Oddities (2010–…): Season 3, Episode 2 - Shot Through the Heart - full transcript

- WELCOME TO THE WEIRD WORLD
- OF "ODDITIES."

WHAT'S IN THE BOX?

IT'S A HEART.

THIS ONE'S KIND OF UNUSUAL.

YEAH, I'LL SAY. THERE'S
SOMETHING WEIRD GOING ON HERE.

IT LOOKS LIKE SKIN.

JONATHAN!

- Jonathan:
- HI, MISS EVAN.

I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
FOR MY NEWEST SHOW.

YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THIS.

TA-DA!



HAVE AN ITEM THAT MY DAUGHTER USED TO
LOVE, AND NOW IT KIND OF TRAUMATIZES HER.

WANT TO HAVE A LOOK?

SURE.

OH.

OBSCURA AIN'T YOUR
GRANDMOTHER'S ANTIQUE SHOP.

WHOA!

WELL, UNLESS YOUR GRANDMA'S
A BIT OF A KOOK.

IS THAT A STRAITJACKET?

I'M MIKE.

AND I'M EVAN.

- Both:
- WE'VE SPENT OUR ENTIRE LIVES...

- COLLECTING AND DEALING... - HUNTING
AND PICKING... TO GET THIS BUSINESS...

DOWN TO A SCIENCE.

THIS IS "ODDITIES."



- HEY, WHAT'S UP, JORDY?

- WHAT'S UP, MIKE?
- WHAT'S UP, RYAN?

WHAT'S IN THE BOX?

- WELL, I GOT SOME - INTERESTING
THINGS HERE FOR YOU GUYS TO CHECK OUT.

I'VE BEEN STOPPING BY
OBSCURA FOR YEARS.

SEEMS I'M DRAWN TO MORE
OF THE BIZARRE, ODD.

I'M SORT OF A FREAK MAGNET.

SEEMS LIKE THE
BIZARRE COMES TO ME.

- SO,
- WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE?

I WAS HANGING OUT AT MY UNCLE'S
FARM, AND HANGING IN SORT OF LIKE

THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY IS LIKE
THIS OLD, RUSTED-OUT, BURNED-OUT

LOOKS LIKE A UTILITY KIND
OF SHED, AND I FIND THIS.

OH, LOOK AT THAT.

WHAT IS IT, A HEART?

THAT'S A HEART, ALL RIGHT.

IT'S A PIG HEART.

I MEAN, THE SHAPE OF IT, AND LIKE, YOU
KNOW, THE STRIATED MUSCLE TISSUE.

LOOKS PRETTY OLD, ACTUALLY.

- I'VE SEEN MY FAIR SHARE OF
- PICKLED HEARTS IN MY DAY.

SHEEP, DOG, YOU NAME IT.

THEY'RE ALL DONE FOR
MEDICAL STUDY AND USE.

- THEY REALLY HAVE A GREAT - DISTURBING
- AND KIND OF CREEPY - LOOK TO THEM.

THIS IS DEFINITELY
SOMETHING WE WOULD BUY.

I ALSO FOUND THIS.

THAT'S NICE.

THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL
JAR, ACTUALLY.

YEAH, THAT'S LIKE A MECHANICAL
SPECIMEN JAR, SPECIFICALLY.

- WAS HE IN
- THE MEDICAL FIELD AT ALL?

NO, HE WAS A REALLY KIND
OF STRANGE, ECCENTRIC GUY,

- BUT IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF - A SHOCKER
- TO STUMBLE ACROSS - JARS OF HEARTS.

- CAN I SEE THAT ONE?
- YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THAT JAR'S REALLY NICE.

- YOU SHOULD
- CHECK THIS ONE OUT.

ARE THESE ALL HEARTS, OR
ARE THERE OTHER ORGANS?

NO, ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL PIG HEART.

OH, GEEZ.

THIS ONE'S KIND OF UNUSUAL.

YEAH, I'LL SAY.

