Most Dangerous Game (2020) s01e01 Episode Script
The Offer
1
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
RECEPTIONIST: Mr. Tynes.
He's ready for you.
♪
Dodge Tynes. Thanks for coming by.
Mr. Sellars, thanks for seeing me.
My pleasure. Call me Miles.
I wish you could call me
Dodge. What a cool name.
Please, have a seat.
My dad was a car nut. Worked the line.
Yeah, everyone's dad in
this town worked the line.
My old man welded floor pans.
When I was 14, he brought us
all the way here from Austria
looking for the American dream,
and damn it if Detroit
didn't give it to him.
[CHUCKLES]
- You're a Wings fan?
- Yeah.
Well, I got Yzerman's stick
hanging above my mantle
in my billiards room.
I used to have Gordie Howe's
jersey hanging in my closet.
Authentic? Game worn?
Oh, yeah. Had to sell it.
Yeah, well
I had a look at your medical file;
seems like money's been
tight and luck's been bad.
I'm really sorry you're
going through this, Dodge.
- [HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]
- [GROANING]
Pain comes with the territory?
Yeah. Yeah, it usually
clears up pretty quick.
[RINGING FADES]
Sorry.
Uh
Look, Miles, I think you know my story.
If I just had some cash,
I could maybe get some
treatment to buy me more time,
and, uh,
maybe see my son be born.
That's the kind of conversation
- that requires alcohol.
- [SCOFFS]
Don't know if I should in my condition.
In your condition, you should drink
whatever the hell you want.
It's the good stuff, I promise.
See?
Yeah, I'd ask where you got it,
but I don't have the money
and I'll probably be dead
- before I finished the bottle.
- Come on, kid,
don't talk like that.
Pessimism's not gonna help you
or your wife. The good news
is, you're not the first person
to come to The Tiro
Fund in a tough spot.
You think a loan's possible?
I have a building for
collateral, The Carrington.
Well, Dodge, I really want to help you,
and I think I can,
but I know The Carrington.
It's unfinished, unfunded.
I'd be the fourth lienholder in line.
I just can't loan the kind of
money we're talking about
to someone who very
likely might pass away
before he can even think
about paying me back.
Now, I know that makes
me sound like a bastard.
I promise I'm not. It's just
I lost family members to cancer.
I've seen how unforgiving it can be.
Yeah, it's okay. I get it.
So, what, you still think
you can help me somehow?
I do.
But I can't do it alone.
I need your help,
your participation.
Participation, how?
Dodge, I am what you
would call a facilitator.
I make possible the natural progression
of man's innate desire to be challenged.
Right. Well, what does
this have to do with me?
You see, I represent a very
exclusive, very wealthy
clientele who pay exorbitant
fees for a unique,
one-of-a-kind experience
in a highly intense sport
hunting.
And that's where your
participation becomes integral.
You'd want them to hunt me?
Like paintball?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
[CHUCKLES]
Like tag or something?
Like you'd hunt an animal?
The sport in its purest form.
A hunt to kill.
Fuck me, you're serious.
Now I can see in your face you
want to just run out of here,
and you're welcome to do so,
only you'd be leaving
as poor as you came.
Or you can hear me out
and help your family
in a way that was
unimaginable five minutes ago.
You hunt innocent humans?
No, we hunt desperate humans,
with no glimmer of hope.
We provide optimism, not
just to people like you.
For the most part, our
hunters have snatched
all the brass rings life can offer.
We give them a challenge.
They're not going after
paunchy 40-year-olds
with bad knees.
They battle physical specimens.
We satisfy their need to strive.
Not to mention what
you'd be doing for me.
- For you?
- I'd be helping you
and your wife and your unborn child.
You know, really helping
a family in crisis.
What I do for a living
doesn't provide much opportunity
to feel good about myself.
No, I can't imagine it does.
Listen, I'm gonna go to the cops.
To tell them what? You'd sound deranged,
and you'd be able to prove nothing.
We'll see.
You could leave your family millions.
Dodge.
How many times
since your diagnosis have you
told yourself you'd do anything
to make sure your family's
secure after you're gone?
Well, this is your chance
to "do anything".
If you want to hear more,
I'll be finishing my
drink on the balcony.
[ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC PLAYS]
♪
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING, HORNS HONKING]
In my experience, it's
best if I talk for a while
and you just listen with an open mind.
Can you do that for me, Dodge?
