[♪ musical swirl ♪]
[birds singing]
[wind blowing softly]
[water lapping] [birds singing]
[water and wildlife]
KEVIN: This is not my world.
[rumble]
[splashing]
KEVIN: I’ve never been to this lake before,
[heavy breathing] [splashing]
KEVIN: never walked its shores.
[splashing and grunting]
[wildlife sounds]
[heavy breathing]
KEVIN: This is not my world,
but I will find my way home.
[footsteps]
And I will find my way back to her.
[beeps and shift]
[bass tone]
[TV static]
[clicking through channels]
[scanning channels]
NEWSCASTER:...Wall Street is in shock today
as a liquidity crisis sees Bear Stearns’ balance sheet
reduced by 16.1 Billion dollars in less than three days,
crushing investor confidence.
Stocks tumbled, and the once stable housing market
has taken an unbelievable turn for the worse,
resulting in the collapse of Bear Stearns
and the firing of all its employees.
Shocked ex-employees say they’re ”dumbfounded“ by this
turn of events, citing the three year housing...
[coin spin]
BARTENDER: Here you go, boss.
[news continues in background]
[dramatic music]
KEVIN: When we first met,
I had lost almost everything.
and I was about to throw away what was left.
[music continues]
MOLLY: Well, there's the saddest, most pathetic man
I've ever seen.
I'm sorry. What?
You just look so sad sitting here like this.
KEVIN: I'm in a hotel bar. How--how am I supposed to look?
MOLLY: No, no, no. It's fine. I happen to like sad men, so.
KEVIN: - Oh, really? MOLLY: - Yeah.
KEVIN: Okay, well, you see, that's pathetic.
[laughter coming from a table]
Your flirting game leaves a lot to be desired, my friend.
Flirting, is that--is that what we're doing?
Because you--you know, you came up to me.
Only because they dared me to.
MOLLY: They just... they forced me to.
What...what was the dare?
MOLLY: To talk to you, find out what your deal is,
and get you interested so you asked me out.
KEVIN: Okay.
MOLLY: It's actually quite a dangerous dare
now that I think about it.
KEVIN: How so?
- You could be a serial killer. KEVIN: - Oh!
Trapping women with your sad, lonely, tortured soul act.
KEVIN: Wow. May I buy you a drink?
MOLLY: Oh, no.
Actually, you know what?
Have you met my friend, Sharon?
She would have a drink from you.
She's a lush.
SHARON:- So are you!
[Sharon laughs]
MOLLY: Trying not to be... KEVIN: - Really?
MOLLY: - ...these days, yeah
[music]
KEVIN: Same, actually.
So.
KEVIN: So, what am I a serial killer?
MOLLY: Yeah. What's your deal?
Yeah, that right there.
KEVIN: That's me.
Ouch.
Yeah, some people think I'm worse than a serial killer.
Ooh. Fair, though.
KEVIN: Kevin.
MOLLY: Kevin? Molly. Hi.
I didn't come over here honestly expecting a date.
But, you know, I feel like that's where this is going.
Maybe.
I do find you attractive, oddly enough.
Oh, gee, thanks.
Okay, so the idea is what we, ah...
MOLLY: We go on a date and we have some fun,
Hopefully.
MOLLY: Okay, I can get behind that. Fifth date...
KEVIN: Whoa. Hold on, fifth date already?
MOLLY: Try to keep up. Fifth date...
MOLLY: We are really a part of each other's lives now, right?
MOLLY: So it's a real thing, right?
MOLLY: You're introducing me to your friends.
MOLLY: We're shopping for dinner in, together.
MOLLY: I'm taking you to my church.
But do you even like church? Do you even go?
KEVIN: I mean, when I was a kid.
KEVIN: But I guess I could... go back?
MOLLY: You're sweet.
Sounds like a huge commitment.
MOLLY: Yeah, the biggest. Does that scare you?
KEVIN: Yes.
Me too.
And that's what I'm trying to tell my friends.
Is that having someone else in your life is so much,
and I already have enough going on in my life.
And then there's the bad thing that happens
KEVIN: Now wait, hold on, time out.
What's--what's the bad thing?
I have no idea, but it'll happen.
MOLLY: Life will happen and we'll be tested.
MOLLY: It's inevitable.
And when two people come together,
KEVIN: They just have that much more to lose.
MOLLY: Exactly. KEVIN: - Right
Can we weather a storm together, Kevin?
You know,
if you asked me this a few hours ago,
I would've said, no. No way.
