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00:36Let's go.
01:20Bullshit.
01:21It is this freaking wide.
01:23And it's periodic.
01:26Bullshit.
01:27Show me.
01:35Something terrestrial.
01:36Gotta be.
01:37Bouncing off the moon.
01:39Gee.
01:40Never thought to check that.
01:42Look at that slope, man.
01:44You could ski down that thing.
01:45It is drifting.
01:47Look here.
01:48Zoom in.
01:49Zoom in.
01:50See that variation?
01:51And look.
01:52This gap here.
01:53This is where it stops.
01:54Then starts over.
01:55It repeats every 78 seconds.
01:58The whole entire thing.
02:00Three hours straight and no end in sight.
02:06It can't be.
02:20It's got to be something bouncing off the...
02:22Off the...
02:22It's not bouncing off the moon, Dave.
02:25Well, maybe it's those chatty Cathy's at the forest service.
02:28I hate those guys.
02:29Always on their radios talking about trees.
02:31Dave, it's not Smokey Bear we're picking up.
02:33Look at that signal.
02:35It's drifting.
02:37What is it, Dave?
02:44Looks like simple pulse width modulation.
02:46Old school, like Morse code.
02:49Maybe somehow it's the time signal out of Fort Collins.
02:53They use pulse width modulation.
02:54It's not the atomic clock.
02:56The atomic clock changes every minute because it's a clock.
02:58This is the same exact data repeated every 78 seconds.
03:01Plus, this is coming from 600 light years away.
03:08This Morse code of yours seems to be split four ways.
03:14The pulses are of equal duration, but they're positioned across four different frequencies.
03:20Looks like a player piano.
03:21So not binary, but bass four.
03:24Quaternary.
03:25Oh.
03:26This won't be easy to crack.
03:40What do you think it says?
03:41Maybe just, hello?
03:43Hey, we're out here.
03:45What'd we put on Voyagers 1 and 2?
03:47Chuck Berry?
03:49Maybe this is just their version of Johnny B. Goode.
03:53Imagine the power it took to send it.
03:57Megawatts?
03:59Gigawatts?
04:00And that's if it's pointed only at us.
04:03Antenna the size of Africa.
04:04Bigger.
04:07You go to all that trouble to send a message.
04:10It's got to be more than just hello.
04:14And why make it hard to understand?
04:17Quaternary?
04:18It's like encryption.
04:19Why would you bother to...
04:30It's not quaternary.
04:36I think I know what it is.
05:00It's fine.
05:20The twin moons hung low and full, two wine-green eyes peering over the horizon as if to steal
05:27a glimpse into Lucasia's soul. She paced the blood-soaked decks of the Mercator looking
05:32for something, anything, that might take her mind off Rabanne. Ascending the foc'sle, her gaze lingered
05:39over a bare-chested young sailor. On hands and knees, he scrubbed, his sinewy forearms stretched
05:45taut as he washed away all trace of the day's fight. With a languid nod, Lucasia bade him follow
05:53to her cabin. Little did this callow deckhand know that serving at his captain's pleasure
05:58might take on such sweet meaning. Or, regrettably, that it would last but a single night.
06:08Later, at four bells, Lucasia stood by the mizzenmast. Once again, she was alone.
06:16She pulled her topcoat tighter, fingering its coarse wool as her thoughts flashed back to
06:21Rabanne. It had been he who first wrapped the coat around her, whispering in her ear,
06:26May this keep you warm in my absence, my shy. With that, Rabanne, proud, haughty Rabanne,
06:37mounted the plank and leaped from sight. The amaranth and slipstand closed over him,
06:44leaving Mary a ripple.
06:57Attention, lovers of speculative historical romance literature, best-selling author Carol
07:03Sterka, will now sign her new novel, Bloodsong of Wickero, the fourth book in her Wins of Wickero
07:09trilogy.
07:10Waikaro, please, the twins of Waikaro. And Bloodsong is the best yet. God, are you in for a treat.
07:19Let's go, sang-works!
07:23Rabanne is alive, right?
07:26Maureen.
07:27You can read it.
07:28Why, well, tonight, I've already unplugged the phone.
07:31Just, no, Rabanne's not on the cover.
07:34No, he's not.
07:35Yeah, he's never not been on the cover, Carol. If Rabanne doesn't come back, I'm done.
07:46Page 218.
07:51Okay.
07:52Bye.
07:53Thanks, Maureen.
07:55Hi.
07:55It's Olga.
07:56Hi, Olga.
