1. This Saturday nightCopy !req
2. on a brand-new Pink Opaque.Copy !req
3. Drain Lords,
hundreds of them,Copy !req
4. coming out of the drains!Copy !req
5. Isabel's bathroom has
a new supernatural infestationCopy !req
6. that no exterminator
can take care of.Copy !req
7. It's "The Attack
of the Drain Lords."Copy !req
8. 10:30p.m./ 9:30 Central,Copy !req
9. this Saturday night
on the Young Adult Network.Copy !req
10. They can't hurt youCopy !req
11. if you don't think about them.Copy !req
12. They can't hurt you
if you don't think about them.Copy !req
13. Five, four,Copy !req
14. three, two,Copy !req
15. one!Copy !req
16. It was raining last
night and I couldn't sleep,Copy !req
17. so I started
my favorite TV show again.Copy !req
18. The Pink Opaque.Copy !req
19. - Thank you, ma'am.
- Yes.Copy !req
20. - Enjoy your night.
- Yeah.Copy !req
21. Hey.Copy !req
22. Oh, let me take two,
yeah. Thank you.Copy !req
23. Owen! Owen, honey.Copy !req
24. Come on, honey,
we're ready to go in.Copy !req
25. Come on.Copy !req
26. I don't know
what he's doing...Copy !req
27. - Ready?Copy !req
28. Owen, I know
you're not too old for this.Copy !req
29. It's been four years.Copy !req
30. It's time to vote
for the saxophone man again.Copy !req
31. Mom!Copy !req
32. Okay. Come on.Copy !req
33. Come on. Come— Owen, come on.Copy !req
34. Please.Copy !req
35. I don't know.
I don't think so.Copy !req
36. Hey.Copy !req
37. Hey.Copy !req
38. Are your parents voting too?Copy !req
39. No.Copy !req
40. Ms. Driscoll lets me use
the dark room after school,Copy !req
41. so I'm just waiting
for my pictures to dry out.Copy !req
42. That looks like
the best book ever.Copy !req
43. Yeah, it is.Copy !req
44. That's like the TV show, right?Copy !req
45. The Pink Opaque?Copy !req
46. Yeah. It's the official
episode guide.Copy !req
47. Do you watch?Copy !req
48. - No.
- Oh.Copy !req
49. What grade are you in?Copy !req
50. Ninth.Copy !req
51. What about you?Copy !req
52. Seventh.Copy !req
53. My God,
you're a baby.Copy !req
54. Election Night is cool, right?Copy !req
55. It's like Colonial Day.Copy !req
56. Or when they bring
the inflatable planetariumCopy !req
57. into the gymnasium.Copy !req
58. It's like the school
gets transformedCopy !req
59. into something else, you know?Copy !req
60. It's special.Copy !req
61. It's a kids show, right?Copy !req
62. The Pink Opaque?Copy !req
63. No. No way. Who told you that?Copy !req
64. I mean, yeah, technically it's
on the Young Adult Network.Copy !req
65. But it's way too scary,Copy !req
66. and the mythology's way
too complicated for most kids.Copy !req
67. I see commercials for it
all the time.Copy !req
68. It looks amazing.Copy !req
69. You can read about the
episodes here, if you want.Copy !req
70. It's got quotes and pictures,Copy !req
71. and info about
the double bill of bandsCopy !req
72. that plays each week
at the Double Lunch.Copy !req
73. It comes on at 10:30 p.m., right?Copy !req
74. Yeah. Every Saturday night.Copy !req
75. It's the last show
in the blockCopy !req
76. before they switch
to black and white rerunsCopy !req
77. for old people.Copy !req
78. My friend Amanda and I
watch it together every week.Copy !req
79. My dad won't let me
stay up that late.Copy !req
80. 10 p.m.'s my bedtime.Copy !req
81. Damn.Copy !req
82. That absolutely sucks.Copy !req
83. My mom basically doesn't give
a crap when I go to bed.Copy !req
84. Hey.Copy !req
85. You know what you should do?Copy !req
86. - Mom?