IT LOOKS SMALLER THAN
THE OTHER TWO, BY FAR.

- YEAH, IT LOOKS
- ALMOST HALF THE SIZE.

YEAH.

I LIKE THE WAY IT, LIKE,
FLOATS AROUND IN THERE.

YEAH, IT'S VERY MURKY.

IT IS, RIGHT?

- LOOK AT THAT.
- THAT'S INTERESTING.

IT'S WEIRD.

- THEY ACTUALLY TOOK - WHAT LOOKS LIKE
- A LITTLE SECTION OF - SOMETHING ELSE

AND JUST ATTACHED IT THERE.

YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE SKIN.

THERE'S ACTUALLY A TUBE IN IT.

RIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE
THAT'S WHAT'S PROPPING IT.

THERE'S SOMETHING
WEIRD GOING ON HERE.

- THIS IS NOT LIKE
- THOSE OTHER HEARTS.

THE MORE I LOOK AT THIS THING, ALL
SORTS OF WHISTLES AND BELLS, ALARMS

- ARE GOING OFF
- IN MY HEAD, HERE.

- THIS IS A REALLY - INTERESTING PIECE,
- BUT IF THIS IS - WHAT I THINK IT IS,

- THIS COULD BE
- AN INCREDIBLE FIND.

- BUT I DON'T WANT TO MAKE - AN OFFER TILL
I FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THIS THING IS.

DEFINITELY INTERESTED.

IS IT POSSIBLE WE CAN
GET THIS ONE LOOKED AT?

- WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE
- WE COULD TALK TO

- WHO COULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE
- EDUCATED OPINION ON IT

- AND FIGURE OUT JUST WHAT'S
- GOING ON HERE.

- YEAH,
- I TRUST YOU, MIKE.

- GREAT. GIVE US A COUPLE DAYS,
- AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL CALL YOU BACK SOON.

- AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
- MAN. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

NICE TO SEE YOU GUYS.

- CHEERS.
- TAKE CARE.

JONATHAN!

HI, MISS EVAN.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE?

WELL, I AM LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING FOR MY NEWEST SHOW.

- I'M JONNY CLOCKWORKS,
- AND I'M A PUPPETEER.

AT MY NEW PUPPET THEATER, I'M WORKING
ON A PROJECT INVOLVING SPIRITUALISM

AND MESMERISM, OR HYPNOTISM.

I JUST GOT THIS THING
- OUT OF A DENTIST'S OFFICE, - ACTUALLY.

YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THIS.

IT'S A LITTLE FRAGILE.

TA-DA!

WHAT IS IT CALLED?

IT'S A HYPNO-WHIRL-A-SCOPE.

HYPNO-WHIRL-A-SCOPE.

VINTAGE 1950s.

IT WAS USED TO INDUCE
A HYPNOTIC STATE.

- WELL,
- STARING AT IT ALMOST DOES.

WELL, I ACTUALLY GOT THIS OUT
OF THE ESTATE OF A DENTIST.

HE USED IT TO HYPNOTIZE HIS PATIENTS
AS A PAINKILLER, AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

BY ALL REPORTS, HE WAS A
VERY SUCCESSFUL DENTIST.

- TAKE TWO AND CALL YOU
- IN THE MORNING.

YEAH.

A NATURAL HYPNOTIC STATE EXISTS
WHEN YOU'RE FOCUSED SO STRONGLY

ON ONE PARTICULAR THING THAT THE REST
OF THE WORLD KIND OF DISAPPEARS,

AND THIS LEAVES YOU VERY
OPEN TO SUGGESTION.

ABOUT 90% OF THE POPULATION
IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO HYPNOTISM.

IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE EITHER BORN WITH
OR YOU'RE NOT, AND IT NEVER CHANGES.

I KNOW. IT DOES WORK.

I'M NOT GONNA LOOK
AT IT RIGHT NOW.

IT'S TOO POWERFUL.

IS THIS SOMETHING YOU COULD USE?

