Beyond (2016–2018): Season 1, Episode 5 - Fancy Meeting You Here - full transcript
Previously, on Beyond...
So do you remember anything
from your coma?
You have to remember.
Your memories are trying
to force their way out.
I'm meeting with Frost.
You had a meeting with Frost?
Now you have a meeting with me.
Jamie, hey.
How about dinner tomorrow?
- Dinner sounds great.
- I will see you then.
Kevin's missing. And I know this
guy is somehow responsible.
Whatever happened
to your friend,
he brought that upon himself.
You're lying!
You killed him!
The old man doesn't have
the best track record.
Have you ever asked him
what happened with the others?
Please work.
Did something happen?
You could say that.
The trick is to sort
as few piles as possible.
Gray is basically white.
Same with tan, orange, yellow.
Hang on.
Take a whiff of those.
Let me know if they reek.
In no universe
am I smelling your jeans.
Ideally, you never
want to wash denim.
See, they're fine.
Hey, hey! Removing somebody's wet
clothes is like a cardinal sin.
Dude.
Didn't know bras could
look that... complicated.
College is all about
liberal education.
Could be good for you.
I didn't even start high school.
Dropouts have
a leg-up on me.
Believe me, you're smarter than
plenty of these stooges around here.
You should come to class,
see for yourself.
I can't do that.
Can I do that?
You're Holden Matthews.
You can do whatever you want.
Lately it's felt like
the exact opposite.
See, you need a win.
That's what you need
to get yourself going.
What does that mean?
Well, that's the beauty of it.
It's subjective.
But you'll know
when you get your win.
Okay, see this?
Finally.
This right here, this is a win.
I... I fell off my bike.
- Remember, I told you?
- Stain remover?
Yeah.
Here.
Can't say I've had the pleasure
of cleaning blood before.
Now puke?
That's a different story.
You know, maybe coming to class
isn't such a bad idea.
Okay. Cool.
Cool.
Are you allergic to money?
I beg your pardon?
Allergic.
Like, if you come into contact with
too much, you'll break out in hives.
Sorry, who are you?
Someone who knows the dealer
is sitting pretty on 20.
Miss, I need you to back up.
Losing with 17 is like the
saddest thing I can imagine.
And I can imagine you in
front of the mirror this morning
thinking that's a spiffy ascot.
There's 40 bloody grand
on this wager, love.
Listen, I can lick this plate
clean if I want to.
That's indisputable.
But it's dull for me.
I need a thrill.
Can I convince you,
a perfect stranger,
to trust me with
his precious money?
Hmm.
Sir?
After all, it is
called gambling, isn't it?
It's no gamble.
You've won.
Let's just wait to see what the girl
says before we celebrate, yeah?
Hit me.
Twenty-one. Winner.
A bottle of champagne
for my psychic friend!
I'm not some
gypsy fortune teller.
Then how else could you know
what was going to happen?
Easy.
I was in a four-year coma.
Here, I'll swap out
his solution.
That's all right.
I've got it.
I'd like to do it.
Sure.
Usually start with his vitals.
But I'm sure your way works too.
This isn't quite the same
as Sahin's baklava, is it?
With all that fresh
pistachio and honey.
Remember, I used to say,
"Grandpa, I don't want
to finish dinner.
I only want baklava."
And you'd say,
"You're sweet enough already,
little bird."
Wake up and we'll go eat
an entire box together.
Willa?
Arthur needs Holden.
In all that time you two
are spending together,
- he's still not remembering.
- He will.
I have faith in him.
Frost's man said he recognized
an anger in Holden.
That it wouldn't be long before
he went off like a time bomb.
He said it happened
to the others.
I'm not sure I follow.
I need to know.
Is Arthur keeping
anything from me?
I don't pretend to understand
half of Arthur's brilliance,
but I have seen it enough times
to trust it.
He's got such love
and respect for you.
The granddaughter that
never once let him down.
Don't start now.
As Freud says, "We are what we are
because we have been what we have been."
Now what does he mean?
Our dreams represent
unfulfilled wishes.
When repressed, these
deep desires can be masked.
But if we analyze...
If we listen...
They will reveal what it is our
unconscious mind truly wants.
- Yes?
- What about nightmares?
I mean, those aren't
wish fulfillment, right?
I mean, if an ax murderer
is chasing me,
is it my secret desire
to be chopped into tiny pieces?
That's pretty vivid.
And here's where the other pillar
of our field, Dr. Carl Jung,
differed from his former mentor.
