Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
[ SILENCE ]
>> THIS IS A NEW ANGELES STREET.
[ DOG BARKING ]
THIS IS A NEW ANGELES HOME.
THIS IS A NEW ANGELES FAMILY.
WITH CONSTRUCTION ALREADY
UNDER WAY TO THE INNER CITY OF
LOS ANGELES, THIS WILL BE A
REALITY.
NEW ANGELES -- REBUILDING A
BETTER COMMUNITY.
>> PAID FOR BY THE...
ASSOCIATION.
VISIT whatisnewangeles.com.
>> CHANGE -- THE PRODUCT OF
CONFLICTION WITHIN OPPOSING
IDEALS, A PRODUCT OF THE
DISCONTENT.
THIS IS HOW THE NATIONALIST
PARTY CHOOSES TO DEFINE THE
WORLD, SET THE STAGE -- TWO
FIGHTERS IN OPPOSITE CORNERS.
LET THEM GO.
IN THE END, THERE WILL BE NO
RIGHT, THERE WILL BE NO WRONG,
THERE WILL BE NO COMPROMISE.
IN THE END, THERE WILL ONLY BE
SYNTHESIS.
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
[ AIR HISSING ]
>> [ GROANING ]
DAVID!
DAVID!
DAVID!
>> MY CHEST BURNED.
I COULD FEEL THE TAR IN MY LUNGS
ABSORBED IN EACH BREATH AS I
SUFFOCATED FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
I FELT LOST IN A SEA OF
HIGH-RISES.
OR AS JOHN WOULD PUT IT, "A
WORLD BORN ON THE SHOULDERS AND
IMAGINATIONS OF OTHER MEN."
BEYOND IT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES
OF BEING A NATIONALIST.
THE PROBLEM IS, I STILL CAN'T
FIGURE OUT WHAT BROUGHT ME TO
THEM.
CIGARETTES, MAYBE.
>> Together: NO KANE, NO PAIN!
NO KANE, NO PAIN!
NO KANE, NO PAIN!
NO KANE, NO PAIN!
NO KANE, NO PAIN!
NO KANE, NO PAIN!
NO KANE, NO PAIN!
NO KANE, NO PAIN!
>> DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE?
>> THE WATER BALLOONS?
>> IT'S BECAUSE YOUR FATHER AND
I WENT HERE.
>> I KNOW THAT.
>> DAVID, I KNOW IT'S HARD TO
LOSE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE CLOSE TO.
BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE EXCUSES FOR
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
>> IF I'M IN TROUBLE FOR
SOMETHING --
>> STANDING UNDER THIS UMBRELLA,
PARTIALLY PROTECTED BY MY
SYMPATHIES, AND BECAUSE OF THE
LOVE I HAVE FOR MY SON AND HIS
FUTURE.
I'M SORRY THAT YOUR PARENTS
AREN'T HERE TO LOOK AFTER YOURS.
I HAVE EMPATHY, BUT IT MEANS
NOTHING IN THE REAL WORLD.
>> WE ALMOST MISSED IT.
>> DIDN'T SLEEP WELL.
>> STILL HAVING NIGHTMARES?
>> DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
>> THAT'S JUST FINE.
I DON'T, EITHER.
SHOULD TALK TO ONE OF THE PSYCH
KIDS ABOUT IT, THOUGH.
OR YOUR SISTER.
>> LET'S GO.
SO, HOW'S YOUR DAD?
>> LIVED TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY.
AGAIN.
YOU?
>> STERN LECTURE.
HAVE TO START A
POLITICAL-AWARENESS PAMPHLET.
>> COULD BE ENTERTAINING.
>> THIS PROVED TO BE MORE
ENTERTAINING THAN ANY TERRORIST
ACTION I COULD HAVE TAKEN
AGAINST THESE PROTESTORS.
WITHIN WEEKS, I WAS THE LEADING
PUBLISHER OF PROTEST PROPAGANDA
ON CAMPUS.
[ PRINTER WHIRRING ]
>> Together: NO KANE, NO PAIN!
NO KANE, NO PAIN!
NO KANE, NO PAIN!
>> FITZGERALD SAID, "WHEN WE'RE
20, CONVICTIONS ARE MOUNTAINS
FROM WHICH WE SHOUT."
...GROWING ECONOMIC DOMINANCE.
LESSON?
I GAVE PLENTY TO SHOUT ABOUT TO
THESE PROTESTORS -- MY
PROPAGANDA TO THE MASSES OF
LESSER PEOPLE.
>> Together: NO KANE, NO PAIN!
>> I FILL LETTERS WITH SAYINGS
OF INJUSTICE AND REVOLUTION.
AND THESE 20-YEAR-OLD KIDS SHOUT
OUT THE AGENDAS OF SOCIAL
UNREST, WHILE DRIVING THEIR
BEEMERS AND DRINKING THEIR
STARBUCKS.
NO NEW ANGELES!
NO NEW ANGELES!
HYPOCRISY IS A BEAUTIFUL THING,
I MYSELF BEING ITS BIGGEST
SUBSCRIBER.
>> NO NEW ANGELES!
>> THIS ABOUT THE PROTEST?
>> WHAT ARE YOU PROTESTING?
>> THE NIGHT-TIME ISOLATIONISM
OF NEW ANGELES.
>> NONE OF MY CONCERN.
[ CHANTING IN DISTANCE ]
THAT IS.
>> JOHN BECKER -- ***.
JOHN BECKER'S THE SON OF A MAJOR
WEST SIDE CIGARETTE DISTRIBUTOR.
ANDREW GAVE HIM THE DEAN'S CODE
IN EXCHANGE FOR SHIPMENT
TRACKING NUMBERS.
SINCE THE PRICE OF A PACK OF
CIGARETTES TRIPLED IN THE LAST
10 YEARS, AND MADE ILLEGAL ON
ALL COLLEGE CAMPUSES, THEY'VE
BECOME COMMODITIES.
KIND OF LIKE IN PRISON.
EVERY MONTH, CARTONS OF REDS
FELL OFF THE TRUCK, SO TO SPEAK.
RIGHT INTO MY WALLET -- AND
LUNGS, SO TO SPEAK.
I SOLD TO EVERYBODY.
I SOLD TO THE NICOTINE ANONYMOUS
GROUPS.
I SOLD TO THE HIGH-SCHOOL KIDS,
WHOSE UNREGULATED SPENDING OF
THEIR PARENTS MONEY TO FUEL
THEIR ADDICTION MIGHT BE THE
ONLY THING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN
THE AFOREMENTIONED HYPOCRISY.
I EVEN SOLD TO THE
FREE-ENTERPRISE CLASS, WHO
THOUGHT THEY COULD RESELL THEM
FOR MORE MONEY.
I SOLD, AND GOT SOLD OUT...
BY JOHN BECKER.
>> EXPULSION, TWO YEARS
PROBATION, THREE MONTHS HOUSE
ARREST.
>> NO, YOU TOLD ME YOU KNEW THE
PROSECUTOR.
>> LOOK, I'M SORRY, BUT THEY'RE
CUTTING DOWN ON NARCOTICS.
>> CIGARETTES.
>> YOU CAN PICK WHEREVER YOU
WANT TO RELOCATE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS STAY THERE
FOR THE FULL PROBATION.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE DOING
THIS TO ME.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME DO?
EXPEL THE BOTH OF YOU?
ANDREW IS A SEMESTER AWAY FROM
GRADUATING LAW SCHOOL.
YOU ARE A SEMESTER AWAY FROM...
FAILING AGAIN!
>> WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW?
>> GO FIND KAYLA.
THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME FOR YOU
AND YOUR SISTER TO RECONNECT.
>> HEGEL'S PARADOX -- "PEOPLE
LEARN FROM HISTORY THAT PEOPLE
LEARN NOTHING FROM HISTORY."
IN THOSE TERMS, A HUMAN LIFE,
DOES IT MATTER?
IS THE GREAT MACHINE SO POWERFUL
THAT ITS TEMPORARY CONDUCTORS NO
LONGER CONTROL IT?
PERSONALLY, BEFORE THIS, I WAS
BORED.
"I.E. AMUSEMENT, SANITY, WHAT'S
THE OPPOSITE OF SUICIDE?"
...RELIED SOLELY ON THE WEBSITE,
MODERN REVOLUTION.
"I *** HATE ANARCHISTS."
I SUPPOSE THAT'S WHY I ENJOYED
WRITING FOR THEM SO MUCH.
BORED.
TIRED.
HOUSE ARRESTED.
EDGAR ALLAN POE ONCE SAID, "A
DREAM WITHIN A DREAM."
WHAT IF YOU DON'T SLEEP?
WHAT THEN?
A FLASHBACK WITHIN A FLASHBACK?
A VOICEOVER WITHIN A VOICEOVER?
IT ALL STARTED WITH DEATH.
>> HOUSE ARREST, HUH?
>> I JUST SIT IN MY ROOM MOST
THE TIME.
>> THAT SOUNDS REALLY AWESOME.
>> IT'S ALL RIGHT.
I'M AN ISOLATIONIST AT HEART.
>> WELL, NEW ANGELES SUITS YOU,
THEN.
I'M KIDDING, KIDDING.
SO, YOU GOT A JOB LINED UP?
>> THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS SO
HIGH, MY P.O. COULDN'T EVEN FIND
ME WORK.
NO.
>> NO WORK, NO TAXES.
NOW YOUR ONLY CERTAINTY IS
DEATH.
>> EH, FOR SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T
LIKE TO WORK, IT'S A PRETTY
AFFORDABLE SITUATION.
>> SAW YOUR SISTER THE OTHER
DAY.
>> HUH.
>> I'M GONNA TRY TO GET HER INTO
U.C.
YOU KNOW, TALK TO MY DAD, GO
THAT ROUTE.
'CAUSE, UH...
>> YOU OWE ME?
>> YEAH, I DO.
AND 'CAUSE YOUR SISTER'S ***
HOT.
>> YOU'RE AN ***.
[ Dialing ]
[ Ringing ]
>> Katherine's Home for Girls.
>> IS KAYLA THERE?
>> Just a second.
>> WHILE I WAS ON HOUSE ARREST,
I FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL.
THE MONTHS OF ISOLATION HAVE NO
DOUBT MADE ME AWKWARD IN THE
FACE OF MY *** DESIRES.
GOOD IMAGINATION OVERCOMES ALL.
SHE WALKED BY MY WINDOW EVERY
DAY BETWEEN 4:30 AND 5:30.
