Lodge 49 (2018–2019): Season 2, Episode 7 - Exile - full transcript
Dud resumes his apprenticeship with Blaise. Ernie sees someone from his past. Ernie hits bottom. Liz goes to the mat for her employees.
I jumped ship.
Janet stole your story.
It's like she stole
your soul.
- Trish?
- My ex.
Wh-What happened
to you guys?
It was a long time ago.
It doesn't matter.
She got
her own family now.
First song
I've ever written.
It's about you.
It was Larry's mom,
Jackie Loomis.
That's awesome,
man.
And the scrolls are real!
Ow!
Oh, it's infected.
It's a shark tooth!
You almost done?
Oh, these aren't mine.
Nothing in here
is mine.
Nothing in here
is yours.
It's all a forgery.
Maybe you'll see
the real thing someday.
Thank you for coming in early.
This won't take long.
Yeah, Liz, we gotta talk to you
about something.
Sure, but first I just want
to address one small thing.
Now, listen, I'm pretty much
the last person
to tell you
what's right and wrong.
But there is an alarming amount
of food being stolen.
Like, I get it, but there's got
to be some kind of moral limit.
- Does there?
- Valid point.
Again,
no judgment on my end.
But as manager,
I feel obligated to point out
that if we steal
all the food,
we won't be able to stay open
as a restaurant.
And more importantly,
we'll stop getting paid.
We're already
not getting paid.
I know.
We've talked about this.
The "hospitality included"
thing,
but that's really
Omni's master plan.
We'll jack up the menu prices
and raise our hourly take-home.
No, no, no.
We're not getting paid at all.
- What?
- Our checks bounced.
Everyone at the check-cashing
place was laughing at me.
I was laughing, too,
'cause it was hilarious
in a sick, twisted sort of way,
like a Goya painting.
But still.
Yeah, look, did your...
did your check bounce, Liz?
No.
Which makes me look like
an evil traitor, so yeah...
let me get to the bottom
of this, okay?
This is my third message,
Tarquin.
Get your ass over here.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Sorry. I-I didn't mean
to get angry at you.
Or accuse you
of selling us all out.
No, I understand.
This is awful.
It's pretty bad.
Um, Gerson went out
to Redlands,
get some work with
his cousin's catering company.
What?
He never told me.
Yeah.
Hey, look, we... we've been
through a lot together, Liz.
We got the affair,
the drug freak-out at Orbis...
You didn't really have snow
in your hair, did you?
'Cause that really
would be impossible.
Jeremy, um...
What is it?
Yeah, well,
it's kind of embarrassing.
I'm broke, too, Liz.
Sarah doesn't know it yet,
but we're maxed out.
I was living
paycheck-to-paycheck
when rats
took over Shamroxx.
And now...
I'm really trying,
Jeremy.
I wake up every night
from 3:00 to 4:00
worrying about the future.
It sucks.
That hour
lasts for six days.
But you know what puts me
back to sleep?
Half a Tylenol PM
and imagining that
you're holding me, Liz.
You're holding me
and Sarah and the baby.
Yeah, your... your arms
are huge and strong.
And they can keep us all safe.
Hey! There you are.
I woke up early,
but you were already gone.
I was wandering
all night.
Oh.
Where'd you go?
All the satellites up there
are mapping the wrong thing.
Oh.
Dud, I took
your shark tooth
and made you an amulet.
Wow.
Blaise... thank you.
You fought a monster.
But it left something dark
inside you
that clouded your vision.
Yeah, yeah...
Um... what do you mean?
You were chasing gold.
You thought money could
solve everyone's problems.
Yeah, well, I mean, it would
really help you know,
having a little,
but I'm sorry, I'm listening.
No one can deny
what we've seen.
Hidden rooms.
The testament of Jackie Loomis.
Our spectacular emergence
from the philosophic egg.
It's undeniable.
You were lost.
But now you're not.
Right. Yeah. I...
Well, I'm... I'm...
I'm still a little confused.
'Cause what's our plan
exactly?
Well, first we have to
get back in the lodge.
I have some important materials
in there.
- Purifying agents.
- Yeah, I don't know.
'Cause Scott's really serious
about your banishment.
He's got the whole place on,
like, lockdown.
We have to accept the exile
our knowledge requires.
And besides,
I'm pretty sure
I know how to pick the lock
on the back door.
Oh. Okay.
- These are nice.
- Mm.
But they might change the vibe
a little bit.
Exactly.
And the new vibe
is gonna be fun.
Good, normal fun.
College football starts
this weekend.
We're gonna have
all the games here.
Have you been up
to the egg room?
Uh, no.
Ah, who cares?
It's just a waste of space.
And I can't really fit in
the passageway that leads there.
Where is the money coming from
for all this?
Oh, I'm paying
for everything myself.
What?
I've got savings.
I've always been
financially responsible.
Well, congrats, Scott,
you're a better man than me.
I don't get commissions
anymore,
so I'm trying to sell the Caddy
just to cover rent.
I'm sorry about that,
Ernie.
But that's...
you know, that's...
People have to
be responsible.
I know!
I'm just saying that we all
have our crap to deal with.
No one's asking you to make
this kind of sacrifice.
Well, this is
what leaders do.
We sacrifice everything.
Even if nobody
appreciates it.
Okay, look, I haven't seen
Connie in a couple of days.
And she hasn't said
a single word about my song.
You been talking
to her?
No.
Gil says she's crashing
with Anita.
Ohh.
It's Blaise.
Jesus Christ, Blaise!
What are you doing with an axe?
Shh!
Ernie, call down, okay?
We're not here
to murder anybody.
Scott changed the locks.
It was our only way in.
- Scott here?
- Wh...
You're goddamn right
I am!
- Aah! Hey!
- Hey!
- Get off me!
- Don't struggle!
- Don't struggle!
- Let go!
We're cool?
Blaise, you have what you need?
- And you're not coming back...
- Ever.
You're not coming back until
we can have some sort of...
I don't know... reconciliation
meeting, which will be...
- Never.
- Wow.
You're really not seeing it,
are you?
Seeing what?
That he is ruining this place
like none of it matters.
Hey! You can't talk to me
like that, Dud.
I'm Sovereign Protector.
You know what?
You're banished, too.
Good!
Let's go, Dud.
Forget it.
They'll never understand.
This isn't
the lodge anymore.
Ernie, when I first
knocked on that door,
this place
felt like magic.
