Black Web (2012) - full transcript

HAYLEY?

EASTON?

JESUS.

BEEN A WHILE.

UH, V-VERY LONG. LONG. WOW.

YEAH.

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES?

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?

UH, GOOD.

UH, GOOD.

I'M JUST WALKING THE NEIGHBOR'S



DOG.

OH, THAT'S GOOD.

UM, WHAT -- WHAT ARE YOU

DOING HERE?

JUST GETTING SOMETHING TO

EAT.

THOUGHT WALKING DOWN MAIN STREET

MIGHT BE SOOTHING.

NO, I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU

DOING HERE IN TOWN?

OH. MY FATHER DIED.

I HEARD ABOUT THAT.

I'M SORRY.

THANKS.



SO, YOU, UM...

YOU'VE -- YOU'VE BEEN HERE IN

TOWN THIS WHOLE TIME?

NO, UH, I WASN'T NOTIFIED, SO

HERE I AM NOW A FEW WEEKS LATE.

I'M REALLY SORRY, EASTON.

IT'S OKAY. IT'S MY OWN FAULT.

NOBODY KNEW WHERE I WAS.

SO, UM, WHERE YOU AT NOW?

CHICAGO.

I OWN A SMALL COMPUTER-REPAIR

SHOP.

OH, NICE. YOUR OWN BOSS.

YEAH.

THE AMERICAN DREAM, RIGHT?

RIGHT.

YEAH, WELL, GOOD FOR YOU.

AND YOU?

UM, I'M TEACHING NOW AT THE

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ACTUALLY.

WOW.

THE OLD STOMPING GROUND.

YEAH.

YEAH.

YEAH, I ACTUALLY TOOK OVER THE

SECOND-GRADE CLASS AFTER

MRS. FINLEY RETIRED.

MRS. FINLEY RETIRED?

MM-HMM. YEAH.

GOD, HOW TIME FLIES. YEAH.

IT'S NICE TO BE BACK HERE FOR A

LITTLE WHILE.

YEAH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS --

THIS IS A GREAT WALK, ESPECIALLY

FOR THIS HIGH-OCTANE DOG.

YEAH. I'M SURE.

YEAH.

SO, I-I BETTER GET GOING.

YEAH. ME, TOO.

GOOD SEEING YOU.

YEAH, IT WAS GREAT -- GREAT

SEEING YOU.

ALL RIGHT. COME HERE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SO POLITE.

IT'S REALLY GOOD SEEING YOU.

YEAH. NICE SEEING YOU, TOO.

BYE.

BYE.

IS ANYONE HOME?!

IS ANYONE HOME?

MR. EGHART?

SORRY FOR JUST WALKING IN.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

I JUST GOT BACK TO TOWN AND

THOUGHT I'D STOP IN AND SEE HOW

YOU'RE DOING.

CAN I GET YOU SOMETHING?

COFFEE? WATER?

COFFEE WOULD BE GREAT.

THANK YOU.

GOOD.

I BET I KNOW SOMETHING ELSE

YOU'D LIKE, TOO.

I SWEAR JANET KNEW SHE WAS

LEAVING SOON.

SHE CHURNED OUT ABOUT 10 DOZEN

OF THESE A MONTH BEFORE SHE

PASSED.

OH.

ENJOY YOUR KNEES WHILE YOU STILL

GOT THEM.

YOU'RE NOT HAVING ONE?

OH, LORD, NO.

ALL RIGHT.

STILL AS GOOD AS YOU

REMEMBER, HUH?

OH, YEAH.

50 SECONDS IN THE MICROWAVE,

AND THEY'RE PERFECT.

SOMETIMES I THINK I'VE FORGOTTEN

HOW GOOD THEY ARE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD.

EASY.

YOU JUST GOT TO EAT ONE OF THE

GODDAMN THINGS EVERY DAY OF YOUR

LIFE.

MMM.

I THINK I SHOULD SAY SOMETHING.

ABOUT TOM.

I KNOW THAT AN APOLOGY WILL

NEVER BE ENOUGH.

BUT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I'M

SORRY.

TOM WAS YOUR SON.

AND I SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST GONE

TO THE FUNERAL.

JUST LET ME ENJOY SOME

COMPANY FOR A CHANGE.

YOU MIND IF I USE THE

BATHROOM REAL QUICK BEFORE I HIT

THE ROAD?

YEAH, THIS ONE'S BROKEN.

YOU'LL HAVE TO USE THE ONE

UPSTAIRS.

YOU REMEMBER WHERE IT IS?

YEAH.

THANKS AGAIN FOR THE

HOSPITALITY.

ANYTIME.

HANG IN THERE, OKAY?

I'LL BE BACK TO VISIT.

I MEAN IT.

OKAY.

I LIKE WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH

THE PLACE.

THERE'S A LOT MORE COLOR IN HERE

THAN I REMEMBER.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

I HAD TO COME AND SEE IT FOR

MYSELF.