- Hmm?Copy !req
87. Can I have a sleepoverCopy !req
88. at Johnny Link's house
Saturday night?Copy !req
89. Johnny Link?Copy !req
90. I didn't even know you guys
were still friends anymore.Copy !req
91. Well, honey, you'll have
to ask your father.Copy !req
92. Can you ask him for me?Copy !req
93. Frank,
Owen wants to goCopy !req
94. have a sleepover
at Johnny Link's.Copy !req
95. Well... He's old enough.Copy !req
96. He's a good kid.Copy !req
97. Honey!Copy !req
98. You remembered
your inhaler, right?Copy !req
99. Yeah.Copy !req
100. All right.Copy !req
101. And what about a husband?Copy !req
102. If I have to.Copy !req
103. What about Evan Dando?Copy !req
104. I mean, he's cute
but he's so tortured.Copy !req
105. I'd have to, like,
save him every day.Copy !req
106. Fine.
Then what about Beck?Copy !req
107. He's such a spindly
little cutie.Copy !req
108. Okay, but we need
more, like, gross guys.Copy !req
109. Ugh, what about Joe from Math?Copy !req
110. No, he's cute.Copy !req
111. What about, like,
Michael Stipe?Copy !req
112. I like Michael Stipe.Copy !req
113. And now,
a brand-new The Pink Opaque.Copy !req
114. Hey.Copy !req
115. Is it okay
if I come sit down?Copy !req
116. Shut up. It's starting.Copy !req
117. Tara is
my imaginary best friend,Copy !req
118. and I'm hers.Copy !req
119. We met at sleepaway campCopy !req
120. and discovered we had
an ancient psychic connection.Copy !req
121. Now, even though we liveCopy !req
122. on opposite sides
of the county,Copy !req
123. we help each other
fight the forces of evil.Copy !req
124. We are... The Pink Opaque.Copy !req
125. The last Sprinkly Stick
of the summer.Copy !req
126. What a bummer.Copy !req
127. Definition of.Copy !req
128. It's not fair, man.Copy !req
129. Why does the winter
have to be so coldCopy !req
130. that you can't eat ice cream
during the winter?Copy !req
131. You know what I wish?Copy !req
132. I wish the Ice Cream Man
didn't have to leaveCopy !req
133. when the weather
got cold in the winter.Copy !req
134. I wish...Copy !req
135. he never went away.Copy !req
136. You can go out
and join her, if you want.Copy !req
137. No, I don't smoke cigarettes.Copy !req
138. It's not a cigarette.Copy !req
139. It's a Black & Mild.Copy !req
140. Are you sure
you don't want a ride homeCopy !req
141. - with Amanda's mom?Copy !req
142. I told my parents
it was a sleepover.Copy !req
143. So, did you like it?Copy !req
144. The show I mean?Copy !req
145. Yeah.Copy !req
146. It was...
It was really interesting.Copy !req
147. Isabel's a scaredy-cat.Copy !req
148. She's kind
of the main character,Copy !req
149. but she's also kind of a drip.Copy !req
150. Tara's my favorite.
She's super hot,Copy !req
151. and she doesn't take shit
from anybody.Copy !req
152. Plus, she's an expert
on demonology.Copy !req
153. And they never meet up
in person, right?Copy !req
154. No.Copy !req
155. Just in the pilot episode,
back at sleepaway camp.Copy !req
156. But they can communicate
via "the psychic plane."Copy !req
157. So, each episode, they help
each other fight a new monsterCopy !req