- I WOULD DEFINITELY - BE INTERESTED
- IN USING THAT - IN THE PROJECT.

IT'S JUST GOT SUCH GREAT VISUAL
POTENCY, IF NOT FOR ANYTHING ELSE,

BUT THE FACT, ACTUALLY, I THINK WE
PROBABLY COULD HYPNOTIZE SOMEBODY.

SO, HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR IT?

IT'S PRETTY RARE.

KIND OF ATTACHED TO IT.

NEVER HAD ANOTHER ONE.

ASKING $500.

OH, EVAN, PLEASE,
PLEASE, PLEASE.

HAVE YOU SEEN ANOTHER ONE?

WELL, NO, BUT, I MEAN, I
CERTAINLY COULD BUILD ONE,

- I WOULD THINK,
- AT SOME POINT.

- YEAH,
- BUT THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.

I UNDERSTAND EVAN WANTS TOP DOLLAR
FOR THIS HYPNO-WHIRL-A-SCOPE,

AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY, IT BEING SUCH
A UNIQUE PIECE, BUT I CAN'T AFFORD

TO PAY FULL PRICE.

I SUGGEST... IF I MIGHT
SUGGEST SOMETHING.

YEAH?

THAT YOU COME ON BY - AND SEE THE NEW
- CLOCKWORKS PUPPET THEATER.

OKAY. I'D LOVE TO.

- I'LL SET UP A LITTLE - DEMONSTRATION OF
SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN WORKING ON,

AND I'LL SEE IF I
CAN HYPNOTIZE YOU.

THEN WE CAN DISCUSS A
MORE REASONABLE PRICE.

OKAY, JONATHAN, - I'M NOT SUSCEPTIBLE - TO
HYPNOTISM, BUT I ACCEPT YOUR CHALLENGE.

I'D LOVE TO SEE YOUR THEATER, AND IF YOU
CAN HYPNOTIZE ME AND MAKE A SUGGESTION

FOR A REASONABLE PRICE, I WILL
DEFINITELY CONSIDER THAT DISCOUNT.

DEAL. CIAO!

IN QUESTION.

WOW.

A PIG'S HEART IS MORE
OF A VALENTINE SHAPE.

IT DOESN'T HAVE THIS SORT OF
ROUNDNESS HERE AT THE BOTTOM.

IT IS QUITE FASCINATING.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS BEFORE.

Mike:

THIS IS "ODDITIES."

YESTERDAY, PUPPETEER AND COLLECTOR
JONNY CLOCKWORKS CAME INTO THE SHOP,

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FOR HIS LATEST
HYPNOTICALLY THEMED PRODUCTION.

- THE HYPNO-WHIRL-A-SCOPE - I SHOWED
HIM IS A LITTLE OUT OF HIS BUDGET,

BUT HE INVITED ME
BACK TO THE THEATER

Jonathan:

AH, MISS EVAN.

HE ALSO THINKS HE CAN HYPNOTIZE
ME INTO GIVING HIM A BETTER DEAL.

WELCOME TO THE CLOCKWORKS
PUPPET THEATER.

THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

IT'S INCREDIBLE.

THIS IS OUR WORKSHOP ROOM.

UH-HUH.

- YOU REMEMBER THAT COFFIN
- FROM OBSCURA.

- OH, YEAH.
- A MILLION YEARS AGO.

- I STILL PUT IT TO GOOD USE
- AND SLEEP IN IT.

IS THERE ANYONE IN THERE?

- NO, NOT TODAY.
- NOT TODAY.

- WELL, I'D LOVE TO SEE
- YOUR STAGE.

ENTREZ-VOUS.

- TAKE A SEAT... - I'VE BEEN
THINKING ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH

THIS HYPNO-WHIRL-A-SCOPE.

LET ME GET CHANGED AND
I'LL BE RIGHT WITH YOU.

- I WON'T GUARANTEE - THAT I CAN HYPNOTIZE
EVAN, BUT I'LL SURE ENJOY TRYING.