It is Jung's contention that nightmares are
the unconscious mind's way of challenging us.
Turning our fear into strength.
Don't run from the man
wielding the ax.
Because he's you.
What does he want with me?
To the benefit
of your future therapists,
to be charged $200 an hour
to find out the answer.
He's warning you're
doing something wrong.
That course you're on...
needs correcting.
Now, turning to the super ego...
Impulse control.
Our mind's version of
security fraud protection.
Teacher's pet.
You still here?
Yeah.
I'm wiped.
If I don't get a Chai Rooibos
tea, my head's gonna explode.
Oh, would you please
just try an espresso?
Well, he's still stable.
Um... now all I can
think about is espresso.
I'll brew us two cups,
and you can thank me later.
- I don't know her.
- She won't leave me be!
Um, no. I gave you one tip and
you hounded me for an hour.
"Downton Abbey" over here
thought I'd put out.
She's out of her sodding
mind, that one.
What has she gotten me
mixed up in, eh?
And I ask you, what sort
of person would do this?
Charlene Singer!
Oh, please.
Charlene is my father.
Call me Charlie.
Perhaps you thought you could
hide or mark cards here.
You were wrong.
My team is the finest
in the world.
Yeah, they seem outstanding.
What do you want with me?
You cleared
1.7 million in winnings.
You and your girlfriend cheated.
- No, no, no, no!
- Girlfriend? Please!
I've never saw this maniac
in my life!
Okay, okay.
Alfred's telling the truth.
I'm borderline unstable.
I've never seen anyone
count cards so quickly.
Counting cards
is a circus trick.
I don't count cards.
I see equations, broken down
to an infinitesimal level.
Itty-bitty fractions
as algorithms.
I take those probabilities and turn
them into virtual certainties.
That's card counting.
Yeah, that does sound
like card counting.
Sparky's piece is empty.
What?
His wrist is angled too high.
So that nine milli
weighs 33.6 ounces.
He's 187 pounds.
Momentum is mass times velocity.
Even one bullet,
124 grains of weight in there,
would lower his wrist
just a tad.
That thing's at full attention.
At ease, soldier.
Bet your life it's empty?
All right, that's about as much
fun as I can have for one day.
Aah!
Wow, this...
This place is amazing.
No one bothers you. No one tells
you where to be or what to do.
And at 40 grand a semester,
they'll even hand you a diploma.
You gotta be kidding me.
Yeah, they probably
just e-mail it.
Hi, Jamie.
Wow. She hates me.
Well, you stood her up.
But that wasn't hate.
That was more like, um...
aggressive indifference.
No, this... this is a sign.
What are the odds she'd be here
right at this moment?
Pretty good.
It's not a huge school.
It's like the professor said...
Turn your fears into strengths.
Course correct.
I'm gonna ask her out.
Are you seriously quoting
Professor Blackbeard right now?
I'm gonna get my win.
Just because you're saying my thing
doesn't make it a good idea!
What's up?
Jamie, stop, come on!
- Please!
- Holden, look,
you really don't need
to come up with an excuse.
- It's okay.
- No, it's not okay.
I'm sorry!
I was the luckiest guy on Earth
when you said yes
and I blew it.
Agreed.
No, it's just...
Look, my coma flared up.
When that happens, it makes
me act like a real doofus.
Like becoming the Hulk,
only a bigger jerk.
Well, in that case,
you were Ultra Hulk.
You know about...
Never mind.
The good news is,
that jerk who stood you up?
He's gone.
I've exorcised the demon.
Jamie, please.
You deserve to be treated
so much better than that.
Please, can I make it up to you?
Look, Holden, I really
need to get to class.
Jamie.
Do you believe in fate?
- What?
- Do you believe in fate?
Not really.
Gimme one shot
to change your mind.
If you don't have
the best time ever,
you never have to see me again.
You just make sure the right Holden
Matthews shows up this time.
Charlene.
I'd love a word.
Heh. Take a breath.
She's coming.
Hey, you're, uh,
not giving her this flower?
It's weird.
What, isn't it romantic or...
You look like a cartoon.
Where'd you even get it?
- The bar.
- Yeah. Okay, come on.
She'll be here any minute.
Hey, see?
Speak of the devil.
- Hi!
- Hi.
How are you?
Oh man, I'm so sorry I'm late.
The rain is just a nightmare.
It's fine. It's, um...
- Hi. Hey, uh...
- Hi!