"WHAT'S A GIRL LIKE THAT DOING
IN A PLACE LIKE THIS?" IS AN
UNDERSTATEMENT.
SHE PROBABLY WORKS WITH
UNDERPRIVILEGED KIDS OR
SOMETHING.
SHE IS PERFECT.
AND SO IS HER APARTMENT.
THE FURNITURE SHE HAD...
...WHAT SHE KEPT IN HER TOP
DRAWER...
PICTURES OF HER WITH HER
FRIENDS, HER FAMILY.
BUT THAT'LL COME LATER.
THE LIMITS OF HOUSE ARREST HAVE
BECOME RELEVANT.
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
[ LAUGHS ]
[ FINGERS SNAPPING ]
THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE SEEMED
TRIVIAL, LIKE GOVERNING A
THOUGHT OR DESCRIBING SYNTAX
WITHIN A MEMORY -- A MEMORY THAT
BURNS THE SAME OIL THAT CAN
SLOWLY DRIVE YOU INSANE.
>> WELCOME TO THE INTERNET 2,
A FASTER, SAFER WAY TO EXPLORE.
>> THE MODERN REVOLUTION -- THE
ONLY PERMITTED ANARCHIST WEBSITE
ON THE INTERNET 2.
IT WAS MADE UP MOSTLY OF COLLEGE
KIDS AND EXTREME LIBERALS.
IT WAS THE PERFECT FORUM TO
PROVOKE THE REACTIONS I FOUND SO
DESPERATELY ENTERTAINING.
I WAS POOR *** TO THE MODERN
REVOLUTION AS POOR RICHARD WAS
TO HIS ALMANAC.
"YOURS, ET CETERA, POOR ***."
[ TAP ON WINDOW ]
[ ALARM BLARES IN DISTANCE ]
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
>> FORGET YOUR CIGARETTES.
I'M NOT GOING BACK FOR THEM.
THIS PLACE LOOKS LIKE ***.
SO YOUR ANKLE THING'S OFF.
>> WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
>> SAYING THAT IT'S DARK IN
HERE AND DRAFTY.
AND I'M *** COLD.
YOU'RE NOT SO MESSED UP IN THE
HEAD THAT WE CAN'T GO GET
COFFEE, RIGHT?
>> PACING MYSELF.
>> PACING YOURSELF.
DON'T GIVE ME THAT ***.
COME ON.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT
RISK-TAKERS AND NOT WAITING FOR
THE BUS.
>> NO, WHAT IS IT THEY SAY?
>> DON'T *** WITH ME, DAVID.
I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP.
>> WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO HELP
WITH?
>> I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU STOP
BEING A ***, ALL RIGHT?
YOU WERE ON HOUSE ARREST, AND
NOW YOU'RE NOT, SO GET OVER IT.
>> I DON'T NEED TO BE REMINDED.
YOU NEED TO BE REMINDED.
>> DAVID, I SAID THAT I WAS
SORRY, ALL RIGHT?
IT WAS MY FAULT, AND YOU TOOK
THE BLAME, AND I'M SO VERY
GRATEFUL.
THAT CONVERSATION ASIDE, I THINK
YOU SHOULD GET OUT OF YOUR
APARTMENT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
>> WHAT SEPARATES ME FROM THE
OUTSIDE WORLD?
THE DOOR...
THE ILLUSION OF SAFETY FROM ALL
THAT IS BEYOND IT.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
A, UH, PACK OF REDS.
THANKS.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
>> THREE YEARS AGO,
GOVERNOR KANE'S REFORM WAS
WELCOMED BY A COMMUNITY THAT
FELT LONG FORGOTTEN.
NEW ANGELES WAS AIMED TO
REDEVELOP THIS STRUGGLING AREA,
BRINGING NEW SCHOOLS, ROADS,
AND JOBS.
HOWEVER, NOW IF YOU WERE TO ASK
THIS SAME COMMUNITY HOW THEY
FEEL, YOU'D PROBABLY GET A VERY
DIFFERENT ANSWER.
>> SO THEY THROW DOWN SOME
CONES.
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?
WHERE'S THE MONEY GOING?
THEY'RE NOT ELIMINATING CRIME.
THEY'RE JUST KEEPING IT FROM
THE RICH PEOPLE.
>> THEY PUT IN LIGHTS, THESE
BRIGHT LIGHTS, SO THEY CAN SEE
WHAT -- WHAT EVERYBODY'S DOING.
IT DOESN'T HELP.
>> THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING.
I TAKE THE BUS TO WORK.
I COMMUTE.
IT TAKES ME FIVE HOURS TO GET
BACK AND FORTH TO WORK.
I'M TIRED OF IT.
HELP US!
>> IT WAS AN ALIEN.
AN ALIEN VISITED MY MIND, TOLD
ME ABOUT SPACE TRAVEL.
>> YOU SHOULD CALL NASA -- OR A
TRAILER PARK IN NEW MEXICO.
>> THERE ARE THINGS THAT WERE
NOT IN MY MIND WHEN I WENT TO
SLEEP.
AND WHEN I WOKE UP, IT WAS
LIKE, "BING!"
>> MAYBE YOU WERE ABDUCTED.
>> BUT WHY ME?
>> [ Laughing ] JESUS.
I'M PATRONIZING YOU.
>> *** ***.
I LIKE THIS PLACE.
HOW DID YOU FIND IT?
THE *** IS WRONG WITH YOU?
YOU LOOK LIKE ***.
YOU'RE NOT DRINKING YOUR COFFEE.
YOU KEEP STARING OVER AT THE
WAITRESS.
>> I THINK I'M BEING STALKED.
>> NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
>> AT MY APARTMENT.
>> DON'T YOU HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED
FOR IT TO BE A STALKING?
>> I'M BEING WATCHED.
>> YOU'RE A YOUNG, WHITE MALE
LIVING IN NEW ANGELES, THE CRIME
CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
YOU'RE BEING PARANOID.
>> BECAUSE I'M BEING WATCHED.
>> BY WHO?
>> NATIONALISTS.
>> WHY?
>> I WENT OUT FOR CIGARETTES.
WHEN I CAME BACK, THERE WAS A
LETTER AT MY DOOR.
>> ARE YOU BEING SERIOUS?
THE NATIONALISTS ARE LIKE THE
*** I.R.A. OF THE WEST.
I TOLD YOU TO STOP PUBLISHING
THAT ***.
WE'RE NOT IN COLLEGE ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT -- YOU'RE
NOT DEALING WITH LIBERAL ***
PROTESTERS.
[ DOORKNOB RATTLES ]
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
>> [ SIGHS ]
[ KEYS CLACKING ]
>> WELCOME TO THE INTERNET 2.
[ KEYS CLACKING ]
>> [ GROANING ]
[ CLATTERING ]
[ DOOR OPENS ]
[ TAPE RIPPING ]
[ VAN DOOR CLOSES ]
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?
WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME?
[ ENGINE REVS ]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]
[ VEHICLE APPROACHES ]
[ ENGINE SHUTS OFF ]
[ VAN DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
[ GATE OPENS ]
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
>> WELL, THAT WAS QUITE AN
ENTRANCE.
I'M MACE.
>> THIS IS IT?
>> THIS IS IT. HEADQUARTERS.
>> FOR WHAT?
>> NEW PARTY RUNNING IN THE NEXT
ELECTION.
LET ME INTRODUCE YOU.
THIS IS MY MAN, DOWNS.
>> WHAT'S UP?
>> THAT'S JOHN.
>> HEY.
>> ZEUS.
AND THE GUY ON THE COMPUTER IS
EN.
>> THAT'S SHORT FOR ENVILL.
>> YOU'VE MET THESE GUYS BEFORE.
THEY'RE NEW LIKE YOU.
>> WOW. SO, YOU GOT THE, UH,
MUSCLE, THE HACKER.
WHO'S THE GUY THAT MAKES THE
BOMBS?
LIKE THOSE OLD TV SHOWS, RIGHT?
EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN
SPECIALTY.
>> NO.
HANG OUT HERE.
I'M GONNA SEE IF HENDRIX IS
READY FOR YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> NO SMOKING.
>> CAN WE MAKE AN EXCEPTION?
>> NO SMOKING.
>> YOU GUYS DON'T SMOKE?
[ SCOFFS ]
WHAT KIND OF ANARCHISTS ARE YOU?
>> WE'RE NOT ANARCHISTS.
>> YOU KNOW, HITLER DIDN'T
SMOKE.
IT WAS PRETTY STRANGE FOR THAT
TIME.
HE DIDN'T EAT RED MEAT, EITHER.
IN FACT, HE HAD PICTURE-PERFECT
HEALTH RIGHT UNTIL THE MINUTE
HE, UH [CLICKS TONGUE] KILLED
HIMSELF.
>> WHAT'S YOUR POINT?
>> MY POINT IS, UM, WE'RE ALL
DYING OF SOMETHING.
>> *** HATE WRITERS.
>> ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO.
>> DAVID. WELCOME TO MY HOME.
SORRY ABOUT THE SHROUD.
SECURITY. YOU UNDERSTAND.
PLEASE, SIT.
YOU KNEW WE WERE COMING.
>> DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GONNA BE
SO DRAMATIC.
>> SORRY AGAIN FOR THE SHROUD.
SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE
PLACE?
>> FOR HARBORING AN ORGANIZATION
PLANNING ON TAKING OVER THE
WESTERN WORLD, IT'S HUMBLE.
>> I ASSURE YOU, IT'S CAPABLE.
LET ME GET RIGHT TO IT.
I-I BEGAN PUBLISHING A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO, MOSTLY LITERATURE OF
OUTSIDE IDEALISTS.
>> PROPAGANDA.
>> YES.
YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE OF YOUR
UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.
>> WHICH IS?
>> YOU LIVE IN NEW ANGELES, AND
YOU'RE A PROPAGANDIST.
LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING.
NEW ANGELES.
IT'S REALLY A POLITICAL WORK OF
ART -- A WHOLE SECTION OF THE
INNER CITY COMPLETELY LOCKED IN
AT NIGHT UNDER THE SEMBLANCE OF
REBUILDING.
NOW, ASIDE FROM THE LIGHTS THAT
ARE GOING UP FOR NIGHT SECURITY,
I'M GUESSING THAT YOU HAVEN'T
SEEN ANY REAL PROGRESS YET.
>> MOST OF MY TIME'S BEEN SPENT
AT HOME, ACTUALLY.