Magic? Blaise shot Scott
with a nail gun.
He broke the back door
with an axe.
And he ruined my song!
Blaise doesn't
need magic.
He needs...
Man, when was the last time
you slept?
I'll sleep
when I wake up.
Oh, God...
Blaise isn't the problem.
You are.
You're under a spell,
Ernie.
It's like my shark tooth.
You've got poison inside you,
and you need to get it out.
I was pleased when Liz called
to offer me her gift.
Gift?
That is what
we call complaints.
Because any opportunity to
maximize our potential is a...
gift.
Higher Steaks is rewriting
the transactional logic
of the high-end
retail dining experience.
And that is why I have
been authorized by Janet
to deliver to you maybe...
maybe...
the most important news
of your life.
Are you going to pay my staff
what you owe them?
Plus something extra
to make up for the hassle?
Shh.
Even better, Liz.
I do not have
your paychecks.
Because paychecks
aren't necessary
when you're all...
shareholders!
Okay, um...
Could I have a word with you
for a moment, please?
Yes, you may.
Go ahead.
- After you.
- No, after you.
- No, after you.
- No, no, you.
They don't need stock
in a failing restaurant.
You owe them money.
I am but a vessel
for Janet.
I do not have what
she does not put into me.
So there's no money?
The future's
far more valuable
than whatever
small amount of cash
might make you feel good
in the moment.
- Think bigger, Liz.
- Tarquin.
These people deserve to know
what's going to happen here.
"These people"
are the owners
of Higher Steaks!
As limited-participation,
Class-C, non-voting
stockholders.
When Higher Steaks succeeds,
so will they.
But it never will.
Because no one
who lives around here
wants to pay $50
for a steak.
Mm.
Hey! If you can't handle this,
I'll go find Janet.
Ha!
Nobody gets to Janet.
Janet can't be found.
Janet is everywhere and nowhere.
You tell Janet
I'm looking for her!
And when I find her,
I'm gonna punch her in the face!
That was awesome, Liz.
iNo pasarán!
Higher Steaks
will be the graveyard
for Omni Capital Partners
Food Service West.
I'd die for you, Liz.
Thanks. But you still
don't have paychecks.
And I don't know when that's
going to happen.
Banishment!
If Scott thinks that's gonna
have any effect on me at all,
he is sadly mistaken.
I've been
banished before.
- You have?
- This is all so clarifying.
No one had seen a lynx in
Scotland since the 8th century.
But Merrill saw one.
In the Year of Our Lord 1843.
He was a kid,
playing in the snow.
It's in the pamphlet.
It's why he named the order
after the lynx.
- It's part of the legend.
- Legend?
Okay. If you're still
thinking that way.
Dreams, reality, memory.
It's all one thing
to a kid.
They have pure vision.
I have a theory.
Anyone can get their hands
on the scrolls,
but it takes someone truly
special to be able to read them.
Merrill could,
and then he hid them,
waiting for the next person,
someone worthy.
Well, then it's got to be you,
Blaise.
I mean, you've worked
so freakin' hard.
I need to purify myself first.
Clear my vision.
- Right.
- And in order to do that,
I need to get my hands
on some lynx urine.
Uhhh... okay.
Um...
So where are you gonna
find lynx urine?
I got a lady.
You got
a lynx-urine lady?
I also need to take
a long bath
with my purifying salts
and unguents.
Uh...
Well, Larry's
only got a shower.
Hi, Ernie.
Hey, Trish.
I'm sorry.
I-I...
I was gonna
knock on the door,
but I just...
I didn't want to bug you.
Oh. So you thought you would
just loiter around here
for a few days?
Creep out
the neighborhood?
This may come as a shock,
but you're not very discreet
in this.
Where's the Caddy?
It's dead.
I'm trying to sell it.
What's going on, Ernie?
I was down in Mexico
for some stupid reason.
I drank a little too much
tequila and, um...
I had the dream again.
That's all.
Oh, Ernie...
It had been so long.
I was usually able
to shake it.
But not this time.
If things
had gone different...
I keep thinking about that life,
with her
all the things
that should've happened.
She'd be finishing college
by now.
You know
what heaven is?
It's all the things
that should've happened.
And we don't live in heaven.
We live here.
And I'm glad.
You should be, too.
You said you'd never
say her name again.
I never have.
It's been
over 20 years.
Right now it feels
like yesterday.
Say her name, Ernie.
I can't.
Because if I do, all those
dreams I had for her, for us,
they... they vanish.
Don't. Don't.
Don't let yourself fall
into this hole, Ernie.
I know you.
You'll just double down.
Make some stupid bet and hoping
for a miracle to fix everything.
I just mean...
find somebody to talk to.
I dream about her, too.
When I wake up,
Mike is there...
and the boys.
I'm glad.
All the stuff you have
in your life...
it's too late for me.
Hey!
Want a grilled cheese?
Oh, yes.
More than anything.
Long day
in Omni land?
- Yeah.
- Oh.
I am the worst manager
in history.
Yeah, I doubt that.
Oh, hey, Liz...
- Oh, my God...
- Hi, Liz.
Yeah, Blaise is taking
a salt bath! Don't freak out!
I just need another hour
to complete my ablutions.
Well, I'm sorry,
but I need to go, so...
No problem.
Don't mind me.
I know exactly
how you feel.
I lived in a commune
for a while.
Zero privacy.
It drove me crazy
after awhile.
God
that was so long ago.
Everything feels so far away
right now.
Hey!
Hey! Who's up there?
It's just me.
Connie? It's...
It's not safe.
This whole building's
a health hazard.
It's fine.
You should come up
and see it.
I can't.
I'm too big.
I can't fit
in the passage.
Connie, can we talk?
Like face-to-face?
Please?
Of course.
Meet me
in the library.
Aah!
Hey.
It was beautiful, Scott.
Your song.
You have so many more songs
inside you.
It makes me so happy.
But it wasn't enough?
I've never met
anyone like you.
What you did for me...
it's something
I can never repay.
You don't have to.
I made a promise.
I'm a man of my word.
And I think
it made you miserable.
No one should put up with
the things you put up with.
Scott, you have a higher calling
than taking care of me.
I think deep down you know it,
but it's scary.
You'll have to stop
worrying about me
and worry about yourself.
I-I don't understand.
I
feel like I'm being punished
for doing the right thing.
What happened to you
in London?
I fell into a grave.
And it felt like the start of
things, not the end of things.
What the hell
does that even mean?
