00:28Transcription by CastingWords
00:57So, let'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.
04:57I think I know what it is.
05:00All right.
05:04It's going to be...
05:07It's going to be...
05:12Jeremy.
05:12No or not?
05:12This is going to be in the city's bat.
05:12He's going to be a square.
05:13You need to to get in your street.
05:13I mean, I don't know.
05:13So we know what to do with it.
05:13It's going to be in the city's office.
05:13I don't know.
05:13It's going to be in it.
05:15It's going to be in the city's office.
05:19And it's going to be a place.
05:21The twin moons hung low and full, two wine-green eyes peering over the horizon as if to steal a
05:27glimpse into Acacia's soul.
05:29She paced the blood-soaked decks of the Mercator looking for something, anything, that might take her mind off Rabanne.
05:36Ascending the foc'sle, her gaze lingered over a bare-chested young sailor.
05:41On hands and knees, he scrubbed, his sinewy forearms stretched taut as he washed away all trace of the day's
05:47fight.
05:47With a languid nod, Lucasia bade him follow to her cabin.
05:55Little did this callow deckhand know that serving at his captain's pleasure might take on such sweet meaning.
06:01Or, regrettably, that it would last but a single night.
06:08Later, at four bells, Lucasia stood by the mizzenmast.
06:12Once again, she was alone.
06:16She pulled her topcoat tighter, fingering its coarse wool.
06:20As her thoughts flashed back to Rabanne, it had been he who first wrapped the coat around her, whispering in
06:26her ear,
06:26May this keep you warm in my absence, my shy.
06:32With that, Rabanne, proud, haughty Rabanne, mounted the plank and leaped from sight.
06:40And the amaranth and slipstand closed over him, leaving Mary a ripple.
06:57Attention, lovers of speculative historical romance literature, best-selling author Carol Sterka will now sign her new novel, Bloodsong of
07:06Wiccaro, the fourth book in her Wins of Wiccaro trilogy.
07:09Wiccaro, please, the twins of Wiccaro.
07:13And Bloodsong is the best yet.
07:16God, are you in for a treat.
07:19Let's go, Sandwux!
07:23Rabanne is alive, right?
07:26Maureen.
07:27You can read it.
07:27Why, 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.
07:39If Rabanne doesn't come back, I'm done.
07:46Page 218.
07:50Okay.
07:51Okay.
07:52Bye.
07:53Thanks, Maureen.
07:55Hi.
07:55It's Oka.
07:56Hi, Oka.
07:57Lately, I can't take your ideas here.
08:00It's Christine.
08:01Hi, Ben.
08:05Love it.
08:07Happy reading.
08:09This is Nikki with her pillow.
08:11Nikki with her...
08:11Oh, my gosh.
08:12It looks so.
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 Ergamel fell in the cargo hold, do you remember what it was loaded with?
08:27Medovian spice fruit.
08:28Which Lucasia is...
08:32Deathly allergic to.
08:34Oh, you guys want a picture too?
08:35Yes.
08:39Thank you so much.
08:40Hi, Tanya.
08:41Are you excited?
08:42Hi, Eva.
08:44I got two books.
08:45One for the tub.
08:46This is authentic.
08:47Let's just like LeBan's.
08:49Okay.
08:49It's really sharp.
08:51Okay.
08:51So three things.
08:52A, when finally are they going to make a Waikaro movie?
08:55And please tell me it'll be in actual theaters and 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, a small but very crucial point.
09:07As a two-masted scooter, the Mercator would not possess a mizzenmast.
09:11So...
09:12Craig, I'm going to need you to put this back in the bag before the store manager sees it.
09:16Oh.
09:17Right?
09:18Your humble servant.
09:20Oh, that's the one.
09:22Oh, love you.
09:23Thank you so much.
09:25See you at the next one.
09:27All right.
09:28All right.
09:33Hi, ladies.
09:34I have us going to the Hyatt Regency Dallas.
09:37Yeah.
09:38Thanks.
09:38Perfect.
09:40That was quite a send-off.
09:42I'm sorry.
09:42Should I know who you are?
09:44Uh, depends.
09:45You a big fan of mindless crap?
09:46Uh-huh.
09:48I don't know.
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?
10:38Ah, my 14-year-old son from Arch and Band.