>> IN NEW ANGELES, THERE IS NO
PROGRESSION.
ONLY REGRESSION.
THE NEW SUBWAY ROUTES TRAVEL
AROUND NEW ANGELES, AS WELL AS
ALL THE FREEWAY ENTRANCES BEING
BLOCKED OFF, LEAVING ONLY SIDE
STREETS TO TRAVEL.
>> THAT'D BE WHY I SPENT THREE
HOURS WITH A HOOD OVER MY FACE.
>> THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WAS
ACTUALLY DEVELOPED TO SEGREGATE
CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY WHEN
IT WAS BUILT.
INSTEAD OF SIMPLY FORCING PEOPLE
TO STAY IN, THEY'D USE THE
PSYCHOLOGY OF CONVENIENCE
AGAINST THEM.
>> IT'S TO MINIMIZE CRIME,
RIGHT?
>> THE CRIME RATE HASN'T CHANGED
SINCE NEW ANGELES STARTED.
IT'S JUST BEEN REFOCUSED.
NEW ANGELES HAS ABSORBED ALL OF
THE CRIME, WHILE KEEPING IT FROM
SPILLING OUT INTO OTHER PARTS OF
THE CITY.
>> YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T EXACTLY
NEWS.
THERE'S BEEN SPECULATION ABOUT
THAT FOR YEARS.
>> I KNOW. I KNOW.
I WAS JUST LEADING TO A POINT.
A QUESTION, ACTUALLY.
KNOWING THIS INFORMATION, WHY
WOULD YOU MOVE THERE?
YOU HAVE ENOUGH INHERITANCE TO
LIVE WHEREVER YOU WANT.
WHY PICK THE MOST RUN-DOWN,
CRIME-INFESTED PART OF THE CITY?
>> IS THAT WHY YOU BROUGHT ME
HERE -- TO ASK ME ABOUT MY
LIVING ARRANGEMENTS?
>> IN PART.
TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHO YOU
ARE.
WHAT WE REALLY WANT IS YOUR
HELP.
>> I'D LIKE TO BE CLEAR ON
EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS.
>> I WANT YOU TO WRITE FOR THE
NATIONALIST PARTY, WITH REGARDS
TO NEW ANGELES.
>> IF I SAY NO...
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?
>> [ CHUCKLES ]
WELL, WE'RE NOT GONNA HURT YOU,
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN.
JUST BE DISCREET ABOUT WHAT
YOU'VE SEEN.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW MORE THAN MOST
THAT THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE
WATCHING.
>> OKAY.
>> DAVID.
I'D LIKE TO BE STRAIGHT ABOUT
ONE THING.
WE'RE NOT ANARCHISTS.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS IN TWO
NIGHTS.
YOU HAVE ONE TO DECIDE.
OH, AND, DAVID.
YOU CAN LEAVE THE SAME WAY YOU
CAME IN.
>> LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT BE A
LITTLE BIT EARLY.
>> [ LAUGHS ]
LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GONNA BE
SLEEPING UNDER THE STARS
TONIGHT, NEW ANGELINO.
>> WHAT ABOUT 97th?
>> WELL, SIDE STREETS ARE A
HASSLE, SO I THINK WE'RE JUST
GONNA DROP YOU OFF HERE.
>> DON'T WORRY. YOU'LL BE SAFE.
YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
BRIDGE TONIGHT.
[ CHUCKLES ]
>> OKAY, THEN.
I GUESS THIS IS GOODBYE.
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
OKAY.
NEW ANGELES SUCCESSFULLY KEPT
CRIME FROM SPILLING OUT ONTO
THE INNER CITY...
...AND ME FROM GETTING HOME.
[ CLANG ]
HENDRIX WAS RIGHT ABOUT ONE
THING.
NEW ANGELES WAS A DUMP --
THE POLLUTION IN THE AIR THAT
GAVE ME A SORE THROAT, THE CITY
PROPAGANDA THAT LITTERED EVERY
EYE LINE ON EVERY STREET...
[ ALARM RINGING ]
...THE CRIME THAT WAS
INFILTRATING THE CITY, SLOWLY
ERASING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
CRIMINAL AND VICTIM...
[ SIREN WAILS ]
...LIKE A SOUL PEERING AT ITS
CORPSE FROM WITHIN A STEEL
COFFIN, WATCHING WHAT'S LEFT OF
THE OXYGEN INSIDE SLOWLY DECAY
ITS FLESH.
I SHOULD HAVE BEEN SLEEPING.
I COULDN'T.
>> THE SYMBOL CAN BE SEEN ALL
OVER LOS ANGELES AND IS THOUGHT
TO BE THE MARK OF THE
NATIONALIST PARTY.
IN THIS VIEWER-SUBMITTED VIDEO,
WE SEE THE GROUP AT WORK.
THE GOVERNOR COMMENTED LATE
LAST WEEK, FOLLOWING A VISIT.
>> GIVEN THE VIOLENT HISTORY OF
THIS GROUP, ARE YOU WORRIED FOR
L.A. OR AFRAID IN ANY WAY?
>> JUST THE OPPOSITE.
I WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH
THEM, HEAR THEIR IDEAS.
HECK, MAYBE HAVE THEM DO A
MURAL FOR MY OFFICE.
>> GOVERNOR KANE WILL BE
SPEAKING AT THE HILLBY HOTEL
LATER THIS MONTH, REGARDING HER
ONGOING EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE
STATE OF NEW ANGELES.
>> YOU'RE NOT GOING BACK THERE,
ARE YOU?
>> THEY BROKE IN WITHOUT ME
KNOWING, BLINDFOLDED ME, AND
TOOK ME TO THEIR SECRET,
THREE-BEDROOM APARTMENT BASE.
WASN'T EXACTLY SOMETHING I
PLANNED.
>> I'D SAY I TOLD YOU SO, BUT
WHAT'S THE POINT?
>> [ SCOFFS ]
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING
ELSE.
GIRLS.
ANY GIRLS IN YOUR LIFE?
[ CHUCKLES ] WHOA.
THE STALKED BECOMES THE STALKER.
THAT'S TWISTED.
HAVE YOU TALKED TO HER YET?
>> NO.
>> IT'S PROBABLY BETTER THAT YOU
DON'T AT THIS POINT.
YOU KNOW, YOU BUILD THEM UP, AND
THEN YOU -- POP!
>> I THINK SHE'S DIFFERENT.
>> THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT TILL
YOU REALIZE THAT THEY'RE ALL THE
SAME.
>> WHY IS IT THAT THE GUYS WHO
ARE THE WORST WITH WOMEN ALWAYS
HAVE ADVICE TO GIVE?
>> [ Chuckling ] I'M NOT THE
WORST WITH WOMEN.
***, YOU HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED TO
HER YET.
>> [ SCOFFS ]
[ KEYS CLACKING ]
[ RHYTHMIC TAPPING ON WINDOW ]
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.
THERE'S GOT TO BE A BE--
WHO ARE YOU?
>> WE ARE AGENTS LIVINGSTON AND
AGENTS DARREN OF THE
NATIONAL DEFENSE AGENCY.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHO ARE YOU?
>> I...DON'T KNOW.
>> NUMBER 357-16, SECTION "Q" OF
THE CIVILIAN FILESHARING
NETWORK, ON PROBATION FOR
NARCOTICS, SUSPECTED OF
SEDITION.
>> SEDITION?
>> IT SEEMS YOU'VE MADE SOME NEW
FRIENDS RECENTLY.
>> I WAS KIDNAPPED RECENTLY.
>> WE HAVE THE SATELLITE PHOTO
TO PROVE IT.
>> YOU SEE, ACCORDING TO THE
LIBERTY ACT, EVEN UNKNOWING
ASSOCIATION WITH A GROUP
PROMOTING DOMESTIC TERRORISM IS
A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY A LONG
STAY IN A FEDERAL PRISON.
>> SO YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ME.
WHO ARE YOU?
>> WE'RE AGENTS DARREN AND
LIVINGSTON OF THE --
>> I GOT THAT. WHY?
>> COME ON, DAVID.
WE HAVE YOU COMMUNICATING WITH
KNOWN TERRORISTS AND PILES OF
ANARCHIST ESSAYS WRITTEN BY YOU
IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
>> THOSE WERE A JOKE.
IT DOESN'T PROVE ANYTHING.
>> THEY SHOW INTENT.
>> THEN THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE.
>> YOUR PROFILE IS INTERESTING.
IT'S ACTUALLY WHY YOU'RE HERE.
>> YOU'VE MADE SOME BAD CHOICES,
SON.
>> OH, BUT...IT AIN'T EASY THESE
DAYS.
THESE DAYS IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO
FIND A JOB WITHOUT HAVING A
CRIMINAL RECORD.
>> COULD WE SKIP THE
INTIMIDATION AND GET TO THE PART
WHERE YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT?
GUESS NOT.
>> LISTEN, ***.
ONE PHONE CALL FROM US, AND
YOU'RE GONNA SPEND 10 YEARS IN A
JAIL CELL WHILE WE TRY AND
FIGURE OUT YOUR TRIAL DATE.
>> IS HE DONE YET?
>> COME ON, DAVID, WE'RE ON YOUR
SIDE.
WE JUST NEED YOU TO KNOW HOW
MUCH YOU STAND TO LOSE.
THINK ABOUT YOUR SISTER.
I KNOW YOU FEEL GUILTY ABOUT
ABANDONING HER.
I MEAN, SHE'S GONNA BE
PARENTLESS, LOW-CLASS, COMING
OUT OF A STATE HOME.
>> NOT TO MENTION A DEBILITATING
FAMILY NAME.
>> [ CHUCKLES ]
BARGAINING NOW.
>> YOU REALLY DON'T GET IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
YOU WILL HELP US, OR EVERYONE
YOU LOVE...
>> INCLUDING YOURSELF.
>> ...WILL GET HURT.
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT?
>> TO RESTORE AMERICA'S
GREATNESS.
[ Ringing ]
>> Katherine's Home for Girls.
>> IS KAYLA THERE?
>> I'm sorry. It's really late.
[ RECEIVER SLAMS ]
>> TWO DAYS TILL THE MEETING,
ONE TO DECIDE.
SO I WAITED.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
>> WHAT I'M SAYING HERE IS THAT
ASSOCIATION IS USED BY
POLITICIANS.