TO FIRST DEMONSTRATE THE POWERFUL NATURE OF
THE HYPNO-WHIRL-A-SCOPE, MISS BABY JUNE.

YOU ARE GETTING SLEEPY.

SLEEPY.

- Evan: - HYPNOSIS IS A STATE OF MIND
CHARACTERIZED BY RELAXED BRAINWAVES

AND HYPER-SUGGESTIBILITY.

JONNY'S TRYING TO RELAX
ME WITH THIS SHOW.

IT'S A GOOD PLAN, BUT
IT ISN'T GONNA WORK.

JUST FOCUS YOUR EYES UPON THE
MYSTERIOUS HYPNO-WHIRL-A-SCOPE.

CONCENTRATE ON THE
REVOLVING DISK.

THINK ONLY OF SLEEP!

DO AS I SUGGEST.

MISS EVAN... IF YOU CAN HEAR THE SOUND
OF MY VOICE, NOD YOUR HEAD ONCE.

MISS EVAN, IN YOUR INNER MIND, YOU ARE
WILLING TO LET THE HYPNO-WHIRL-A-SCOPE

SELL FOR $200.

AND YOU WILL AWAKE...

NOW.

SO, WHAT DO YOU SAY, EVAN?

PERFECTLY WORTH...

500 BUCKS.

$200.

I GOT TO GET 500 BUCKS.

$200. 200 BUCKS.

I GOT TO GET $500.

IT'S RARE.

WELL, THIS IS FOR A
WEALTHIER PUPPETEER THAN I.

I THINK I'LL HAVE
TO CREATE MY OWN.

THE OTHER DAY, - A GUY CAME IN WITH
WHAT HE SAID - WERE THREE PIG HEARTS

PRESERVED IN JARS, - BUT ONE REALLY
STOOD OUT - FROM THE OTHER TWO.

- SO WE DECIDED TO TAKE THIS THING - TO
AN EXPERT TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.

- AND WHAT BETTER EXPERT IS THERE - TO
SPEAK TO ABOUT HEARTS THAN A CARDIOLOGIST?

- HELLO.
- DR. KOHANI.

- MIKE?
- MIKE.

- GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- HEY, I'M RYAN.

- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- NICE MEETING YOU.

THANKS FOR HAVING US OVER.

COME ON IN.

- Dr. Kohani:
- I'M A CARDIOLOGIST.

BOARD-CERTIFIED IN CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASES AND I'M AFFILIATED WITH THREE

MAJOR HOSPITALS IN NEW YORK.

A CUSTOMER CAME INTO OUR SHOP...
UH-HUH.

- ...WITH THREE SPECIMENS
- FOR SALE.

HE SAID THEY WERE PIG HEARTS.

TWO OF THEM LOOKED LIKE YOUR STANDARD
PIG HEART, BUT THIS THIRD ONE...

A LITTLE STRANGE.

HERE IS THE SPECIMEN
IN QUESTION.

WOW.

YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I KNOW FROM COMPARATIVE
ANATOMY, A PIG'S HEART IS MORE

VALENTINE-SHAPED AND
MORE LIKE A V-SHAPE.

IT DOESN'T HAVE THIS SORT OF
ROUNDNESS HERE AT THE BOTTOM.

- THE FACT THAT - IT'S TRAPEZOID... I
REALLY THINK YOU GOT A HUMAN HEART.

- WOW.
- HUMAN?

THE MINUTE WE LOOKED AT IT,

- WE KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING
- DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS ONE.

- THERE IS SOMETHING
- ABSOLUTELY DIFFERENT.

FLAGS STARTED JUMPING UP
AS SOON AS WE SAW IT.

I WAS LIKE, - "WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF ORGANS,
- A LOT OF ANIMAL ORGANS."

NOW, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
THIS LITTLE SECTION RIGHT HERE?

- IT LOOKS LIKE A PIECE OF SKIN
- AND HAIR.

RIGHT.