KEVIN: But the worst thing,
literally, the worst thing that's ever happened to me,
just happened to me.
KEVIN: And now I'm sitting here,
KEVIN: and I'm talking to you,
KEVIN: and it, it doesn't seem so bad anymore.
MOLLY: Here's the thing, Kevin.
MOLLY: I actually really am busy.
MOLLY: I am busy and...um.
I don't have time for all that.
Especially with a sad, fired,
hedge fund bro with a drinking problem:
KEVIN: Yeah, no, it's the worst.
MOLLY: So thank you for being a good listener,
Uh...
but I-I think you can see this is a bad idea.
KEVIN:There's this place...
it's like right down the street.
And you're not allowed to fall for anybody there.
KEVIN: They have this weird rule.
KEVIN: Seriously, it's like,
KEVIN: it's a tea house.
Do you like tea?
I would love some tea.
[keys crash]
[office noises] [mouse clicks]
[backround conversations]
[folder slaps wall]
KEVIN: Brendan...
BRENDAN: Where were ya?
Ah?
BRENDAN: Safety training meeting.
BRENDAN: This morning...
BRENDAN: I brought donuts.
KEVIN: I missed the donuts?
That's, that's too bad.
My office...
BRENDAN: now!
[folder lands and door opens]
BRENDAN: Guys like you...
BRENDAN: are why my parents lost their house.
But, it's like
my yoga instructor always says: "We all get what we deserve."
Yeah? But it doesn't mean that we can't...
[metal clacking]
[door open]
BRENDAN: You know what?
[door shuts]
BRENDAN: Why don't you take the rest of the day off?
[car horns]
BRENDAN: And then, bright and early tomorrow morning,
you and I will have a good talk about your future here.
Hey, honey,
MOLLY: Where are you?
KEVIN: Um, I'm in the car.
KEVIN: I'm stuck in traffic.
MOLLY: It's early, what's wrong?
KEVIN: Hey, listen, about this morning.
KEVIN: I'm sorry,
KEVIN: I just miss him so much.
MOLLY: I'm not home. I'm not sure when I'll be back.
MOLLY: Did you pay the bills yet?
KEVIN: When am I supposed to pay those?
KEVIN: I'm at work all morning
KEVIN: and now I'm in the car...
[car crash]
MAN: -Hey, you're okay.
[background conversations]
MAN: Right here.
[faint emergancy sirens]
MAN: Can you hear me?
MAN: Hey. Hey!
MAN: There we go. Welcome back.
MAN: You okay?
MAN: You alright?
KEVIN: Yeah, I'm okay, I guess. Yeah.
MAN: Here.
MAN: Hey, drink this.
Come on.
MAN: You got a nasty gash right there.
MAN: I had a kit, so I bandaged it up for you.
You seem okay otherwise.
KEVIN: Thank you. MAN: - You remember your name?
Yeah. Kevin. Garner.
MAN: Good, Nice to finally meet you, Kevin.
I'm the Benefactor.
[high pitch ring]
My ears are ringing; I can't hear you.
BENEFACTOR: The Benefactor.
I don't understand.
Is that a joke?
N-no, I wouldn't do that.
Look at you.
I wouldn't joke at a time like this.
KEVIN: I appreciate your help, man.
I've gotta...
I gotta...
BENEFACTOR: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
BENEFACTOR: Hey, hey, hey. Stay with me.
BENEFACTOR: Keep talking, Keep talking.
BENEFACTOR: I'm here to help you.
BENEFACTOR: You okay?
Yeah,
I'm fine.
Good.
I want to talk to you about business.
What business?
BENEFACTOR:- I want to offer you a job.
I have a job.
BENEFACTOR: Well, not for long.
I appreciate your help.
I'm gonna go find my car.
BENEFACTOR: All right. Oh--easy!
I'll walk with you. C'mon.
[music]
[footsteps]
KEVIN: Where is everyone?
[thunder] [music]
KEVIN: Where's my car?
Where's the accident?
What happened?
BENEFACTOR:-Nothing happened.
There was no accident here.
What do you mean there was no accident?
What day is it? How long was I out?
Just a little while.
Check your phone.
I'm calling my wife.
That won't work.
KEVIN: Well, I'm going to call the police.
BENEFACTOR: Police.
Well they won't help.
[music]
Who are you, man?
The police. Seriously?
BENEFACTOR: That's very funny, that is...
Who are you laughing at? Are you laughing at me?
No, no, I'm sorry. It's just not your usual go-to.