THOMAS JEFFERSON WAS A DEIST, AS
WERE MOST --
>> IT WAS A FORUM FOR THE FORMAL
AND INFORMAL DISCUSSION OF
AMERICAN POLICY.
>> ...IS NOT THE SAME GOD WHO IS
IN THE BIBLE.
>> BIBLE?
>> I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> OBSERVANCY SEEMED SLIGHT.
>> BRING IN JESUS, YOU BRING IN
EVERYTHING.
LISTEN, THIS IS A -- THIS IS A
SACRED MEETING OF WHY WE
APPRECIATE EACH OTHER.
>> I DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT YOUR
COOKING.
>> I DON'T GIVE YOU REASON TO.
>> IT'S JUST POLITE SOMETIMES TO
KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.
>> I'LL TAKE BETTERMENT OVER
POLITENESS ANY DAY.
>> THEN *** STARVE.
[ KEYS CLACKING ]
>> HEY.
DAVID.
>> YEAH.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> WORKING.
[ SIGHS ]
ENGINEERING A BUG TO MANIPULATE
INFORMATION ON A CIVILIAN
FILESHARING NETWORK.
>> AND HERE'S THE ONLY HACKER TO
EVER ACCESS THE
NATIONAL DEFENSE AGENCY'S WATCH
LIST.
STAY ON HIS GOOD SIDE.
IF THEY EVER PUT YOUR NAME ON
IT...
>> WITHIN AN HOUR, YOUR
APARTMENT WILL BE SO FILLED WITH
BUGS, YOU'LL NEED AN
EXTERMINATOR.
>> SO, YOU GUYS HAVE, LIKE, A
SLOGAN OR SOMETHING?
>> WE'RE NOT THE BOY SCOUTS.
>> REPORTS ON THE HOUR, OKAY?
VERY IMPORTANT.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
>> NO ONE MOVES WITHOUT HEARING
FROM ME.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL FINISH UP
LATER.
>> PRIVATE.
>> CORPORAL.
>> SIR.
>> MACE.
DAVID.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
WELCOME BACK.
>> [ SIGHS ]
>> MACE IS A GOOD LEADER.
YOU'LL FIND THAT THE CAUSE OF A
MOB DOESN'T CHANGE ITS
MENTALITY, BUT LEADERSHIP WILL.
AND BEFORE ANY OF THAT, THEY'LL
NEED SOMEONE'S WORDS TO FIND
THEM.
I'M GLAD YOU CAME BACK.
>> AH, IT'S SOMETHING I HAD TO
DO.
>> I FIND THAT BENEATH ALL OF
OUR SARCASMS AND CONTEMPT, WE
ALL WANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUS.
>> TO A POINT.
SO, UH, WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
>> WELL, TAKE IT EASY FOR A
WHILE.
GET ACQUAINTED WITH EVERYONE,
EVERYTHING.
TO BE HONEST, FOR MOST OF WHAT
WE DO, I CAN'T SAY THAT YOU'LL
BE VERY MUCH INVOLVED.
>> LONELINESS HASN'T EVER REALLY
BEEN A PROBLEM FOR ME.
>> I MEANT WITH RECON WORK.
LONELINESS IS A COMMODITY HERE,
AS WELL AS SECRETS.
BOTH ARE VERY HARD TO MAINTAIN
IN SUCH A SMALL SPACE.
>> GUESS THAT COULD BE WORRYING
FOR SOMEONE WITH SOMETHING TO
HIDE.
>> DO YOU?
>> EXCUSE ME?
>> HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE?
>> GUESS WE DON'T KNOW EACH
OTHER THAT WELL.
HAVEN'T DISTINGUISHED WHAT I
SHOULD BE HIDING YET.
>> AGREED.
>> PROFESSOR THERE FOR QUITE A
LONG TIME.
>> YEAH.
>> TAUGHT AT A FEW HIGH SCHOOLS.
YOU -- YOU FROM AMERICA?
>> YEAH.
>> OH.
>> YEAH.
>> GOOD.
>> AWESOME.
>> YOU GOT A GIRLFRIEND?
>> UH...YEAH.
>> THEN WHY ARE YOU STARING AT
CAROLINE?
>> I WASN'T.
>> JOHN'S BEEN AT HER SINCE HE
GOT HERE.
HE HASN'T FIGURED OUT SHE'S A
*** YET.
>> SHE IS?
>> MM. HIS WIFE LEFT HIM.
I DON'T THINK HE'S ASKED OUT A
WOMAN IN 10 YEARS.
>> SOMEONE SHOULD SAY SOMETHING.
>> NAH.
LET THEM TALK.
>> WANT A DRINK?
>> YOU DON'T SMOKE, BUT YOU
DRINK?
>> ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
>> [ CHUCKLES ]
HERE IS TO CELEBRATING SOBRIETY
WITH A DRINK, THEN.
>> TO THE NEW PROPAGANDIST.
>> WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OLD ONE?
>> THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT.
[ GULPING ]
[ SIGHS ]
WELCOME TO THE NATIONALISTS.
>> A BREEZE COULD BE FELT BY THE
CROSSWIND OF SEMANTICS BLOWING
BY, THE ESCALATION AND
DIVISIONS CAUSED BY EXTREMISTS
FIGHTING AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR
THE SAME CAUSE OF FREEDOM, A
SYSTEM OF HOT AND COLD AIR WITH
THE PROMISE OF A STORM.
THE AGENTS, THE NATIONALISTS --
THEY BOTH DREAMED OF A FUTURE.
LARGELY DIFFERENT, THOUGH
SEEMINGLY PATRIOTIC IN PROCESS,
ONE LACKED STABILITY, ONE
PRIVACY.
BOTH WERE FIGHTING FOR THE
COMMON GOOD, THOUGH IT WOULD BE
THE PEOPLE WHO WERE LEFT IN DEBT
TO THE FUTURE, ONE THAT DIDN'T
HOLD ANY PROSPECTS.
>> WELCOME TO THE INTERNET 2.
>> "NATIONALIST GROUP."
>> THIS IS NOT AN ACCEPTED
SEARCH.
>> "EVIL NATIONALIST GROUP."
>> THIS IS NOT AN ACCEPTED
SEARCH.
>> "REPORTING NATIONALISM."
>> THIS IS NOT AN ACCEPTED
SEARCH.
>> GOD DAMN IT!
[ SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE ]
I NEED YOUR HELP INVESTIGATING
THE NATIONALISTS.
THEY DON'T LET ON MUCH, AND I
DEFINITELY DON'T BELIEVE
ANYTHING THE NDA SAYS ABOUT
THEM.
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?
>> I NEED TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE,
THEIR HISTORY, IF THEY'RE
PLANNING ANYTHING.
I NEED TO KNOW WHAT I'M UP
AGAINST.
>> ALL RIGHT, I'LL SEE WHAT I
CAN DIG UP.
>> SO?
>> IT'S A GIFT.
IT'S A BOX OF CELEBRATORY
CIGARETTES.
>> HA. WHAT'S THE OCCASION?
>> WELL, I KNOW HOW YOU LIKE TO
SMOKE...
AND I GOT A JOB.
GIVING ADVICE.
>> THE LEGAL KIND.
>> YEAH.
GONNA BE A LAWYER.
>> UH...
[ CHUCKLES ]
CONGRATULATIONS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> HOW'S THE COFFEE?
>> UH...
>> THAT BAD, HUH?
>> I'M GONNA GO SEE WHAT'S GOING
ON.
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]
>> SO I STEP OUTSIDE TO GRAB A
CIGARETTE, RIGHT?
AND IT -- IT'S SO *** DARK,
I CAN'T EVEN SEE MY HAND UNTIL I
STRIKE THE LIGHTER.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, IT'S A PEACEFUL
NIGHT, AND I'M CHECKING OUT THE
STARS AND *** WHEN I HEAR SOME
RUSTLING IN THE BUSH.
I DO.
AND AFTER THAT, I PUT OUT MY
CIGARETTE, AND I RAISE MY
WEAPON, AND THEN...
I MEAN, THE SUSPENSE IS JUST
*** ***, RIGHT?
>> *** YOU!
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> ALL RIGHT, SO OUT FROM THE
JUNGLE COMES MACE, AND HE'S
COMPLETELY DRUNK, IN HIS
UNDERWEAR, AND HE'S GOT SOME
POOR LITTLE AFRICAN BY HIS
THROAT, AND HE'S SCREAMING, HE'S
SCREAMING, "I FOUND HIM!
I FOUND JAHAD YOULOU!"
[ LAUGHTER ]
I MEAN, CRAZIER THAN A
***-HOUSE RAT.
SMART, THOUGH.
>> I'D HATE TO BE THE ONE TO
TELL HIM IT WASN'T HIM.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> DID YOU EVER SERVE?
>> ONLY PROBATION.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S PACK IT UP.
GET READY TO MOVE OUT.
>> WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> TALK TO HENDRIX.
>> IT'S AN ANTIQUE.
>> WELL, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL
ABOUT OUR COMMUNICATIONS.
>> OH, I'M SURE I'LL FIGURE IT
OUT.
>> YOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT IS ON
THE DESK, ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF
REFERENCE POINTS.
>> WHERE'S EVERYONE GOING?
>> RECONNAISSANCE MISSION.
>> OH. WHERE TO?
>> DON'T WORRY.
ZEUS WILL KEEP YOU COMPANY.
JOHN WILL TAKE YOU HOME IN THE
MORNING.
>> HENDRIX, I'M NOT SURE HOW TO,
UM...
>> START SMALL.
IT WASN'T FIRE THAT CAUSED
MODERNIZATION IN THE ANCIENT
WORLD.
IT WAS FARMING.
PLANTING AND HARVESTING OF
SEEDS.
>> YEAH.
I'LL SEE IF I CAN WORK THAT IN
SOMEHOW.
[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]
PIECE OF ***.
>> WHERE YOU GOING?
>> OH, I WAS JUST, UH...
WALKING.
WRITER'S BLOCK.
>> WANT TO SEE SOMETHING?
COME UP HERE TO GET OUT OF THE
HUMIDITY.
>> IT'S A GREAT VIEW.
DOES ANYONE ELSE KNOW ABOUT IT?
>> HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE ELSE UP
HERE.
>> WHY AREN'T YOU ON THE
MISSION?
>> WASN'T INVITED.
>> ALWAYS A HIERARCHY.
>> YEAH.
ONE DAY IT'LL BE DIFFERENT.
>> HOW OLD ARE YOU?
>> 21.
I'LL BE TURNING 21.