158. from across the county.Copy !req
159. Okay.Copy !req
160. Is the Ice Cream Man
in every episode?Copy !req
161. No.Copy !req
162. That's just
a Monster of the Week.Copy !req
163. Mr. Melancholy is the Big Bad.Copy !req
164. Mr. Melancholy?Copy !req
165. The Man in the Moon.Copy !req
166. Oh, right.Copy !req
167. He's always messing
with time and reality.Copy !req
168. He wants to rule the world,Copy !req
169. to trap Isabel and Tara
in the Midnight Realm.Copy !req
170. So each week,Copy !req
171. he sends a new
supernatural foe their way.Copy !req
172. Because they're part
of The Pink Opaque.Copy !req
173. No, because they are
The Pink Opaque.Copy !req
174. Right.Copy !req
175. Sorry.Copy !req
176. Don't apologize.Copy !req
177. Well, I'm passing out.Copy !req
178. Are you sure it's okay
that I sleep down here?Copy !req
179. Just be out by dawn.Copy !req
180. If my stepdad catches you,
he'll break my nose again.Copy !req
181. And where...
where will you be sleeping?Copy !req
182. In my bed... creep.Copy !req
183. Sometimes...Copy !req
184. The Pink Opaque feels
more real than real life.Copy !req
185. You know?Copy !req
186. So,Copy !req
187. how you feeling about
my little health scare, buddy?Copy !req
188. I'm fine.Copy !req
189. It just...Copy !req
190. seems like you're always
somewhere else lately.Copy !req
191. I don't know...Copy !req
192. I'm not sure if
it's 'cause of me, or...Copy !req
193. I don't know. I...Copy !req
194. Maybe I'm just making it up.Copy !req
195. Just want to know thatCopy !req
196. you're on the right path,
you know?Copy !req
197. Can I stay up late to watch
The Pink Opaque tonight?Copy !req
198. What time does it come on?Copy !req
199. 10:30 p.m.Copy !req
200. You know your bedtime
is at 10:15.Copy !req
201. Yeah, but...Copy !req
202. no one in the ninth grade
even has a bedtime anymore.Copy !req
203. Isn't that a show for girls?Copy !req
204. Not tonight, honey.Copy !req
205. After that first sleepover,
I couldn't work up the courageCopy !req
206. to say more than three words
to Maddy Wilson at a time.Copy !req
207. But when I told her
I still wasn't allowedCopy !req
208. to watch the show,Copy !req
209. she started leaving tapes
for me.Copy !req
210. I watched these tapes
over and over again.Copy !req
211. But they never got old.Copy !req
212. His henchmen
are close by.Copy !req
213. Marco and Polo.Copy !req
214. Nasty little demons.Copy !req
215. And he... he's...Copy !req
216. Mr. Melancholy.Copy !req
217. That's right.Copy !req
218. What's happening to me?Copy !req
219. How do I know these things?Copy !req
220. Am I going crazy?Copy !req
221. No. Never let anyone
convince you of that.Copy !req
222. You're like me.Copy !req
223. You're special.Copy !req
224. We are The Pink Opaque.Copy !req
225. It's our destiny.Copy !req
226. I knew it from the momentCopy !req
227. I saw your tattoo
in the dining hall.Copy !req
228. Heck, I knew it before
I even met you.Copy !req
229. Can you feel it?Copy !req
230. I don't even have
my learner's permit yet.Copy !req
231. - How can I have a destiny?