HAYLEY REED TAKEN OVER

MISS FINLEY'S REIGN OF TERROR?

OKAY, ALL RIGHT. STOP IT.

WAIT. MISS REED, RIGHT?

OH.

THAT HASN'T CHANGED.

LET'S SEE.

OH, YEAH.

HEY, YOU'RE --

SO, WHAT'S IN THE LESSON PLAN

FOR TODAY?

YOU'RE GONNA BREAK IT.

SORRY.

I WON'T DO IT AGAIN, MISS REED.

I PROMISE.

SO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE,

AGAIN?

I WANT TO SEE IF YOU WANTED

TO DO SOMETHING IN THE NEXT

COUPLE OF DAYS, MAYBE.

LIKE WHAT?

UH... I DON'T KNOW.

I WAS KIND OF HOPING YOU MIGHT

HAVE SOME IDEAS.

SEE, TECHNICALLY, I'M A VISITOR

HERE.

WELL, WILL YOU PROMISE TO

PICK YOUR HEAD BACK UP IF I

AGREE?

FINE.

GOOD.

SO, UM, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR

HAND?

OH.

I BANGED IT ON SOMETHING.

SINCE YOU'RE HERE...

WOULD YOU WANT TO GO CHECK

SOMETHING OUT WITH ME REAL

QUICK?

OKAY.

OKAY. COME ON.

WOW.

YEAH.

"THE RIVER AS TIME.

WAVES CHIME LIKE A CLOCK.

STANDING ON A DOCK, IT PASSES.

WE LOOK.

LIKE WORDS IN A BOOK, FORWARD

MOTION.

ON AND ON, NO EMOTION.

IF ONLY OUR TIME WERE THE

OCEAN."

HUH.

I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER TOM

WRITING THAT.

ME NEITHER.

TILL THEY DUG IT OUT OF THE

GROUND THIS PAST FALL.

MAN. 20 YEARS.

IT'S PRETTY BLEAK FOR AN

EIGHTH GRADER.

YEAH, WELL HE WAS

ALWAYS SERIOUS BUSINESS.

YEAH, HE WAS.

SO...

SO...?

TOMORROW, THEN.

YEAH. WHY NOT?

HI. CAN I HELP YOU?

I WAS WONDERING WHAT ROOM

MARY DENNING MIGHT BE IN.

ARE YOU FAMILY OR...?

I'M HER SON.

OKAY, SHE'S IN ROOM 105.

UH, YOU'LL NEED A PASSCODE FOR

THE SECURITY DOOR.

AND YOU'LL FIND THAT AT THE END

OF THE HALL THERE.

THANKS.

HOW ARE YOU?

I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN QUITE

A WHILE.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T HEAR ME.

BUT, MOM...

...I MIGHT BE DYING SOON.

I WAS WORKING ON THIS, UH,

COMPUTER PROJECT FOR THE LAST

THREE YEAR--

IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, MOM...

...I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY FOR EVERYTHING.

OH.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD A VISITOR,

MARY.

AH. THAT'S FINE.

I WAS JUST LEAVING.

OH, I WAS GONNA TAKE HER TO

THE CAFETERIA IF YOU'D LIKE TO

JOIN US.

NO, I'M OKAY.

I-I REALLY NEED TO GET GOING.

OKAY.

THANKS, MOM.

HE'S GONNA KISS YOU.

SO, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, A

CATFISH GOT STUCK IN THE

LOCK AND DAM, AND THEY SAID IT

WAS LIKE 40 YEARS OLD.

WOW.

YEAH.

THEY EVEN PUT A PICTURE OF IT IN

THE PAPER.

THEY -- THEY LAID IT ON THE

CEMENT, AND THEN THEY HAD A

COUPLE PEOPLE AROUND IT FOR

COMPARISON.

THIS THING WAS MASSIVE.

IT WAS LIKE -- I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK THEY WEIGHED IT IN TO

SOMEWHERE AROUND 450 POUNDS.

BE QUITE A FISH FRY.

YEAH.

GUESS WHAT THEY CALLED IT.

I DON'T KNOW. WHAT?

OH, COME ON. GUESS.

UM...

MOBY DICK?

OH, NO. TRY A LITTLE HARDER.

I DON'T KNOW.

GIVE ME A HINT.

OKAY.

IT'S A FAMOUS CAT.

OKAY.

SOCKS?

SOCKS?

YEAH. CLINTON'S CAT.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

THAT'S YOUR FIRST GUESS AT A

FAMOUS CAT?

YEAH.

OKAY.

IT'S A FAMOUS CAT THAT TALKS.

UM...

SYLVESTER.

NO.

SCRATCHY.

NOPE.

CHESHIRE.

NOPE.

KEEP GUESSING.

I WENT UP TO SEE TOM'S DAD AT

THE FARM THE OTHER DAY.

OH, YEAH?

HOW'S HE DOING?

HE SEEMED OKAY.

LONELY, PROBABLY.