IF YOU NOTICE, THERE IS A HOLE IN
THERE, AND IT MAY BE A BULLET ENTRY.

IT IS QUITE FASCINATING.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS BEFORE.

LIKELY WAS A FATAL GUNSHOT.

THE SKIN AND THE ROD,
- I MEAN IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE, - YOU KNOW,

IT'S FOLLOWING THE PATH.

- YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY - SHOWING THE TRAJECTORY
- OF THE BULLET - THROUGH THE HEART.

WOW, THAT WAS NOT
WHAT I WAS EXPECTING.

I MEAN, I KNEW THIS THING
- WAS SOME KIND OF - MEDICAL PREPARATION,

- BUT TO FIND OUT
- IT'S A REAL HUMAN HEART

- WITH A BULLET HOLE
- RIGHT THROUGH IT?

- I MEAN,
- THIS THING BLOWS ME AWAY.

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS, ONCE YOU
PUNCTURE THE RIGHT VENTRICLE,

WHICH IS THE MOST ANTERIOR CHAMBER OF
THE HEART, THE GUSH OF THE BLOOD...

IT'S QUITE DRAMATIC.

- AND BLOOD COMES OUT OF - THE VENTRICLE
AND IT ENCASES THE HEART INSIDE THE SAC,

AND WHEN THE PRESSURE INSIDE THE
CHAMBER GOES REALLY HIGH SO FAST,

IT COLLAPSES THE HEART.

AND ONCE IT'S COLLAPSED, NOW THERE IS
NO MORE BLOOD FLOW UP TO THE BRAIN.

- AND THAT'S IT?
- AND THAT'S IT.

IT'S SUDDEN DEATH.

PERHAPS IT WAS USED IN SCHOOL OR
IN SOME SORT OF PRESENTATION.

IT IS QUITE FASCINATING.

- NOW WE HAVE TO - ACTUALLY FIND OUT -
WHETHER YOU CAN LEGALLY - OWN ONE OF THESE.

YOU MAY WANT TO SPEAK TO
AN ATTORNEY ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S OUR NEXT STOP.

I HAVE AN ITEM THAT MY DAUGHTER USED TO
LOVE, AND NOW IT KIND OF TRAUMATIZES HER,

- AND I THINK THIS IS
- JUST THE PLACE FOR IT.

YOU WANT TO HAVE A LOOK?

SURE.

OH.

Mike:

THIS IS "ODDITIES."

- THE OTHER DAY,
- A CUSTOMER CAME INTO THE SHOP

- WITH THREE PRESERVED HEARTS
- IN JARS, BUT ONE OF THEM REALLY STOOD OUT

FROM THE OTHERS.

- WE HAD THIS HEART LOOKED AT
- BY A CARDIOLOGIST,

- AND HE DETERMINED THAT
- THIS IS ACTUALLY HUMAN WITH A BULLET HOLE

RIGHT THROUGH IT.

I'M NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES,
- SO WE'RE GONNA MEET WITH - MY LAWYER

- TO FIND OUT IF WE CAN LEGALLY
- BUY AND SELL THIS THING.

COME ON IN.

MY NAME'S RON KUBY.

I'M A CRIMINAL DEFENSE AND CIVIL
RIGHTS LAWYER HERE IN NEW YORK.

MY CLIENTELE IS A LITTLE OBSCURE,
SO IT'S TOTALLY APPROPRIATE

THAT OBSCURA CALLED ME.

SO... WELL, WE COME TO YOU
TODAY WITH HEART IN HAND.

YES.

LITERALLY.

LITERALLY.

HERE'S THE HEART.

OH!

IT'S A LITTLE MURKY.

OH!

WHAT IS THIS HAIR HERE?

A SECTION OF CHEST.

OKAY.

THIS PIECE WALKED
INTO OUR STORE.

A CUSTOMER BROUGHT IT IN.

NOT BY ITSELF.

I WAS GONNA SAY...
THIS HEART IS HUMAN.