- How can I have a destiny?Copy !req
232. Hey.Copy !req
233. What's up?Copy !req
234. Nothing much.Copy !req
235. Um, I was wondering...Copy !req
236. Do you, um...Copy !req
237. Do you and AmandaCopy !req
238. still watch The Pink Opaque
together every week?Copy !req
239. I haven't talked to
that asshole in a year.Copy !req
240. Amanda told the entire school
that I tried to touch her tit,Copy !req
241. which is a total lie!Copy !req
242. And then surprise, surprise,
11th grade comes aroundCopy !req
243. and suddenly
it's been her lifelong dreamCopy !req
244. to join the cheer squad! Ugh!Copy !req
245. Secret agent sent here to make
my life miserable, I swear.Copy !req
246. If you wanted,
I could come over again.Copy !req
247. I've been watching the tapes
you've been making meCopy !req
248. but I wanted to watch
The Pink OpaqueCopy !req
249. on Saturday night again.Copy !req
250. While it airs.Copy !req
251. I like girls.
You know that, right?Copy !req
252. I'm not into boys.Copy !req
253. I wasn't...
I... Totally. That's fine.Copy !req
254. Okay. I'm just making sure.Copy !req
255. What about you?
Do you like girls?Copy !req
256. I don't... I don't know.Copy !req
257. Boys?Copy !req
258. I... I think that
I like TV shows.Copy !req
259. When I think about that stuff,Copy !req
260. it feels like someone...Copy !req
261. took a shovel
and dug out all my insides.Copy !req
262. And I know
there's nothing in there,Copy !req
263. but I'm still too nervousCopy !req
264. to open myself up and check.Copy !req
265. I know there's something wrong
with me.Copy !req
266. My parents know it too,Copy !req
267. even if they don't
say anything.Copy !req
268. Do you ever feel like that?Copy !req
269. I don't know.Copy !req
270. Maybe you're like Isabel...Copy !req
271. Afraid of what's inside you.Copy !req
272. Hey, Bozo!
Estee Lauder called.Copy !req
273. They've got a few suggestionsCopy !req
274. about this whole look
you're going for.Copy !req
275. I'm getting out of this town.Copy !req
276. Did you know that?Copy !req
277. Soon.Copy !req
278. I'll die if I stay here.Copy !req
279. I don't know how exactly,
but I know it's true.Copy !req
280. If you leave,Copy !req
281. I won't have anyone to watch
The Pink Opaque with.Copy !req
282. Sit up.Copy !req
283. Pack as much as you canCopy !req
284. in your overnight bag
next Saturday.Copy !req
285. You can't tell anyone
we're leaving.Copy !req
286. Not your mom.Copy !req
287. Not anyone.Copy !req
288. Where will we go?Copy !req
289. We'll know when we get there.Copy !req
290. Owen? Uh,
Johnny's not home, but...Copy !req
291. You have to tell my dad
that I've been lying to him.Copy !req
292. I've been pretending
to sleep hereCopy !req
293. while my mom's
in the hospital.Copy !req
294. And I need to be grounded.Copy !req
295. Okay. Slow down, honey. What?Copy !req
296. You can't let me go with her.Copy !req
297. I don't want to leave my home.Copy !req
298. My mom passed away
the next July.Copy !req
299. And a few weeks later,Copy !req
300. Maddy disappeared
without a trace.Copy !req
301. All they found was her TV set
burning in the backyard.Copy !req
302. And the strangest part
of it all was,Copy !req
303. that exact same month
that Maddy disappeared,Copy !req
304. The Pink Opaque got canceled.Copy !req
305. Welcome
to Burger Express.Copy !req
306. Hello?Copy !req
307. Hi.Copy !req
308. - Are you ready to take my...
- What would you like, sir?Copy !req
309. - Yeah, sorry. Can I get...
- Are you there?Copy !req
310. I just want... Can I get
two double cheeseburgersCopy !req
311. and a small fries
and a root beer?Copy !req
312. - $11.09. Drive around.