YEAH, I CAN IMAGINE.

THAT WAS A -- THAT WAS A REALLY

GREAT THING OF YOU TO DO.

I SHOULD -- I SHOULD PROBABLY GO

DO THAT SOMETIME SOON.

YEAH, I HADN'T SEEN HIM SINCE

BEFORE TOM DIED.

IT'S LONG OVERDUE.

HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT WE SHOULD

DO?

WE SHOULD GO TO THE SPOT.

I DON'T KNOW.

OH, COME ON.

IT'S STILL A GREAT PLACE TO

SNEAK A SMOKE.

I QUIT.

YEAH. SO?

AND I NEVER STARTED.

AND YOUR POINT IS?

MY POINT IS THAT WE SHOULD GO

FOR OLD TIME'S SAKE.

FOR OLD TIME'S SAKE, HUH?

YEP.

OLD TIME'S SAKE.

HEY, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT

BAR?

OH, I CAN'T BELIEVE I CAN'T

REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT.

THE ONE WITH ALL THOSE STUFFED

ANIMAL HEADS.

OH. PAUL'S.

YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

GOD, THOSE CHILI DOGS WERE

SOMETHING ELSE.

YEAH. YEAH.

THEY STILL ARE.

THEY'RE STILL AMAZING.

GOOD TO KNOW SOME THINGS

DON'T CHANGE.

WELL, I HAVE TO ASK.

YOUR HUSBAND?

EX.

OH. SORRY.

EX-HUSBAND.

WELL...

TERRY.

WE MET THROUGH A FRIEND.

A BLIND DATE, ACTUALLY.

AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN TOGETHER

BACK THEN.

MAYBE A LITTLE TOO MUCH FUN

SOMETIMES.

BUT I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK IT WAS THE JOB.

HE WAS ALWAYS ON THE ROAD.

I WAS ALWAYS HERE, SO I SETTLED,

AND HE DIDN'T.

SO, WHAT ABOUT YOU?

NO -- NO EX-WIFE?

NO.

I WAS ENGAGED ONCE.

MM-HMM.

THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT.

I'M SORRY.

I DON'T KNOW WHY.

IT JUST -- IT JUST DIDN'T.

I'M SURE IT WAS MY FAULT.

OH, YOU WERE ALWAYS SO HARD

ON YOURSELF.

WHAT?

GUILTING YOURSELF.

YEAH, MAYBE.

NO, YOU WERE.

I HAD TO GET OUT OF HERE ONE WAY

OR ANOTHER.

COLLEGE WAS A GOOD EXCUSE.

WHAT?

WELL, THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT,

AND ACCIDENTS HAPPEN.

THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO

EITHER OF YOU.

BUT IT HAPPENED TO TOM.

YEAH, IT DID.

I FEEL LIKE I LED HIM OUT

THERE.

YOU BOTH WENT OUT THERE

TOGETHER.

DON'T YOU FEEL ANY GUILT FOR

WHAT WE DID TO HIM?

WE WERE YOUNG, EASTON.

IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO.

I...

I NEVER WANTED TO CHEAT ON HIM,

BUT WITH YOU, AT THE TIME, IT

FELT RIGHT.

I MADE THE MOVE, THOUGH.

AFTER ALL THIS TIME, THIS

STILL BOTHERS YOU?

I MEAN, WASN'T IT ENOUGH THAT

YOU STAYED AWAY FOR SO LONG?

NO.

YOU KNOW, WELL, THEN JUST

CARRY IT FOR THE REST OF YOUR

LIFE, THEN.

I SHOULD HAVE STAYED.

MAYBE.

NO.

I SHOULD HAVE.

WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN

IN LIFE, EASTON, THEY JUST...

THEY BECOME A PART OF YOU, AND

YOU JUST -- YOU LEARN HOW TO

DEAL WITH THEM.

AND THAT'S THAT?

YEAH.

WELL, I AM NOT GOING TO LET THIS

SPOIL THIS OPPORTUNITY.

EXCUSE ME?

WOULD YOU MIND TAKING A PICTURE

OF US, PLEASE?

SURE.

I'VE GOT 3 BUCKS.

OH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

OKAY.

COME ON. COME HERE, EASTON.

WHERE DO YOU WANT ME?

RIGHT HERE.

OKAY, COME HERE.

I TOLD YOU NOT TO BE SO POLITE.

VERY NICE.

CHEESE.

CHEESE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WELL, I HAD FUN, SO...

UM, IF YOU END UP STAYING LONGER

THAN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING

TO, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE ME A

CALL OR STOP BY OR... WHATEVER.

HAYLEY, THERE'S SOMETHING I

NEED TO SHOW YOU.

OKAY.

IT'S GONNA BE EXTREMELY HARD TO

BELIEVE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT I NEED TO TELL YOU NOW,

SOONER RATHER THAN LATER

BECAUSE, UM...

...TIME'S GETTING SHORT.

UM, OKAY.