- Hi.
- How are you?
- Good, how are you?
- Good.
- Shall we?
- Yeah.
Thank you.
Do you have your license?
I don't have a Blockbuster card.
Yeah, neither does anyone else.
What happened to Blockbuster?
Um, it's in a better place.
Actually, I'm what's
called exploratory.
Like Magellan?
Like that, yeah!
Yeah, totally like that.
The world is such a big place,
and I'd really hate to get in the
way of way of what it has to offer.
Sounds like you
believe in fate after all.
Maybe I'm starting to.
Look at that!
Hard copy of "City
Slickers 2" I guess.
Sorry, do I have
a booger on my face?
I like you.
Well, I... I like
that you like me.
What have you been hiding?
Using a combination
of light and sound,
we were able to replicate
the comatose mind.
This machine disconnects the mind
from its bodily constraints.
And it is the destination
of that journey
where we have made
exhilarating leaps and bounds
in the study of the unconscious.
I was comforted.
And felt alone.
- But...
- Safe.
There was woods.
There was thick...
It was gorgeous.
I needed to leave.
I... I was terrified.
And it was blinding.
I was so alone.
It is our belief that
the comatose mind
is sent off.
It travels to another
realm of existence.
Our subjects each describe,
in remarkably similar terms,
this place.
They draw this.
Concentric circles.
Scientists and theologians
have wrestled for ages
about the brain and what happens to it
when it fails to function as expected.
Does it cease to exist?
Is it vegetative?
Hardly.
We are on the verge
- of pinpointing
that very discovery.
The patient is going into
cardiac arrest!
We will need to recalibrate
our approach, Dr. Frost.
Dr. Frost.
Frost was...
Arthur's partner?
All yours.
Hey. You're on deck, big guy.
Come on. Pick a song.
- Look, can I just work up to it?
- Okay, look.
I didn't wanna have
to resort to this,
but you stood me up.
- Yeah, man, she's got a point.
- Mm-hmm.
Okay. Are you a betting man?
I'm listening.
I will randomly pick a song
with my eyes closed.
No cheating.
If you know the song,
then we sing.
- Hmm.
- We'll let fate decide.
You're on.
"Call Me Maybe."
Oh gosh. We sang that like a million
times freshman year, right?
Yeah.
Well, um...
I think, you, uh...
meant to stop there.
Hmm?
Oh.
Woo-hoo!-
Hey. Are you okay?
Holden?
I gotta go.
Holden!
Hey! Slow down!
I'm sorry, I just...
I had to get out
of there, and I...
Okay, okay, that's okay.
We can...
We can stay out here
as long as you need.
No, look, tonight
had to be perfect.
That's what I promised you
and I... oh!
No, you promised me
a great time, and you delivered.
I shouldn't have pushed you.
No, that other Holden,
the one I thought was long gone?
It turns out he's more
persistent than I thought.
Okay, um...
it's okay.
Just...
talk to me.
Look, I can't. I...
No, I want to, it's just, I...
I think I need a minute alone.
All right?
I think you need
more than a minute.
No, I... I...
What are the odds
of a second second chance
to make this work?
That bad, huh?
You shouldn't have
to make this work, Holden.
You can't force fate.
Take care of yourself.
Kid, are you okay?
Hey, kid?
You all right?
Get up!
Get to the temple.
They can't follow us.
We'll be safe in there.
That's how we met.
How we met?
I could've killed you!
You need help.
I need Willa.
Ow, ooh! Oh.
Damn crazy kid.
That was your fault!
You gotta learn
to be more careful.
Holden!
Hey, are you okay?
Did you just get hit
by that car?
It's fine.
Everything's fine.
I gotta see about a girl.
It's too late, man.
Jamie's gone.
No, I know.
Not her. It's...
It's not too late for this one.
What, there's another one?
Where are you going?
Ten grand on homie in red.
Your friend want a taste too?
She's Mormon.
15 grand.
On white.
Watching two men pummel each other to
death just screams your wheelhouse.
Hollow Sky has been alerted to a
young man with special abilities.
A compatriot.
Fellow Realm freak.
I hope not quite like you.
Word is, he's powerful.
Turned an MRI machine
into the Fourth of July.
Dr. Frost believes he's powerful
enough to cross the Bridge.
The Bridge is a myth you all
push to keep the bills paid.
Be that as it may, Frost insists
on having an audience
with this young man.
Frost believes he will
help bring Hollow Sky
into a new stratosphere.