- Okay. Okay, thank you.Copy !req
313. answering his phone,Copy !req
314. - so I can't start...Copy !req
315. the projector
until I get the key.Copy !req
316. Um, so if you could
call me backCopy !req
317. and just let me know...Copy !req
318. What the hell!Copy !req
319. Sorry! Sorry!Copy !req
320. Uh, hey, Owen, um,Copy !req
321. did you like
what you saw earlier?Copy !req
322. - Me and Erica?Copy !req
323. You know,
because, if you want,Copy !req
324. I can put in a good word
with Erica for you.Copy !req
325. She's, like,
obsessed with you, man.Copy !req
326. She's like,
"Oh, I love that guy.Copy !req
327. "He's so cool! Oh, my God!"Copy !req
328. It's "on" for you, brother.Copy !req
329. - Come on, man.Copy !req
330. Hey, why don't you look at me.
Please.Copy !req
331. Just make eye contact with me.
Seriously.Copy !req
332. What the heck?Copy !req
333. Hello?Copy !req
334. Is somebody there?Copy !req
335. "Season Six, episode one:Copy !req
336. "Escape from
the Midnight Realm."Copy !req
337. I'm sorry that I'm late.
There was a downed power line.Copy !req
338. Within hours,Copy !req
339. 90% of Earth's population
was destroyed.Copy !req
340. The invaders changed
the planet's atmosphere,Copy !req
341. creating an eternal night.Copy !req
342. The sun forever covered
by the dark clouds.Copy !req
343. The survivors
fled underground,Copy !req
344. living in fear of the machines
that now ruled the Earth.Copy !req
345. Ma'am? Are you...Copy !req
346. Do you need help?Copy !req
347. Do you remember me?Copy !req
348. Maddy?Copy !req
349. Oh, my God!Copy !req
350. Jesus, Maddy,
where have you been?Copy !req
351. I know a place
on the edge of town.Copy !req
352. It will be safe for us
to talk there.Copy !req
353. I just... I really think that
you need to go to the police.Copy !req
354. They think you're dead, Maddy.Copy !req
355. I don't know.Copy !req
356. Sometime.Copy !req
357. And you won't tell me where
you've been this past decade?Copy !req
358. I'll tell you everything.Copy !req
359. I just...Copy !req
360. I need to ask you
something first.Copy !req
361. Does your mom know
that you're alive?Copy !req
362. I need to ask you
something first.Copy !req
363. Okay. Okay.Copy !req
364. What do you need to ask me?Copy !req
365. Do you remember a TV show
we used to watch together?Copy !req
366. It was called...Copy !req
367. The Pink Opaque.Copy !req
368. Of course, I remember
The Pink Opaque.Copy !req
369. It's my favorite TV show
of all time.Copy !req
370. Always will be.Copy !req
371. That's all you wanted
to ask me,Copy !req
372. if I remembered
The Pink Opaque?Copy !req
373. No.Copy !req
374. I guess what I mean is...Copy !req
375. When you think back on
watching The Pink Opaque,Copy !req
376. how do you remember it?Copy !req
377. How do I remember it?Copy !req
378. Yeah.Copy !req
379. Do you remember it
as just a TV show?Copy !req
380. Yeah.
I remember it as a TV show.Copy !req
381. The Pink Opaque was a TV show.Copy !req
382. We watched it in your basement
on Saturday nightsCopy !req
383. from 10:30 to 11:00 p.m.
Remember?Copy !req
384. The last show
before the Young Adult NetworkCopy !req
385. switched to black and white
reruns for the night.Copy !req
386. Yeah.Copy !req
387. But are you sure?Copy !req
388. Are you sure
that's all it was?Copy !req
389. Listen.Copy !req
390. I know this might
sound crazy, but...Copy !req
391. When you think back
on The Pink Opaque,Copy !req
392. when you remember
watching it in my basementCopy !req
393. on Saturday nights
from 10:30 to 11:00 p.m.,Copy !req
394. do you ever get confused?Copy !req
395. Like, maybe the memory
isn't quite right?Copy !req
396. What do you mean
"not quite right"?Copy !req
397. Like...Copy !req
398. Does time ever feel
like it's not moving normally?Copy !req
399. Like it's all out of whack?Copy !req
400. Do you ever feel like you're
narrating your own lifeCopy !req
401. watching it play
in front of youCopy !req
402. like an episode of television?Copy !req
403. Or do you ever have
a hard time distinguishingCopy !req
404. between what happened
in the showCopy !req
405. and what happened
in real life?Copy !req
406. Like somehow the memories
got jumbled around?Copy !req
407. Shook up in your head.Copy !req
408. Like a snow globe.Copy !req
409. I'm trying to go slow.Copy !req
410. I don't want to alarm you.Copy !req
411. Maybe we should
talk to somebody,Copy !req
412. the police or my dad...Copy !req
413. No!Copy !req
414. You can't tell anybody
about this.Copy !req
415. Not like last time.Copy !req
416. - You have to promise.Copy !req
417. Okay, Maddy. Jesus.Copy !req
418. Yeah, I promise.Copy !req
419. I came a very long way
to see you,Copy !req
420. and to ask you this...Copy !req
421. Will you just...Copy !req
422. Will you tell me where
you've been all these years?Copy !req
423. That's what
I've been trying to do.Copy !req
424. I've been there.Copy !req
425. Inside the show.Copy !req
426. Inside The Pink Opaque.Copy !req
427. I can't stay
in this place much longer.Copy !req
428. I'm going back there.Copy !req
429. Do you remember how it ended?Copy !req
430. The final episode?Copy !req
431. The end of season five?Copy !req
432. You can't trust anybody
in your life.Copy !req
433. They're all working for him...Copy !req
434. Mr. Melancholy.Copy !req
435. I'll be at the high school
tomorrow night at midnight.Copy !req
436. I hope you'll come.Copy !req
437. A little while
after Maddy disappeared,Copy !req
438. she sent me
one more tape in the mail.Copy !req
439. Mr. Melancholy
is coming.Copy !req
440. If we're going
to defeat him this time,Copy !req
441. we're going to need to harnessCopy !req
442. the full potential
of our shared powers.Copy !req
443. We're going to need
to meet again...Copy !req
444. in person.Copy !req
445. Isabel follows
the sound of Tara's voiceCopy !req
446. - in the psychic plane...
