Lazarus (2025) s01e03 Episode Script
Long Way From Home
- I wonder
why is it that life always
requires us to overcome
so much grief, suffering,
and all that other crap?
Can't we just have fun and not
have to deal with any of it?
That's what was
going through my head
when first I heard about Hapna.
So, obviously, I jumped on it.
Some people said that it
cured the pain of a heartbreak.
I thought, "That's weird."
"How can a broken heart
ever be painless?"
"Isn't this too good
to be true?"
"What if I'm just being duped?"
Those thoughts did cross
my mind.
Funny
It turns out that
we were all being duped.
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[ Theme music plays ]
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[ Keyboard clacking ]
- Whoa
- There's a 100,000 Skinners?
He's all over the place.
[ Electronic whirring ]
- Wow!
Get a load of that one.
- Gross.
- Someone must be hacking
the surveillance systems
Are they replacing
all the faces with his?
- Yes and it's
being done with precision.
They've altered
the polygon masks,
as well as the thermal imaging.
- So what are you saying?
Skinner is the one
behind all this?
No way
I'm only aware of
three hackers
that can pull off a task
like this
[ Clacking continues ]
- And who are they?
- Popcorn Wizard
Doctor 909
and Mad Screamer.
Oh that last one is me.
- What?
- Seriously?
- There's a strong possibility,
one of the other two hackers
is helping Skinner out.
- Elaina, can you find them?
- I'm on it.
- The surveillance cameras
are no longer an option.
[ Cat meowing ]
But this does give us one clue.
If Skinner has undergone
plastic surgery
to change his appearance,
there would be
no need to do all of this.
Which means?
- That he's still
somewhere out there
with the same face.
- Correct.
For now,
I want Chris and Leland
to see what they can find
at Skinner's residence.
- I have a lead
I can follow up on, too.
- What lead do you have?
[ Cat grumbling ]
- His name is Claude Cline.
He was my mentor when I worked
at the Lab at my university.
In the past,
he was involved in some
research projects with Skinner.
We might be able to get
some kind of clue from him.
- Ah, man, this sucks.
Why'd I have to get paired
up with you?
- Not a fan of you either
Just do you job
and I'll do mine.
Oh, come on.
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[ Camera shutters clicking ]
[ Indistinct chatter ]
- We're from Smile Clean!
- Yeah,
and we're here to make
Mr. Skinner's home
squeaky clean!
- Huh? Haven't you guys
been watching the news?
The owner of the house
has gone missing!
- Okay, but we were told
we'd be paid up-front, so
- I don't care.
I was told not to let
anybody get inside!
- [ Grumbles ]
- All right then, sir.
- We'll just have them send
the invoice to the both of you.
- Huh?!
- Huh?!
Well, there's a cancellation fee
if you send us back
without doing our job
And just between us
it's actually
a pretty hefty amount
[ Both groan ]
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
[ Indistinct chatter ]
- This is on your heads!
You people are the ones
who prescribed me
this crap in the first place!
So do something!
- [ Groaning ]
Ah-ah-choo!
Ah!
[ Snorts]
[ Groaning ]
- Hold up.
Where's your mentor?
- They say he retired
and they don't have any
information on his whereabouts.
- Oh, yeah?
- However
there's a rumor
that he ended up on the streets.
- If that's the case, I might be
able to help you find him.
- Great
- Care to explain
why you're so good at this?
- Really? You think so?
- You're just playing dumb.
- The same could be said
about you.
- I'm not the one hiding
anything
- Okay then,
what did you do
before you ended up
on this team?
- I traveled all over
the world as a secret agent.
- Yeah, right.
Let's see here
[ Electronic beeping ]
[ Door lock disengages ]
Oh, nice.
It's opened.
- Cleaning crew!
- Pardon us!
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[ Seagulls squawking ]
- There sure is a lot of them
out here.
- So, where's this lead of yours?
- Guy's name is Jerry.
Met him in prison,
two stays ago.
Now I hear he's the leader
of this homeless community.
What? You scared or something?
- Absolutely not.
Ugh!
- [ Chuckles ]
You don't have to act
all tough in front of me.
Let's go.
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- I betcha he got busted.
- Are you serious?
- Hey, guys, do you
know anyone named Jerry?
He's supposed to be
in charge of things around here.