Your services are required.
This young man can trust you.
He can relate to you.
I don't relate to me.
Is this really the best use
of your prodigious talents?
Yeah, actually, and how
many times can I tell you
and your pie-in-the-sky
organization to get bent?
I've lost count.
You're gonna wanna pay up
that 15 grand now.
Maurice gets a little bit stabby
when you hold out on him.
Look, you want him so bad?
Go scoop him up yourself.
Lord knows you've got
resources out the wazoo.
This case is more delicate.
- Why is that?
- Because Arthur got to him first.
Arthur?
Perhaps you'd be interested
in making a trade?
What's Boy Wonder's name?
What is this place?
It's a safe haven.
No, I mean where...
Where are we?
Am I dead?
You're far from it.
You're alive in a way few
people ever get to experience.
Ow! Mmm!
This isn't a dream either,
is it?
- No.
- Figured.
Traditionally dream injuries
don't hurt like... ow!
Careful.
Sorry about that.
That thing I did outside,
with the wolf and the...
And the...
If this isn't a dream,
how was that even possible?
The reason you were able
to do what you did...
it's because of this place.
I think it agrees with you.
There. You're good as new.
Better than new.
What is it?
Nothing.
I just, um...
I thought I was alone in here.
You're not alone.
Not anymore.
I'm Willa.
Holden.
I'm really glad
I found you, Holden.
Me too.
- pinpointing
that very discov...
- Holden,
I didn't know you were...
What is it?
What's wrong?
I'm really glad you found me.
You remembered.
The frozen mountain when the
ravens attacked, do you remember?
No, not exactly.
What about...
What about the sinkhole,
- when we fell in?
- Vaguely.
- What about the time...
- Willa! It's you.
Okay? That's what I remember. No,
I don't totally understand it,
but, look, I know
that we had something.
That's what matters.
Ow! Oh!
- What happened to you?
- I... I got hit by a car.
It's fine. It... helped
me remember you.
Oh. Why didn't
I think of that?
Willa, I...
I know him.
Oh. That's Arthur.
I've been seeing him
everywhere since I woke up.
That's because...
That's because he trained you
and now he needs your help.
Wait, wait. Well, can
you take me to see him?
Can we...
Can we see him?
Right now?
Um, yeah.
Yeah, of course.
Hello? Still me.
Why are you so quiet?
Am I being quiet?
Holden will be fine.
You don't think it's strange
he just up and left tonight?
Lots of things about your
brother are strange.
Do you need to say that?
- He's trying.
- Yeah, I heard the song.
It's just...
hey, the blood on his jacket...
and the running
off-stage?
He gets hit by a car and immediately
goes off to see some other girl?
I mean, stop me when any
of this sounds normal.
No.
What are you saying?
That I... I don't think he's ready
to live back in the real world.
If there's a family
of cannibals in that room,
I'm taking back all the nice
things I said about you.
Look...
Arthur invested
everything into this.
We all have.
And I was getting worried you wouldn't
remember what you'd have to do.
He can't be here.
Get away from him!
It's you.
Daniel, this is Holden.
He's here to help.
- Hi.
- Hi.
What is it, specifically, you
need me to do to help him?
- He doesn't remember.
- He does.
We're just figuring out
the best recourse...
and that means going back in.
In? As in...
Are you gonna put me in a coma?
No, no. No coma.
There's another way.
What happened to him, anyway?
Arthur spent years
traveling back and forth.
That's when he was with you,
teaching you.
But he got stuck
and soon after,
he became unresponsive.
Soon after what?
After you woke up.
For 12 years, Holden Matthews
has laid at County Hospital
in one of the longest-recorded
comas in history.
And today, that streak
has finally come...
Four thousand, three hundred
some odd days in a coma?
Holden Matthews,
maybe you are something special.
It's powering itself up.
I've never seen it
do that before.
You're connected
to this machine.
Just like you are to the Realm.
I can feel it.
So, you...
think I'm the only one
who can get this thing to work?
I've exhausted it myself.
I'm missing something.
Holden!
- Oh! Oh!
- No!
Oh my god!
Hey.
Don't worry.
I've got you.
Ah! Don't let go!
Don't let go!
Hey.
No!
You should stand back.
Holden, stop!
Oh! Holden, please stop!
What are you doing?
No!
Stop! Please!
What did you do?
That machine was
our only way back!
Exactly.
We're never going back.
- What? No, Holden, you don't understand!
- No, I understand perfectly!