>> COULDN'T IMAGINE YOURSELF
DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT, HUH?
>> BEEN AROUND THIS STUFF MY
WHOLE LIFE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF
PICKING SIDES.
>> AND BEFORE ALL THIS?
>> LIVED WITH MY DAD.
WE TRAVELED A LOT, THOUGH.
HE WAS A DETONATION SPECIALIST
FOR SOME TASK FORCE.
>> AH, SO YOU'RE THE ONE THAT
MAKES THE BOMBS.
>> WEAPONS. YEAH.
EVER FEEL LIKE YOU WERE MEANT
FOR SOMETHING, IF YOU DIDN'T DO
IT, YOU'D GO CRAZY?
IT'S LIKE THAT WRITER ONCE SAID,
"IF I DIDN'T HAVE WRITING, I'D
BE THROWING GRENADES IN PEOPLE'S
FACES."
>> I HADN'T HEARD THAT.
>> WELL [CHUCKLES] WHAT THIS
PLACE HAS GIVEN ME, I KIND OF
FEEL THE SAME WAY.
ONLY...LITERALLY.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I GUESS I ALWAYS FELT A LITTLE
SCREWED OVER.
JUST WANTED TO BE THE ONE DOING
THE SCREWING FOR A CHANGE.
>> AND YOUR PARENTS?
>> DEAD.
>> OH.
>> ON THE EVE OF THE ELECTION,
GOVERNOR KANE WILL BE GIVING A
SPEECH AT THE HILLBY HOTEL IN A
FINAL PUSH FOR REELECTION,
DESPITE RUMORS OF THREATENED
VIOLENCE AGAINST HER.
THE GOVERNOR WILL BE ADDRESSING
HER FUTURE PLANS FOR
NEW ANGELES, AS WELL AS THE
STATE OF THE NEW ANGELES REFORM
PROJECT.
>> HEARD YOU'RE FROM THE EAST
COAST.
>> YEAH, I AM.
WHAT?
>> NOTHING.
JOHN!
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
>> ***, GOD! COME ON, LADY!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE ROAD?!
A *** SUPERMARKET?!
SORRY.
I GET FRUSTRATED EASILY.
I, UH...
>> WHAT?
>> I GET IT.
I KNOW WHY YOU LIVE HERE.
PUT YOURSELF UP AGAINST A WALL.
MAKES IT EASIER TO KNOW WHICH
DIRECTION TO MOVE.
>> WHAT?
>> PUT YOURSELF HERE.
>> JUST HIDING OUT.
>> THEN WHY BECOME A
NATIONALIST?
>> WHY ARE YOU HERE?
>> EVERYONE WHO IS A NATIONALIST
IS THERE BECAUSE SOMETHING IN
THEIR LIFE PUSHED THEM TO BE
THERE.
>> WHAT PUSHED YOU?
>> DO YOU HAVE FAMILY?
>> NO.
>> GOOD.
DON'T GIVE THEM ANY LEVERAGE.
>> WHO? HENDRIX?
>> THE GOVERNMENT.
I HATE THIS PART OF TOWN.
THIS WORLD, BORN ON THE
SHOULDERS AND IMAGINATIONS OF
OTHER MEN.
IT WAS EASY TO MOVE AWAY.
BUT I SEE THE WORST OF THINGS
HERE.
>> HENDRIX DESCRIBES THE BEST
EMERGENCE AS THE ONE THAT DRAWS
YOU PIECE BY PIECE...
LIKE A READER, BECOMING INVESTED
LINE BY LINE.
[ TYPEWRITER KEYS CLACKING ]
I BEGAN TO SOAK IN A NEW LIFE,
FEELING AS THOUGH I WERE IN A
FOREIGN JAIL, IMMERSED IN A NEW
CULTURE, CUSTOM, AND LANGUAGE.
I WAS THE EDITOR OF
TRUTH/PROPAGANDA.
THE GOAL?
UNITE THE UNDERPRIVILEGED,
PROVIDE AWARENESS, FACILITATE
CHANGE.
WHAT?
>> IT NEEDS TO BE BETTER.
>> WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT?
>> IT HAS NO TONE.
IT'S -- IT'S FLAT.
WRITE IT AGAIN.
>> IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO
WRITE.
>> AND IT'S STILL NOT WHAT WE
NEED.
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO WRITE?
>> I TOLD YOU!
I OUTLINED IT FOR YOU!
>> THEN I GUESS I DON'T KNOW HOW
TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT.
>> HAVE YOU OBSERVED ANYTHING
SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE?
>> I HAVEN'T HAD MUCH OF A
CHANCE, SINCE YOU SECLUDE ME
FROM EVERYBODY ELSE AND YOU GO
OUT ON THESE SECRET MISSIONS
EVERY NIGHT.
>> I WANT YOU TO ENGAGE THE
PUBLIC WITH YOUR WORDS!
BE THE INTERFACE!
THE ACCEPTANCE THAT THEY HAVE
FOR YOU NOW WILL GREATLY AFFECT
THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF OUR ACTIONS
LATER ON.
YOUR JOB IS TO MAKE THEM BELIEVE
THAT THEY'RE DROWNING!
AND WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, THEN
WE'LL SAVE THEM!
LEAVE IT.
>> IS THAT EVERYTHING?
>> REMEMBER WHY YOU'RE HERE.
>> THE WORLD I KNEW DISSOLVED
INTO A PLAN.
>> SILENCE CAN BE TERRIFYING.
IT'S UNNERVING.
IN TACTICAL WAR, A WAR OF
PEOPLE, A WAR OF FEAR AND
AWARENESS.
[ TYPEWRITER KEYS CLACKING ]
WHEN IMPLEMENTED, SILENCE CAN BE
A STRATEGY.
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]
>> MACE, YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO
WHAT I'M SAYING.
THIS ENTRANCE IS NOT SO MUCH OF
A CONCERN, BUT IF WE PUT TWO MEN
HERE -- TWO MEN HERE!
>> WE'VE GOT A SIGNIFICANT
DISTRACTION AT THIS POINT.
>> YOU HAVE TO LISTEN NOW.
IF WE GO THROUGH HERE AND WE
HAVE TWO MEN HERE AND HERE, THEN
WE ARE NOT VULNERABLE ON THIS
SIDE.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS MAKE
SURE...
>> SE RABATTRE SUR.
STRIKE WITH QUICK BLOWS, THEN
RETREAT.
HEIGHTEN AWARENESS LITTLE BY
LITTLE.
WE KNOW THESE STREETS.
WE KNOW THIS COUNTRY FROM THE
BOTTOM UP.
POLICY MAKERS KNOW FORCE.
WE KNOW SURVIVAL.
>> ERRANT NATIONALISTS SCOURING
THE NIGHT FOR VINDICATION.
[ TYPEWRITER KEYS CLACKING ]
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]
>> [ SIGHS ]
>> OH, THERE YOU ARE.
>> HENDRIX.
>> IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN DO
FOR YOU?
>> I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT THE, UH, NEW COPY WILL BE
READY FOR YOU TOMORROW.
>> GREAT.
DAVID.
NEXT TIME, KNOCK.
>> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
>> I CAN'T HELP YOU.
I-I ALREADY FEEL LIKE I'M BEING
WATCHED.
>> WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT?
>> NOTHING CONCRETE.
JUST HEARSAY.
>> DID YOU TALK TO COLLEAGUES?
>> I COULDN'T MENTION ANY OF
THIS AT WORK.
>> JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW.
>> THERE ARE THESE NATIONALIST
GROUPS DIVIDED UP ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
THEY NEVER STAY IN ONE PLACE FOR
TOO LONG.
THEY CAMPAIGN FOR WHATEVER, AND
THEN THEY LEAVE AS SOON AT THEIR
MISSION'S DONE.
>> WHAT MISSION?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> LOOK, I NEED TO KNOW HOW
DANGEROUS THESE PEOPLE ARE.
>> NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE.
I-I HEARD THAT THEY CAN'T EVEN
PROVE THEIR EXISTENCE BECAUSE
THE NDA COVERS UP ALL THEIR
ACTIVITIES.
>> WHY WOULD THE NDA DO THAT?
WHY WOULDN'T THEY RUN A FEAR
CAMPAIGN AGAINST THEM, TAKE THEM
ON PUBLICLY?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
BECAUSE MAYBE THEY KNOW THEY'D
LOSE.
>> HEY.
>> HEY.
>> UH, HENDRIX NEEDS TO TALK TO
YOU ABOUT SOMETHING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
[ TAPPING ON WINDOW ]
>> DAVID.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> I'M SORRY.
I WAS DISTRACTED BY SOMETHING.
>> WELL, STAY FOCUSED.
WE HAVE A LOT TO DO.
MORE RECON TONIGHT.
>> OH, I CAN'T GO.
>> EXCUSE ME?
>> I CAN'T GO WITH YOU TONIGHT.
>> I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO.
>> THEN WHY DID YOU NEED TO SEE
ME?
>> 'CAUSE I NEED A FINAL COPY BY
THE END OF THE WEEK.
I READ YOUR LATEST.
STILL NEEDS WORK, BUT IT'S
BETTER.
WHY DID YOU THINK I WAS ASKING
YOU TO COME TODAY?
>> I HEARD THAT YOU NEEDED SOME
EXTRA HELP.
>> WE DO. ZEUS IS COMING.
[ ZIPPER CLOSES ]
>> HEY, GUYS. YOU NEED HELP?
>> Close the door, close the
door.
>> WHAT'S UP?
>> LOOK, THIS IS GONNA SOUND
STRANGE.
YOU CAN'T GO TONIGHT.
>> [ SCOFFS ]
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
>> ON THE MISSION.
I THINK YOU'RE IN DANGER.
>> WHY?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> WHY WOULD YOU EVEN SAY THAT
TO ME?
>> THERE WAS A NOTE IN THE
WINDOW.
I THINK IT WAS FOR YOU.
>> A-A NOTE?
>> YEAH, SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO
WARN ME -- WARN YOU.
>> THIS JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY
SENSE.
YOU KNOW A --
>> I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO TRY
TO KILL YOU.
>> JUST STOP.
I'M GOING.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
>> ***.
[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
>> LISTEN UP, GUYS.
I DON'T WANT ANYONE TALKING, ALL
RIGHT?
ZEUS, YOU'LL EXAMINE THE WEAPON.
COMMUNICATE ONLY WITH ME.
FRANK, STAY WITH THE VAN.
LET'S GO.