TAKE OUT THAT PHOTO FROM

EARLIER.

WHY?

PLEASE.

OKAY.

YOU'VE HAD THAT THE ENTIRE

TIME, RIGHT?

WHAT?

YOU'VE HAD POSSESSION OF THAT

PHOTO THIS ENTIRE TIME.

IT'S NEVER LOST YOUR SIGHT.

I MEAN, I HAVEN'T TAKEN IT FROM

YOU.

NOBODY HAS.

WE SAW THAT GUY TAKE THE

PICTURE, AND THEN WE SAW IT GET

DEVELOPED, AND THEN YOU PUT IT

IN YOUR JACKET, AND THAT'S WHERE

IT'S BEEN EVER SINCE.

YEAH. SO?

I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THAT

THIS IS NOT SOME STUPID JOKE OR

MAGIC TRICK.

YOU'RE TIED TO THIS, AND I NEED

YOUR HELP.

I DON'T GET IT.

READ IT.

OKAY, WHAT -- WHAT IS THIS?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

ALL RIGHT.

COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET HAVE

ALWAYS BEEN MY HOBBY.

ARE YOU MESSING WITH ME?

BECAUSE THIS ISN'T FUNNY.

PLEASE, JUST LISTEN.

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS

PROJECT FOR THE LAST THREE

YEARS.

I WROTE WEB SPIDERS, WHICH ARE

AUTOMATED PROGRAMS THAT CATALOG

DATA.

THEY SCAN THE INTERNET, AND THEY

STORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON MY

SERVERS.

SO, WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS

BUILDING AN EFFICIENT SOURCE FOR

ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THE

INTERNET HAS TO OFFER, NO MATTER

HOW OBSCURE.

ABOUT A MONTH AGO, A MASSIVE

AMOUNT OF DATA JUST INUNDATED MY

HARD DRIVES, JUST DOUBLING MY

STORED SPACE.

I WENT THROUGH, AND I CLEAN IT

ALL UP, AND IT WAS JUST ALMOST

ALL JUST CRAP, JUST CORRUPTED

FILES, REALLY NOTHING.

EXCEPT FOR ONE SINGLE READABLE

FILE NAMED "EASTON DENNING."

AND WHAT IT WAS, WAS A SCANNED

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THAT YOU'RE

HOLDING.

OKAY, THIS -- THIS IS -- THIS

IS OUTRAGEOUS BECAUSE IT'S

IMPOSSIBLE.

YOU TELL ME.

HOW COULD THIS BE A FAKE WITH

THESE TWO PICTURES IDENTICAL?

SETTING THIS UP WOULD BE

IMPOSSIBLE.

OKAY, JUST BE QUIET FOR A

SECOND, OKAY?

I DON'T KNOW.

I-I DON'T --

HAYLEY, I'M SCARED AND

CONFUSED, TOO.

BUT THE FACT IS THAT I'VE HAD

THIS ARTICLE, MY OBITUARY, FOR

THE BETTER PART OF A MONTH, AND

BESIDES THE FACT THAT THERE'S A

PHOTO IN HERE OF ME AND YOU,

SOMEBODY I HADN'T EVEN SEEN IN

19 YEARS, A PHOTO THAT DIDN'T

EVEN EXIST UNTIL THREE HOURS

AGO.

IT ALSO MENTIONS THAT I WAS

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY MY FATHER.

SO I CALLED HIM.

JUST TO SEE IF HE WAS OKAY AND

THAT THIS IS ALL BULLSHIT.

HE ANSWERED THE PHONE, AND HE

SAID, "HELLO?"

I WASN'T READY TO TALK TO HIM.

I HUNG UP THE PHONE.

I HUNG UP THE GODDAMN PHONE.

AND HE DIED 11 DAYS LATER OF A

MASSIVE HEART ATTACK.

EVERYTHING IN THIS ARTICLE HAS

COME TRUE, FROM MY DAD DYING TO

THIS PHOTO.

OKAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT

YOU'RE SAYING OR DOING, BUT I

CAN'T LISTEN TO THIS ANYMORE.

EASTON, IT'S INSANE.

HAYLEY --

NO, YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I KNOW...

I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THINGS IN

YOUR LIFE HAVE BEEN GOING ON,

RIGHT?

SO...

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR THIS TO BE

HAPPENING, AND IT'S CRAZY FOR

YOU TO BE MAKING UP STORIES TO

FIX THINGS.

HAYLEY, I-I NEED YOUR HELP.

NO, NO, EASTON.

WAIT, WAIT, HAYLEY.

WHAT?

THERE WERE INSTRUCTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN, BUT

CLOSE YOUR EYES AND TURN THE

DIAL TONIGHT.

JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND TURN

THE DI--

HEY.

HEY.

HOW'D YOU KNOW I'D BE HERE?

JUST A HUNCH.

YOU -- YOU SEEM, UH, PRETTY

RELAXED.

I'M NOT.

SO, I BELIEVE YOU, OKAY?