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.
11:06Thanks?
11:08Well...
11:09Our team's fairly certain we've got a sequence that includes for a lysogenic virus,
11:13but after eight whole months of animal testing...
11:15macaques, rabbits, mice...
11:16Guinea pigs.
11:17Guinea pigs.
11:18Now rats.
11:19No clinical signs whatsoever.
11:24Put another way?
11:26We got bupkis.
11:28We 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 him.
11:56I hate gassing him.
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.
12:11Oh, damn.
12:12What 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?
12:49I can't feel jack shit in these gloves.
13:00Huh.
13:01Huh.
13:02What?
13:04He's absolutely got a heartbeat.
13:06Strong one.
13:06Just bam, bam, bam.
13:07It's weird.
13:08If I didn't know any better, I...
13:09Oh!
13:10God!
13:10Oh, shit!
13:11Oh, no.
13:12You've got to be kidding me.
13:15Did he break the skin?
13:17Um, yeah.
13:18I don't...
13:18Yeah, it's through the glove.
13:19Oh, shit.
13:20Uh, soak it quick.
13:22If it's a merge.
13:23If it's bleeding, make sure to squeeze it out good.
13:25I'm going to call this in as soon as I catch him, okay?
13:41Uh-huh.
13:43Right there.
13:45Right there.
13:52That's Mark, 336.
13:54And, uh...
13:57Jen?
14:01Talk to me, Jen.
14:03Jen!
14:03Jen!
14:04Jen!
14:05Jen!
14:07Hang on right now.
14:09I got you.
14:12I got you.
14:17Oh, my God.
14:17Oh, my God, Jen.
14:18Oh, my God.
14:20Oh, my 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.
14:31Come on.
14:32Come on.
14:32Talk to me.
14:33Come on, Jen.
14:33Come on.
14:34Jen?
14:35You all right?
14:37Jen?
14:38Just say something.
14:40Jen, I got you.
14:42I got you.
14:44Jen?
14:47Hey, hey, hey, Jen.
14:48Can you hear me?
14:50Jen, just say something.
15:02Damn it.
15:04You're kidding me.
15:32Can you believe this thing?
15:36Hey, hey.
15:36You got skinny, aren't I?
15:37You think I'm maybe a...
15:42Hey.
15:43Maybe.
16:25Yes?
16:43Yes?
19:18Yeah, I'll be home about an hour.
19:21Okay.
19:27Let me get some gum.
19:43Let me get some gum.
20:09Whoa, seriously?
20:11I had one Tito's in Salt Lake.
20:14That was like two hours ago.
20:15All right, man.
20:40Right Manhattan.
20:41And a Diet Pepsi.
20:44Thanks.
21:14We could take a cab home.
21:14You do not toast it.
21:15Oh, how I hate all those paying customers showering me with love and respect.
21:19And why do I have to make so much money?
21:20Where?
21:22How do you bear it?
21:32A bunch of dummies.
21:34Wow.
21:35It's a ship that sails on sand?
21:38Purple sand?
21:39That is, uh, that's brilliant.
21:41The world needed that.
21:43And the world needed yet another female character who spends all her time mooning over some fucking
21:48proud and haughty pirate.
21:49He's a Corsair, not a pirate.
21:53Mandovian Spice Fruit.
21:56Jesus, that, it's like a bad episode of Star Trek.
22:00All right, so how about you throw everybody a change up?
22:01Hmm?
22:02Green sand?
22:03Is that a purple?
22:05Maybe it's time for your serious book.
22:09Why not?
22:09You've been plugging away on it for five years.
22:12Four and a half, barely.
22:14Pardon me.
22:14So put it out already.
22:15I can't just, it, it needs polishing.
22:21Obviously, I mean, it does, right?
22:22Okay, take the next few months and polish.
22:25I'll work it out.
22:26I'll buy you some more time before your next Y-Caro.
22:30You really think bitter chrysalis is that good?
22:35I think people will love it.
22:42You ever read, um, Finnegan's Wake?
22:44No.
22:46I tried to.
22:47In grad school.
22:51It's probably great.
22:53I 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.
23:09It's something.
23:17To Ravon.
23:19Proud, haughty Ravon.
23:29Did you bring your cigarettes?