- Jerry?
- No clue.
- Excuse me.
Do you know a man named Jerry?
- Hey, buddy.
The guy you're talking to
can't see anything.
[ Sighs ]
- Nothing of value
to us here, huh?
- Yep.
And it's no surprise
since the FBI and cops
already swept this place.
- Gotta say, this house is
pretty unremarkable considering
it's owned by
a super famous scientist.
Know what I mean?
- Hm.
- Is that Hapna?
Doesn't look like it.
- You don't suppose
this thing could be a
cure to Hapna?
- You're joking, right?
- [ Chuckles sardonically ]
Yeah, there's no way.
- You're not one of us, are ya?
Jill's the one who runs
the show around this place.
- Jill?
- That's right.
She's right behind you.
- Oh, my gosh! Axel?!
- Huh?
- [ Chuckles ] It's been forever!
I'm so happy to see you!
Just look at you!
You haven't changed a bit!
- Thanks! And look at you!
You're a woman now, Jerry!
- Yep! I go by Jill now!
- Well, I'm digging
your new look, Jill!
- Oh, you! C'mere! Mm!
- [ Muffled groaning ]
- [ Smooching soundly ]
- Wait
[ Foghorn blows ]
- Oh, my, how many
centuries has it been?
I thought that you were back
in the slammer.
- Yeah, but then I got out again.
- Another prison break?
- Kinda.
- You never learn.
So, what brings you here?
- We're looking for a man
named Claude.
I was told he's
been seen somewhere
around this area recently.
- Listen.
I'm a transgender woman
with a record,
who's also gone
through bankruptcy.
Around here,
that's not an uncommon story.
Some folks were happy
to hear the world is ending
Even though you'll
never hear them say it out loud.
These people have circumstances
that have led them here.
So you have to understand
that it's common courtesy
not to go digging up
anybody's past.
- Well
Back when I was an
academic researcher,
a guy said to me
"There will never be
a black Einstein."
And that it was impossible
for people like us
to win a Nobel Prize
no matter how hard "we" tried.
Unfortunately,
I ended up hitting him
That man
was the dean of the university.
I was kicked out of the
academy for my actions,
but Professor Claude stood up
for me until the very end.
And to this day
I have yet to thank him.
[ Solemn music playing ]
- Show me his picture.
- What's the matter, Professor?
- Whoop his butt already.
- Hm
- Queen to Bishop.
- Huh?
Hm.
- The Professor's gonna win.
- Oh, yeah, it's over.
[ Chess piece clacks ]
Bishop to King, checkmate.
- Oh.
- He got it!
- No way!
Now I'm out 3 days worth
of food!
Goddammit!
- Is that you, Doug?
- It's been a long time
Professor.
- Yo, dude!
Wanna play a game against me?
[ Flames whooshing ]
- You must be surprised.
Seeing how I've hit
rock bottom like this.
- To be honest,
I need your help.
I'm looking for Skinner
right now.
- Ah, yes.
Things are a real mess.
- Do you happen to know
where he might be?
- Hm.
I haven't talked with that
man for years.
Little did I know,
that humanity would
one day be killed,
by the medicine he invented.
Any information would help
no matter how trivial.
- Hm.
[ Tea kettle clattering ]
[ Steam whistling ]
- Professor?
- Huh?
Right
[ Whistling stops ]
- It's gonna be one-on-one.
[ Ball thumping ]
You take the ball first.
How's 20 bucks a game sound?
Sounds good to me!
- I imagine
that Skinner was someone
who most people saw
as an honorable man.
But he was obsessed
His research blinded him
to everything around him.
Including the time of day,
and that made him a nuisance
to all the people
he worked with
It was exhausting,
and I knew I wouldn't
able to keep up
[ Ball thumping ]
So, I just cut
all ties with him.
But then as I watched him rise
to prominence,
it made me jealous.
I desperately wanted
to outdo him.
To somehow leave my mark
on the world.
And that frustration drove me
to falsify the results
of my research.
It lead
to the university firing me
and that's how I ended up here.
[ Ball clatters ]
[ Ball thumping ]
- Ugh!
[ Grunts ]
- [ Whooshes ]
[ Feet moving rapidly ]
[ Ball whooshes, clatters ]
- No way!
How's that fair?!