I am so sick of everybody
talking in riddles!
I just mean that I'm done
being haunted by the end.
There's a different future
for both of us.
I believe that.
Scott...
I release you
from your duty.
Hey!
God. Wow.
There you are.
Were you out wandering
all night? Again?
Dorothy the Dealer's
gonna be here any minute.
I realize I don't
have any cash for her.
Yeah. So lynx urine's
pretty expensive, huh?
I'm not sure the current market,
but, uh,
I'm sure we can
work something out.
Open a line of credit
or something.
Hey, Blaise, why don't you...
why don't you take a nap?
Want to take a nap?
Just have the bed.
No, I'm fine.
Don't worry about me.
I've had insomnia
since I was a kid.
It started
when I was really little.
My parents...
yelling at each other
all night.
Oh.
They didn't get along
with each other,
and they didn't
get along with me.
The only time
they agreed on anything
was when they kicked me
out of the house.
Oh.
Um...
Blaise, that's terrible.
Why?
Why do you think?
I was the shame
of the family.
Where'd you go?
I just sort of drifted
for a while.
Like about 30 years.
- Hey, Blaise!
- Hey!
- It's been awhile.
- Yeah.
Hey, Dorothy, thanks a lot
for the rush order.
And, um,
I was just wondering
if maybe you could
invoice me for this?
'Cause cashwise,
I'm r...
Say no more.
We'll work it out.
I am not in this game
for the money.
See ya.
To cover?
No.
Moneyline.
$500 on the dog.
To beat the reigning
Pac-12 champion?
If you insist.
Actually,
make it $5,000.
Holy shit.
Okay.
It's in the book.
Hey, Luminous Knight.
I can't escape
you guys.
Uh, Blaise took a bubble bath
in my apartment yesterday.
Oh. Wow.
I'm sorry...
It's fine.
How are you, Liz?
Well, I just entered
a pawnshop, so...
Right.
Well, it was...
it was good to see you.
Dud always has great things
to say about you.
Oh.
I'll leave you to it.
Hey. Ernie.
Um, I just want
to say thank you.
For what?
For watching out
for Dud.
Last year,
if you'd seen him...
it was...
it was just a rough time.
For both of you.
Yeah.
I don't really get the lodge,
but I'm glad he has somebody.
It means a lot to him.
Goodbye.
Bye.
Hello, Burt.
It's a beautiful day out there.
I thought I'd come in here
and inquire about a loan.
This was my first night
on the news floor.
I was 24.
No one had time to train me.
They just threw me in.
An editor
handed me proofs
and told me to send them
down to the printer.
He pointed
to a pneumatic tube.
A-A pneumatic tube?
The past is
a foreign country, Ross.
That's where I come from,
unfortunately.
So I roll up the proofs,
put them in the tube,
push the button, and whoosh!
They're gone!
But I didn't put them
in the cannister,
so I broke the damn thing
and held up production,
and every editor on the floor
spent the night screaming at me.
But the next day
it was like it never happened
because there was
another edition to get out,
and I loved that so much,
the turnaround.
Can you really type
130 words a minute?
I can do it blindfolded.
Okay.
Well, that's... that's great,
but, um...
also, Connie, I'm worried
you're gonna be overqualified
for some of the stuff
I have coming in.
I don't care.
I'm starting over.
Whaling used to employ
a lot of harpooners,
but then the fisheries closed,
and the harpooners,
I don't know...
they came to Temp Joy.
I just think you're gonna
get a little bored.
Boredom is a luxury.
I've never been bored
in my life.
Oh, my God!
It's the boy wonder!
Who?
My old boss.
This is good,
this is so good...
Mark?
Hey! It's me!
How is that leveraged buy-out
treating you?
Oh, shit...
Aww!
Ooooh!
I'd like
to propose a toast.
To Queen Liz, who covered
payroll out of her own pocket
like some kind
of maniac.
Thank you.
What you did, Liz,
taking out that loan...
it was insane.
Yeah.
Greatly appreciated,
but insane.
You do know that,
right?
Oh, absolutely.
Yeah.
But it feels kind of good,
you know...
I feel focused.
Because now I have to find Janet
to get my money back
or I'm totally
and utterly screwed.
I have no choice.
Lack of choice
is freedom.
I know!
Who knew?
God, I wish I could see the
world through your eyes, Liz.
So are you gonna storm
the Omni castle?
No. I wouldn't make it
past security.
So I'm gonna
keep it simple.
I'm gonna stake out Tarquin
and just follow him
wherever he goes.
He'll lead me to Janet.
It's all in the footnotes.
You got to read the footnotes.
Every single one of them.
Yeah. Okay. So maybe we should
get some avocados and...
"Civitas Solis."
Did you read that?
Uh, yeah, maybe.
It was on the list?
Campanella wrote it in prison
during the Inquisition.
It's about a mythical city
to the West
protected by a series
of circular walls
painted with beautiful murals
on the inside.
Merrill was obsessed
with "Civitas Solis."
He said it was an actual place
if you had the right map.
I think
he went looking for it.
I think it brought him
to Long Beach.
And he laid the foundation
for the new place.
Merrill stood
right where we're standing.
Oh. In the produce section.
And once I complete
the Magnum Opus
and become immortal,
like Merrill,
I'll be able to enter it.
The maps will converge.
Uh... Blaise,
are you okay?
Is he okay?
He's...
Just relax.
You're gonna
stay here tonight.
Sorry, Ernie.
I didn't want to bug you, but
Dud thought this would be best.
No problem.
I'm glad you're here.
I didn't know
where else to go.
It took him forever
to get out of the market.
They were gonna
call the police.
I told you, man.
This alchemy stuff,
it gets in people's heads.
But you wouldn't listen.
You just encouraged him
the whole way.
Yeah, but everything
we found was...
Look where it got you!
A freak-out
in the produce section.
This shit is on you.
Ernie,
don't say that, okay?
Blaise is my friend.
I am his apprentice.
And I thought we were
onto something big.
Well, you were wrong.
Dud, I don't need any of this
right now.
Today, I made the dumbest bet
of my life.
More money than I have.
In 24 hours,
I'm gonna lose big.
I'm more screwed
than I've ever been.
Well, talk to Burt.
I mean, maybe you can get him
to cancel the bet.
Dud. Just go.
I'll take care of Blaise.
You...
I don't care what you do.
Just go.
Ernie...
Talk to you later,
Blaise.
Okay.