This isn't the first time we've done this.
KEVIN: You are certifiable.
I have never seen you in my entire life.
BENEFACTOR: No, of course you haven't.
Who are you!? Huh?
Who are you
and where did everybody go!?
They didn't go anywhere.
You did.
Are you sure you are
where you think you are?
I'm hungry.
Let's get some dinner.
I'm buying.
[music in restaurant starts to play]
[background conversations]
[door opens]
Mark, how is little Josh doing?
BENEFACTOR: Like we talked about.
Kevin.
Who am I?
[dramatic tone]
TINA: Two?
Tina. Thank you.
Right this way.
After you.
[intense tones play over music]
Sit, please.
Who am I?
Fine. You're the Benefactor.
No. I mean, I'm called many names.
Most of them not as nice as that one.
Who am I, really?
TINA: Wha...what can I get for you?
The usual, Tina.
Steak and eggs, with a tall glass of milk.
That's right. Kevin?
I just want a water, please.
BENEFACTOR: Oh, come on. Kevin will have a beer.
Okay.
[backround coughing]
I think the truth is that you're a liar.
[intense tones continue.]
KEVIN: I think your goal...
is misery.
BENEFACTOR: Wow, that's straight out of Sunday school.
BENEFACTOR: You're religious, then.
That's different.
BENEFACTOR: None of the rest of you were.
[intense tones continue.]
Why don't we talk about your marriage?
What about-- what about my marriage?
You know the number one reason for broken marriages?
Can you guess?
BENEFACTOR: Lack of communication. Misunderstanding.
BENEFACTOR: Misunderstandings are the reason
for conflict in this world. Wars are fought over it.
BENEFACTOR: Entire lucrative professions
are built around fixing it.
Once the communication breaks down...
chaos.
Oh, wow.
So prompt.
Thank you very much.
TINA: Steak and eggs, with a tall glass of milk, and...
one beer.
TINA: Is there anything else I can get for you?
No, come on, join us.
Stay. There's plenty of food here. Join us.
TINA: Oh, no. I really...
Stay. - [intense tone plays]
BENEFACTOR: Eat.
[intense tones continue.]
It's good, isn't it?
BENEFACTOR: This morning you had a fight with your wife
about paying some bills.
Did you promise to pay some bills?
No, I didn't. I don't think I did.
Exactly.
BENEFACTOR: Two people see a car accident,
but their accounts differ wildly. Why?
It's because we see each thing from our own perspective,
our own bias.
Wrong.
They both see two different accidents.
They're both telling the truth, but they'll never agree.
Wait... what?
BENEFACTOR: For every choice you make,
there are countless other realities,
where you make a different choice.
Choice breeds infinite possibilities.
Choice breeds realities.
There isn't anything that you can imagine
that doesn't exist...
BENEFACTOR: somewhere, somewhen.
Imagined having the power to move people
from one reality to the next.
BENEFACTOR: To swap a person out with their doppelganger
BENEFACTOR: from another earth, to shift them.
That's what I do.
KEVIN: Are you telling me that
I never talked to Molly about paying the bills?
No. No, you didn't.
I shifted her.
BENEFACTOR: I replaced her
with a version of your wife whose husband
did actually promise to pay the bills. - Why?
One tiny little difference.
Chaos. - [base tone]
Where's my wife?
BENEFACTOR: Oh, I shifted her.
BENEFACTOR: Well, the first time I shifted her,
was when you gave her that ridiculous pendant.
KEVIN: No, wait.
No. No, no, no. She threw that away.
BENEFACTOR: Not the original Molly.
KEVIN: You know what? I don't believe you.
Prove it. - Prove it?
Prove it. Shift somebody. - Um...
Who would you like me to shift?
KEVIN: I don't--I don't care.
I don't care.
Her, shift her.
You want me to shift Tina?
Are you sure?
Prove it.
[shuddered breaths from Tina]
Wait. - [shift]
[chair falls]
Where did she go?
BENEFACTOR: Somewhere else.
I would have swapped her with another Tina,
but you wouldn't have noticed.
BENEFACTOR: She's in a world where her parents never met
BENEFACTOR: or fell in love.
Where there is no Tina.
You see, small deviations work best.
But this was a big shift.
And big shifts take people out of the game
and into psych wards. It...
makes me sad.
[Tina's mother crying]
BENEFACTOR: Oh, no, no, no, no.
Don't be broken by that.
They have lots of daughters, or they did.
Maybe it's time to find a new cafe.