[ VAN DOOR OPENS ]
[ VAN DOOR CLOSES ]
[ SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE ]
>> HEY, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU
DOING OUT HERE?
SECURING THE PERIMETER. WHAT?
YOU'RE THE GETAWAY DRIVER.
CAN BE DANGEROUS, YOU KNOW?
IT'S NOT AS DANGEROUS IF YOU'RE
GOOD...AND HAVE A PLAN.
IT'S NOT AS DANGEROUS IF YOU'RE
GOOD AND HAVE A PLAN.
[ CLICK ]
>> ***.
[ VAN DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
>> OKAY.
>> I-I DON'T KNOW.
>> WELL, YOU'RE THE EXPERT.
YOU TELL ME.
>> IT NEEDS TO BE TESTED.
>> OKAY.
LET'S TEST IT RIGHT NOW.
[ GUN *** ]
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE ON THE
OTHER END OF THE BARREL?
[ GUNSHOT ]
[ SHELL CLINKS ]
>> GO CHECK IT OUT.
>> WHERE DID HE GO?
>> THIS WAY.
>> AGENT DARREN.
NDA.
NDA.
NDA.
"THIS IS DAVID KASINSKI FOR
AGENT DARREN."
>> THIS SEARCH HAS NO RESULTS.
>> "TO THE NDA, I PLANTED A BOMB
BENEATH THE L.A. COURTHOUSE."
>> THIS IS NOT AN ACCEPTED
SEARCH.
>> "I KNOW SUSPECTED
TERRORISTS."
>> THIS IS NOT AN ACCEPTED
SEARCH.
>> [ SIGHS ]
ANDREW!
ANDREW!
>> YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE.
>> ANDREW, IT'S DAVID!
>> YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE.
MR. COLTER, I'M SO SORRY.
I COULDN'T STOP HIM.
>> GO BACK TO YOUR DESK.
I'LL HANDLE IT.
>> LOOK, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT
WE NEED --
>> JEANINE!
>> YES.
>> DON'T TELL ANYONE ABOUT THIS,
ALL RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> LISTEN TO ME, THERE IS
SOMETHING THAT WE NEED --
>> WHAT THE *** ARE YOU
THINKING?
YOU SHOW UP AT MY OFFICE FIRST
THING IN THE MORNING, BULL-RUSH
MY ASSISTANT, WHO JUST HAPPENS
TO HAVE A BIG *** MOUTH, ALL
WHILE I'M STILL UNDER SUSPICION
FOR BEING A *** NATIONALIST
MYSELF?
>> ANDREW, LISTEN TO ME.
>> WHY?
SO YOU CAN TELL ME THAT THINGS
AREN'T GOING GREAT AT
HEADQUARTERS?
THAT -- THAT YOU THINK THAT
THEY'RE CATCHING ON TO YOU?
WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS ANYMORE.
NOT WHILE ALL THIS IS GOING ON.
WHEN IT'S OVER, GIVE ME A CALL
AND WE'LL GET COFFEE.
UNTIL THEN, YOU NEED TO STAY
AWAY FROM ME.
>> IT'S A REALLY NICE OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU THINK YOUR DAD'S PROUD OF
YOU YET?
>> YEAH, I THINK SO.
>> *** YOU.
[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
>> DAVID.
>> HEY, FRANK.
>> HENDRIX WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU
IN HIS OFFICE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> I'LL WALK YOU IN.
>> DAVID, THERE'S SOMETHING WE
NEED TO TALK ABOUT.
THERE IT IS.
YOUR FIRST ARTICLE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
COME ON, GUYS.
DAVID, GET READY.
YOU'RE COMING WITH US.
>> WHAT?
>> GRAB YOUR STUFF.
>> I, UM, I...
>> DAVID, IT'S NOT A REQUEST.
[ SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE ]
WE'RE HERE.
>> WHAT'S THE PLAN?
>> DECEPTION.
DAVID, WHY DON'T YOU HANG BACK
WITH ME A MINUTE?
[ DOG BARKING ]
>> SPRAY PAINT.
THIS IS WHAT YOU GUYS DO AT
NIGHT -- TAG BUILDINGS?
>> SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> WHY?
>> YOU EVER WONDER WHY THE BASE
IS SO SMALL, WHY ALL WE EVER
HAVE IS BAD COFFEE?
WE KNOW WE'RE BEING WATCHED.
WE MAY HAVE EVEN BEEN
INFILTRATED ALREADY.
THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT YOU HERE...
TO SHOW YOU IT'S ALL A DISGUISE.
IF THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T SEE US
AS A THREAT, THEY'LL NEVER BE
PREPARED FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
DO.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
>> JESUS!
>> DAVID!
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
>> YOU CALLED ME, REMEMBER?
ALTHOUGH NEXT TIME, INSTEAD OF
MAKING A BOMB THREAT ONLINE, YOU
SHOULD JUST SAY MY NAME OUT
LOUD.
>> OUT LOUD?
>> YEAH, "THIS IS DAVID FOR
AGENT DARREN!"
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> YOU BUGGED MY APARTMENT?!
>> YEAH.
>> THAT'S IT.
I DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF
THIS ANYMORE.
>> IT'S NOT UP TO YOU.
>> WHY ARE YOU HERE?
YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF
SOMEONE SAW YOU.
>> I COULD KIDNAP YOU AGAIN, BUT
I FIGURED YOU'D BE TIRED OF
THAT.
>> I CAN'T TAKE THIS.
I SAW SOMEONE KILLED, AND I
CAN'T TALK TO ANYBODY ABOUT IT!
>> WHO?
>> ZEUS! ZEUS!
>> ZEUS ISN'T DEAD.
>> WHAT?
>> HE'S DEFECTED.
>> WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
>> WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A SEAT?
>> HE WORKED FOR YOU.
>> HE DID UNTIL RECENTLY.
>> I WAS THERE.
I HEARD THE GUN GO OFF.
>> WHY DON'T YOU JUST HAVE A
SEAT, SON?
>> I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A SEAT!
>> THEN STAND, AND YOU TELL ME
WHAT YOU'VE SEEN.
>> THERE IS NOTHING THERE!
THEY TALK, THEY MEET, THEY
SPRAY-PAINT BUILDINGS!
>> DO YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN SITTING
HERE FOR FOUR HOURS, WAITING FOR
YOU TO GET HOME, AND I DID THAT
TO SEND YOU A MESSAGE?
AND I THINK YOU'RE
MISINTERPRETING.
YOU HAD BETTER COME UP WITH
SOMETHING SOON, OR OUR NEXT
MEETING WON'T BE SO PLEASANT.
>> THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A NEXT
MEETING.
I'M DONE.
>> MR. KASINSKI, JUST REMEMBER
THAT I'M THE FIRING SQUAD, AND
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, I DO WHAT'S
NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN.
AND WHEN THAT TIME COMES, DO YOU
REALLY WANT TO BE STANDING WITH
THEM?
>> THAT'S WHERE YOU PUT ME.
>> THEN YOU'D BETTER CONVINCE ME
WHOSE SIDE YOU'RE ON.
>> KURT.
THIS IS MACE.
>> MACE.
>> THAT MUST BE ZEUS'
REPLACEMENT.
>> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
>> NOTHING.
>> THAT'S THE NEW WRITER THEY'RE
BRINGING IN.
MUST HAVE THOUGHT YOU NEEDED
SOME HELP.
JUST *** WITH YOU.
>> COME ON BACK.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS.
>> SO...
YOU'RE A WRITER.
>> YEAH, I USED TO BE, UH, ONE
OF JOHN'S STUDENTS, ACTUALLY.
>> WHAT DID HENDRIX TELL YOU?
>> NOTHING.
>> SURE.
>> ALL RIGHT, UM, I'M GONNA GO
GET A COFFEE.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> NOTHING.
>> YOU WERE TOLD TO NEVER COME
IN HERE.
>> NOBODY TOLD ME ANYTHING.
>> OH.
DAVID.
WE HAVE AN ERRAND TO RUN.
>> SO...
WHERE WE GOING?
>> AN IMPORTANT MEETING.
[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]
GET OUT.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> STOP THERE.
HERE HE COMES.
>> WHO'S THIS?
>> THIS IS DAVID.
HE'S HEADING UP OUR PUBLISHING.
>> OF COURSE.
PLEASURE TO MEET YOU, DAVID.
FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T VOLUNTEER
MY NAME IN RETURN.
>> DAVID, THIS MAN REPRESENTS
THE INVESTORS WHO ARE BEHIND THE
NATIONALIST PARTY.
DAVID'S BEEN WORKING ON THE
FOREFRONT.
NEW ANGELES LITERATURE.
>> I EAGERLY AWAIT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO READ YOUR LATEST
WORKS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> DAVID, YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE
VAN NOW.
[ Ringing ]
>> Just a second.
I'll go get her.
>> Hello?
>> HI.
>> Hi. Who is this?
>> YOU SOUND GROWN-UP.
>> [ Chuckling ] I'm sorry. Who?
David?
>> UH...YEAH.
>> What do you want?
>> I, UH...I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST, UH...I JUST NEEDED TO
TALK TO YOU.
[ CHUCKLES ]
HOW IS EVERYTHING?
>> Fine.
>> I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT, WHEN YOU GET OUT OF THAT
PLACE, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU MOM
AND DAD'S MONEY, SO...
>> I never cared about that.
>> YEAH, WELL, YOU CAN USE IT
FOR WHATEVER.
YOU KNOW, SCHOOL OR SOMETHING.
>> Did you know it's been over a
year since they died?
>> NO.
I, UM...I HAVEN'T BEEN DOING
VERY WELL AT KEEPING TRACK OF
TIME LATELY.
SO, UM...
[ CHUCKLES ]
HOW IS EVERYTHING, HUH?
HOW'S SCHOOL?
>> Okay.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, I WAS, UH --
I WAS GONNA COME VISIT YOU, BUT
[CHUCKLES] I JUST NEVER KNEW
WHEN A GOOD TIME WOULD BE.
>> You don't even have my
address, I bet.
>> AH, NO.
I, UH...I GUESS NOT.
>> Do you want it?
>> YEAH. YEAH, OF COURSE.
>> 5123 Haverford in West L.A.
You got it?
>> YEAH. YEAH. [ CHUCKLES ]
I'M GONNA PUT IT IN MY POCKET
RIGHT NOW, SO WHENEVER I CHANGE
PANTS, I'LL JUST, UH, BRING IT
UP FROM ONE PAIR TO THE NEXT,
AND I'LL ALWAYS HAVE IT WITH ME.