You know I could
hear you guys, right?
Don't blame Dud.
I sort of let things
get out of hand.
Thanks, Ernie.
You want me to tear up
Ernie's slip?
Yes.
Please, just pretend
like it never happened.
Because if you had
any principles at all,
you would have never let him
make the bet in the first place.
Because you know Ernie
doesn't have that kind of money.
I sit here. People come in.
Business is conducted.
Services are rendered.
Needs are met.
And the days go by.
Tear it up.
It's not on paper.
It's all written
up here.
For eternity.
Take it.
Liz paid like 8 grand
for it.
Dr. Kimbrough did.
Just take it.
Please.
Dud. You can't.
It's your dad's.
Yeah, I know.
But he's gone.
And I wasn't ready
to wear it, anyway.
I wasn't ready for Mexico
or marriage or anything.
Take it.
Tell Ernie
the bet's off.
Reuse, recycle, reimagine.
When we take the energy
of innovation
and combine it with the practice
of salvation,
you get salivation.
Hey! Janet Price!
Shut your mouth for a second!
I want you all to imagine me
as a big planet.
Call it "Planet Janet."
Yeah, maybe all these people
- believe your bullshit, but I don't.
- Now climb inside me.
Go on.
I'm hollow.
You're a deadbeat
and you owe me money!
You can all fit.
Yeah, this woman
is a complete fraud!
- Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
- Planet Janet is a place...
Hey, you can't disrupt
a disrupter, Liz.
- It's a sin.
- ...where your ideas can be so real
they have ideas
of their own.
Now, I know what you're all thinking,
and I don't mean
I'm making a guess.
I know what you're thinking
because they're the thoughts
I want you to have.
Control the stream of consciousness
and you control the narrative,
and narrative is workflow.
I think it.
I make it.
I take it.
This is a nightmare!
- What?
- I can't take this anymore!
This is worse
than Shamroxx!
Scott is in a bad place!
We tried talking to him,
but it's like he's catatonic
or something!
Scott!
Scott...
are you okay?
I have been released
from my duty.
And this was
the highlight play of the day.
Complete defensive breakdown.
As Patterson
went back to throw,
all alone in the end zone
was Leonard.
He catches it, and right there,
38-37 is the score.
Oh, my... God!
And now they may drop out
of the top 10.
Is that a final score?
Yeah.
It's a huge upset.
I just won $20,000!
Yeah!
Hello, Liz.
I hear
you're looking for me.
I hear you want to punch me
in the f...
I've never been punched
in the face before.
I liked it!
The taste of reality.
I think
I broke a finger.
I've thought
about you often
since we jumped off
that boat, Liz.
- Jesus Christ...
- I mean it.
You ground me.
I'd like you
by my side.
What would it take
for me to hire you
as my full-time assistant?
Keep in mind,
I can pay you a salary
that most locals
would call totally sick.
No, I just want my Higher Steaks
crew taken care of.
And I want you to pay off
my loan. Immediately.
I will.
I promise.
But the violence
that passed between us...
it was beautiful in a way
and pregnant with meaning.
It was awful.
I still feel nauseous.
Listen, Higher Steaks might not
be long for this world...
So, how about... if I promise
to take care of your crew...
I give them a big bonus
or even a job if they want...
would you at least consider
the possibility
of being my "partner in crime,"
so to speak?
Hey.
You got a second?
Yeah... come on in.
Um... listen,
I know that I have messed up
a lot of things lately, but...
...I wanted to try and at least
make one thing right.
So...
I've got
some really good news.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
I got some good news, too.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- You go first.
- No, no. You go first.
Okay, okay.
You don't have to worry
about that bet anymore.
Because today I walked in
and I convinced Burt
to cancel the bet.
Huh?
So... you're free
and clear, man.
How'd you get Burt
to cancel the bet?
Oh, well, it was easy.
I just traded my watch.
You traded your dad's watch
for me?
Yeah.
Dud,
you can't do that.
Um...
I don't think
you understand.
My dad...
he was my best friend.
And it's like
I didn't just lose him.
I lost the person that I was
when it was Dudley & Son.
My life made sense,
and then it didn't.
And all last year...
...I just felt
like I was nobody.
Just drifting.
I didn't even realize
how lonely I was.
And the only place I could
ever feel like myself...
...is in the lodge.
And now that's all gone to shit
and you're not there.
And I am so scared
that I am just gonna drift off
again and disappear.
And I know my dad's
not coming back.
So even though you've been
kind of a dick lately...
...you're still here,
Ernie.
And I'd trade the scrolls
in a second...
...if I knew I'd never
feel lonely again.
Your dad
raised a good kid.
I was a dad once.
For a little while.
What?
You never told me that.
My ex, Trish.
We met in the Navy.
When we got out,
we made a whole plan.
The house, family...
She was born early.
You know,
complications.
Things were never right.
And then...
I got to hold her
for a year.
She was my future.
After all this time,
I can still feel the weight
of her in my arms.
Her softness.
Trish and me,
we never recovered.
I could have stayed
and fought, but...
I didn't.
I split.
Those were
some bad years.
And then one day...
I walked into the lodge.
I never talked about her.
I...
With Larry.
Even with Connie.
I guess
I was waiting for you.
What was her name?
Her name...
was... Amaya.
It meant...
It... It means...
the night rain.
Mr. St. John?
- Hi. I'm Pamela.
- Hey.
I read your intake.
Um, you want a room?
I feel like I need a place
to just turn off.
My insomnia, it's been a problem
my whole life.
You understand, we can't
give you anything for that.
All we do here at Ludibrium
is talk.
I-I know a few people
who have been helped here.
Thought I'd give it a try.
And the price is right.
We're lucky.
Ludibrium is able
to fund itself.
You're helping us as much
as we're helping you.
Okay. We'll have
your room ready soon.
Uh, hang here
as long as you want.
- What are you writing?
- Oh. What's that?
Just another entry
in the canon.
Hey, do you have any Benzedrine
on you?
- Sorry, I don't.
- No, it's probably for the best.
- I need to slow down.
- Yeah, me too.
I'm... I'm Blaise.
Blaise.
I'm Lamar.
Welcome to
the Garden of Earthly Delights.
Holy shit, Blaise.
Are you a Lynx?
Yes! Wow!
The plot thickens.
Genevieve, look.
Blaise is a member
of my fraternal order.
Genevieve is French.
Which is the most elegant
kind of woman.