What do you want with me?
I can't do this all by myself.
It's a big job.
Big job.
In every other world I have Shifters
BENEFACTOR: in strategic positions
BENEFACTOR: to do the work I would do if I were there.
What work?
You know,
the fun stuff.
KEVIN: What, murdering people? What is this?
BENEFACTOR: No, no, no.
That's not me.
You're a halfway decent guy. Sit.
But, it's the other half that I'm...
particularly fond of.
BENEFACTOR: All the other Kevins have made this choice,
BENEFACTOR: and so will you.
No, that's not me. You don't know that.
I can make you a captain of industry.
BENEFACTOR: A King.
BENEFACTOR: I have a thousand versions of you in a thousand
different worlds, all working for me.
Not being hampered by a combative spouse
BENEFACTOR: or some idiot supervisor on a power trip.
BENEFACTOR: I can give you a Molly who is exactly
what you want,
who will do anything you want,
be whoever you want,
as a reward for working as one of my Shifters.
Come on,
let me lift you out of that embarrassing farce
you call a life and give you something glorious.
BENEFACTOR: Just say the word.
Heavenly Father,
it has been a long time since I've come to you.
Are you praying?
I'm sorry, but I need your help.
Well, that's a first.
I'm in trouble, and I can't do this alone.
Amazing. I love it. I love it. I love this. I really--
He's still praying.
Do you honestly think that He will help you
after what you just did?
You are tainted goods.
You're not even worth His effort anymore.
Even if He did help you do you think I will ever leave
you alone? Ever?
There is nothing that I won't do to you.
BENEFACTOR: No temptation, no low that you won't sink to.
BENEFACTOR: I know you, Kevin. And you are nothing.
Nothing. I am greater than Him.
I am certainly greater than you.
KEVIN:--Jesus Christ. Amen. - [portal sound and silence]
[restaurant music plays]
KEVIN: I don't really know if I thought that would work,
or if I just didn't know what else to do.
KEVIN: But it did work.
KEVIN: And now...
I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry.
KEVIN: And now I knew I would never be the same.
I'm so sorry.
KEVIN: That nothing would be.
[thunder and rain start]
[announcement on PA system runs]
KEVIN: Ever again.
[intense music]
[morning alarm sounds]
[click alarm off and coughs]
KEVIN: This is not my world.
[inaudibly Kevin prays]
Five years I've been here now.
Left in this dark place.
The people here,
almost destroyed everything with war and hate.
Then, the Shifters showed up.
They worked in secret,
using their deviators to exile politicians,
pastors, soldiers--anyone deemed "problematic."
Billions of people, gone.
Peace, restored.
And then, he arrived.
The leaders that were left gave him control.
And he made the world over in his image.
No hope.
No faith.
Here, he rules. And it's here
the Benefactor chooses to recruit
the many Kevin Garners
of many different worlds.
Until I came along.
It has now been nearly five years
since the unlawful prayer at the Korban Family Restaurant,
the last public appearance
of the Benefactor,
and the disappearance of the Kevin Who Refused.
Viewers might recall that the Korban
was used a record seven times for the stagings.
In other news, multi-phase viewing technology
sees widespread adoption
as more than half
of all the city's multiplexes have now been converted
into Vica-Viewer Theaters,
providing entertainment, relaxation
and enlightenment for a much greater portion
of the population.
How many times have you viewed?
I--a few, I guess. -A few? Be honest.
Okay. I am a big fan of the Vica-Viewer.
-Yes, you are.
So, yes, more than a few. -Yes.
Lancer forces under the direction of Mayor
Navarro are now executing morning clear outs to help.
KEVIN: People say the secret Shifters have left.
...have continued to raise concerns that
drastic steps will be taken
if the rule of the Benefactor is not respected.
They say that,
but I'm not so sure.
KEVIN: No one knows who they are.
They can move themselves and others between worlds.
If I can get my hands on one of their deviators,
I just might find a way back.
Back to my Molly.
[music]
KEVIN: Lunch time.
KEVIN: Hey.
GABRIEL: Thank you, Kevin.
Shh. Don't call me that.
GABRIEL: Sorry. -Call me Daniel.
GABRIEL: What happened the first time we met?
The Kevin Who Refused?
You know, your voice carries.
Who did I tell? No one.
I can't be the first person to tell you that.
GABRIEL: I know how to keep a secret.
Yeah, a secret that you spin out to the entire room.
Hey, these pages? They're giving hope back to South End.