- Isabel?Copy !req
447. - Tara?
- ... back to their oldCopy !req
448. sleepaway camp.Copy !req
449. She finds her at the dock
by the lake,Copy !req
450. the place where they
first spoke five seasons ago.Copy !req
451. But then,
as Isabel approaches,Copy !req
452. she picks something up.Copy !req
453. A stray signal
from the psychic plane.Copy !req
454. Help me. Help me.Copy !req
455. It's a desperate message
from Tara.Copy !req
456. The real Tara.Copy !req
457. She's buried underground...Copy !req
458. in terrible danger.Copy !req
459. Help me, Isabel.Copy !req
460. Mr. Melancholy had
got to her first.Copy !req
461. Marco.Copy !req
462. Polo.Copy !req
463. - They cut out her heart.Copy !req
464. They feed her
the Luna Juice.Copy !req
465. And then
he makes his entrance.Copy !req
466. Mr. Melancholy...Copy !req
467. - ... the big bad.Copy !req
468. Don't fight it.Copy !req
469. Let my poison work its magic.Copy !req
470. You're gonna love
the Midnight Realm.Copy !req
471. It's such a wonderful,
wonderful prison.Copy !req
472. It's okay.Copy !req
473. Soon you won't
remember anything.Copy !req
474. Your real name.Copy !req
475. Your superpowers.Copy !req
476. Your heart.Copy !req
477. You won't even remember
that you're dying!Copy !req
478. They bury her... alive.Copy !req
479. And then...Copy !req
480. it just ended...Copy !req
481. forever.Copy !req
482. This isn't my home!Copy !req
483. You're not my father!Copy !req
484. I made it all the way
to PhoenixCopy !req
485. on the money I had saved.Copy !req
486. The trees looked different,Copy !req
487. but everything else
was exactly the same.Copy !req
488. I started using a new name.Copy !req
489. Sleeping at the cheapest
hostel I could find.Copy !req
490. The Pink Opaque was over.Copy !req
491. I got a job at the mall.Copy !req
492. At Build-A-Bear.Copy !req
493. Filling the dolls up
with stuffing.Copy !req
494. I got out of that town.Copy !req
495. That place I knew
would kill me if I stayed.Copy !req
496. But something was still wrong.Copy !req
497. Wronger, even.Copy !req
498. Time wasn't right.Copy !req
499. It was moving too fast.Copy !req
500. And then I was 19.
And then I was 20.Copy !req
501. I felt like
one of those dolls,Copy !req
502. asleep in the supermarket.Copy !req
503. Stuffed.Copy !req
504. And then I was 21.Copy !req
505. Like chapters skipped over
on a DVD.Copy !req
506. I told myself...Copy !req
507. "This isn't normal.Copy !req
508. "This isn't normal."Copy !req
509. This isn't how life
is supposed to be.Copy !req
510. I thought about
running away again.Copy !req
511. About moving to Santa FeCopy !req
512. and changing my name
one more time.Copy !req
513. But I knew that everywhere
would be just the same.Copy !req
514. I had seen how it ended.Copy !req
515. I knew where I was.Copy !req
516. A little bit after
my 22nd birthday,Copy !req
517. I paid this burnout kidCopy !req
518. who used to hit on me
in the food courtCopy !req
519. $50 to bury me alive.Copy !req
520. I mean...Copy !req
521. he didn't know
he was burying me alive,Copy !req
522. but I doubt he would have
cared too much even if he did.Copy !req
523. I bought a coffin.Copy !req
524. I dug a hole.Copy !req
525. I got inside
and I closed the lid.Copy !req
526. I said to myself,Copy !req
527. "This is crazy.Copy !req
528. "What you're doing is crazy."Copy !req
529. But another part of me
knew that it wasn't.Copy !req
530. That it was survival.Copy !req
531. And that I didn't
have much time.Copy !req
532. That what felt like
years in this worldCopy !req
533. was actually just seconds.Copy !req
534. So I waited.Copy !req
535. And then finally,Copy !req
536. the first spadeful of dirt
hit the top of the box.Copy !req
537. And then another.Copy !req
538. And then another.Copy !req
539. I sang songs to myself.Copy !req
540. I counted to 10,000
without skipping any numbers.Copy !req
541. I pissed and I shit my pantsCopy !req
542. and I forced my mouthCopy !req