Now, Blaise,
let me ask you something...
Do you enjoy
games of chance?
Because I've got Uno.
Okay. Let's play.
Splendid.
Janet stole your story.
It's like she stole
your soul.
- Trish?
- My ex.
Wh-What happened
to you guys?
It was a long time ago.
It doesn't matter.
She got
her own family now.
First song
I've ever written.
It's about you.
It was Larry's mom,
Jackie Loomis.
That's awesome,
man.
And the scrolls are real!
Ow!
Oh, it's infected.
It's a shark tooth!
You almost done?
Oh, these aren't mine.
Nothing in here
is mine.
Nothing in here
is yours.
It's all a forgery.
Maybe you'll see
the real thing someday.
Thank you for coming in early.
This won't take long.
Yeah, Liz, we gotta talk to you
about something.
Sure, but first I just want
to address one small thing.
Now, listen, I'm pretty much
the last person
to tell you
what's right and wrong.
But there is an alarming amount
of food being stolen.
Like, I get it, but there's got
to be some kind of moral limit.
- Does there?
- Valid point.
Again,
no judgment on my end.
But as manager,
I feel obligated to point out
that if we steal
all the food,
we won't be able to stay open
as a restaurant.
And more importantly,
we'll stop getting paid.
We're already
not getting paid.
I know.
We've talked about this.
The "hospitality included"
thing,
but that's really
Omni's master plan.
We'll jack up the menu prices
and raise our hourly take-home.
No, no, no.
We're not getting paid at all.
- What?
- Our checks bounced.
Everyone at the check-cashing
place was laughing at me.
I was laughing, too,
'cause it was hilarious
in a sick, twisted sort of way,
like a Goya painting.
But still.
Yeah, look, did your...
did your check bounce, Liz?
No.
Which makes me look like
an evil traitor, so yeah...
let me get to the bottom
of this, okay?
This is my third message,
Tarquin.
Get your ass over here.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Sorry. I-I didn't mean
to get angry at you.
Or accuse you
of selling us all out.
No, I understand.
This is awful.
It's pretty bad.
Um, Gerson went out
to Redlands,
get some work with
his cousin's catering company.
What?
He never told me.
Yeah.
Hey, look, we... we've been
through a lot together, Liz.
We got the affair,
the drug freak-out at Orbis...
You didn't really have snow
in your hair, did you?
'Cause that really
would be impossible.
Jeremy, um...
What is it?
Yeah, well,
it's kind of embarrassing.
I'm broke, too, Liz.
Sarah doesn't know it yet,
but we're maxed out.
I was living
paycheck-to-paycheck
when rats
took over Shamroxx.
And now...
I'm really trying,
Jeremy.
I wake up every night
from 3:00 to 4:00
worrying about the future.
It sucks.
That hour
lasts for six days.
But you know what puts me
back to sleep?
Half a Tylenol PM
and imagining that
you're holding me, Liz.
You're holding me
and Sarah and the baby.
Yeah, your... your arms
are huge and strong.
And they can keep us all safe.
Hey! There you are.
I woke up early,
but you were already gone.
I was wandering
all night.
Oh.
Where'd you go?
All the satellites up there
are mapping the wrong thing.
Oh.
Dud, I took
your shark tooth
and made you an amulet.
Wow.
Blaise... thank you.
You fought a monster.
But it left something dark
inside you
that clouded your vision.
Yeah, yeah...
Um... what do you mean?
You were chasing gold.
You thought money could
solve everyone's problems.
Yeah, well, I mean, it would
really help you know,
having a little,
but I'm sorry, I'm listening.
No one can deny
what we've seen.
Hidden rooms.
The testament of Jackie Loomis.
Our spectacular emergence
from the philosophic egg.
It's undeniable.
You were lost.
But now you're not.
Right. Yeah. I...
Well, I'm... I'm...
I'm still a little confused.
'Cause what's our plan
exactly?
Well, first we have to
get back in the lodge.
I have some important materials
in there.
- Purifying agents.
- Yeah, I don't know.
'Cause Scott's really serious
about your banishment.
He's got the whole place on,
like, lockdown.
We have to accept the exile
our knowledge requires.
And besides,
I'm pretty sure
I know how to pick the lock
on the back door.
Oh. Okay.
- These are nice.
- Mm.
But they might change the vibe
a little bit.
Exactly.
And the new vibe
is gonna be fun.
Good, normal fun.
College football starts
this weekend.
We're gonna have
all the games here.
Have you been up
to the egg room?
Uh, no.
Ah, who cares?
It's just a waste of space.
And I can't really fit in
the passageway that leads there.
Where is the money coming from
for all this?
Oh, I'm paying
for everything myself.
What?
I've got savings.
I've always been
financially responsible.
Well, congrats, Scott,
you're a better man than me.
I don't get commissions
anymore,
so I'm trying to sell the Caddy
just to cover rent.
I'm sorry about that,
Ernie.
But that's...
you know, that's...
People have to
be responsible.
I know!
I'm just saying that we all
have our crap to deal with.
No one's asking you to make
this kind of sacrifice.
Well, this is
what leaders do.
We sacrifice everything.
Even if nobody
appreciates it.
Okay, look, I haven't seen
Connie in a couple of days.
And she hasn't said
a single word about my song.
You been talking
to her?
No.
Gil says she's crashing
with Anita.
Ohh.
It's Blaise.
Jesus Christ, Blaise!
What are you doing with an axe?
Shh!
Ernie, call down, okay?
We're not here
to murder anybody.
Scott changed the locks.
It was our only way in.
- Scott here?
- Wh...
You're goddamn right
I am!
- Aah! Hey!
- Hey!
- Get off me!
- Don't struggle!
- Don't struggle!
- Let go!
We're cool?
Blaise, you have what you need?
- And you're not coming back...
- Ever.
You're not coming back until
we can have some sort of...
I don't know... reconciliation
meeting, which will be...
- Never.
- Wow.
You're really not seeing it,
are you?
Seeing what?
That he is ruining this place
like none of it matters.
Hey! You can't talk to me
like that, Dud.
I'm Sovereign Protector.
You know what?
You're banished, too.
Good!
Let's go, Dud.
Forget it.
They'll never understand.
This isn't
the lodge anymore.
Ernie, when I first
knocked on that door,
this place
felt like magic.
Magic? Blaise shot Scott
with a nail gun.
He broke the back door
with an axe.
And he ruined my song!
Blaise doesn't
need magic.