- Oh, right
I just remembered.
This one time we got into
a passionate discussion
about baklava
- Baklava?
Isn't that a
middle eastern pastry?
- Yes.
Skinner told us
that his Grandmother Belinda
made the best baklava
in the world.
He raved on about
how magical her recipe was,
and that no one
could ever make it the same way.
- His grandmother?
- As I remember
he mentioned she lived
somewhere in Istanbul.
But I couldn't tell you
if she's still around now.
- Thank you, Professor.
And I appreciate you
standing up for me back then.
- Huh?
[ Ball thumping ]
- Ugh!
[ Ball whooshes,
rim rattles ]
[ Ball thudding ]
No freakin' way!
[ Ball thumping ]
- So, tell me.
Do you guys go way back?
- No We just met.
- Well, as you can see
Axel is the type of guy who
can easily make himself at home.
Doesn't matter where he is,
even prison.
[ Ball thumping ]
But then,
before you know it,
he just up and vanishes.
I tell ya, that one
he's a real mystery.
- Just be careful who you try
to swindle next time.
- Damn.
Don't ever come back here!
- Let's get outta here.
You found your clue, didn't cha?
- Hm? Yeah.
- See you around, Jill!
- Come back soon, Axel!
I'll be waiting for ya,
sweetie!
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- [ Sighs ]
No ID number.
[ Keyboard clacking ]
No tax records,
and no social security.
There's nothing coming up
for Skinner's grandmother
on any database
under the name of "Belinda."
- Does she really exist?
[ Clacking continues ]
- I mean, even Skinner
has a grandmother
- Actually,
we have no data on her.
Maybe it was erased
intentionally?
- That's a possibility.
- Guys, hold on. Check this out.
- Hm?
This area is known
for its high crime rate.
No surveillance cameras
or visual data available.
- Sounds like a perfect hideout.
Skinner might be there.
- I think we might
be getting lured into a trap
- Can't deny that.
- Then we should go
and see it for ourselves, right?
- It takes about 6 hours
Take the Hyper Cube
to Istanbul
- Sounds like our only option.
[ Train car whooshes ]
[ Train rails rattling ]
[ Turkish music playing ]
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[ Indistinct chatter ]
- [ Sighs ]
We finally made it here!
- Leland, what are you wearing?
- Well, you know, I figured
it was best to blend in
since they said it's
not safe around these parts.
Do you think it's working?
- Yeah, I'm sure it is.
- Hey, hold up!
Where are you going?
- I'm gonna prance around town
for a while.
That should get their attention.
- We're dealing with targets
who mask their traces,
so I set up some float traps.
[ Electronic warbling ]
- And that's what these are?
- Yes.
They monitor all transactions
that go through the node point.
I performed a
pseudo-deconstruction
on the multiple
compression functions
of the hash algorithm.
- Uh, layman's terms, please.
- Essentially, they're decoys.
- That makes sense
[ Chattering
in native language ]
- Huh?
Ugh! Oh, hello there.
Let me just say that, um, we're
not here to cause any trouble!
- Well, Except for the fact
that we do look super sketchy.
So, in times like these
we run for it!
- Huh?! Hey, wait! Ugh!
[ Up-tempo jazzy music plays ]
- [ Grunts ]
- Ugh!
- Uh-oh.
[ Scuffling ]
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Let's go!
- Whoa!
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[ Panting ]
Aah!
[ Engine rumbling ]
- Time to jump!
- Huh?!
- [ Grunts, thuds ]
- Here is your chamomile tea.
Why, thank you.
Do you know
where the prince is at?
- [ Panting ]
- [ Breathing heavily ]
[ Roof snapping ]
Aah!
[ Glass shatters ]
[ Groaning ]
Hey
- It's the prince!
- What the?
Where'd you go now?
- Here you are, Your Highness.
- Oh, sorry,
but I'm kinda in a hurry
[ Door thuds ]
- Huh?!
[ Yelping ]
Hey, stop it!
It's not a watch!
Leave it alone!
[ Blade clinks ]
Ugh!
- Enough already
- [ Whimpering ]
- [ Thuds ]
- Aah!
- [ Groans ]
[ Gunshot ]
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- Please, no!
[ Straining ]
Listen
the only reason we came here
is to eat some
of Grandma Belinda's baklava!