So here is how you'll be hunted.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
RECEPTIONIST: Mr. Tynes.
He's ready for you.
♪
Dodge Tynes. Thanks for coming by.
Mr. Sellars, thanks for seeing me.
My pleasure. Call me Miles.
I wish you could call me
Dodge. What a cool name.
Please, have a seat.
My dad was a car nut. Worked the line.
Yeah, everyone's dad in
this town worked the line.
My old man welded floor pans.
When I was 14, he brought us
all the way here from Austria
looking for the American dream,
and damn it if Detroit
didn't give it to him.
[CHUCKLES]
- You're a Wings fan?
- Yeah.
Well, I got Yzerman's stick
hanging above my mantle
in my billiards room.
I used to have Gordie Howe's
jersey hanging in my closet.
Authentic? Game worn?
Oh, yeah. Had to sell it.
Yeah, well
I had a look at your medical file;
seems like money's been
tight and luck's been bad.
I'm really sorry you're
going through this, Dodge.
- [HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]
- [GROANING]
Pain comes with the territory?
Yeah. Yeah, it usually
clears up pretty quick.
[RINGING FADES]
Sorry.
Uh
Look, Miles, I think you know my story.
If I just had some cash,
I could maybe get some
treatment to buy me more time,
and, uh,
maybe see my son be born.
That's the kind of conversation
- that requires alcohol.
- [SCOFFS]
Don't know if I should in my condition.
In your condition, you should drink
whatever the hell you want.
It's the good stuff, I promise.
See?
Yeah, I'd ask where you got it,
but I don't have the money
and I'll probably be dead
- before I finished the bottle.
- Come on, kid,
don't talk like that.
Pessimism's not gonna help you
or your wife. The good news
is, you're not the first person
to come to The Tiro
Fund in a tough spot.
You think a loan's possible?
I have a building for
collateral, The Carrington.
Well, Dodge, I really want to help you,
and I think I can,
but I know The Carrington.
It's unfinished, unfunded.
I'd be the fourth lienholder in line.
I just can't loan the kind of
money we're talking about
to someone who very
likely might pass away
before he can even think
about paying me back.
Now, I know that makes
me sound like a bastard.
I promise I'm not. It's just
I lost family members to cancer.
I've seen how unforgiving it can be.
Yeah, it's okay. I get it.
So, what, you still think
you can help me somehow?
I do.
But I can't do it alone.
I need your help,
your participation.
Participation, how?
Dodge, I am what you
would call a facilitator.
I make possible the natural progression
of man's innate desire to be challenged.
Right. Well, what does
this have to do with me?
You see, I represent a very
exclusive, very wealthy
clientele who pay exorbitant
fees for a unique,
one-of-a-kind experience
in a highly intense sport
hunting.
And that's where your
participation becomes integral.
You'd want them to hunt me?
Like paintball?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
[CHUCKLES]
Like tag or something?
Like you'd hunt an animal?
The sport in its purest form.
A hunt to kill.
Fuck me, you're serious.
Now I can see in your face you
want to just run out of here,
and you're welcome to do so,
only you'd be leaving
as poor as you came.
Or you can hear me out
and help your family
in a way that was
unimaginable five minutes ago.
You hunt innocent humans?
No, we hunt desperate humans,
with no glimmer of hope.
We provide optimism, not
just to people like you.
For the most part, our
hunters have snatched
all the brass rings life can offer.
We give them a challenge.
They're not going after
paunchy 40-year-olds
with bad knees.
They battle physical specimens.
We satisfy their need to strive.
Not to mention what
you'd be doing for me.
- For you?
- I'd be helping you
and your wife and your unborn child.
You know, really helping
a family in crisis.
What I do for a living
doesn't provide much opportunity
to feel good about myself.
No, I can't imagine it does.
Listen, I'm gonna go to the cops.
To tell them what? You'd sound deranged,
and you'd be able to prove nothing.
We'll see.
You could leave your family millions.
Dodge.
How many times
since your diagnosis have you
told yourself you'd do anything
to make sure your family's
secure after you're gone?
Well, this is your chance
to "do anything".
If you want to hear more,
I'll be finishing my
drink on the balcony.
[ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC PLAYS]
♪
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING, HORNS HONKING]
In my experience, it's
best if I talk for a while
and you just listen with an open mind.
Can you do that for me, Dodge?
So here is how you'll be hunted.