I had you,
and then you were gone.
I won't risk that ever again.
So do you remember anything
from your coma?
You have to remember.
Your memories are trying
to force their way out.
I'm meeting with Frost.
You had a meeting with Frost?
Now you have a meeting with me.
Jamie, hey.
How about dinner tomorrow?
- Dinner sounds great.
- I will see you then.
Kevin's missing. And I know this
guy is somehow responsible.
Whatever happened
to your friend,
he brought that upon himself.
You're lying!
You killed him!
The old man doesn't have
the best track record.
Have you ever asked him
what happened with the others?
Please work.
Did something happen?
You could say that.
The trick is to sort
as few piles as possible.
Gray is basically white.
Same with tan, orange, yellow.
Hang on.
Take a whiff of those.
Let me know if they reek.
In no universe
am I smelling your jeans.
Ideally, you never
want to wash denim.
See, they're fine.
Hey, hey! Removing somebody's wet
clothes is like a cardinal sin.
Dude.
Didn't know bras could
look that... complicated.
College is all about
liberal education.
Could be good for you.
I didn't even start high school.
Dropouts have
a leg-up on me.
Believe me, you're smarter than
plenty of these stooges around here.
You should come to class,
see for yourself.
I can't do that.
Can I do that?
You're Holden Matthews.
You can do whatever you want.
Lately it's felt like
the exact opposite.
See, you need a win.
That's what you need
to get yourself going.
What does that mean?
Well, that's the beauty of it.
It's subjective.
But you'll know
when you get your win.
Okay, see this?
Finally.
This right here, this is a win.
I... I fell off my bike.
- Remember, I told you?
- Stain remover?
Yeah.
Here.
Can't say I've had the pleasure
of cleaning blood before.
Now puke?
That's a different story.
You know, maybe coming to class
isn't such a bad idea.
Okay. Cool.
Cool.
Are you allergic to money?
I beg your pardon?
Allergic.
Like, if you come into contact with
too much, you'll break out in hives.
Sorry, who are you?
Someone who knows the dealer
is sitting pretty on 20.
Miss, I need you to back up.
Losing with 17 is like the
saddest thing I can imagine.
And I can imagine you in
front of the mirror this morning
thinking that's a spiffy ascot.
There's 40 bloody grand
on this wager, love.
Listen, I can lick this plate
clean if I want to.
That's indisputable.
But it's dull for me.
I need a thrill.
Can I convince you,
a perfect stranger,
to trust me with
his precious money?
Hmm.
Sir?
After all, it is
called gambling, isn't it?
It's no gamble.
You've won.
Let's just wait to see what the girl
says before we celebrate, yeah?
Hit me.
Twenty-one. Winner.
A bottle of champagne
for my psychic friend!
I'm not some
gypsy fortune teller.
Then how else could you know
what was going to happen?
Easy.
I was in a four-year coma.
Here, I'll swap out
his solution.
That's all right.
I've got it.
I'd like to do it.
Sure.
Usually start with his vitals.
But I'm sure your way works too.
This isn't quite the same
as Sahin's baklava, is it?
With all that fresh
pistachio and honey.
Remember, I used to say,
"Grandpa, I don't want
to finish dinner.
I only want baklava."
And you'd say,
"You're sweet enough already,
little bird."
Wake up and we'll go eat
an entire box together.
Willa?
Arthur needs Holden.
In all that time you two
are spending together,
- he's still not remembering.
- He will.
I have faith in him.
Frost's man said he recognized
an anger in Holden.
That it wouldn't be long before
he went off like a time bomb.
He said it happened
to the others.
I'm not sure I follow.
I need to know.
Is Arthur keeping
anything from me?
I don't pretend to understand
half of Arthur's brilliance,
but I have seen it enough times
to trust it.
He's got such love
and respect for you.
The granddaughter that
never once let him down.
Don't start now.
As Freud says, "We are what we are
because we have been what we have been."
Now what does he mean?
Our dreams represent
unfulfilled wishes.
When repressed, these
deep desires can be masked.
But if we analyze...
If we listen...
They will reveal what it is our
unconscious mind truly wants.
- Yes?
- What about nightmares?
I mean, those aren't
wish fulfillment, right?
I mean, if an ax murderer
is chasing me,
is it my secret desire
to be chopped into tiny pieces?
That's pretty vivid.
And here's where the other pillar
of our field, Dr. Carl Jung,
differed from his former mentor.