- Baklava?
- Baklava?
- Belinda?
- Huh?
- Belinda?
- Belinda
- All: Oh
- Huh?
- So, how's the
Istanbul team doing?
- I haven't heard anything.
- Maybe they're dead?
[ Electronic beeping ]
- According to their vitals
on their bracelets,
we at least know they're alive.
- Well, okay then.
- But frankly,
I don't understand
why Hersch made Leland go.
Aren't we better suited
for this mission?
- Hm
He gives off grandson vibes.
[ Doorbell ringing ]
- Coming!
Yes, I know.
Just hold on a moment!
Thanks for waiting.
Are you boys the visitors who
came from out of town to see me?
- Uh, yes ma'am!
- This is for you lads.
- Yes!
[ Laughter ]
- Well, don't just stand there.
Come on in!
- I'm sorry, Miss Belinda.
We hate to drop in on you
unannounced like this
- Those boys
didn't mean any harm.
They're just misguided.
- Really?
- I hope
you can forgive them.
- No worries
I'm sorry I had to roughed
them up a little bit.
- Well, here's the baklava
you've been craving.
- Ooh!
- Ooh!
- Eat as much as you'd like.
- So sweet!
- [ Chewing soundly ]
- And tasty!
- [ Munching noisily ]
- Awesome!
- [ Chuckles ]
- Pace yourselves, boys.
- [ Coughing ]
[ Gasping ]
- Would you mind
telling me who you two are?
- Please don't share this
with anyone,
but the truth is
[ Sipping noisily ]
we're secret agents.
- Huh?
- Huh?
- Do you mean
like James Bond?
- Yeah Something like that
- Ooh!
- No! You can't say that!
- It's all right
We're all about transparency
these days.
- So do you have
a "License to Kill"?
- Of course.
- [ Choking, coughing ]
[ Metal creaking ]
- Very well, then
You must be here
to ask about my grandson.
It's been years
since I last saw him.
It's not like
I was keeping it a secret.
It's just that no one
ever bothered to ask me.
[ Electronic humming ]
- Still nothing?
- No
- They say patience is a virtue.
- You see, he tragically lost
both of his parents
when he was little.
So I stepped up to raise him
in his mother's absence.
- What was he like?
- He was a normal little boy,
and a kindhearted crybaby.
Nothing unusual there.
No matter the years
or the chaos he has caused
To me he's still just the
cute little grandson I raised.
- That's weird.
I think I've seen
this flower somewhere before.
- Ah, that's right
That is something
he brought for me.
Apparently, it's a very rare
variety of tulip
that hardly blooms.
- Do you remember the last time
you talked to Skinner?
- Let's see
about 3 years back.
Yes. That's right.
He sent me a video message.
Wait here a moment.
[ Electronic beeping ]
- They're not moving
- Not an inch
- What are they wasting time on?
- Hello, Belinda!
How have you been?
I've been pretty busy
with work lately.
I wanted to visit for Christmas
and have your baklava,
but it seems like I'm not
going to be able to make it.
Once things settle down,
I promise I'll come home.
So take good care of yourself
until then.
Bye for now.
- I gotta say, that doesn't
look like the kind of guy
who would commit the world's
worst massacre.
- A fresh batch of my baklava
is almost ready, boys!
- Great!
- Hm. It's Skinner.
- Huh?
- He's gotta be watching us
from somewhere.
He wants to make sure
that Belinda is okay.
- So do you think
he's watching us right now?
[ Slow wistful music playing ]
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What is that?
- Yo, Skinner.
You see me in there?!
[ Tapping glass ]
Remember this face!
I'm coming after you!
Your ass is mine!
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[ Electronic warbling ]
- They took the bait!
- Who? Where?
- I've figured out where
Doctor 909's hidden wallet is!
- Hidden wallet?
- Time to get wrecked.
[ The Boo Radleys'
"Lazarus" plays ]
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- I ♪
I must be
losing my mind ♪
I keep on trying
to find a way out ♪
There's no need ♪
You don't lock
the door anymore ♪
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I ♪
- Ba, ba, ba, ba ♪
- You know I
never go out ♪
- Ba, ba, ba, ba ♪
- And you know I
start to forget things ♪
It's okay they weren't
essential anyway ♪
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why is it that life always
requires us to overcome
so much grief, suffering,
and all that other crap?