>> I know you feel guilty.
>> YEAH.
>> And you should, but...it
doesn't mean you've changed.
>> YEAH.
[ Click ]
[ Dial tone ]
[ RECEIVER CLICKS ]
[ DOOR OPENS ]
EN?
>> DAVID.
>> I DIDN'T THINK ANYONE KNEW
ABOUT THIS PLACE.
>> EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THIS
PLACE.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> TESTING MICROWAVES.
>> ISN'T THAT DANGEROUS?
>> FOR COMMUNICATION, NOT
COOKING.
THE SIGNALS AREN'T STRONG ENOUGH
TO LEAVE ANY PERMANENT DAMAGE.
>> WHAT'S THAT?
>> IT'S A MICROWAVE RECEIVER.
I CAN USE IT TO HACK SIGNALS
WITHIN THE AREA.
GET THREE SIGNALS, AND I CAN
TRIANGULATE A POSITION WITHIN
THE GRID.
>> WHAT'S IT USED FOR?
>> YOU'RE THE WRITER.
USE YOUR IMAGINATION.
>> HEY.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE
DOING?
>> WE NEED TO TALK.
>> NOW'S NOT A GOOD TIME.
>> I DON'T CARE.
I HAVE SOME THINGS I WANT TO
SAY.
>> THIS IS MY OFFICE.
I WON'T BE BULLIED --
>> I KNOW ABOUT YOUR PLAN TO
ASSASSINATE GOVERNOR KANE.
>> THAT'S A VERY BOLD
ASSUMPTION.
>> THE CANDID PHOTOS OF THE
GOVERNOR LOCKED AWAY IN YOUR
DESK, THE BLUEPRINTS OF THE
HILLBY HOTEL WHERE THE
GOVERNOR'S GIVING HER SPEECH ON
THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ANGELES,
AND MY PAMPHLET,
"PURGING CORRUPTNESS."
>> YOU THINK YOU'VE FIGURED IT
OUT?
>> LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S HARD TO
KEEP SECRETS IN A SMALL PLACE.
>> WELL, GIVEN THE FACT THAT
YOU'VE PUT YOURSELF IN A VERY
BAD POSITION, WHAT ARE YOU
NEGOTIATING?
>> I'M NOT NEGOTIATING.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT I'M
WITH YOU.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
HELLO?
>> David, it's Andrew.
We need to talk.
I KNOW I TOLD YOU I WASN'T GONNA
GET INVOLVED, BUT I HAD TO SHOW
YOU THIS.
THESE ARE BEING SPREAD ALL OVER
TOWN.
IT'S GOT YOUR NAME ON IT, DAVID.
>> ***.
>> THE NDA WON'T BE ABLE TO SPIN
THIS WITHOUT EXPOSING YOU.
DO YOU HEAR WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> THEY'RE GONNA BLAME IT ON ME.
>> WHAT?
>> I'M THEIR PATSY.
>> THEIR PATSY? FOR WHAT?
>> "PURGING CORRUPTNESS."
THEY'RE GONNA ASSASSINATE
GOVERNOR KANE, AND THEY'RE GONNA
BLAME IT ON ME.
>> YOU HAVE TO TELL SOMEBODY.
>> WHO?
BY THE TIME THIS HAPPENS, I'LL
EITHER BE DEAD OR IN PRISON.
>> THERE'S -- THERE'S GOT TO BE
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.
>> IT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE
TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
>> YEAH, BUT IT IS TAKEN
SERIOUSLY.
THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN
NEW ANGELES DON'T SEE THEIR
LIVES AS -- AS TRAGEDIES.
THEY SEE THEM AS STRUGGLES FOR
IMPROVEMENT.
>> I NEVER ASKED THEM TO.
>> YEAH, YOU DID, AND NOW YOU'RE
BEING PUSHED AND PULLED IN ALL
THESE DIFFERENT ***
DIRECTIONS, AND YOU'RE NOT DOING
ANYTHING TO FIGHT BACK.
>> FIGHT WHAT?
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
>> LET ME HELP YOU.
WE'LL START BUILDING A CASE, AND
WE'LL TAKE IT TO COURT.
>> PUT THE NDA ON TRIAL. GREAT.
GREAT PLAN.
JUST LIKE THE REST OF YOUR PLANS
THAT WORKED OUT SO *** GREAT
FOR MY LIFE SO FAR!
>> DON'T PUT THIS ON ME!
>> NOTHING EVER GETS PUT ON YOU.
YOU SET THEM UP, AND I GET
***.
YOU'RE JUST, LIKE, THIS
OVER-PRIVILEGED ***.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT.
I FORGOT.
IT'S ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT
WHEN YOU SUCK AT DOING THE RIGHT
THING.
LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING -- HOW
LONG'S IT BEEN SINCE YOU TALKED
TO KAYLA?
TRUTH AND VIOLENCE.
TRUTH AND VIOLENCE GO TOGETHER.
>> *** YOU.
>> YEAH, OKAY, *** YOU.
JUST WALK AWAY.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
YOU'RE GONNA NEED LEGAL ADVICE!
AND WHEN YOU DO, GO ***
YOURSELF!
>> SARTRE -- "ONLY THE MAN WHO
ISN'T ROWING HAS TIME TO ROCK
THE BOAT."
IF ONLY I WERE STILL ROWING.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE THING LEFT IN
MY LIFE THAT BROUGHT ME
HAPPINESS.
PACK OF REDS.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
[ RHYTHMIC TAPPING ON WINDOW ]
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
[ RAPID KNOCKING ON DOOR ]
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
[ INDISTINCT VOICES ]
>> STAY ON HIS GOOD SIDE.
IF HE EVER PUT YOUR NAME ON
IT...
>> YOUR APARTMENT WILL BE SO
FILLED WITH BUGS, YOU'LL NEED AN
EXTERMINATOR.
[ ALARM BEEPING ]
[ BUZZING ]
>> THE DARKNESS IS COMFORTABLE.
ALL I AM IS A REFLECTION OF
LIGHT.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
ADDICTS CAN STOP ABUSING FOR
YEARS, AND ONCE THEY START
AGAIN, THEY'RE EXACTLY WHERE
THEY LEFT OFF.
THE PROGRESSION IS EXPONENTIAL,
OCCASIONALLY PLATEAUING, NEVER
RECLINING.
PARANOIA FELT LIKE A SUBSTANCE,
CREEPING ITS WAY BACK FROM
DISJUNCTION, PERPETUATED FROM
THE MONTHS SPENT LOOKING OVER MY
SHOULDER.
WHAT SEPARATES YOU FROM THE
OUTSIDE WORLD?
[ GASPS ]
[ SNIFFS ]
7:26.
NIKKI.
ZEUS?!
>> HEY, DAVID.
>> HOW ARE YOU --
>> SORRY. IT'S TIME TO GO.
[ LIGHT BUZZES ]
>> YOU KNOW WHAT AMAZES ME,
DAVID?
THE POWER OF GUILT.
NOW, MOST OF US HAVE THE, UH,
EMOTIONAL COMPREHENSION OF A
6-YEAR-OLD, BUT EVERYBODY
UNDERSTANDS ONE THING --
REWARD AND PUNISHMENT.
IT'S CONDITIONING.
AND THIS IS WHAT AMAZES ME.
IT'S ALL TO OUR ADVANTAGE.
NOW...
ARE YOU READY TO LISTEN?
>> WHERE'S NIKKI?
[ GROANING ]
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?
[ GROANING ]
>> I WANT YOU TO LISTEN.
STAY WITH ME, DAVID.
STAY IN THE LIGHT.
I KNOW ABOUT YOU, DAVID.
I KNOW YOUR SECRETS.
I KNOW WHO YOU WORK FOR.
I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN.
NOW, WE'VE BROUGHT YOU THIS FAR,
DAVID, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY,
ALL LEADING UP TO THIS POINT,
AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.
WE NEED YOU FOR ONE LAST
ASSIGNMENT.
>> TO BE YOUR PATSY.
[ GROANING ]
>> OH, DAVID.
I CAN TELL YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO
STAY TOUGH ON THIS ONE, SO I'M
GONNA DO YOU A FAVOR.
BRING HER IN!
>> [ GROANS ]
>> SHE DOESN'T KNOW YOU, DAVID.
SOMETHING TELLS ME AFTER
TONIGHT, SHE'LL REMEMBER YOUR
FACE.
GET HER OUT OF HERE.
>> [ SCREAMS ]
>> SO...
SHALL WE PROCEED?
EXCELLENT.
>> HEY!
HEY! HEY! STOP.
>> WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY HAVE
TO SAY TO ME?
>> I'M SORRY.
>> THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.
I DON'T KNOW YOU.
>> DO YOU WANT TO GO OUT FOR
COFFEE SOMETIME?
>> *** YOU.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
>> OH, MY GOD.
DAVID, WHAT HAPPENED?
>> I'M SORRY TO BOTHER YOU.
I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE TO TALK
TO.
>> NO, NO, NO. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
COME IN. COME IN. SIT DOWN.
DAVID, THIS IS SERIOUS.
I-I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH HELP I
CAN BE IN ANY OF THIS.
>> I THINK I KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO
DO.
JUST DON'T KNOW IT'S RIGHT IN
THE END.
>> THE END?
HOW CAN YOU EVEN TALK ABOUT THE
END WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
THAT'S GONNA BE?
ALL YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT IS IF
YOU'RE PREPARED TO LIVE WITH
WHATEVER IT IS YOU THINK YOU
NEED TO DO.
>> THIS IS DAVID FOR NDA
AGENT DARREN.
MEET ME AT THE HILLBY HOTEL,
2:00 P.M. TOMORROW.
I WAS SET UP.
>> WHAT?
>> THEY LEAKED ME TO YOUR WATCH
LIST.
THEY BECAME AWARE OF YOU AFTER
ZEUS TURNED, THEN THEY RECRUITED
ME BECAUSE I FIT YOUR PROFILE.
THIS WHOLE TIME, THEY HAVE USED
ME TO GET TO YOU.
>> DAVID.
>> THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> THEY KNEW YOU SENT ME.
THEY WANTED YOU TO SEND ME.
EVERYTHING THEY TOLD ME,
EVERYTHING THEY'VE SHOWED ME,
THEY WANTED ME TO REPORT TO YOU,
EXCEPT FOR ONE THING -- THEY'RE
GONNA ASSASSINATE GOVERNOR KANE
DURING HER SPEECH HERE.