He needs...
Man, when was the last time
you slept?
I'll sleep
when I wake up.
Oh, God...
Blaise isn't the problem.
You are.
You're under a spell,
Ernie.
It's like my shark tooth.
You've got poison inside you,
and you need to get it out.
I was pleased when Liz called
to offer me her gift.
Gift?
That is what
we call complaints.
Because any opportunity to
maximize our potential is a...
gift.
Higher Steaks is rewriting
the transactional logic
of the high-end
retail dining experience.
And that is why I have
been authorized by Janet
to deliver to you maybe...
maybe...
the most important news
of your life.
Are you going to pay my staff
what you owe them?
Plus something extra
to make up for the hassle?
Shh.
Even better, Liz.
I do not have
your paychecks.
Because paychecks
aren't necessary
when you're all...
shareholders!
Okay, um...
Could I have a word with you
for a moment, please?
Yes, you may.
Go ahead.
- After you.
- No, after you.
- No, after you.
- No, no, you.
They don't need stock
in a failing restaurant.
You owe them money.
I am but a vessel
for Janet.
I do not have what
she does not put into me.
So there's no money?
The future's
far more valuable
than whatever
small amount of cash
might make you feel good
in the moment.
- Think bigger, Liz.
- Tarquin.
These people deserve to know
what's going to happen here.
"These people"
are the owners
of Higher Steaks!
As limited-participation,
Class-C, non-voting
stockholders.
When Higher Steaks succeeds,
so will they.
But it never will.
Because no one
who lives around here
wants to pay $50
for a steak.
Mm.
Hey! If you can't handle this,
I'll go find Janet.
Ha!
Nobody gets to Janet.
Janet can't be found.
Janet is everywhere and nowhere.
You tell Janet
I'm looking for her!
And when I find her,
I'm gonna punch her in the face!
That was awesome, Liz.
iNo pasarán!
Higher Steaks
will be the graveyard
for Omni Capital Partners
Food Service West.
I'd die for you, Liz.
Thanks. But you still
don't have paychecks.
And I don't know when that's
going to happen.
Banishment!
If Scott thinks that's gonna
have any effect on me at all,
he is sadly mistaken.
I've been
banished before.
- You have?
- This is all so clarifying.
No one had seen a lynx in
Scotland since the 8th century.
But Merrill saw one.
In the Year of Our Lord 1843.
He was a kid,
playing in the snow.
It's in the pamphlet.
It's why he named the order
after the lynx.
- It's part of the legend.
- Legend?
Okay. If you're still
thinking that way.
Dreams, reality, memory.
It's all one thing
to a kid.
They have pure vision.
I have a theory.
Anyone can get their hands
on the scrolls,
but it takes someone truly
special to be able to read them.
Merrill could,
and then he hid them,
waiting for the next person,
someone worthy.
Well, then it's got to be you,
Blaise.
I mean, you've worked
so freakin' hard.
I need to purify myself first.
Clear my vision.
- Right.
- And in order to do that,
I need to get my hands
on some lynx urine.
Uhhh... okay.
Um...
So where are you gonna
find lynx urine?
I got a lady.
You got
a lynx-urine lady?
I also need to take
a long bath
with my purifying salts
and unguents.
Uh...
Well, Larry's
only got a shower.
Hi, Ernie.
Hey, Trish.
I'm sorry.
I-I...
I was gonna
knock on the door,
but I just...
I didn't want to bug you.
Oh. So you thought you would
just loiter around here
for a few days?
Creep out
the neighborhood?
This may come as a shock,
but you're not very discreet
in this.
Where's the Caddy?
It's dead.
I'm trying to sell it.
What's going on, Ernie?
I was down in Mexico
for some stupid reason.
I drank a little too much
tequila and, um...
I had the dream again.
That's all.
Oh, Ernie...
It had been so long.
I was usually able
to shake it.
But not this time.
If things
had gone different...
I keep thinking about that life,
with her
all the things
that should've happened.
She'd be finishing college
by now.
You know
what heaven is?
It's all the things
that should've happened.
And we don't live in heaven.
We live here.
And I'm glad.
You should be, too.
You said you'd never
say her name again.
I never have.
It's been
over 20 years.
Right now it feels
like yesterday.
Say her name, Ernie.
I can't.
Because if I do, all those
dreams I had for her, for us,
they... they vanish.
Don't. Don't.
Don't let yourself fall
into this hole, Ernie.
I know you.
You'll just double down.
Make some stupid bet and hoping
for a miracle to fix everything.
I just mean...
find somebody to talk to.
I dream about her, too.
When I wake up,
Mike is there...
and the boys.
I'm glad.
All the stuff you have
in your life...
it's too late for me.
Hey!
Want a grilled cheese?
Oh, yes.
More than anything.
Long day
in Omni land?
- Yeah.
- Oh.
I am the worst manager
in history.
Yeah, I doubt that.
Oh, hey, Liz...
- Oh, my God...
- Hi, Liz.
Yeah, Blaise is taking
a salt bath! Don't freak out!
I just need another hour
to complete my ablutions.
Well, I'm sorry,
but I need to go, so...
No problem.
Don't mind me.
I know exactly
how you feel.
I lived in a commune
for a while.
Zero privacy.
It drove me crazy
after awhile.
God
that was so long ago.
Everything feels so far away
right now.
Hey!
Hey! Who's up there?
It's just me.
Connie? It's...
It's not safe.
This whole building's
a health hazard.
It's fine.
You should come up
and see it.
I can't.
I'm too big.
I can't fit
in the passage.
Connie, can we talk?
Like face-to-face?
Please?
Of course.
Meet me
in the library.
Aah!
Hey.
It was beautiful, Scott.
Your song.
You have so many more songs
inside you.
It makes me so happy.
But it wasn't enough?
I've never met
anyone like you.
What you did for me...
it's something
I can never repay.
You don't have to.
I made a promise.
I'm a man of my word.
And I think
it made you miserable.
No one should put up with
the things you put up with.
Scott, you have a higher calling
than taking care of me.
I think deep down you know it,
but it's scary.
You'll have to stop
worrying about me
and worry about yourself.
I-I don't understand.
I
feel like I'm being punished
for doing the right thing.
What happened to you
in London?
I fell into a grave.
And it felt like the start of
things, not the end of things.
What the hell
does that even mean?
I am so sick of everybody
talking in riddles!
I just mean that I'm done
being haunted by the end.
There's a different future
for both of us.