543. to produce whatever saliva
it could musterCopy !req
544. just so I would
have something to drink.Copy !req
545. I screamed
as loud as I could for help.Copy !req
546. I apologized
for the whole thing.Copy !req
547. And I begged God for someone
to come along and save me.Copy !req
548. I tried and tried
to claw my way out,Copy !req
549. but that burnout guy had
packed the dirt in too tightCopy !req
550. just like I had
asked him to do.Copy !req
551. And then,Copy !req
552. after I don't know how long,Copy !req
553. I felt myself
start to leave myself.Copy !req
554. And it was like
I was watching myselfCopy !req
555. on TV from across the room.Copy !req
556. And I was moving furtherCopy !req
557. and further away
from the screenCopy !req
558. until the screen was so smallCopy !req
559. that I couldn't even
see myself anymore.Copy !req
560. And then I was clawing
my way up out of the ground.Copy !req
561. And then I was at the surface,Copy !req
562. gasping for air,
rain pouring down on me.Copy !req
563. Thunder and lightning.Copy !req
564. And I was finally back there.Copy !req
565. Back at our old
sleepaway camp.Copy !req
566. And just like I was waking up
from a bad dream,Copy !req
567. that whole life...Copy !req
568. that whole reality
where I was Maddy Wilson...Copy !req
569. drifted away.Copy !req
570. Like a brief hallucinationCopy !req
571. that, after a few moments,
I could hardly even remember.Copy !req
572. And all those memories
that had felt so realCopy !req
573. washed away with the rainCopy !req
574. back at our old
sleepaway camp.Copy !req
575. And I was me.Copy !req
576. I was finally me again.Copy !req
577. And it was
the season six premiere.Copy !req
578. I tried looking for you,Copy !req
579. but Mr. Melancholy had
covered his tracks too well.Copy !req
580. I knew you must be buried
somewhere close by,Copy !req
581. but I didn't know where.Copy !req
582. And your signal...Copy !req
583. That signal that I used to be
able to close my eyesCopy !req
584. and feel so vividly...Copy !req
585. was nowhere.Copy !req
586. I wasn't picking up anything
on the psychic plane.Copy !req
587. I found my heart.Copy !req
588. Isabel, oh, my God!Copy !req
589. I found yours, too.Copy !req
590. And it was still beating,Copy !req
591. stored indefinitely in...Copy !req
592. In an industrial freezer!Copy !req
593. I left our hearts thereCopy !req
594. because I knew
I wasn't done yet.Copy !req
595. And I found
Mr. Melancholy's cauldron.Copy !req
596. I found the Luna JuiceCopy !req
597. he used to send us
to the Midnight Realm,Copy !req
598. then I took a big sip
straight out from the ladle.Copy !req
599. And I laid back down...Copy !req
600. and I waited
to fall back asleep.Copy !req
601. I knew I needed
to come back here.Copy !req
602. I knew I needed to come back
and save you.Copy !req
603. So that the show can continue.Copy !req
604. So that we can
get to season six.Copy !req
605. Maddy.Copy !req
606. That's not my name.Copy !req
607. And I haven't
told you anything tonightCopy !req
608. that you don't already know.Copy !req
609. Tell me.Copy !req
610. Tell me you know it's true.Copy !req
611. I...Copy !req
612. You told me yourself
you felt it.Copy !req
613. Remember? On the bleachers?Copy !req
614. You know
what he put inside you.Copy !req
615. This... This is insane. I...Copy !req
616. I remember... I remember...Copy !req
617. playing in the snow.Copy !req
618. Driving to baseball games
with my dad.Copy !req
619. Cooking with my mom.Copy !req
620. Those memories were put there
to distract you.Copy !req
621. To keep you trapped.Copy !req
622. This isn't the Midnight Realm,
Maddy,Copy !req
623. it's just the suburbs.Copy !req
624. I told you that's not my name.Copy !req
625. And we need to go back down
into the soil.Copy !req
626. Tonight.Copy !req
627. The longer you waitCopy !req
628. the closer you get
to suffocating.Copy !req
629. I've got everything ready.Copy !req
630. That spot
behind the football fieldCopy !req