07:57Lately, I can't take your idea as me.
07:59It's a first day.
08:01Hi, Ben.
08:05Love it.
08:08Happy reading.
08:09This is Nikki with her pillow.
08:11Nikki with her...
08:11Oh, my gosh.
08:12It looks so good.
08:13You made this?
08:14Yes.
08:15This is Christine.
08:16This is Paulina and support person.
08:18This is Carlotta.
08:19Say Rabanne.
08:21Rabanne.
08:22When Rabanne and Ergermal fell in the cargo hold, do you remember what it was loaded with?
08:27Adovian spice fruit.
08:28Which Lucasia is...
08:32Deathly allergic to.
08:33Oh, you guys want a picture too?
08:35Yes.
08:39Thank you so much.
08:40Hi, Tanya.
08:41Are you excited?
08:42Hi.
08:44I got two books.
08:45One for the tub.
08:46This is an authentic pet list, just like LeBond's.
08:49Okay.
08:49It's really sharp.
08:50Okay.
08:51So three things.
08:52A, when finally are they going to make a Wiccaro movie?
08:55And please tell me it'll be an actual theater, it's not on the Lifetime Network.
08:58B, you've got to get ILM to do the slipstand.
09:01Otherwise, it's just going to look like mailed.
09:03Pardon my French.
09:03And C, at a small but very crucial point, as a two-masted scooter, the Mercator would not
09:10possess a mizzenmast, so...
09:12Craig, I'm going to need you to put this back in the bag before the store manager sees
09:16it.
09:16Oh.
09:17Right?
09:18Your humble servant.
09:20Oh, that's the one.
09:23Oh, thank you so much.
09:24Thank you, guys.
09:26We'll see you in the next room.
09:26Happy with you.
09:27All right.
09:28All right.
09:33Hi, ladies.
09:34I have us going to the Hyatt Regency of Dallas.
09:37Yeah.
09:38Thanks.
09:38Perfect.
09:40That was quite a send-off.
09:41I'm sorry, should I know who you are?
09:44Uh, depends.
09:45You a big fan of mindless crap?
09:47Uh-huh.
10:20Good morning, Doc.
10:22Oh, it certainly is.
10:25Hey, Mel.
10:26Hey.
10:27Oh, where'd those come from?
10:29Yours truly.
10:31Help yourself.
10:32I think they're mostly glazed, but one box ought to be sprinkled, powdered, and all that.
10:36What did we do to deserve this?
10:38Uh, my 14-year-old son from Arch and Van.
10:43Oh, aren't you a good dad.
10:44What does she play?
10:46Trombone.
10:47Dr. D.
10:49Good evening, morning, whatever.
10:52Look what Mel brought.
10:53Ooh, for us?
10:54Yeah, please.
10:56They got you two working late.
10:57Yeah, I gotta guess a bunch of rats.
11:01So how goes the big project?
11:03What have you heard?
11:05I don't know.
11:06Things?
11:08Well...
11:09Our team's fairly certain we've got a sequence that encodes for a lysogenic virus, but after eight whole months of
11:14animal testing...
11:15macaques, rabbits, mice...
11:17Guinea pigs.
11:17Guinea pigs.
11:18Now rats.
11:19No clinical signs whatsoever.
11:24Put another way?
11:26We got bupkis.
11:27We got bupkis.
11:45Okay, how do you want to do this?
11:47Uh, I can put him to sleep if you want to do the cardiac sticks.
11:51I hate the cardiac sticks.
11:53You're more than welcome to gas them.
11:56I hate gassing them.
11:58Might be in the wrong career.
12:00All right.
12:00Cardiac sticks it is.
12:03Let's get it over with.
12:06Uh-oh.
12:09Check it out.
12:13What do you figure happened there?
12:20I don't know.
12:22I don't know.
12:44He's looking pretty dead to me.
12:48You got a heartbeat?
12:50Can't feel jack shit in these gloves.
13:00Huh.
13:01Huh, what?
13:04He's absolutely got a heartbeat.
13:06Strong ones, just bam, bam, bam.
13:07It's weird, if I didn't know any better, I...
13:09Oh, God.
13:10Oh, shit.
13:11Oh, no.
13:12You've got to be kidding me.
13:15Did he break the skin?
13:17Um, yeah, I don't...
13:18Yeah, it's through the glove.
13:19Shit.
13:20Uh, soak it quick.
13:22If it's a merge.
13:23If it's bleeding, make sure to squeeze it out good.
13:26I'm going to call this in as soon as I catch him, okay?