IT WAS ACTUALLY A MEDICAL PREPARATION,
SHOWING THE TRAJECTORY OF A BULLET WOUND.

I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE THIS IS
SOMETHING YOU WANT TO BUY OR SELL OR TRADE.

HOPEFULLY.

WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY BOUGHT THIS PIECE
YET, BUT WE WANTED TO SPEAK TO YOU

AND FIND OUT, LEGALLY, CAN
WE BUY IT, CAN WE SELL IT,

WHAT ARE THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS
OF HAVING A HUMAN HEART?

- WELL, FIRST, - I GOT TO TELL YOU,
I SO MUCH APPRECIATE MY CLIENTS

WHO ASK ME BEFORE THEY DO THE
THING THAT ENDS UP BEING ILLEGAL,

'CAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T.

MOST PEOPLE CALL ME AFTER THEY GET
ARRESTED, SO THIS PART OF IT IS GREAT.

YOU'VE TOTALLY GOT
THE RIGHT PROCESS.

SAFETY FIRST, YES.

SO, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL LAW SETS CERTAIN
STANDARDS... MINIMUM STANDARDS...

THAT HAVE TO BE MET.

THERE ARE SOME STATES THAT BAR SALES OF
CADAVERS, SALES OF BODY PARTS, BUT LET ME DO

A LITTLE LEGAL RESEARCH.

- WONDERFUL.
- OKAY, GREAT.

THANKS AGAIN, RON.

- GREAT TO SEE YOU. - TAKE, UH...
I'LL TAKE THIS.

WHICH HAND WERE YOU...
I HAD IT IN THIS HAND.

ALL RIGHT.

- THANKS A LOT, RON.
- ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

JUST BE CAREFUL WITH THAT.

THANK YOU, I WILL.

ALL RIGHT, BUDDY.

HEY, HOW YOU DOING?

GOOD, HOW YOU DOING?

MY NAME IS MIKE JERSEY.

I'M... FROM NEW JERSEY, AND I'M COMING
INTO OBSCURA TODAY TO TRADE SOMETHING

THAT I THINK IS REALLY UNUSUAL, AND I THINK
THIS WOULD BE JUST THE PLACE FOR IT.

- I'M LOOKING TO TRADE
- FOR SOMETHING.

I HAVE AN ITEM THAT MY DAUGHTER USED TO
LOVE, AND NOW IT KIND OF TRAUMATIZES HER.

OH.

NOT TO LAUGH, BUT IT'S...
SOUNDS SPECIAL.

YEAH, IT WAS SPECIAL, AND IT'S STILL
SPECIAL TO ME, BUT NOT TO HER ANYMORE,

- SO I THINK IT'S TIME
- TO GET RID OF IT,

- AND I THINK THIS IS
- JUST THE PLACE FOR IT.

IS THAT THIS?

YOU WANT TO HAVE A LOOK?

SURE.

LET ME MOVE THIS FOR YOU.

BASICALLY, WE WENT
TO A PETTING ZOO.

WHICH IS USUALLY NOT A
TRAUMATIZING EVENT FOR A CHILD.

KIDS USUALLY LIKE THEM.

YEAH.

- BUT THE PROBLEM WAS - SHE SAW A
SHEEP, AND IT REALLY FREAKED HER OUT.

DID IT BITE HER OR SOMETHING?

NO, NOTHING LIKE THAT.

- THE PROBLEM WAS - PRIOR TO THE
PETTING ZOO, SHE THOUGHT ALL SHEEP

LOOKED LIKE THIS.

OH!

I CAN SEE THE PROBLEM.

Mike:

THIS IS "ODDITIES."

- I'M LOOKING TO TRADE
- FOR SOMETHING.

I HAVE AN ITEM THAT MY DAUGHTER USED TO
LOVE, AND NOW IT KIND OF TRAUMATIZES HER,

- AND I THINK THIS IS
- JUST THE PLACE FOR IT.

WANT TO HAVE A LOOK?

SURE.

OH!