Can't we just have fun and not
have to deal with any of it?
That's what was
going through my head
when first I heard about Hapna.
So, obviously, I jumped on it.
Some people said that it
cured the pain of a heartbreak.
I thought, "That's weird."
"How can a broken heart
ever be painless?"
"Isn't this too good
to be true?"
"What if I'm just being duped?"
Those thoughts did cross
my mind.
Funny
It turns out that
we were all being duped.
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[ Theme music plays ]
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[ Keyboard clacking ]
- Whoa
- There's a 100,000 Skinners?
He's all over the place.
[ Electronic whirring ]
- Wow!
Get a load of that one.
- Gross.
- Someone must be hacking
the surveillance systems
Are they replacing
all the faces with his?
- Yes and it's
being done with precision.
They've altered
the polygon masks,
as well as the thermal imaging.
- So what are you saying?
Skinner is the one
behind all this?
No way
I'm only aware of
three hackers
that can pull off a task
like this
[ Clacking continues ]
- And who are they?
- Popcorn Wizard
Doctor 909
and Mad Screamer.
Oh that last one is me.
- What?
- Seriously?
- There's a strong possibility,
one of the other two hackers
is helping Skinner out.
- Elaina, can you find them?
- I'm on it.
- The surveillance cameras
are no longer an option.
[ Cat meowing ]
But this does give us one clue.
If Skinner has undergone
plastic surgery
to change his appearance,
there would be
no need to do all of this.
Which means?
- That he's still
somewhere out there
with the same face.
- Correct.
For now,
I want Chris and Leland
to see what they can find
at Skinner's residence.
- I have a lead
I can follow up on, too.
- What lead do you have?
[ Cat grumbling ]
- His name is Claude Cline.
He was my mentor when I worked
at the Lab at my university.
In the past,
he was involved in some
research projects with Skinner.
We might be able to get
some kind of clue from him.
- Ah, man, this sucks.
Why'd I have to get paired
up with you?
- Not a fan of you either
Just do you job
and I'll do mine.
Oh, come on.
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[ Camera shutters clicking ]
[ Indistinct chatter ]
- We're from Smile Clean!
- Yeah,
and we're here to make
Mr. Skinner's home
squeaky clean!
- Huh? Haven't you guys
been watching the news?
The owner of the house
has gone missing!
- Okay, but we were told
we'd be paid up-front, so
- I don't care.
I was told not to let
anybody get inside!
- [ Grumbles ]
- All right then, sir.
- We'll just have them send
the invoice to the both of you.
- Huh?!
- Huh?!
Well, there's a cancellation fee
if you send us back
without doing our job
And just between us
it's actually
a pretty hefty amount
[ Both groan ]
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
[ Indistinct chatter ]
- This is on your heads!
You people are the ones
who prescribed me
this crap in the first place!
So do something!
- [ Groaning ]
Ah-ah-choo!
Ah!
[ Snorts]
[ Groaning ]
- Hold up.
Where's your mentor?
- They say he retired
and they don't have any
information on his whereabouts.
- Oh, yeah?
- However
there's a rumor
that he ended up on the streets.
- If that's the case, I might be
able to help you find him.
- Great
- Care to explain
why you're so good at this?
- Really? You think so?
- You're just playing dumb.
- The same could be said
about you.
- I'm not the one hiding
anything
- Okay then,
what did you do
before you ended up
on this team?
- I traveled all over
the world as a secret agent.
- Yeah, right.
Let's see here
[ Electronic beeping ]
[ Door lock disengages ]
Oh, nice.
It's opened.
- Cleaning crew!
- Pardon us!
♪
[ Seagulls squawking ]
- There sure is a lot of them
out here.
- So, where's this lead of yours?
- Guy's name is Jerry.
Met him in prison,
two stays ago.
Now I hear he's the leader
of this homeless community.
What? You scared or something?
- Absolutely not.
Ugh!
- [ Chuckles ]
You don't have to act
all tough in front of me.
Let's go.
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- I betcha he got busted.
- Are you serious?
- Hey, guys, do you
know anyone named Jerry?
He's supposed to be
in charge of things around here.
- Jerry?
- No clue.
- Excuse me.