23:31Since when do you smoke?
23:33Since now?
23:35Made my rise all the time.
23:38Yeah, I will.
23:41I can't.
23:42I can't.
23:43I can't.
23:44I can't.
23:45I can't.
23:46I can't.
23:56to start a forest fire?
23:57Stop wasting my butane.
24:00Stop telling me how to smoke.
24:02I used to smoke in middle school.
24:04You know, you're supposed to light
24:04the 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 didn't hear it at Houston Mom, 78,
24:16says about blood song.
24:18Best Y. Carl ever.
24:19All caps.
24:20And, uh, 16, 17, exclamation points.
24:26Wow. Is that a new record?
24:27It's gotta be.
24:28Spoiler alert, Rabanne is back,
24:30and yummier than ever.
24:31Yummier than ever, think she means?
24:33Mm-mm, you better belief
24:35he's got my permission to come aboard.
24:37I'd walk his plank any time.
24:39I'm sensing an auto-quamotif.
24:41A little bit.
24:41Think Houston Mom's off for meds again?
24:43I think Houston Mom would spread her legs
24:44for a grilled cheese sandwich.
24:48Huh.
24:51Look at that.
24:53What?
24:55What do you think they're doing?
24:57What do you think they're doing?
24:58What's what doing?
24:58The planes.
24:59Uh, uh, look.
25:03I don't know.
25:04What, is 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.
25:40Do you want to answer a few questions for them?
25:43What now?
25:44No, no, no.
25:45Do a quick one.
25:45Let them know you're paying attention.
25:48Carol, my husband says Rabban can be my hall pass,
25:51which I don't think is fair,
25:52since Rabban's not a real-life person,
25:54although I wish he was.
25:55In real life, was there an actual man you were thinking of
25:59when you came up with Rabban?
26:01That's hilarious.
26:05You want to tell the truth?
26:09What do you have to lose?
26:13Put down George Clooney.
26:15What?
26:16What's wrong with him?
26:17Nothing.
26:18Just, I mean, how about a hot Brazilian soccer player,
26:21someone with dreadlocks?
26:22Hip it up.
26:25Just put George Clooney.
26:28It's safer.
26:34Shit.
26:36Shit.
26:37Shit.
26:56Buddy, you...
26:57You OK, buddy?
26:59You OK, buddy?
27:00I'm not.
27:05Oh, Jesus.
27:17Helen, should we call someone?
27:22Helen!
27:23Helen, stop looking at the goddamn phone!
27:37Helen?
27:41Oh, my God, Helen!
27:44Helen?
27:46Helen?
27:51Help! Help!
27:52Somebody help us!
27:54Help!
27:55Just hang in there.
27:57Hang in there.
27:59Just hang in there.
28:07Oh, my God!
28:09Oh, my God!
28:17Fuck!
28:18I don't know.
29:03I don't know.
29:18I don't know.
29:22Please.
29:23Please.
29:25Please.
29:27Yes!
29:28Yes!
29:29Yes!
29:30Yes!
29:30Yes!
29:59SHIT!
30:20Come on, come on, come on, come on.
30:24C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon.
30:34Fuck you.
30:35Fuck you, fuck you.
30:36Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you.
30:41Aw, fuck you!
30:52You better get out.
30:53Come on, get out! Get out!
30:59No! Fuck!
31:04Fuck it! Go!
31:05No!
31:20Go for it!
31:47No!
31:50No!
31:52No!
31:53No!
31:53Oh, my God.
32:32Oh, thank God.
32:35Oh, thank God.
32:59Oh, my God.
33:00Oh, my God.
33:07Oh, my God.
33:07Oh, my God.
33:14Oh, my God.
33:15Oh, my God.
33:32Oh, my God.
34:13Oh, my God.
34:37Oh, my God.
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34:55Oh, my God.
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35:21Oh, my God.
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36:31Oh, my God.
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37:13Oh, my God.
37:17Oh, my God.
37:18Oh, my God.
37:28Oh, my God.
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38:11Oh, my God.
38:18Oh, my God.
38:21Oh, my God.
38:38Oh, my God.
38:41Oh, my God.
39:24Oh, my God.
39:31Oh, my God.
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55:56Oh, my God.
55:58Oh, my God.
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