It is Jung's contention that nightmares are
the unconscious mind's way of challenging us.
Turning our fear into strength.
Don't run from the man
wielding the ax.
Because he's you.
What does he want with me?
To the benefit
of your future therapists,
to be charged $200 an hour
to find out the answer.
He's warning you're
doing something wrong.
That course you're on...
needs correcting.
Now, turning to the super ego...
Impulse control.
Our mind's version of
security fraud protection.
Teacher's pet.
You still here?
Yeah.
I'm wiped.
If I don't get a Chai Rooibos
tea, my head's gonna explode.
Oh, would you please
just try an espresso?
Well, he's still stable.
Um... now all I can
think about is espresso.
I'll brew us two cups,
and you can thank me later.
- I don't know her.
- She won't leave me be!
Um, no. I gave you one tip and
you hounded me for an hour.
"Downton Abbey" over here
thought I'd put out.
She's out of her sodding
mind, that one.
What has she gotten me
mixed up in, eh?
And I ask you, what sort
of person would do this?
Charlene Singer!
Oh, please.
Charlene is my father.
Call me Charlie.
Perhaps you thought you could
hide or mark cards here.
You were wrong.
My team is the finest
in the world.
Yeah, they seem outstanding.
What do you want with me?
You cleared
1.7 million in winnings.
You and your girlfriend cheated.
- No, no, no, no!
- Girlfriend? Please!
I've never saw this maniac
in my life!
Okay, okay.
Alfred's telling the truth.
I'm borderline unstable.
I've never seen anyone
count cards so quickly.
Counting cards
is a circus trick.
I don't count cards.
I see equations, broken down
to an infinitesimal level.
Itty-bitty fractions
as algorithms.
I take those probabilities and turn
them into virtual certainties.
That's card counting.
Yeah, that does sound
like card counting.
Sparky's piece is empty.
What?
His wrist is angled too high.
So that nine milli
weighs 33.6 ounces.
He's 187 pounds.
Momentum is mass times velocity.
Even one bullet,
124 grains of weight in there,
would lower his wrist
just a tad.
That thing's at full attention.
At ease, soldier.
Bet your life it's empty?
All right, that's about as much
fun as I can have for one day.
Aah!
Wow, this...
This place is amazing.
No one bothers you. No one tells
you where to be or what to do.
And at 40 grand a semester,
they'll even hand you a diploma.
You gotta be kidding me.
Yeah, they probably
just e-mail it.
Hi, Jamie.
Wow. She hates me.
Well, you stood her up.
But that wasn't hate.
That was more like, um...
aggressive indifference.
No, this... this is a sign.
What are the odds she'd be here
right at this moment?
Pretty good.
It's not a huge school.
It's like the professor said...
Turn your fears into strengths.
Course correct.
I'm gonna ask her out.
Are you seriously quoting
Professor Blackbeard right now?
I'm gonna get my win.
Just because you're saying my thing
doesn't make it a good idea!
What's up?
Jamie, stop, come on!
- Please!
- Holden, look,
you really don't need
to come up with an excuse.
- It's okay.
- No, it's not okay.
I'm sorry!
I was the luckiest guy on Earth
when you said yes
and I blew it.
Agreed.
No, it's just...
Look, my coma flared up.
When that happens, it makes
me act like a real doofus.
Like becoming the Hulk,
only a bigger jerk.
Well, in that case,
you were Ultra Hulk.
You know about...
Never mind.
The good news is,
that jerk who stood you up?
He's gone.
I've exorcised the demon.
Jamie, please.
You deserve to be treated
so much better than that.
Please, can I make it up to you?
Look, Holden, I really
need to get to class.
Jamie.
Do you believe in fate?
- What?
- Do you believe in fate?
Not really.
Gimme one shot
to change your mind.
If you don't have
the best time ever,
you never have to see me again.
You just make sure the right Holden
Matthews shows up this time.
Charlene.
I'd love a word.
Heh. Take a breath.
She's coming.
Hey, you're, uh,
not giving her this flower?
It's weird.
What, isn't it romantic or...
You look like a cartoon.
Where'd you even get it?
- The bar.
- Yeah. Okay, come on.
She'll be here any minute.
Hey, see?
Speak of the devil.
- Hi!
- Hi.
How are you?
Oh man, I'm so sorry I'm late.
The rain is just a nightmare.
It's fine. It's, um...
- Hi. Hey, uh...
- Hi!
- Hi.
- How are you?
- Good, how are you?
- Good.