631. where the stoners
used to get high after school.Copy !req
632. No one will find us there.Copy !req
633. Come on.Copy !req
634. I know it's scary.
That's part of it.Copy !req
635. It's like the Drain Lords.Copy !req
636. Just like the Drain Lords.Copy !req
637. It's not real
if I don't think about it.Copy !req
638. Isabel.Copy !req
639. After that night
on the football field,Copy !req
640. I locked myself inside.Copy !req
641. I didn't leave the house
for days.Copy !req
642. I kept waiting for her
to show back upCopy !req
643. to force me underground.Copy !req
644. But she never did.Copy !req
645. I never saw her again.Copy !req
646. I told myself
I made the right choice.Copy !req
647. Maddy's story was insane.
It couldn't be true.Copy !req
648. But some nights,Copy !req
649. when I was working late
at the movie theater,Copy !req
650. I found myself wondering,
what if she was right?Copy !req
651. What if she had been
telling the truth?Copy !req
652. What if I really
was someone else?Copy !req
653. Someone beautiful
and powerful.Copy !req
654. Someone buried alive
and suffocating to death.Copy !req
655. Very far away,Copy !req
656. on the other side
of the television screen.Copy !req
657. But I know that's not true.Copy !req
658. That's just fantasy.Copy !req
659. Kid's stuff.Copy !req
660. The movie theater closed
the next fall.Copy !req
661. My manager brought me
along with himCopy !req
662. to the Fun Center.Copy !req
663. I work there now restocking
the ball pit with balls.Copy !req
664. My father passed away in 2010
after his second stroke.Copy !req
665. Time moves fast these days.Copy !req
666. Years pass like seconds.Copy !req
667. I just try not to think
too hard about it.Copy !req
668. I decided to stay
in the house.Copy !req
669. It was time for me
to become a man.Copy !req
670. A real adult.Copy !req
671. A productive
member of society.Copy !req
672. And that's exactly what I did.Copy !req
673. I even got a family of my own.Copy !req
674. I love them
more than anything.Copy !req
675. Anyway, like I was saying,Copy !req
676. it was raining the other night
and I couldn't sleep,Copy !req
677. so I started
The Pink Opaque again.Copy !req
678. It's available to stream now.Copy !req
679. - You don't even need a disc.Copy !req
680. I started
The Pink Opaque again.Copy !req
681. And it was nothing
like I remembered it.Copy !req
682. Hey, Mr. Ice Cream Man.Copy !req
683. Stop turning all my friends
into Popsicle sticks!Copy !req
684. But I'm so lonely.Copy !req
685. I have nothing to do
all winter.Copy !req
686. The whole thing felt
cheesy and cheap.Copy !req
687. Dated, and not scary at all.Copy !req
688. I know!Copy !req
689. In the winter time,
instead of selling ice cream,Copy !req
690. you can sell soup instead.Copy !req
691. Why didn't I think of that?Copy !req
692. Let's all have a soup party!Copy !req
693. Yay, a soup party!Copy !req
694. I just felt embarrassed.Copy !req
695. Marco.Copy !req
696. Polo.Copy !req
697. You got me!Copy !req
698. Go, go, go!
Get it! Get it!Copy !req
699. Money!
Money! Money!Copy !req
700. Money!
Go, go, go, go!Copy !req
701. Get that money!Copy !req
702. Come on, get in there.Copy !req
703. Come on, we're doing it.
All right, guys, come on!Copy !req
704. Come on!Copy !req
705. Come on!Copy !req
706. Everybody!Copy !req
707. Come on!Copy !req
708. Let's go again
from the top!Copy !req
709. One more time!Copy !req
710. Faster!Copy !req
711. Louder!Copy !req
712. You need to help me!Copy !req
713. I'm dying right now!Copy !req
714. Sorry. Ignore me. I...Copy !req
715. Mommy!Copy !req
716. Owen?Copy !req
717. You okay in there, buddy?Copy !req
718. I'm fine.Copy !req
719. Out in a minute.Copy !req
720. Sorry about that before.Copy !req
721. Sorry about before.Copy !req
722. Just a new medication I'm on.Copy !req
723. Sorry.Copy !req
724. I'm sorry about before.Copy !req
725. Sorry about that before.Copy !req
726. Sorry.Copy !req
727. I'm sorry.Copy !req