THANK YOU.

TOM'S SAFE?

OH, YEAH, YEAH.

UH, LENNY GAVE IT TO ME AFTER

THEY CLEARED OUT HIS ROOM.

NO ONE KNEW THE COMBO, SO...

DID IT OPEN?

WELL, I DID WHAT YOU SAID.

I CLOSED MY EYES AND TURNED THE

DIAL UNTIL IT CLICKED AND

UNLOCKED.

WHAT'S INSIDE?

OH, I DIDN'T...

I DIDN'T LOOK INSIDE.

YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T --

I DON'T WANT TO DIG THIS UP ANY

FURTHER.

I KNEW I HAD THE SAFE FOR A

REASON, AND -- AND IT SERVED ITS

PURPOSE.

TOM'S GONE, SO WHAT'S INSIDE

DOESN'T MATTER.

IT STILL SMELLS THE SAME.

WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

WELL, YOU KNOW, PLACES HAVE A

SMELL.

YOUR HOUSE ALWAYS SMELLED LIKE

BACON AND A VANILLA

CANDLE.

THERE ARE WORSE SMELLS, I

SUPPOSE.

OH, COME ON.

GREAT.

OH...

NO, EASTON, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

I'M NOT GOING D--

TELL ME IF IT SMELLS THE SAME

DOWN HERE.

YEAH, FUNNY, EASTON.

IT'S REAL FUNNY.

WHY DO WE NEED TO GO DOWN HERE?

OH, MY GOSH.

WOW.

SEVERAL NEW LINES.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY

THERE HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST 20

YEARS.

GOD, I SAW A LOT ABOUT THE

'93 ONE ON THE NEWS.

YEAH, WELL, PEOPLE HAD TO USE

BOATS JUST TO GET HOME.

THERE'S RESILIENT RESIDENTS IN

THE FLOOD ZONE.

OKAY, EASTON, ARE YOU GONNA

TRY THESE THEORIES OUT ON ME OR

NOT?

MAYBE.

COME ON.

OKAY.

THESE, UH, THESE LINES, THEY

REPRESENT THE RIVER'S CREST

DURING FLOODS, RIGHT?

RIGHT.

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WATER

DURING A FLOOD?

UH, UH, I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

STAY WITH ME.

WHERE DOES WATER GO DURING A

MASSIVE FLOOD, ONE THAT CAN'T BE

CONTAINED?

UH, I SUPPOSE WHEREVER IT CAN.

EXACTLY.

SPILLS OVER THE EDGE INTO

UNEXPLORED SPACE, ANY NOOK AND

CRANNY IT CAN FIND.

RIGHT. YEAH.

I DON'T -- I'M NOT FOLLOWING.

I'M SORRY.

SO, SUPPOSE...

LET'S SAY THE RIVER, THE

MISSISSIPPI, REPRESENTS THE

INTERNET FLOWING THROUGH TIME.

OKAY.

OKAY.

HERE'S THE RIVER FROM START TO

FINISH.

THIS "X" MARKS WHEN I RECEIVE

THE FUTURE DATA.

SOMEWHERE DOWNRIVER, THERE WAS A

FLOOD.

AND WHEN WATER SPILLS INTO

UNEXPLORED SPACES, IT GOES

EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE.

RIGHT.

UNCONTROLLED AND

UNRESTRAINED.

MY PROGRAM ACTS LIKE A WATER

PUMP OR A VACUUM, SUCKING UP ANY

NEW INFORMATION IT COMES ACROSS.

THE WANDERING WATER MUST HAVE

PERMEATED, EITHER BY CHANCE OR

OTHERWISE, WITHIN REACH OF MY

MACHINE, WHICH BEGAN SUCKING UP

ALL IT POSSIBLY COULD OF THE

FLOODED WATER, CREATING...

AN INFORMATION WORMHOLE.

SO, THEN WHAT CAUSED THE

FLOOD, THEN?

THE ONLY THING THAT WAS

DIFFERENT IS A VINTAGE PROCESSOR

THAT I REPROGRAMMED AND WAS

OVER-CLOCKING.

I MEAN, I'D TAMPERED WITH THAT

MODEL BEFORE.

IT'S ALL RELATIVE, THOUGH.

THIS EITHER HAPPENED ON ACCIDENT

OR ON PURPOSE, BUT SOMEONE IS

BEHIND IT... 'CAUSE THOSE

INSTRUCTIONS ARE HANDWRITTEN.

WELL, DO YOU KNOW HOW YOU'RE

SUPPOSED TO DIE, THEN?

NO.

ONLY ROUGHLY WHEN.

ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE'S TIME,

IT'S... SOMETIME WITHIN THE NEXT

THREE DAYS.

DO YOU THINK IT COULD BE

STOPPED?

I HOPE SO.

HEY, HEY.

WHY DON'T WE GO CHECK OUT YOUR

OLD ROOM, OKAY?

COME ON.

DON'T GET ANY IDEAS.