- LAMBY!
- OH, YEAH.

- YOU MIND IF WE TAKE - A CLOSER LOOK?
- OH, PLEASE.

YOU WANT TO GRAB THE... WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT NOTHING HAPPENS TO HIM.

YEAH, DON'T BREAK
MY SHEEP, PLEASE.

YEAH.

SO, LOOK AT THAT.

NO, HE'S GREAT.

- WHERE ON EARTH
- DID YOU GET THIS?

THIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN IN
THE FAMILY A LONG TIME.

- MY GREAT UNCLE IN JERSEY
- HAD A FARM.

- THIS CAME OUT OF - ONE OF THE
SHEEP, AND HE SAW HOW AWESOME IT WAS

AND IT'S KIND OF THE FIXTURE...
- FAMILY HEIRLOOM, - BASICALLY.

EXACTLY. WE'VE HAD IT
FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS NOW.

HUMAN OR ANIMAL OR WHATEVER, ARE ACTUALLY
IDENTICAL TWINS THAT DON'T FULLY SEPARATE

IN THE UTERUS OR BECOME CONJOINED
WITHIN THERE, AS WELL.

IT COULD BE CONNECTED ANYWHERE.

IT COULD BE THE HEAD, THE THORAX,
YOU KNOW, THE LEGS, THE BUTTOCKS.

- I MEAN, IT DOES HAVE
- SOME DAMAGE.

- IT COULD BE FROM AGE, - YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES THE OLDER TAXIDERMY WILL CRACK,

- DRY OUT,
- THINGS LIKE THAT.

- YOU CAN SEE
- IT'S STUFFED WITH STRAW.

IT WAS A HOMEMADE MOUNT.

- MY UNCLE MIGHT'VE
- DONE IT HIMSELF.

- YEAH, - THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE,
- BUT HE DID - A PRETTY GOOD JOB.

EARLY TAXIDERMY IS OFTEN STUFFED WITH
PAPER, STRAW, OR SOME OTHER SOFT,

DRY MATERIAL.

THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT ANY
WRINKLES OR INDENTS BECOME HARD AND TAUT

LIKE A DRUM, OR END UP
SPLITTING, LIKE THEY DID HERE.

HE'S PRETTY SWEET, SO YOU LOOKING TO
SELL OR TRADE HIM OR... I THOUGHT

I WANTED TO TRADE IT, BUT I'M NOT SURE
ANYTHING HERE IS GONNA BE RIGHT FOR

A 3-YEAR-OLD.

- I'M LOOKING TO TRADE - FOR SOMETHING
A LITTLE MORE "LITTLE BO PEEP"

AND A LITTLE LESS
"SILENCE OF THE LAMBS."

- WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
- GET ON THIS?

- HONESTLY, - I DON'T REALLY KNOW - WHAT
THE MARKET FOR - TWO-HEADED SHEEP IS.

UH-HUH.

IT'S A REALLY GREAT PIECE.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT.

- OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO
- BUY IT TO RE-SELL IT,

- SO WE CAN'T PAY YOU
- FULL RETAIL ON IT.

- YEAH. ALSO, IT DOES HAVE
- SOME CONDITION ISSUES.

I UNDERSTAND.

WOULD YOU TAKE $1,000 FOR IT?

YEAH.

- GREAT. THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.

HONESTLY, I HAD NO IDEA
WHAT TO EXPECT PRICE-WISE.

I KNEW THAT IT WASN'T COMING HOME
WITH ME, SO I'M HAPPY WITH $1,000.

WHAT'S UP, MIKE?

WHAT'S UP, RYAN?

HEY, WHAT'S UP, JORDY?

- ACTUALLY,
- SOME INTERESTING NEWS FOR YOU.

SO, WE ACTUALLY TOOK IT TO
SEE A FEW FRIENDS OF OURS.

ONE'S A CARDIOLOGIST,
- AND THE SECOND ONE IS - OUR ATTORNEY.

YOUR ATTORNEY?