Do you know a man named Jerry?
- Hey, buddy.
The guy you're talking to
can't see anything.
[ Sighs ]
- Nothing of value
to us here, huh?
- Yep.
And it's no surprise
since the FBI and cops
already swept this place.
- Gotta say, this house is
pretty unremarkable considering
it's owned by
a super famous scientist.
Know what I mean?
- Hm.
- Is that Hapna?
Doesn't look like it.
- You don't suppose
this thing could be a
cure to Hapna?
- You're joking, right?
- [ Chuckles sardonically ]
Yeah, there's no way.
- You're not one of us, are ya?
Jill's the one who runs
the show around this place.
- Jill?
- That's right.
She's right behind you.
- Oh, my gosh! Axel?!
- Huh?
- [ Chuckles ] It's been forever!
I'm so happy to see you!
Just look at you!
You haven't changed a bit!
- Thanks! And look at you!
You're a woman now, Jerry!
- Yep! I go by Jill now!
- Well, I'm digging
your new look, Jill!
- Oh, you! C'mere! Mm!
- [ Muffled groaning ]
- [ Smooching soundly ]
- Wait
[ Foghorn blows ]
- Oh, my, how many
centuries has it been?
I thought that you were back
in the slammer.
- Yeah, but then I got out again.
- Another prison break?
- Kinda.
- You never learn.
So, what brings you here?
- We're looking for a man
named Claude.
I was told he's
been seen somewhere
around this area recently.
- Listen.
I'm a transgender woman
with a record,
who's also gone
through bankruptcy.
Around here,
that's not an uncommon story.
Some folks were happy
to hear the world is ending
Even though you'll
never hear them say it out loud.
These people have circumstances
that have led them here.
So you have to understand
that it's common courtesy
not to go digging up
anybody's past.
- Well
Back when I was an
academic researcher,
a guy said to me
"There will never be
a black Einstein."
And that it was impossible
for people like us
to win a Nobel Prize
no matter how hard "we" tried.
Unfortunately,
I ended up hitting him
That man
was the dean of the university.
I was kicked out of the
academy for my actions,
but Professor Claude stood up
for me until the very end.
And to this day
I have yet to thank him.
[ Solemn music playing ]
- Show me his picture.
- What's the matter, Professor?
- Whoop his butt already.
- Hm
- Queen to Bishop.
- Huh?
Hm.
- The Professor's gonna win.
- Oh, yeah, it's over.
[ Chess piece clacks ]
Bishop to King, checkmate.
- Oh.
- He got it!
- No way!
Now I'm out 3 days worth
of food!
Goddammit!
- Is that you, Doug?
- It's been a long time
Professor.
- Yo, dude!
Wanna play a game against me?
[ Flames whooshing ]
- You must be surprised.
Seeing how I've hit
rock bottom like this.
- To be honest,
I need your help.
I'm looking for Skinner
right now.
- Ah, yes.
Things are a real mess.
- Do you happen to know
where he might be?
- Hm.
I haven't talked with that
man for years.
Little did I know,
that humanity would
one day be killed,
by the medicine he invented.
Any information would help
no matter how trivial.
- Hm.
[ Tea kettle clattering ]
[ Steam whistling ]
- Professor?
- Huh?
Right
[ Whistling stops ]
- It's gonna be one-on-one.
[ Ball thumping ]
You take the ball first.
How's 20 bucks a game sound?
Sounds good to me!
- I imagine
that Skinner was someone
who most people saw
as an honorable man.
But he was obsessed
His research blinded him
to everything around him.
Including the time of day,
and that made him a nuisance
to all the people
he worked with
It was exhausting,
and I knew I wouldn't
able to keep up
[ Ball thumping ]
So, I just cut
all ties with him.
But then as I watched him rise
to prominence,
it made me jealous.
I desperately wanted
to outdo him.
To somehow leave my mark
on the world.
And that frustration drove me
to falsify the results
of my research.
It lead
to the university firing me
and that's how I ended up here.
[ Ball clatters ]
[ Ball thumping ]
- Ugh!
[ Grunts ]
- [ Whooshes ]
[ Feet moving rapidly ]
[ Ball whooshes, clatters ]
- No way!
How's that fair?!
- Oh, right
I just remembered.
This one time we got into
a passionate discussion
about baklava
- Baklava?