I believe that.
Scott...
I release you
from your duty.
Hey!
God. Wow.
There you are.
Were you out wandering
all night? Again?
Dorothy the Dealer's
gonna be here any minute.
I realize I don't
have any cash for her.
Yeah. So lynx urine's
pretty expensive, huh?
I'm not sure the current market,
but, uh,
I'm sure we can
work something out.
Open a line of credit
or something.
Hey, Blaise, why don't you...
why don't you take a nap?
Want to take a nap?
Just have the bed.
No, I'm fine.
Don't worry about me.
I've had insomnia
since I was a kid.
It started
when I was really little.
My parents...
yelling at each other
all night.
Oh.
They didn't get along
with each other,
and they didn't
get along with me.
The only time
they agreed on anything
was when they kicked me
out of the house.
Oh.
Um...
Blaise, that's terrible.
Why?
Why do you think?
I was the shame
of the family.
Where'd you go?
I just sort of drifted
for a while.
Like about 30 years.
- Hey, Blaise!
- Hey!
- It's been awhile.
- Yeah.
Hey, Dorothy, thanks a lot
for the rush order.
And, um,
I was just wondering
if maybe you could
invoice me for this?
'Cause cashwise,
I'm r...
Say no more.
We'll work it out.
I am not in this game
for the money.
See ya.
To cover?
No.
Moneyline.
$500 on the dog.
To beat the reigning
Pac-12 champion?
If you insist.
Actually,
make it $5,000.
Holy shit.
Okay.
It's in the book.
Hey, Luminous Knight.
I can't escape
you guys.
Uh, Blaise took a bubble bath
in my apartment yesterday.
Oh. Wow.
I'm sorry...
It's fine.
How are you, Liz?
Well, I just entered
a pawnshop, so...
Right.
Well, it was...
it was good to see you.
Dud always has great things
to say about you.
Oh.
I'll leave you to it.
Hey. Ernie.
Um, I just want
to say thank you.
For what?
For watching out
for Dud.
Last year,
if you'd seen him...
it was...
it was just a rough time.
For both of you.
Yeah.
I don't really get the lodge,
but I'm glad he has somebody.
It means a lot to him.
Goodbye.
Bye.
Hello, Burt.
It's a beautiful day out there.
I thought I'd come in here
and inquire about a loan.
This was my first night
on the news floor.
I was 24.
No one had time to train me.
They just threw me in.
An editor
handed me proofs
and told me to send them
down to the printer.
He pointed
to a pneumatic tube.
A-A pneumatic tube?
The past is
a foreign country, Ross.
That's where I come from,
unfortunately.
So I roll up the proofs,
put them in the tube,
push the button, and whoosh!
They're gone!
But I didn't put them
in the cannister,
so I broke the damn thing
and held up production,
and every editor on the floor
spent the night screaming at me.
But the next day
it was like it never happened
because there was
another edition to get out,
and I loved that so much,
the turnaround.
Can you really type
130 words a minute?
I can do it blindfolded.
Okay.
Well, that's... that's great,
but, um...
also, Connie, I'm worried
you're gonna be overqualified
for some of the stuff
I have coming in.
I don't care.
I'm starting over.
Whaling used to employ
a lot of harpooners,
but then the fisheries closed,
and the harpooners,
I don't know...
they came to Temp Joy.
I just think you're gonna
get a little bored.
Boredom is a luxury.
I've never been bored
in my life.
Oh, my God!
It's the boy wonder!
Who?
My old boss.
This is good,
this is so good...
Mark?
Hey! It's me!
How is that leveraged buy-out
treating you?
Oh, shit...
Aww!
Ooooh!
I'd like
to propose a toast.
To Queen Liz, who covered
payroll out of her own pocket
like some kind
of maniac.
Thank you.
What you did, Liz,
taking out that loan...
it was insane.
Yeah.
Greatly appreciated,
but insane.
You do know that,
right?
Oh, absolutely.
Yeah.
But it feels kind of good,
you know...
I feel focused.
Because now I have to find Janet
to get my money back
or I'm totally
and utterly screwed.
I have no choice.
Lack of choice
is freedom.
I know!
Who knew?
God, I wish I could see the
world through your eyes, Liz.
So are you gonna storm
the Omni castle?
No. I wouldn't make it
past security.
So I'm gonna
keep it simple.
I'm gonna stake out Tarquin
and just follow him
wherever he goes.
He'll lead me to Janet.
It's all in the footnotes.
You got to read the footnotes.
Every single one of them.
Yeah. Okay. So maybe we should
get some avocados and...
"Civitas Solis."
Did you read that?
Uh, yeah, maybe.
It was on the list?
Campanella wrote it in prison
during the Inquisition.
It's about a mythical city
to the West
protected by a series
of circular walls
painted with beautiful murals
on the inside.
Merrill was obsessed
with "Civitas Solis."
He said it was an actual place
if you had the right map.
I think
he went looking for it.
I think it brought him
to Long Beach.
And he laid the foundation
for the new place.
Merrill stood
right where we're standing.
Oh. In the produce section.
And once I complete
the Magnum Opus
and become immortal,
like Merrill,
I'll be able to enter it.
The maps will converge.
Uh... Blaise,
are you okay?
Is he okay?
He's...
Just relax.
You're gonna
stay here tonight.
Sorry, Ernie.
I didn't want to bug you, but
Dud thought this would be best.
No problem.
I'm glad you're here.
I didn't know
where else to go.
It took him forever
to get out of the market.
They were gonna
call the police.
I told you, man.
This alchemy stuff,
it gets in people's heads.
But you wouldn't listen.
You just encouraged him
the whole way.
Yeah, but everything
we found was...
Look where it got you!
A freak-out
in the produce section.
This shit is on you.
Ernie,
don't say that, okay?
Blaise is my friend.
I am his apprentice.
And I thought we were
onto something big.
Well, you were wrong.
Dud, I don't need any of this
right now.
Today, I made the dumbest bet
of my life.
More money than I have.
In 24 hours,
I'm gonna lose big.
I'm more screwed
than I've ever been.
Well, talk to Burt.
I mean, maybe you can get him
to cancel the bet.
Dud. Just go.
I'll take care of Blaise.
You...
I don't care what you do.
Just go.
Ernie...
Talk to you later,
Blaise.
Okay.
You know I could
hear you guys, right?
Don't blame Dud.
I sort of let things
get out of hand.
Thanks, Ernie.