I'M SORRY FOR DRAGGING YOU

INTO THIS.

BUT I HAD NO CHOICE.

YOU'RE TIED TO EVERYTHING.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

BENEATH THE ARTICLE,

HANDWRITTEN, THERE WERE FOUR

DATES AND TIMES ALL LABELED WITH

LOCATIONS.

THREE OF THEM I'VE BEEN TO --

CLOCK TOWER, WHERE I RAN INTO

YOU, THEN THE FARM WHERE I SAW

LENNY, AND NURSING HOME, WHERE

MOM GAVE ME THIS KEY.

THE FOURTH I HAVE TO GO TO

TOMORROW MORNING -- THE TRAIN

TRACKS.

OUR OLD FISHING SPOT.

SO -- SO THIS WAS ALL

PLANNED?

OUR MEETING AND EVERYTHING?

SORT OF.

NO, NO, IT'S -- IT'S LIKE THE

FRAMEWORK FOR SOMETHING BIGGER,

SOME PURPOSE OR END GOAL.

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT THERE WERE ALSO WORDS ABOUT

YOU.

YEAH. THE DIAL THING.

YEAH.

YEAH.

AND IT SAID, "YOU NEED HER."

HEY.

HEY. WHERE'D YOU GO?

OH, I JUST WENT TO TAKE THE

TRASH OUT.

THANKS.

I STILL FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE

DOING SOMETHING.

WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN BASED

ON WHAT WE KNOW.

I WANT TO GO WITH YOU TODAY.

NO.

GO TO SCHOOL.

I'LL MEET YOU LATER.

I THINK THIS IS MORE

IMPORTANT.

I NEED TO FACE IT BY MYSELF.

WHY?

ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.

I NEED TO FACE IT ALONE.

THIS IS YOUR LIFE, EASTON.

GOD, YOU KNOW, I DON'T GET IT.

'CAUSE YOU ASK FOR MY HELP, AND

THEN YOU TELL ME TO GO TO

SCHOOL?

I THINK THAT THAT CAN WAIT AND

THIS CAN'T.

HAYLEY, PLEASE.

TRUST ME.

FINE.

[TRAIN HORN BLARES

IN DISTANCE]

OKAY. GEEZ.

YOU'RE GONNA BREAK IT DOWN.

HEY.

SO YOU TOOK THEM.

TOOK WHAT?

COME ON. DON'T PLAY DUMB.

THE PHOTO AND THE ARTICLE.

YEAH.

WHAT'D YOU DO WITH THEM?

I GOT RID OF THEM.

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?

BECAUSE I HAD TO TRY TO DO

SOMETHING.

WHAT?

ARE YOU PISSED?

YOU WENT BEHIND MY BACK!

I KNOW. I HAD TO, OKAY?

I HAD TO DESTROY THEM SO THEY

COULDN'T BE PUBLISHED AND SENT

BACK TO YOU.

DON'T YOU GET IT?

WE CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.

THERE'S NO WAY OUT OF THIS.

EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WAS

ALWAYS GONNA HAPPEN.

WAIT, WHAT?

DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER COPY?

NO.

THE LAST INSTRUCTIONS, THE TRAIN

TRACKS.

IT FLOATED ON BY.

WELL, I...

I DON'T -- I DON'T GET IT.

WHOEVER WROTE THE

INSTRUCTIONS KNEW THAT YOU WOULD

TRY TO DESTROY IT.

I GUESS I'M JUST SUPPOSED TO

HANG ON TO IT.

BUT WHY WOULD THAT MATTER?

MAYBE THE ARTICLE IS A KEY.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'M OUT OF IDEAS.

WASN'T THERE ANYTHING LEFT OF

THE INSTRUCTIONS OR...?

NO, THAT'S EVERYTHING.

THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

MAYBE I'M SUPPOSED TO DIE.

EASTON!

DO YOU HAVE -- DO YOU HAVE A

DEATH WISH?

NO.

WELL, YOU ARE GIVING UP WAY

TOO EASILY.

I'M LOST, HAYLEY.

I KNOW. UM...

BUT WE JUST -- WE HAVE -- WE

HAVE TO STAY FOCUSED, OKAY, AND

WE HAVE TO -- WE HAVE TO THINK

THROUGH THIS.

OKAY?

WHAT TIME IS IT?

I DON'T KNOW.

ABOUT 2:00 OR 3:00.

ANYTHING?

NOT REALLY. YOU?

I'M TOO TIRED.

MAYBE I SHOULD GO MAKE SOME

COFFEE.

NO, NO, NO.

GO BACK TO SLEEP.

ARE YOU SURE?

YEAH.

I TOLD TOM.

WHAT?

I TOLD TOM THAT NIGHT ABOUT

YOU AND ME... WHILE WE WERE OUT

ON THE ICE.

HE PUSHED ME.

HE SWUNG AT ME.

ALMOST HIT ME, BUT HE DIDN'T.

I JUST REACTED AND PUSHED HIM

BACK.