- WHY WOULD YOU
- GO TO AN ATTORNEY?

WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT
THIS IS LEGAL TO SELL.

I HAVE TO ADMIT, I'M
REALLY NERVOUS.

THE FACT THAT A LAWYER WAS CALLED...
OF TROUBLE OR COPS SHOW UP.

JUST SOMETHING I DO NOT
NEED IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW.

WE DISCOVERED THAT
THIS IS NOT ANIMAL.

WELL, IT'S ANIMAL.

WELL, YES.

BUT... AND THIS IS A BIG BUT...
IT'S HUMAN.

- NOT ONLY IS THIS
- A HUMAN HEART, BUT IT'S SOMETHING EVEN

MORE INTERESTING THAN THAT.

THIS ROD IS PROBABLY THE
TRAJECTORY OF A BULLET.

WOW.

- WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH
- HUMAN ITEMS,

- CLEARLY YOU WANT TO BE
- ON THE UP AND UP,

- YOU KNOW, ON THE CORRECT SIDE
- OF THE LAW.

OF COURSE.

SO, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GIVE OUR
LAWYER A CALL, FIND OUT WHAT ELSE

HE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE HEART
AND TAKE IT FROM THERE.

LET'S DO IT.

SURE.

Kuby here!

- HEY, RON,
- IT'S MIKE OVER AT OBSCURA.

Mike!

- SO, WHAT'S THE VERDICT, RON?
- CAN WE BUY THE HEART?

Well this is what I've come up with...
the laws that govern

the buying and selling of human body
parts for transplant... THESE ARE

REMARKABLY SPECIFIC.

MM-HMM.

- If it was preserved correctly
- For transplant, You would be barred

from selling it, and the penalty is $50,000
in fines and five years in prison.

THERE ARE SOME INDIVIDUAL STATES
THAT BAR SALES OF CADAVERS,

THAT BAR SALES OF BODY PARTS.

BUT NEW YORK ONLY PROHIBITS THE SALE OF
HUMAN ORGANS AND TISSUES FOR TRANSPLANT.

A human heart can survive VIABLY
FOR TRANSPLANT INTO ANOTHER PERSON

four to six hours.

UH, WELL, THIS ONE HAS BEEN
IN THIS JAR A VERY LONG TIME.

I DON'T THINK IT'S
VIABLE AT ALL.

Good news.

- Go ahead.
- You're free to buy.

You're free to sell.

- BE HEALTHY.
- TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEARTS.

- EXCELLENT, RON.
- ALWAYS GLAD TO HEAR IT.

Bye-bye.

THIS WAS GREAT NEWS.

I MEAN, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME INTO
THIS SHOP WHO WOULD GIVE THEIR RIGHT ARM

FOR A HEART LIKE THIS.

AND ACCORDING TO KUBY,
THAT MIGHT BE LEGAL, TOO.

SO, THE BIG QUESTION IS,
- WHAT WERE YOU - LOOKING TO GET, MAN?

HOW ABOUT $400?

IT'S A LITTLE HIGH.

I WOULD ALMOST PRICE THIS AT
$300, AND THEN MAYBE LIKE $50

FOR THE OTHER TWO.

OOH, YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART.

IT'S KIND OF RARE.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
WE HAVE TO RESELL THE STUFF.

$375?

UM... COME ON.

$400 IS PROBABLY A
LITTLE TOO HIGH.

$350 IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

AROUND THERE.

- I THINK $350 WILL STILL
- MY BEATING HEART.

EXCELLENT.

DONE DEAL.

- THANKS GUYS.
- I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GONNA WALK
THROUGH THE DOOR AT OUR STORE.

- I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT MAKES
- THIS PLACE SO SPECIAL.

WHEN JORDY CAME IN, HE THOUGHT
HE HAD A PICKLED PIG HEART.

- THIS IS REALLY GOOD NEWS - FOR JORDY,
- AND IT'S EXCELLENT NEWS - FOR OBSCURA.

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