- Shall we?
- Yeah.
Thank you.
Do you have your license?
I don't have a Blockbuster card.
Yeah, neither does anyone else.
What happened to Blockbuster?
Um, it's in a better place.
Actually, I'm what's
called exploratory.
Like Magellan?
Like that, yeah!
Yeah, totally like that.
The world is such a big place,
and I'd really hate to get in the
way of way of what it has to offer.
Sounds like you
believe in fate after all.
Maybe I'm starting to.
Look at that!
Hard copy of "City
Slickers 2" I guess.
Sorry, do I have
a booger on my face?
I like you.
Well, I... I like
that you like me.
What have you been hiding?
Using a combination
of light and sound,
we were able to replicate
the comatose mind.
This machine disconnects the mind
from its bodily constraints.
And it is the destination
of that journey
where we have made
exhilarating leaps and bounds
in the study of the unconscious.
I was comforted.
And felt alone.
- But...
- Safe.
There was woods.
There was thick...
It was gorgeous.
I needed to leave.
I... I was terrified.
And it was blinding.
I was so alone.
It is our belief that
the comatose mind
is sent off.
It travels to another
realm of existence.
Our subjects each describe,
in remarkably similar terms,
this place.
They draw this.
Concentric circles.
Scientists and theologians
have wrestled for ages
about the brain and what happens to it
when it fails to function as expected.
Does it cease to exist?
Is it vegetative?
Hardly.
We are on the verge
- of pinpointing
that very discovery.
The patient is going into
cardiac arrest!
We will need to recalibrate
our approach, Dr. Frost.
Dr. Frost.
Frost was...
Arthur's partner?
All yours.
Hey. You're on deck, big guy.
Come on. Pick a song.
- Look, can I just work up to it?
- Okay, look.
I didn't wanna have
to resort to this,
but you stood me up.
- Yeah, man, she's got a point.
- Mm-hmm.
Okay. Are you a betting man?
I'm listening.
I will randomly pick a song
with my eyes closed.
No cheating.
If you know the song,
then we sing.
- Hmm.
- We'll let fate decide.
You're on.
"Call Me Maybe."
Oh gosh. We sang that like a million
times freshman year, right?
Yeah.
Well, um...
I think, you, uh...
meant to stop there.
Hmm?
Oh.
Woo-hoo!-
Hey. Are you okay?
Holden?
I gotta go.
Holden!
Hey! Slow down!
I'm sorry, I just...
I had to get out
of there, and I...
Okay, okay, that's okay.
We can...
We can stay out here
as long as you need.
No, look, tonight
had to be perfect.
That's what I promised you
and I... oh!
No, you promised me
a great time, and you delivered.
I shouldn't have pushed you.
No, that other Holden,
the one I thought was long gone?
It turns out he's more
persistent than I thought.
Okay, um...
it's okay.
Just...
talk to me.
Look, I can't. I...
No, I want to, it's just, I...
I think I need a minute alone.
All right?
I think you need
more than a minute.
No, I... I...
What are the odds
of a second second chance
to make this work?
That bad, huh?
You shouldn't have
to make this work, Holden.
You can't force fate.
Take care of yourself.
Kid, are you okay?
Hey, kid?
You all right?
Get up!
Get to the temple.
They can't follow us.
We'll be safe in there.
That's how we met.
How we met?
I could've killed you!
You need help.
I need Willa.
Ow, ooh! Oh.
Damn crazy kid.
That was your fault!
You gotta learn
to be more careful.
Holden!
Hey, are you okay?
Did you just get hit
by that car?
It's fine.
Everything's fine.
I gotta see about a girl.
It's too late, man.
Jamie's gone.
No, I know.
Not her. It's...
It's not too late for this one.
What, there's another one?
Where are you going?
Ten grand on homie in red.
Your friend want a taste too?
She's Mormon.
15 grand.
On white.
Watching two men pummel each other to
death just screams your wheelhouse.
Hollow Sky has been alerted to a
young man with special abilities.
A compatriot.
Fellow Realm freak.
I hope not quite like you.
Word is, he's powerful.
Turned an MRI machine
into the Fourth of July.
Dr. Frost believes he's powerful
enough to cross the Bridge.
The Bridge is a myth you all
push to keep the bills paid.
Be that as it may, Frost insists
on having an audience
with this young man.
Frost believes he will
help bring Hollow Sky
into a new stratosphere.
Your services are required.
This young man can trust you.
He can relate to you.