13:29Okay.
13:40Uh-huh.
13:42Uh-huh.
13:51Let's mark 336.
13:54And, uh...
13:57Jen?
14:01Talk to me, Jen.
14:03Jen!
14:03Jen!
14:04Jen!
14:05Jen!
14:05Jen!
14:07I'm getting all right now.
14:09I got you.
14:11Okay, come on.
14:12I got you.
14:19Oh, God.
14:22Jen, can you hear me?
14:23It's going to be fine.
14:25You're going to be all right.
14:27Come on.
14:28You're going to be all right.
14:29You're going to be all right.
14:30You hear me?
14:31Come on.
14:32Come on.
14:32Come on.
14:33Come on, Jen.
14:33Come on.
14:34Jen!
14:35You all right?
14:37Jen?
14:38Just say something.
14:40Jen!
14:41I got you.
14:42I got you.
14:44Jen?
14:47Hey, hey, hey, hey, Jen.
14:48Can you hear me?
14:50Jen, just say something.
15:02Damn it.
15:04Are you kidding me?
15:05Are you kidding me?
15:27Are you kidding me?
15:32Can you believe this thing?
15:36You got skinny arms, you think you could maybe, uh...
15:42Hey.
16:20I'm sorry.
16:25Yes?
16:40I don't know.
17:12I don't know.
17:32I don't know.
18:02I don't know.
18:56I don't know.
19:37I don't know.
19:40I don't know.
20:10Whoa, seriously?
20:11I had one Tito's in Salt Lake.
20:14That was like two hours ago.
20:15I don't know.
20:20I don't know.
20:27I don't know.
20:47I don't know.
20:54I don't know.
21:17I don't know.
21:21I don't know.
21:23I don't know.
21:30I don't know.
21:34I don't know.
21:44I don't know.
21:58I don't know.
22:13I don't know.
22:22I don't know.
22:25I don't know.
22:29I don't know.
22:31Bitter chrysalis, is that good?
22:35I think people will love it.
22:42You ever read, um, Finnegan's Wake?
22:44No.
22:46I tried, too, in grad school.
22:51It's probably great. I don't know.
22:55All I know is it made me miserable trying to get through it.
23:01I figure you make even one person happy.
23:06Maybe that's not art.
23:08It's something.
23:17To Rabanne.
23:19Proud, haughty Rabanne.
23:29Did you bring your cigarettes?
23:31Since when do you smoke?
23:33Since now?
23:34Made my rise all over the town
23:37When I walk around
23:41And everybody's like to have what I got
23:44Keep rolling down this borderline
23:46It's what you find me here
23:48That's my name
23:56Are you trying to start a forest fire?
23:57Stop wasting my butane.
24:01Stop telling me how to smoke.
24:02I used to smoke in middle school.
24:04You know you're supposed to light the other person's cigarette first, by the way.
24:06That's etiquette.
24:07Yeah.
24:07On a plane, do you put your own oxygen mask on first?
24:13Ooh.
24:14You want to hear it?
24:15Houston Mom, 78, says about Blood Song.
24:18Best Waikaro ever!
24:19All caps.
24:20And uh...
24:2316, 17!
24:24No!
24:25Exclamation points.
24:26Wow.
24:26Is that a new record?
24:27It's gotta be.
24:28Spoiler alert.
24:29Rabanne is back.
24:30And yummier than ever.
24:31Yummier than ever.
24:32Think she means?
24:33Mm-mm.
24:34You better belief he's got my permission to come aboard.
24:37I'd walk his plank any time.
24:39I'm sensing a nautical motif.
24:41A little bit.
24:41Think Houston Mom's off for meds again?
24:43I think Houston Mom would spread her legs for a grilled cheese sandwich.
24:48Huh.
24:51Look at that.
24:53What?
24:55What do you think they're doing?
24:57What's what doing?
24:58The planes.
25:00Look.
25:03I don't know.
25:04Was that weird?
25:05Yeah, it's weird, isn't it?
25:07All of them kind of parallel like that?
25:10Huh.
25:22Anybody else weigh in?
25:24That's all the usual suspects.
25:26Plus, a few new ones.
25:28Everybody loves it.
25:40You want to answer a few questions for them?
25:43What now?
25:44No, no, no, no.
25:44Do one quick one.
25:45Let them know you're paying attention.
25:48Carol, my husband says Rabanne can be my hall pass, which I don't think is fair since Rabanne's not a
25:53real live person.
25:54Although I wish he was.