Now, I don't really go in for it,
but they inspire a lot of people, you know?
Yeah.
KEVIN: Have they given you any new intel
to help me get off this world?
GABRIEL: One lady did say she saw a deviator on a guy's arm.
KEVIN: - Shifters.
Look, I don't think they're just gonna shift
you back to your wife because you ask nice.
Then I'm not gonna ask nice.
You find me a Shifter, I'll find a way.
GABRIEL: That is a terrible plan. Terrible.
Engle! Asada! Lunch time is over.
Sorry, boss.
GIRLS: Dad, is this our room? -Is this our room?
Is it gonna have a bed? Is it gonna have a bed?
-Come on! Come on, dad. Hurry up!
What is taking so long? Mom, are we gonna have a bed?
-Come on, dad! Hurry up!
[door opens]
[coins drop]
Gracias!
KEVIN: The people here
have nowhere to turn.
Nothing to live for.
Only dreams of a life they never lived.
Another world they've never known.
It's all they look forward to.
Thank you.
I try to do what I can.
Try to help with whatever I have.
Thank you.
ANNOUNCEMENT: All suspicious activity must be reported to
the nearest Lancer precinct.
KEVIN: I search for signs.
Glimmers in the darkness.
MOLLY: Well, there's the saddest,
most pathetic man I've ever seen.
Scripture is illegal.
I write what I remember.
What she brought back into my life.
Lots of heavy lifting today.
Teachings and words largely forgotten.
Only whispered here.
Thanks, Kevin.
I'm sorry.
MOLLY: Your flirting game leaves a lot to be desired, my friend.
KEVIN: Flirting. Is that--is that what we're doing?
This little light of mine... I'm gonna let it shine...
This little light of mine...
Ready.
nourish our bodies so they will be strong and be able to...
thank you
...loving wife...
-It was you! What?
He did it!
What are you waking me up for?
-It's Saturday. Anything you want.
Molly! MOLLY!
Oh. Ah...
You need rest, Daniel.
Not work. -I need food. Please.
Hey.
What do you think they need?
Please.
You ain't special.
Oh! You got it.
Well, I got something for you.
KEVIN: What?
GABRIEL:-Well, the word is there's a guy.
GABRIEL: He's a new guy. Kind of keeps to himself.
GABRIEL: And he passes through now and then.
GABRIEL: Nobody new goes to South End.
You see what I'm saying?
GABRIEL: How are you holding up? You don't look good.
I'm fine.
GABRIEL: Who you are, what you did.
You think you'd be getting a little more support from...
I'm fine.
I got a good friend.
I'm having a delicious sandwich.
What do you think you're doing wrong?
Wrong?
If I would've...taken out the Benefactor like you did...
Hey, I didn't do that. It was Him.
You're so sick, you can't work.
You're still looking for that wife of yours.
If I was you, I'd be thinking to myself
maybe I did something to tick Him off.
I don't know.
Maybe He was never even there in the first place.
Maybe it was some kind of a trick.
KEVIN: Hey Gabriel,
do you ever read these pages that I give you?
Does the mailman read the mail?
KEVIN: Maybe you should some time.
He puts his people to the test.
If that's what you think it is.
KEVIN: He requires patience.
Patience.
You've been here for five years.
How much more patience you got?
Gabriel, what do you believe in?
Me?
KEVIN: Yeah.
KEVIN: What keeps you going?
I don't know. I believe in myself.
I guess I believe in a higher power.
GABRIEL: But I'm not really sure.
GABRIEL: I don't know.
[grunting]
GABRIEL: You oughta' do something
nice for yourself, y'know?
GABRIEL: You ever view anymore?
KEVIN: No.
GABRIEL: Why not?
KEVIN: I don't like what I see.
GABRIEL: Well you ought to go back there and try.
You never know.
GABRIEL: Life is hard enough,
without having to live in it all the time.
RUSSO: Amelia!
[door squeaks]
Girly girl, Amelia!
RUSSO: Stupid furball.
KEVIN: Hey, Russo.
Are you still looking for that cat?
RUSSO: Long time, man.
Yeah.
What's it look like, anyway?
A cat.
Yeah, all right.
You're in luck. I had a cancellation. Come on.
[door squeaks]
RUSSO: Yeah, well, actually, things have changed a bit.
Used to be people just wanted to see themselves happy,
you know.
Live vicariously, forget their crap life and this
garbage reality in favor their high life in another.
The way it's intended, right? Good old fashioned,
wholesome pacification.
Yeah, well, now more... No.