Isn't that a
middle eastern pastry?
- Yes.
Skinner told us
that his Grandmother Belinda
made the best baklava
in the world.
He raved on about
how magical her recipe was,
and that no one
could ever make it the same way.
- His grandmother?
- As I remember
he mentioned she lived
somewhere in Istanbul.
But I couldn't tell you
if she's still around now.
- Thank you, Professor.
And I appreciate you
standing up for me back then.
- Huh?
[ Ball thumping ]
- Ugh!
[ Ball whooshes,
rim rattles ]
[ Ball thudding ]
No freakin' way!
[ Ball thumping ]
- So, tell me.
Do you guys go way back?
- No We just met.
- Well, as you can see
Axel is the type of guy who
can easily make himself at home.
Doesn't matter where he is,
even prison.
[ Ball thumping ]
But then,
before you know it,
he just up and vanishes.
I tell ya, that one
he's a real mystery.
- Just be careful who you try
to swindle next time.
- Damn.
Don't ever come back here!
- Let's get outta here.
You found your clue, didn't cha?
- Hm? Yeah.
- See you around, Jill!
- Come back soon, Axel!
I'll be waiting for ya,
sweetie!
♪
♪
- [ Sighs ]
No ID number.
[ Keyboard clacking ]
No tax records,
and no social security.
There's nothing coming up
for Skinner's grandmother
on any database
under the name of "Belinda."
- Does she really exist?
[ Clacking continues ]
- I mean, even Skinner
has a grandmother
- Actually,
we have no data on her.
Maybe it was erased
intentionally?
- That's a possibility.
- Guys, hold on. Check this out.
- Hm?
This area is known
for its high crime rate.
No surveillance cameras
or visual data available.
- Sounds like a perfect hideout.
Skinner might be there.
- I think we might
be getting lured into a trap
- Can't deny that.
- Then we should go
and see it for ourselves, right?
- It takes about 6 hours
Take the Hyper Cube
to Istanbul
- Sounds like our only option.
[ Train car whooshes ]
[ Train rails rattling ]
[ Turkish music playing ]
♪
[ Indistinct chatter ]
- [ Sighs ]
We finally made it here!
- Leland, what are you wearing?
- Well, you know, I figured
it was best to blend in
since they said it's
not safe around these parts.
Do you think it's working?
- Yeah, I'm sure it is.
- Hey, hold up!
Where are you going?
- I'm gonna prance around town
for a while.
That should get their attention.
- We're dealing with targets
who mask their traces,
so I set up some float traps.
[ Electronic warbling ]
- And that's what these are?
- Yes.
They monitor all transactions
that go through the node point.
I performed a
pseudo-deconstruction
on the multiple
compression functions
of the hash algorithm.
- Uh, layman's terms, please.
- Essentially, they're decoys.
- That makes sense
[ Chattering
in native language ]
- Huh?
Ugh! Oh, hello there.
Let me just say that, um, we're
not here to cause any trouble!
- Well, Except for the fact
that we do look super sketchy.
So, in times like these
we run for it!
- Huh?! Hey, wait! Ugh!
[ Up-tempo jazzy music plays ]
- [ Grunts ]
- Ugh!
- Uh-oh.
[ Scuffling ]
♪
Let's go!
- Whoa!
♪
[ Panting ]
Aah!
[ Engine rumbling ]
- Time to jump!
- Huh?!
- [ Grunts, thuds ]
- Here is your chamomile tea.
Why, thank you.
Do you know
where the prince is at?
- [ Panting ]
- [ Breathing heavily ]
[ Roof snapping ]
Aah!
[ Glass shatters ]
[ Groaning ]
Hey
- It's the prince!
- What the?
Where'd you go now?
- Here you are, Your Highness.
- Oh, sorry,
but I'm kinda in a hurry
[ Door thuds ]
- Huh?!
[ Yelping ]
Hey, stop it!
It's not a watch!
Leave it alone!
[ Blade clinks ]
Ugh!
- Enough already
- [ Whimpering ]
- [ Thuds ]
- Aah!
- [ Groans ]
[ Gunshot ]
♪
- Please, no!
[ Straining ]
Listen
the only reason we came here
is to eat some
of Grandma Belinda's baklava!
- Baklava?