25:55In real life, was there an actual man you were thinking of when you came up with Rabanne?
26:01That's hilarious.
26:05You want to tell the truth?
26:09Or do you have to lose?
26:13Put down George Clooney.
26:15What?
26:16Nothing.
26:17What's wrong with him?
26:17Nothing.
26:18Just, I mean, how about a hot Brazilian soccer player, someone with dreadlocks?
26:22Hip it up.
26:25Just put George Clooney.
26:27It's safer.
26:34Shit!
26:36Oh.
26:56Buddy, you...
26:57You okay, buddy?
27:05Oh, Jesus.
27:17Helen, should we call someone?
27:22Helen!
27:23Helen, stop looking at the goddamn fu...
27:36Helen?
27:40Oh my God.
27:43Helen?
27:44Helen?
27:46Oh my God, Helen?
27:54Helen?
27:56Just hang in there.
27:57Hang in there.
27:59Just hang in there.
28:07Oh, my, my, my!
28:25Oh, my, my, my...
28:33Oh, my, my...
29:04Uh...
29:22Come on, please.
29:24Please, please.
29:28Please sit!
29:30I won't...
29:30Please remain on the line.
29:32An operator will be lived here shortly.
29:35Want this?
29:38Can you getPs from her home?
29:39Let me apare, put me on the line!
29:40What I hope is to be out there...
29:45I'm hurt.
29:46I'm hurt.
29:46I'm hurt.
30:20Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on,
30:24come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on,
30:28come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on,
30:33come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on,
30:33come on, come on, come on, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you,
30:38fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you,
30:42fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you,
30:42fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck
30:52You better get out.
30:53Come on, get out.
30:54Get out!
30:59No!
31:00Fuck!
31:04Fuck it!
31:04Go!
31:20What is that?
31:47No!
32:32Oh, thank God.
32:35Oh, thank God.
33:00Oh, thank God.
33:18Oh, thank God.
33:45Oh, thank God.
33:56Oh, thank God.
34:26Oh, thank God.
34:50Oh, thank God.
34:54Oh, thank God.
34:55Oh, thank God.
34:55Oh, thank God.
35:20Okay, there we go.
35:25Helen?
35:27Helen?
35:28Helen!
35:31Helen!
35:39Oh, baby.
35:56No, no, no, no, no.
36:23God damn it!
36:25Okay.
36:31Come on.
36:36Please.
36:37Please.
36:38No, no, no.
36:40God damn it.
36:41Come on.
36:42Please.
36:43Please.
36:44Please.
37:09I don't know.
37:34I don't know.
38:08I don't know.
38:11I don't know.
38:14I don't know.
38:16Hey.
38:20Hey.
38:31Hey.
38:48Hey.
38:50You put her down.
38:52Put her down.
38:53Get out.
38:54Go away.
38:59What the hell is wrong with you people?
39:02We just want to help Harold.
39:10No.
39:11No.
39:16No.
39:24No.
39:25No.
39:31No.
39:34No.
39:36No.
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41:36No.
41:39No.
41:45No.
41:51No.
41:55No.
42:03No.
42:04Come here!
42:28Oh Christ, no.
42:48Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, please.
43:06There's a spare key.
43:10We can show you.
43:12No, no, stop, don't, don't, don't, don't come any closer.
43:15We don't mean to scare you, Carol. You're in no danger.
43:18We really do want to help.
43:20Remember, April 2016, the last time you got locked out?
43:25You put a spare key under the flower pot.
43:28The one on the right, back there.
43:38There you go.
43:47Leave me alone, please.
43:49Sure, Carol. Just give us a couple of minutes to clear out.
44:30We're very sorry for your loss.
44:33Oh, crap.
44:36Oh, my God.
45:13Oh, my God.
45:49Oh, my God.
46:11Oh, my God.
46:24Oh, my God.
46:30Oh, my God.
46:34Oh, my God.
47:03Oh, my God.
47:04Oh, my God bless America.
47:43Oh, my God.
48:10Oh, my God.
48:28Oh, my God.
48:31Oh, my God.
49:12Oh, my God.
49:24Oh, my God.
50:18Oh, my God.
50:25Oh, my God.
50:46Oh, my God.
51:37Oh, my God.
51:46Oh, my God.
52:37Oh, my God.
52:57Oh, my God.
53:13Oh, my God.
53:33Oh, my God.
54:03Oh, my God.
54:55Oh, my God.
54:58Oh, my God.
55:55Oh, my God.
55:58Oh, my God.
56:24Oh, my God.
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