AND HE FELL...

RIGHT THROUGH THE ICE.

IT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY.

HE DIDN'T STRUGGLE AT ALL.

HE JUST...

DISAPPEARED.

NOT A SOUND.

AND HE WAS GONE.

EASTON.

JESUS. WHAT'S THIS?

IT'S A FEW OUTFITS FOR ME.

WHY?

BECAUSE WE'RE GOING BACK TO

CHICAGO TO YOUR PLACE.

I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT ALL

NIGHT AFTER YOU FELL ASLEEP,

YOUR THEORY AND ALL OF IT.

THIS...

THIS IS GONNA COME TRUE UNLESS

WE CREATE A SCENARIO WHERE IT

CANNOT TRUTHFULLY EXIST.

OKAY.

LISTEN, WE USE YOUR COMPUTER,

RIGHT?

WE CREATE ONE OF THOSE DIGITAL

FLOOD THINGIES, AND WE SEND THIS

ARTICLE BACK TO YOU.

NOW, I HAVE ALREADY DESTROYED

THAT PHOTO, RIGHT?

SO IT CAN'T EXIST, AND IT CAN'T

BE PUBLISHED.

BUT THIS -- THIS IS THE ONLY

PHOTO LEFT.

SO IF WE ARE THE ONES THAT SEND

IT BACK TO YOU IN THE FIRST

PLACE, IT WILL INSTANTLY

DISCREDIT ITSELF.

EXACTLY. WHAT YOU SAID.

BUT I WON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE

TO BEGIN PROGRAMMING AN

OPERATION LIKE THAT.

OKAY, LISTEN.

IT EITHER WORKS BECAUSE IT'S

ALREADY WORKED AND -- AND IT'S

HAPPENED IN THE FUTURE, OR IT

DOESN'T AND -- AND -- AND WE

JUST GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE.

BUT IT'S WORTH A SHOT.

HEY, YOU HAVE A WHITE PIECE

OF PAPER AND A PEN?

YEAH. YEAH. HOLD ON.

A PEN.

YEAH. WRITE THIS DOWN.

OKAY. JUST GIVE ME A SECOND.

"DECEMBER 5th."

MM-HMM.

"3:15 p.m. -- THE CLOCK

TOWER.

DECEMBER 6th, 12:01 p.m. --

THE FARM.

DECEMBER 8th, 8:30 a.m. --

RIVER'S EDGE.

DECEMBER 10th, 7:30 a.m. --

THE TRAIN TRACKS.

YOU NEED HER.

WHEN SHE DOUBTS, TELL HER TO

CLOSE HER EYES AND TURN THE

DIAL."

LET'S GET GOING.

OKAY. HERE'S WHAT I'M THINKING.

ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WAS

SENT TO ME WERE CORRUPTED FILES

EXCEPT FOR THE ARTICLE.

AND THEY WERE ALL SENT FROM A

CERTAIN WEB ADDRESS.

WE NEED TO ACQUIRE THAT WEB

ADDRESS, RUN IT FROM AN OUTSIDE

SERVER, SOME HOSTING FACILITY.

I'LL HAVE TO CREATE A BASE HTML

SO I CAN UPLOAD ALL THE DATA ON

MY HARD DRIVES, USE ALL MY

PROCESSING POWER, AND BOMBARD

THAT HOSTING FACILITY.

FLOOD THE SERVER.

PRECISELY.

ALL THE DATA SHOULD CORRUPT

INSTANTLY.

I'LL HAVE TO WRITE A NEW WEB

SPIDER, ONE THAT GATHERS

INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO MY NAME.

WE'LL TARGET SPIDER 00 AT THAT

WEBSITE AND IMBED IT WITH A

SEND-BACK COMMAND.

THEN JUST AS THE INFORMATION

FLOOD REACHES ITS PEAK, WE'LL

LAUNCH THE SPIDER.

IF EVERYTHING GOES AS PLANNED,

WE'LL SCAN THE ARTICLE AND SEND

THAT THROUGH LAST.

THE SPIDER WILL GOBBLE UP THE

INFORMATION, THE SERVERS WILL

CRASH, AND THE INFORMATION WILL

BE LOST SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN.

AND THEN WHAT?

IT'LL SPILL INTO THE DARK

WEB AND...

AND?

AND GO BACK... IN TIME.

BLEED THROUGH THE INFORMATION

FABRIC LONG ENOUGH TO BE FOUND

IN THE PAST.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT

WORKS, BUT IT HAS TO.

IT ALREADY HAS, TECHNICALLY.

ALL THAT WORK ABOUT TO GO DOWN

THE DRAIN.

IT'S EITHER YOU OR IT.

SEND IT.

OH, NO, NO, NO.

IT'S -- IT'S -- IT'S FROZE.

GOD DAMN IT.

GOD DAMN IT.

HIT SEND.

I-I ALREADY DID.

AGAIN! AGAIN!

IT'S -- COME ON!