- Baklava?
- Belinda?
- Huh?
- Belinda?
- Belinda
- All: Oh
- Huh?
- So, how's the
Istanbul team doing?
- I haven't heard anything.
- Maybe they're dead?
[ Electronic beeping ]
- According to their vitals
on their bracelets,
we at least know they're alive.
- Well, okay then.
- But frankly,
I don't understand
why Hersch made Leland go.
Aren't we better suited
for this mission?
- Hm
He gives off grandson vibes.
[ Doorbell ringing ]
- Coming!
Yes, I know.
Just hold on a moment!
Thanks for waiting.
Are you boys the visitors who
came from out of town to see me?
- Uh, yes ma'am!
- This is for you lads.
- Yes!
[ Laughter ]
- Well, don't just stand there.
Come on in!
- I'm sorry, Miss Belinda.
We hate to drop in on you
unannounced like this
- Those boys
didn't mean any harm.
They're just misguided.
- Really?
- I hope
you can forgive them.
- No worries
I'm sorry I had to roughed
them up a little bit.
- Well, here's the baklava
you've been craving.
- Ooh!
- Ooh!
- Eat as much as you'd like.
- So sweet!
- [ Chewing soundly ]
- And tasty!
- [ Munching noisily ]
- Awesome!
- [ Chuckles ]
- Pace yourselves, boys.
- [ Coughing ]
[ Gasping ]
- Would you mind
telling me who you two are?
- Please don't share this
with anyone,
but the truth is
[ Sipping noisily ]
we're secret agents.
- Huh?
- Huh?
- Do you mean
like James Bond?
- Yeah Something like that
- Ooh!
- No! You can't say that!
- It's all right
We're all about transparency
these days.
- So do you have
a "License to Kill"?
- Of course.
- [ Choking, coughing ]
[ Metal creaking ]
- Very well, then
You must be here
to ask about my grandson.
It's been years
since I last saw him.
It's not like
I was keeping it a secret.
It's just that no one
ever bothered to ask me.
[ Electronic humming ]
- Still nothing?
- No
- They say patience is a virtue.
- You see, he tragically lost
both of his parents
when he was little.
So I stepped up to raise him
in his mother's absence.
- What was he like?
- He was a normal little boy,
and a kindhearted crybaby.
Nothing unusual there.
No matter the years
or the chaos he has caused
To me he's still just the
cute little grandson I raised.
- That's weird.
I think I've seen
this flower somewhere before.
- Ah, that's right
That is something
he brought for me.
Apparently, it's a very rare
variety of tulip
that hardly blooms.
- Do you remember the last time
you talked to Skinner?
- Let's see
about 3 years back.
Yes. That's right.
He sent me a video message.
Wait here a moment.
[ Electronic beeping ]
- They're not moving
- Not an inch
- What are they wasting time on?
- Hello, Belinda!
How have you been?
I've been pretty busy
with work lately.
I wanted to visit for Christmas
and have your baklava,
but it seems like I'm not
going to be able to make it.
Once things settle down,
I promise I'll come home.
So take good care of yourself
until then.
Bye for now.
- I gotta say, that doesn't
look like the kind of guy
who would commit the world's
worst massacre.
- A fresh batch of my baklava
is almost ready, boys!
- Great!
- Hm. It's Skinner.
- Huh?
- He's gotta be watching us
from somewhere.
He wants to make sure
that Belinda is okay.
- So do you think
he's watching us right now?
[ Slow wistful music playing ]
♪
What is that?
- Yo, Skinner.
You see me in there?!
[ Tapping glass ]
Remember this face!
I'm coming after you!
Your ass is mine!
♪
[ Electronic warbling ]
- They took the bait!
- Who? Where?
- I've figured out where
Doctor 909's hidden wallet is!
- Hidden wallet?
- Time to get wrecked.
[ The Boo Radleys'
"Lazarus" plays ]
♪
♪
- I ♪
I must be
losing my mind ♪
I keep on trying
to find a way out ♪
There's no need ♪
You don't lock
the door anymore ♪
♪
I ♪
- Ba, ba, ba, ba ♪
- You know I
never go out ♪
- Ba, ba, ba, ba ♪
- And you know I
start to forget things ♪
It's okay they weren't
essential anyway ♪
♪
♪
♪