.
- Yeah.Copy !req
438. The point is that Mark made a decision.Copy !req
439. And that decision was controversial,Copy !req
440. ethically and socially.Copy !req
441. Morally. Scientifically.Copy !req
442. But, Mark, I stand behind youCopy !req
443. without reservation.Copy !req
444. - So well said.
- Thank you.Copy !req
445. - Absolutely.
- I definitely stand behind Mark.Copy !req
446. Wow.Copy !req
447. Thank you. That's very sweet.Copy !req
448. Well, we're at the point
where, traditionally,Copy !req
449. I would say something like, "Dig in."Copy !req
450. But I must say,
I do think that the lack of foodCopy !req
451. has allowed us to already do so
on a much deeper level.Copy !req
452. - Oh, yeah. No, absolutely.
- Right?Copy !req
453. I was saying, my friend in Lima hasn't
had a food-based dinner event in...Copy !req
454. If I give you $3,000,
will you forgive me?Copy !req
455. Well, because your child
is innocent of tonight's atrocities,Copy !req
456. I'll wait until after it's born
to murder you.Copy !req
457. Oh, my God. Here you go, buddy.Copy !req
458. Thank you.Copy !req
459. Hey, how's the good doctor therapy man
with that weird little mustache?Copy !req
460. You're not going?Copy !req
461. Well, the work thing's helped.Copy !req
462. Yeah.Copy !req
463. I'm proud of you for taking that job.
I really am.Copy !req
464. And I think she would've been too.
I know she would've been.Copy !req
465. I just feel like forgetting about her
for eight hours a dayCopy !req
466. isn't the same thing as healing.Copy !req
467. You wanna crash here,
since you're already here?Copy !req
468. No.Copy !req
469. Why?Copy !req
470. Your house smells like pregnancy.Copy !req
471. Yeah, I'm just not grasping
the visceral element of it.Copy !req
472. She is fun, wasn't she?Copy !req
473. - You're definitely staying here tonight.
- No, I'm not.Copy !req
474. I'm making all the bedsheets myself,Copy !req
475. so I won't finish with the big one
for some time.Copy !req
476. But the twin is comfortable,Copy !req
477. and the pajamas were made
on a Baltic handloom,Copy !req
478. so you'll sleep well.Copy !req
479. Thanks.
I still don't quite get the three beds.Copy !req
480. - Right.
- Ricken's colleague told usCopy !req
481. that switching out the beds
as the child grows can wound that child.Copy !req
482. Irreparably.Copy !req
483. But if you provide said child
with all of its beds upon birth,Copy !req
484. you allow it to progress across the room
at its own rate.Copy !req
485. Got it. Yeah.Copy !req
486. Yeah.Copy !req
487. I think people really
enjoyed you tonight, Mark.Copy !req
488. Good.Copy !req
489. All right, baby.Copy !req
490. - You ready, baby?
- Yeah.Copy !req
491. - Let's go.
- Sweet dreams.Copy !req
492. Thanks.Copy !req
493. Good night, milord.Copy !req
494. Good night, milady.Copy !req
495. Hey.Copy !req
496. Hey.Copy !req
497. How long you been up?Copy !req
498. A while.Copy !req
499. There was a businessman
in the yard last night.Copy !req
500. - A businessman?
- Yeah.Copy !req
501. Entry-level or management?Copy !req
502. I'm serious.Copy !req
503. There was seriously a man
in my yard last night?Copy !req
504. Yeah.Copy !req
505. Holy shit.Copy !req
506. He, you know, looked at me weird,
like he knew me.Copy !req
507. Did the prowler invading my home
make you feel seen?Copy !req
508. So seen.Copy !req
509. Well, there's a bar down the hill.
It's probably just a stumbler.Copy !req
510. Speaking of which,
you still smell like a distillery.Copy !req
511. I'm sorry,
I just had to drown out the memoryCopy !req
512. of Mom and Dad switching out my beds
when we were kids.Copy !req
513. You've been sitting on that one.Copy !req
514. Hello.Copy !req
515. Okay. So, recycling was
last night, Mrs. Selvig.Copy !req
516. Tonight's garbage.Copy !req
517. And you keep putting
your bin on my side. So...Copy !req
518. Yeah. Okay.Copy !req
519. You know, I actually can't talk
right now. I'm out at dinner. But...Copy !req
520. No, by myself.Copy !req
521. Pip's Bar and Grille.Copy !req
522. Excuse me.Copy !req
523. Hang up. Quickly.Copy !req
524. I'm sorry, Mrs. Selvig.
They've cooked the food, and it's here.Copy !req
525. Hi, kids. What's for dinner?Copy !req
526. I'm sorry. You don't get that reference.Copy !req
527. Are you following me?Copy !req
528. Your voice is different here.Copy !req
529. Worse.Copy !req
530. - Okay, who the fuck are you?
- Petey.Copy !req
531. My name is Petey. I'm from work.Copy !req
532. Well, that's not plausible.
Everyone in my department is...Copy !req
533. Severed. Severed. I was.Copy !req
534. Okay. Well, severance
is pretty permanent.Copy !req
535. Yeah. Bypassing the implant wasn't easy.
I had help.Copy !req
536. So, what, you were unhappy at work?Copy !req
537. - And instead of lodging a complaint, you...
- No.Copy !req
538. I tried that first. So did you.Copy !req
539. Right. Okay. So...Copy !req
540. You've unsevered.Copy !req
541. And now you, what, think they're
after you or something?Copy !req
542. Yeah.Copy !req
543. "They" being Graner,
who's probably out here right now.Copy !req
544. Graner. Okay.
Is that, like, a person you know or...Copy !req
545. We both know him. We don't like him.Copy !req
546. I see.Copy !req
547. Nothing down there is what they say.Copy !req
548. If something happens to me,Copy !req
549. the things I know need to stay known.Copy !req
550. I'd prefer it be by a friend.Copy !req
551. So, we're friends?Copy !req
552. I'm your best friend.Copy !req
553. You're my very good friend.Copy !req
554. Mark, sorry about the card.Copy !req
555. I had to grab something,
and I know it's not appropriate.Copy !req
556. Though I'm sure you'd be
a really fucking awesome niece.Copy !req
557. We used to wonder
what kind of men we were on the outside,Copy !req
558. what choices we had made and why.Copy !req
559. I used to think it would take a monsterCopy !req
560. to put someone
in a place like that office.Copy !req
561. Especially if the person was himself.Copy !req
562. But we're not monsters, Mark.
Not real ones.Copy !req
563. If you don't wanna know what's
going on down there, I won't force it.Copy !req
564. But if you do, there's an address
on the back of this card.Copy !req
565. Go alone, and you'll find
the beginning of a very long answer.Copy !req
566. Mark, is that you?Copy !req
567. Hi, Mrs. Selvig.Copy !req
568. Will you color me embarrassed
for the mix-up with the bins?Copy !req
569. No, it's no problem.Copy !req
570. How was dinner?Copy !req
571. Fine. I'm just, you know, tired.Copy !req
572. You know, my mother was a Catholic.Copy !req
573. She used to say it takes the saints
eight hours to bless a sleeping child.Copy !req
574. I hope you aren't rushing the saints.Copy !req
575. Well, I'll give them ample time tonight.Copy !req
576. Good night, Mrs. Selvig.Copy !req
577. Mark.Copy !req
578. You're good people.Copy !req