What people want to see now?
The dark stuff.
Yeah, the kind of stuff you used to get.
They ask to see their dopps,
down and out, mutilated,
in prison. Oh, man, they rave when they get a prison view.
I tell them, I tell them all, Hey, it is random.
It is totally random.
RUSSO: I got like, zero control, right?
[bag drops]
KEVIN: I can't pay.
RUSSO: Don't insult me.
RUSSO: Come on, you know the drill.
KEVIN: All right.
RUSSO: The sequence occurs randomly.
Push the button to call the next one up.
Neither myself nor this fine establishment are responsible.
for the content you are about to view.
RUSSO: All views are 100% real looks into realities
which we do not currently occupy
and are limited to your direct doppelgangers.
RUSSO: Questions or concerns.
Still no wireless?
Ha! Wireless.
Wireless. You want wireless, man,
you go to one of those fancy multiplexes.
You come to my place for peace and quiet.
You get old school.
RUSSO: What are you doing back here anyway, man?
Maybe I'll see her this time.
Maybe.
KEVIN: Thanks, Russo.
RUSSO: Yeah.
[projector turns on]
[video plays with no sound]
[controller clicks]
Come on, Kevin.
[music]
[controller clicks]
[music continues]
[controller clicks]
[music changes]
[Kevin giggles]
KEVIN: Hi, I see you.
[music continues]
[projector turns off]
[projector clicks on]
[music intensifies]
[projector turns off]
Time's up.
Hey, hey, Russo!
Hey! Russo, get down here!
Hey, did you see what I just saw?
Did you see that? -That was her?
That was Molly?
Yes. Well, I mean, it was a Molly.
You were not in the frame, man at all.
That is not possible.
Again, I want to see her again.
RUSSO: No.
KEVIN: - Yes. RUSSO: - No
Alright look, If, if...
RUSSO: I'm a business man. I don't care who you are,
I keep your secret.
So if, then you have to do this for me,
you will not tell anyone about that. You promise?
This is a businessman thing, it's a quid...
KEVIN: - Quid pro quo. RUSSO: - Quid pro quo.
All right, Quid pro quo. All right.
KEVIN: I promise. I promise.
All right. You cannot go again now.
Reservations through Wednesday.
KEVIN: Thursday. I'll see you Thursday.
[shouting and yelling]
LANCER: No one enters the South End.
LANCER: Get behind the line!
LANCER: I said back.
You back.
[crowd yelling and shouting]
LANCER: By order of Mayor Navarro...
Hey. -Hey.
What's going on?
Looks like we're taking the long way home.
LANCER: South End is scheduled for demolition!
-No, you can't!
I've got kids in there, man!
LANCER: Get back. You! Back!
LANCER: Stop, or we'll shoot!
[shift]
CROWD: Shifters! It's the Shifters!
LANCER: Now! Back behind the line!
Death to the Benefactor!
We've got dissidents-- round them up!
RUN!
Get them! Find them!
[gunfire and yelling]
C'mon!
You asked me... You asked me,
what do I believe in?
Well, you know what, Kevin?
I want to believe in God.
I try to believe in God.
But He has abandoned us.
He's abandoned you.
It wasn't God that took that man away.
It was a Shifter.
Wait a minute, really.
Yeah. You don't have to act so excited about it.
But I didn't see a deviator.
Well you wouldn't, they hide.
No one knows who they are.
They could have jobs, they could have families.
Supposedly, they have all the same faces.
But I don't know and I can't tell.
They could be anybody.
I think it's safe
Hey, when I prayed,
KEVIN: the Benefactor told me that
he was never going to leave me alone.
Ever.
KEVIN: It's never safe.
[storm rumbling]
[door locking]
[coughing]
WOMAN: He needs IB Profruen...Naproxen...
[music]
WOMAN: He uses an inhaler...
WOMAN: IB Profuren, and Naproxen.
[music]
Ma'am?
Hey, ma... Ma'am. Ma...
[music intensifies]
[music stops]
KEVIN: Ma'am, do you have any idea where your son just was?
Excuse me?
KEVIN: Your son, he left, and you didn't know.
KEVIN: You didn't even notice.
He's right here.
KEVIN: No, ma'am. It takes a second. It's just one second.
Just like, pfft. Just like that, and he's gone.
Are you threatening us?
What? No, No. What?
WOMAN: Who are you?
Who are you?
And look who it is babe?
Hi. - Remember the Christmas party?
Make sure you stay close to us, okay?