>> HOW DID YOU GET THIS
INFORMATION?
>> THEY ONLY USE HARD COPIES
BACK AT THE BASE.
I SNUCK INTO HENDRIX'S OFFICE,
AND I SAW THE PLANS FOR IT
MYSELF.
>> WELL, IF THEY KNOW YOU'RE
WORKING WITH ME, THEN HOW DO I
KNOW THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO SET
ME UP?
>> I TOLD THEM THAT I WANTED TO
HELP.
THEY THINK I'VE TURNED.
>> HOW CAN YOU BE SURE?
>> THEY STILL NEED A WAY INTO
THE PARTY.
I TOLD THEM I COULD GET THAT.
THAT'S WHERE I NEED YOUR HELP.
>> YOU WANT ME TO GET THEM AN
INVITATION TO THE BALL WHERE
THEY PLAN ON ASSASSINATING THE
GOVERNOR?
>> PRESS PASS.
>> IT'S RISKY.
>> YEAH, BUT IF YOU KNOW EXACTLY
WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE, IMAGINE
THE MANPOWER YOU CAN FOCUS ON
THAT ONE SPOT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I'LL GET YOU THE PASS.
BUT BE CAREFUL, 'CAUSE RIGHT
WHERE YOU'RE STANDING, THERE'S A
LINE BEING DRAWN.
AND AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, IF
YOU'RE NOT ON OUR SIDE, WELL...
SOMEONE'S GOING DOWN FOR IT.
>> I'VE PUT MYSELF HERE.
I'LL GET MYSELF OUT WHEN I'M
DONE.
>> DAVID, ONE MORE THING.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW IT'S ALL
***, WHAT YOU WRITE ABOUT
NEW ANGELES.
SPEAKING CRITICALLY, OF COURSE,
WITH A BETTER VANTAGE POINT.
THE GOVERNMENT NEVER PLANTED
GUNS HERE.
WE NEVER ADMINISTERED DISEASES
TO THE PUBLIC.
THE LACK OF JOBS IS CAUSED BY
THE DEGRADED COMMERCIAL VALUE
NEW ANGELES HAS, AND THAT'S
CAUSED BY ITS OWN CRIME RATE,
ITS EXTREME VIOLENCE, AND ITS
DRUG USE.
RESPONSIBILITY HAS FALLEN ON ITS
PEOPLE FOR EVERYTHING THE CITY
IS AND HAS BECOME.
>> THERE ARE THREE EXITS BESIDES
THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
OUR POINT OF ENTRY IS HERE.
MEMORIZE IT.
WE'LL HAVE TWO VANS, TWO TEAMS.
TEAM "A" -- EN IS PROGRAMMING,
DOWNS IS POINT MAN, AND ZEUS
TRIGGER.
>> WE HAVE TO WORK HARD TO MAKE
BIG CHANGES.
>> ZEUS WILL ENTER WITH THE
PRESS PASS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> AND WITH CRIME RATES
CONTINUING TO DROP ALL OVER
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, WE...
>> THE GUN WILL BE PRE-PLACED.
>> ...WILL SET THE EXAMPLE FOR
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THANKS.
>> RIGHT BEFORE THE SHOT, EN
WILL CUT THE POWER.
JOHN IS OUR CONTACT AT THE
PARTY.
WE'LL RENDEZVOUS WITH HIM AT
1900 HOURS TO GET A VISUAL
REPORT AND GO-AHEAD.
WHEN YOU SEE US PULL BACK
AROUND, THAT'LL BE YOUR VISUAL
CONFIRMATION.
IF ANYTHING IS WRONG, DOWNS WILL
TAP THE BRAKE LIGHT ONCE WE'VE
PASSED.
WE'LL BE USING NO RADIO
COMMUNICATION.
WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GIVE THEM THE
CHANCE TO SCAN OUR SIGNAL.
>> REMEMBER WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING
FOR OUT THERE.
WE ARE AD HOC SURGEONS, REMOVING
THE APPENDIX TO SAVE THE REST OF
THE BODY.
THAT BEING A WHOLE CITY OF
PEOPLE, FORGOTTEN, SWEPT UP
TOGETHER AND LEFT UNDER THE RUG.
NEW ANGELES IS THE RESULT OF
GOVERNOR KANE AND WHAT THIS
COUNTRY HAS BECOME.
WITH NO JUSTICE, WE FIND THAT
IT'S NOT CIRCUMSTANCE THAT HOLDS
US DOWN, BUT THE VERY PEOPLE WHO
HAVE SWORN TO PROTECT US.
THERE IS NO DIVINITY IN THESE
LAWMAKERS.
THEY OWE THEIR LIVES TO THE
POOR.
WE'LL MAKE SURE OF IT.
[ SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE ]
>> WHY DO YOU STILL HAVE THE
PASS?
>> BECAUSE WE DIDN'T NEED IT.
>> THEN HOW DO YOU PLAN ON
GETTING IN?
>> WE DON'T.
>> RIFLE.
>> IT NEEDS TO BE TESTED.
>> LET'S TEST IT RIGHT NOW.
>> IT'S A REMOTE.
>> IT'S A MICROWAVE RECEIVER.
GET THREE SIGNALS, AND I CAN
TRIANGULATE A POSITION WITHIN
THE GRID.
>> WHAT'S IT USED FOR?
>> YOU'RE THE WRITER.
USE YOUR IMAGINATION.
>> IT'S A REMOTE.
EN IS HACKING THE SIGNAL TO FIND
KANE'S LOCATION.
THEN WHY DID YOU NEED THE PRESS
PASS?
>> A DISTRACTION, DAVID.
SORRY FOR MISLEADING YOU.
HEY, YOU'RE WITH US NOW.
YOU'LL BE FINE.
>> WHAT?
>> YOU'RE WITH US NOW.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
>> I NEED TO GRAB A SCREWDRIVER
FOR SOMETHING.
>> SCREWDRIVER?
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
[ AIR HISSING ]
[ GROANING ]
DAVID!
DAVID!
DAVID!
>> THE EXPECTATION OF HIGH CRIME
RATES IN THESE DIRE ECONOMIC
TIMES...
>> DID YOU SEE THAT?
>> SEE WHAT?
>> IT'S AT THE FOREFRONT OF MY
CAMPAIGN...
>> NOTHING.
>> ALMOST AT THE PARTY, I CAN
BARELY HEAR THE GOVERNOR GIVING
A SPEECH ON THE PROGRESSION OF
NEW ANGELES AND WHAT A NECESSITY
IT'S BECOME TO THE REST OF THE
CITY.
THE ONLY THING FORGOTTEN ARE THE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.
>> ...RIGHT TO LET THEIR
CHILDREN WALK TO SCHOOL
UNATTENDED.
TECHNOLOGY SHOULD ALLOW US...
>> SUSPICIOUS-LOOKING MAN WITH A
PRESS PASS IN THE LOBBY AREA.
>> I WILL HAVE THE TIME AND THE
RESOURCES TO MAKE NEW ANGELES A
COUNTRYWIDE SUCCESS.
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO ARE ALREADY
FOLLOWING CALIFORNIA'S LEAD WITH
A SOON-TO-BE-ANNOUNCED NEW
HEIGHTS NEAR THE HARLEM
DISTRICT, THE NEW HUMBOLDT TOWN
IN CHICAGO.
THAT IS THE GOAL OF N.A.R.P. --
THE NEW ANGELES REFORM PROJECT.
>> SO WHAT'LL CHANGE?
>> EXPULSION.
>> WHAT'S RIGHT?
>> WHY WOULD YOU MOVE THERE?
>> SOMETIMES THERE IS NO RIGHT.
SOMETIMES THE GREATEST ACTION IS
NOT TAKING ANY.
AND SOMETIMES, WHEN YOU TRY TO
ESCAPE YOURSELF...
>> GO FIND KAYLA.
>> ...YOU FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE.
>> ...YOU'RE PREPARED TO LIVE
WITH WHATEVER IT IS YOU THINK
YOU NEED TO DO.
>> I'LL ALWAYS BE YOUR SISTER.
>> THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE
SIDES.
THE PROBLEM WITH ALWAYS DOING
WHAT SOMEONE ELSE WANTS YOU TO
DO IS EVENTUALLY SIDES ARE GOING
TO CROSS, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
TO MAKE A DECISION.
IN DEALING WITH A LIFE-AND-DEATH
DECISION, THE ONLY QUESTION
IS, IS IT YOURS TO MAKE?
[ SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE ]
>> YEAH, HE HAS THE PRESS PASS.
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR ESCORT.
WE GOT HIM.
>> ...ALL OVER LOS ANGELES
COUNTY, WE WILL SET THE EXAMPLE
FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
[ BEEPING ]
[ WHIRRING ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
>> THIS DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
EVERYONE ELSE HAS DISAPPEARED,
AND ALL THAT'S LEFT IS YOU.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
>> SORRY I'M LATE.
I'M DAVID'S ATTORNEY.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
>> THERE'S A GROWING ASSEMBLY
WITHIN THE POPULATION, ONE OF
LEGITIMATE CONCERN.
>> HOW COULD MY CLIENT BE ON THE
ROOFTOP OF AN ADJACENT BUILDING
PULLING A TRIGGER WHILE IN YOUR
CUSTODY?
>> IN OUR CUSTODY?
>> TURNS OUT YOUR SATELLITE
CAMERAS CAN BE OF SERVICE TO THE
PUBLIC.
>> THAT'S HACKED INFORMATION.
>> TURNS OUT DAVID'S GOT SOME
FRIENDS AFTER ALL.
>> SO LET YOUR POSITION BE
CLEAR, AND AT THE VERY LEAST,
YOU'LL KNOW WHERE YOU STAND WHEN
THE TIME COMES.
>> HAVING THESE PHOTOS IS A
FEDERAL OFFENSE.
I COULD HAVE YOU DISBARRED.
>> YOU'RE IN A LOT OF TROUBLE.
>> BUT HE'S NOT.
[ CHUCKLES ]
>> WHAT?
ALL THIS TIME, I THOUGHT IT WAS
DAVID BEING SET UP.
TURNS OUT IT WAS YOU.
>> BECAUSE IN THE END, THERE
WON'T BE RESOLUTION.
[ SNIFFS ]
SO THE BEST YOU CAN HOPE FOR IS
TO EVOLVE.
[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ]
[ NEW AGE MUSIC PLAYING ]