I don't relate to me.
Is this really the best use
of your prodigious talents?
Yeah, actually, and how
many times can I tell you
and your pie-in-the-sky
organization to get bent?
I've lost count.
You're gonna wanna pay up
that 15 grand now.
Maurice gets a little bit stabby
when you hold out on him.
Look, you want him so bad?
Go scoop him up yourself.
Lord knows you've got
resources out the wazoo.
This case is more delicate.
- Why is that?
- Because Arthur got to him first.
Arthur?
Perhaps you'd be interested
in making a trade?
What's Boy Wonder's name?
What is this place?
It's a safe haven.
No, I mean where...
Where are we?
Am I dead?
You're far from it.
You're alive in a way few
people ever get to experience.
Ow! Mmm!
This isn't a dream either,
is it?
- No.
- Figured.
Traditionally dream injuries
don't hurt like... ow!
Careful.
Sorry about that.
That thing I did outside,
with the wolf and the...
And the...
If this isn't a dream,
how was that even possible?
The reason you were able
to do what you did...
it's because of this place.
I think it agrees with you.
There. You're good as new.
Better than new.
What is it?
Nothing.
I just, um...
I thought I was alone in here.
You're not alone.
Not anymore.
I'm Willa.
Holden.
I'm really glad
I found you, Holden.
Me too.
- pinpointing
that very discov...
- Holden,
I didn't know you were...
What is it?
What's wrong?
I'm really glad you found me.
You remembered.
The frozen mountain when the
ravens attacked, do you remember?
No, not exactly.
What about...
What about the sinkhole,
- when we fell in?
- Vaguely.
- What about the time...
- Willa! It's you.
Okay? That's what I remember. No,
I don't totally understand it,
but, look, I know
that we had something.
That's what matters.
Ow! Oh!
- What happened to you?
- I... I got hit by a car.
It's fine. It... helped
me remember you.
Oh. Why didn't
I think of that?
Willa, I...
I know him.
Oh. That's Arthur.
I've been seeing him
everywhere since I woke up.
That's because...
That's because he trained you
and now he needs your help.
Wait, wait. Well, can
you take me to see him?
Can we...
Can we see him?
Right now?
Um, yeah.
Yeah, of course.
Hello? Still me.
Why are you so quiet?
Am I being quiet?
Holden will be fine.
You don't think it's strange
he just up and left tonight?
Lots of things about your
brother are strange.
Do you need to say that?
- He's trying.
- Yeah, I heard the song.
It's just...
hey, the blood on his jacket...
and the running
off-stage?
He gets hit by a car and immediately
goes off to see some other girl?
I mean, stop me when any
of this sounds normal.
No.
What are you saying?
That I... I don't think he's ready
to live back in the real world.
If there's a family
of cannibals in that room,
I'm taking back all the nice
things I said about you.
Look...
Arthur invested
everything into this.
We all have.
And I was getting worried you wouldn't
remember what you'd have to do.
He can't be here.
Get away from him!
It's you.
Daniel, this is Holden.
He's here to help.
- Hi.
- Hi.
What is it, specifically, you
need me to do to help him?
- He doesn't remember.
- He does.
We're just figuring out
the best recourse...
and that means going back in.
In? As in...
Are you gonna put me in a coma?
No, no. No coma.
There's another way.
What happened to him, anyway?
Arthur spent years
traveling back and forth.
That's when he was with you,
teaching you.
But he got stuck
and soon after,
he became unresponsive.
Soon after what?
After you woke up.
For 12 years, Holden Matthews
has laid at County Hospital
in one of the longest-recorded
comas in history.
And today, that streak
has finally come...
Four thousand, three hundred
some odd days in a coma?
Holden Matthews,
maybe you are something special.
It's powering itself up.
I've never seen it
do that before.
You're connected
to this machine.
Just like you are to the Realm.
I can feel it.
So, you...
think I'm the only one
who can get this thing to work?
I've exhausted it myself.
I'm missing something.
Holden!
- Oh! Oh!
- No!
Oh my god!
Hey.
Don't worry.
I've got you.
Ah! Don't let go!
Don't let go!
Hey.
No!
You should stand back.
Holden, stop!
Oh! Holden, please stop!
What are you doing?
No!
Stop! Please!
What did you do?
That machine was
our only way back!
Exactly.
We're never going back.
- What? No, Holden, you don't understand!
- No, I understand perfectly!
I had you,
and then you were gone.
I won't risk that ever again.