KEVIN: Who am I?
So you guys are in a new home?
That's amazing, when did you guys move in?
KEVIN: I was a husband.
[music intensifies]
[basket drops]
I was a father.
MOLLY: Hey sweetie...
KEVIN: I failed them.
[music continues]
[door opens]
[background conversations]
KEVIN: And I lost you.
[music continues]
You're acting like it's not even happening.
KEVIN: What do you want me to do!?
Nothing! It's like yesterday, it just happened!
KEVIN: I couldn't save him.
[crying]
KEVIN: I couldn't save her.
KEVIN: I couldn't save us.
[music continues]
MOLLY: You've got to let him go, Kevin, he's gone.
I can't.
Just grieve with me.
Maybe there's a chance that he's not dead.
Maybe he is alive.
Give me the necklace. Just give it to me. Give it to me.
I will wear it.
KEVIN: Don't tell me to let go.
KEVIN: What good am I now?
[door shuts]
KEVIN: It might have been better,
if I'd never been born at all.
[rummaging through trash]
RAJIT: Are you hungry?
Yeah.
RAJIT: Come on.
GIRLS: Daddy!! RAJIT: -Ah, my angels!
GIRLS: What's in the bag?
RAJIT: I bring the goodies.
RAJIT: Priya, we have a guest.
- What's in the bag? - Come here, I'll show you...
PRIYA: The city has spoiled you.
PRIYA: What happend to my desert possums, eh?
Where did they go?
KEVIN: You come from beyond the city.
No one lives in the reaches.
RAJIT: It's not that bad.
It's mostly just people like us out there.
Looking for a little hope.
I've been to the reaches once.
I've never seen anything like it in my life.
I would rather live in the gutters here,
then spend another night cowering in some rusty,
abandoned tank out there.
GIRL 1: I want it.
GIRL 2: Here, take this one.
[music]
I've gotta go.
[girls arguing in the backround]
GIRL 1: No, I want it!
GIRL 2: It's the exact same.
Kevin. wait.
Wait.
What did you just say?
Kevin, please sit.
KEVIN: Hold on.
Give it!
Girls, quiet. -I got it first!
KEVIN: What's going on right now?
PRIYA: Stay where you are.
I'm not whoever you think I am.
You're the one we've been looking for.
Ever since Gabriel called you by your real name, I knew.
I see what you give him.
Okay, those are docu-- they're just some documents.
They're scripture.
I'm not him.
But you are.
Are you a Shifter?
Huh? Are you both Shifters?
KEVIN: Is that what's going on here?
Is that what you think?
I don't know. I don't know what's happening right now.
Girls...
KEVIN: What is happening?
Kevin would like to hear your song.
Go ahead. Quietly.
This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine.
GIRLS: This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
GIRLS: Even when I'm afraid,
I'm gonna let it shine.
GIRLS: Even when I'm afraid,
I'm gonna let it shine...
Even when--
-Hey, that was-- that was great.
[music]
I'm sorry. I don't mean to...
No, it's okay.
I'm sorry.
What do you want?
How can I help you?
Will you teach them?
Me?
Tell them a story.
They're not...they're not word-for-word.
They're just what I remember.
Well,
what are you working on right now?
All right. All right.
Girls,
let's sit down.
Oh, all right.
I got one for you.
There was a righteous man,
and his name was Job.
Now,
there was a devil.
And this devil,
he believed that Job only praised God
because God protected him and blessed him.
And one day,
God decided
that he was going to take away His protection.
And He was going to allow the devil to hurt Job.
So the devil,
took away his wife,
and his children.
Took away his money.
Took away his health.
[coughing]
You all right?
Yeah.
So, in the end he gets it all back?
Money, a new family, all of it?
All that he had and more besides. Yeah.
Twice as much.
I bet that really pissed the devil off.
I bet it did.
What's that?
What's, what?
The tattoo.
Oh this?
Yeah
It's a tomb.
Empty tomb.
[sirens start]
WOMAN: Turn to channel 4, you idiots.
[standby tone]
Good evening.
Tonight we bring you the good news
that at long last the Benefactor has returned.
NEWSCASTER: His primary purpose, as always, is
the staging of a Kevin Recruitment.
NEWSCASTER 2: In two days, these citizens
chosen by random lottery,
are to report to McLellan's on Olive street,
for their outfitting and their instructions.
I remind all those called to McLellan's
that to serve in astaging is a civic responsibility,
a sign of fealty to the Benefactor,
and ensures the continuation of the peace
that we all have enjoyed these past decades.