COME ON!

OKAY, OKAY, OKAY.

DID IT WORK?

HOLD ON.

LET ME CHECK THE HARD DRIVES.

THEY'RE EMPTY.

I THINK IT WORKED.

I THINK IT WORKED.

SO, WE'RE TO BLAME FOR THIS.

NO.

WE DID WHAT WE HAD TO DO.

[ENGINE SHUTS OFF,

CAR DOORS OPEN, CLOSE]

SO, I HAVEN'T BEEN COMPLETELY

HONEST WITH YOU.

EASTON, THIS BETTER NOT BE A

JOKE.

IT'S NOTHING CRAZY.

I DON'T THINK, AT LEAST.

IT'S NOTHING CRAZY-BAD.

NOTHING CRAZY-BAD?

NOTHING CRAZY-BAD.

THERE'S MORE.

LITTLE UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

AND WHAT IF I SAY I'M NOT

GONNA READ THIS?

I THINK I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

IS THAT RIGHT?

YEAH.

DON'T BE SO POLITE, RIGHT?

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO READ

IT.

HMM.

COULD BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

OKAY. OKAY. YEAH.

I'LL -- I'LL SEE YOU SOON.

OKAY.

WHAT ARE WE HAVING TONIGHT?

COLD BEER AND TWO CHILI DOGS

WITH IT.

HUNGRY, HUH?

VERY.

THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU.

LENNY?

EASTON. HOW THE HELL ARE YOU?

GOOD.

I WAS JUST OVER AT PAUL'S TAV.

HAD SOME OF THOSE DOGS.

MMM.

OH, MAN. HOW ABOUT YOU?

JUST OVER AT THE CANDLELIGHT.

GETTING READY TO HEAD ON HOME.

ARE YOU DRIVING?

YEAH.

HEY, WHY DON'T YOU LET ME GIVE

YOU A LIFT?

NO, I'M -- I'M FINE.

COME ON.

GIVE US A CHANCE TO CATCH UP A

LITTLE BIT MORE.

BULLSHIT.

YOU THINK I'M DRUNK, DON'T YOU?

I'M SURE YOU CAN MAKE IT HOME

JUST FINE.

WHY CHANCE IT?

I LIKE THE ODDS.

HEY, I'D LIKE ANOTHER CARAMEL

BAR.

I'LL BET YOU WOULD.

I'LL BET YOU'D EAT TWO, WOULDN'T

YOU?

AT LEAST.

I'M SORRY THAT TOOK SO LONG.

COULDN'T FIND THE ATTENDANT.

I THINK HE WAS IN THERE TAKING A

CRAP OR SOMETHING.

I FOUND THIS.

IS THAT ALL RIGHT?

YEAH.

TELL ME ABOUT THAT NIGHT.

WHAT'S THAT?

TELL ME ABOUT THAT NIGHT.

WHY?

BECAUSE I ASKED.

WE WERE AT A PARTY IN

WEST DUBUQUE.

WE WERE THERE A FEW HOURS, HAD A

COUPLE OF BEERS.

IT WAS COLD THAT NIGHT.

WE DECIDED TO GO DOWN TO THE

RIVERBANK.

WE GOT DOWN THERE.

IT WAS JUST PITCH-BLACK AS FAR

AS YOU COULD SEE.

WHO WENT FIRST?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

"CARA-MEAL" BARS,

CARAMEL BARS.

I THINK I'M GONNA HAVE ONE.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

TWO FOR YOU AND ONE FOR ME.

THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE.

LAST ONES?

THAT'S IT.

WARM THESE UP.

AND IT'S THE PISSER FOR ME.

COME. SIT DOWN.

AH! GOD...

EASTON! EASTON!

IS HE -- CAN YOU JUST LET ME

KNOW IF HE'S INSIDE?

OKAY, WELL, JUST --

CAN YOU PLEASE LET ME --

EAST--

EASTON!

CAN YOU PLEASE LET ME INSIDE?

EASTON!

EASTON!

EASTON!

PLEASE LET ME INSIDE!

EASTON!

EASTON!

EASTON!

EASTON!

EASTON!

LET ME...

EAST-- EASTON!

EASTON ASKED ME A QUESTION ONCE.

HE ASKED ME, "WHERE DOES WATER

GO DURING A FLOOD?"

AND I RESPONDED, "WHEREVER IT

CAN."

I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT IN HIS

TIME HERE, EASTON REALIZED

SOMETHING VERY VALUABLE.

YOU EITHER REMAIN IN STALE,

STAGNANT WATER FROZEN IN TIME

YOUR WHOLE LIFE, OR YOU TAKE

CHANCES.

YOU FLOW WITH THE RIVER AND SEE

WHERE IT TAKES YOU...

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CONTROL LIFE,

MUCH LIKE YOU CAN'T CONTROL A

RISING RIVER.

BUT THE BEAUTY IS THAT WE'RE ALL

HEADED DOWNSTREAM TOGETHER.