You want me to tear up
Ernie's slip?
Yes.
Please, just pretend
like it never happened.
Because if you had
any principles at all,
you would have never let him
make the bet in the first place.
Because you know Ernie
doesn't have that kind of money.
I sit here. People come in.
Business is conducted.
Services are rendered.
Needs are met.
And the days go by.
Tear it up.
It's not on paper.
It's all written
up here.
For eternity.
Take it.
Liz paid like 8 grand
for it.
Dr. Kimbrough did.
Just take it.
Please.
Dud. You can't.
It's your dad's.
Yeah, I know.
But he's gone.
And I wasn't ready
to wear it, anyway.
I wasn't ready for Mexico
or marriage or anything.
Take it.
Tell Ernie
the bet's off.
Reuse, recycle, reimagine.
When we take the energy
of innovation
and combine it with the practice
of salvation,
you get salivation.
Hey! Janet Price!
Shut your mouth for a second!
I want you all to imagine me
as a big planet.
Call it "Planet Janet."
Yeah, maybe all these people
- believe your bullshit, but I don't.
- Now climb inside me.
Go on.
I'm hollow.
You're a deadbeat
and you owe me money!
You can all fit.
Yeah, this woman
is a complete fraud!
- Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
- Planet Janet is a place...
Hey, you can't disrupt
a disrupter, Liz.
- It's a sin.
- ...where your ideas can be so real
they have ideas
of their own.
Now, I know what you're all thinking,
and I don't mean
I'm making a guess.
I know what you're thinking
because they're the thoughts
I want you to have.
Control the stream of consciousness
and you control the narrative,
and narrative is workflow.
I think it.
I make it.
I take it.
This is a nightmare!
- What?
- I can't take this anymore!
This is worse
than Shamroxx!
Scott is in a bad place!
We tried talking to him,
but it's like he's catatonic
or something!
Scott!
Scott...
are you okay?
I have been released
from my duty.
And this was
the highlight play of the day.
Complete defensive breakdown.
As Patterson
went back to throw,
all alone in the end zone
was Leonard.
He catches it, and right there,
38-37 is the score.
Oh, my... God!
And now they may drop out
of the top 10.
Is that a final score?
Yeah.
It's a huge upset.
I just won $20,000!
Yeah!
Hello, Liz.
I hear
you're looking for me.
I hear you want to punch me
in the f...
I've never been punched
in the face before.
I liked it!
The taste of reality.
I think
I broke a finger.
I've thought
about you often
since we jumped off
that boat, Liz.
- Jesus Christ...
- I mean it.
You ground me.
I'd like you
by my side.
What would it take
for me to hire you
as my full-time assistant?
Keep in mind,
I can pay you a salary
that most locals
would call totally sick.
No, I just want my Higher Steaks
crew taken care of.
And I want you to pay off
my loan. Immediately.
I will.
I promise.
But the violence
that passed between us...
it was beautiful in a way
and pregnant with meaning.
It was awful.
I still feel nauseous.
Listen, Higher Steaks might not
be long for this world...
So, how about... if I promise
to take care of your crew...
I give them a big bonus
or even a job if they want...
would you at least consider
the possibility
of being my "partner in crime,"
so to speak?
Hey.
You got a second?
Yeah... come on in.
Um... listen,
I know that I have messed up
a lot of things lately, but...
...I wanted to try and at least
make one thing right.
So...
I've got
some really good news.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
I got some good news, too.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- You go first.
- No, no. You go first.
Okay, okay.
You don't have to worry
about that bet anymore.
Because today I walked in
and I convinced Burt
to cancel the bet.
Huh?
So... you're free
and clear, man.
How'd you get Burt
to cancel the bet?
Oh, well, it was easy.
I just traded my watch.
You traded your dad's watch
for me?
Yeah.
Dud,
you can't do that.
Um...
I don't think
you understand.
My dad...
he was my best friend.
And it's like
I didn't just lose him.
I lost the person that I was
when it was Dudley & Son.
My life made sense,
and then it didn't.
And all last year...
...I just felt
like I was nobody.
Just drifting.
I didn't even realize
how lonely I was.
And the only place I could
ever feel like myself...
...is in the lodge.
And now that's all gone to shit
and you're not there.
And I am so scared
that I am just gonna drift off
again and disappear.
And I know my dad's
not coming back.
So even though you've been
kind of a dick lately...
...you're still here,
Ernie.
And I'd trade the scrolls
in a second...
...if I knew I'd never
feel lonely again.
Your dad
raised a good kid.
I was a dad once.
For a little while.
What?
You never told me that.
My ex, Trish.
We met in the Navy.
When we got out,
we made a whole plan.
The house, family...
She was born early.
You know,
complications.
Things were never right.
And then...
I got to hold her
for a year.
She was my future.
After all this time,
I can still feel the weight
of her in my arms.
Her softness.
Trish and me,
we never recovered.
I could have stayed
and fought, but...
I didn't.
I split.
Those were
some bad years.
And then one day...
I walked into the lodge.
I never talked about her.
I...
With Larry.
Even with Connie.
I guess
I was waiting for you.
What was her name?
Her name...
was... Amaya.
It meant...
It... It means...
the night rain.
Mr. St. John?
- Hi. I'm Pamela.
- Hey.
I read your intake.
Um, you want a room?
I feel like I need a place
to just turn off.
My insomnia, it's been a problem
my whole life.
You understand, we can't
give you anything for that.
All we do here at Ludibrium
is talk.
I-I know a few people
who have been helped here.
Thought I'd give it a try.
And the price is right.
We're lucky.
Ludibrium is able
to fund itself.
You're helping us as much
as we're helping you.
Okay. We'll have
your room ready soon.
Uh, hang here
as long as you want.
- What are you writing?
- Oh. What's that?
Just another entry
in the canon.
Hey, do you have any Benzedrine
on you?
- Sorry, I don't.
- No, it's probably for the best.
- I need to slow down.
- Yeah, me too.
I'm... I'm Blaise.
Blaise.
I'm Lamar.
Welcome to
the Garden of Earthly Delights.
Holy shit, Blaise.
Are you a Lynx?
Yes! Wow!
The plot thickens.
Genevieve, look.
Blaise is a member
of my fraternal order.
Genevieve is French.
Which is the most elegant
kind of woman.
Now, Blaise,
let me ask you something...
Do you enjoy
games of chance?
Because I've got Uno.
Okay. Let's play.
Splendid.