Now, for those required at the staging,
failure to appear
is death.
Peace unto all. And good night.
RUSSO: We're closed.
What is this "we?" It's Thursday,
we made an appointment.
RUSSO: Closed on Thursdays.
Come on, Russo.
Let me in.
RUSSO: Cut it out. All right, look, he is back.
RUSSO: He is back. All right?
RUSSO: So I do not know you right now.
RUSSO: Now, go away.
KEVIN: Meow.
You hear that? I found your cat.
Open up.
I'll give him back to you.
[door shuts]
I don't have anything. RUSSO:-Hey, you know what, man?
You're a jerk!
[cat food spills]
Couldn't steer clear for a couple of days, man?
KEVIN: Let me ask you something, Russo.
How long has your cat been gone?
Four years.
KEVIN: Four years.
Yeah.
And maybe you're thinking that she's not coming back?
Yeah, well, maybe the Shifters took her.
Maybe she's still out there.
If she's still out there, then
she can come back. All right?
Yeah.
Yeah, I guess so. I guess she could.
What are the chances?
Of seeing another Molly dopp?
Zero. The other day... That was a fluke, man.
All right,
The sequence occurs randomly.
You push the button to call the next one up,
neither myself...
KEVIN: Things on this world
don't often happen for a reason,
but today, right now...
it will.
RUSSO: I'm going to get in so much trouble over this.
I can feel it.
There.
Hey, Russo!
Russo, do you see this?
I don't believe it.
RUSSO: That's her?
KEVIN: Yeah. Yeah, that's her.
Look it, on this world,
she must be a, uh, a nurse. Huh.
And a single parent.
How do you know that?
Look...
no ring.
RUSSO: Kevin?
RUSSO: Kevin, are you all right?
Ah, that was her! That was my Molly!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
That was my Molly.
What do you mean, your Molly?
The one before he shifted her.
Oh no, man, you can't be certain of that.
Oh, I am certain.
I gave my Molly a necklace when our son...
I gave her a necklace,
that had a pendant, a symbol of resurrection.
And my Molly kept it.
She kept it.
And that Molly had it.
That was her. Where is she? How can I find her?
I don't know, man. It moves too fast for that.
Just show me. Which one is she?
I can't show you.
C'mon, Russo! Tell me, how do I find her!?
I don't know. All right.
I don't know. You left the room.
The feed turned off. The feeds are localized to the viewer.
No viewer, no feed.
KEVIN: Well, then let's just go reset the feed.
We'll find her again. Can we do that?
No. Listen.
The chance of finding the exact, same Molly dopp?
RUSSO: It's a miracle it happened once.
Exactly.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
KEVIN: Listen to me. Please.
Help me.
KEVIN: We are way off the map here, right?
How long have I waited for a sign?
That...
This is Him,
And He's turning His face towards me.
And you said it yourself.
It's a miracle.
RUSSO: Fine, it's a miracle. It's a miracle.
And this is your second one.
Wow! Oh, I always thought miracles were rare things.
What makes you so special?
RUSSO: Listen to me, okay?
Even if you found the Molly again,
and you got the right code, to the right world,
and that is a huge if,
you still wouldn't be able to do anything without the
wristy thing, with the, the, the... the denominator.
It's a deviator.
I don't care what it's called.
Without that, you ain't going nowhere.
The only people that got 'em are the Shifters.
Oh, the Benefactor's back tomorrow.
Maybe you could ask him.
Bingo.
RUSSO: No, no, no, no, no, man, that was a joke.
Kevin, you can't do that.
Hey, be ready.
Just be ready.
Because when I come back,
I'm probably going to be in a hurry.
You can't get close to him. What are you gonna do?
RUSSO: What are you gonna do?
Great, thanks.
ANNOUNCEMENT: The following citizens are to report
tomorrow at 7 am
to McLellan’s on Olive street
to be outfitted for the staging of a Kevin recruitment.
Erin Belle.
Bradley Cena.
Johanna Schmidt.
Saida Osman.
Ashley Davis.
Mohammed Wang.
Andreas Hoffman.
Kadesia Ahmed.
Maria Schneider.
Carlos Perea.
Christopher Williams.
Jack Lee.
Gabriella Olivera.
And Lucas Becker.
The penalty of your absence is your immediate execution.
KEVIN: Shhh Hey, hey.
Kevin?
I need you to give me a gun.
A gun...they're illegal.
KEVIN: Listen, go to South End. Find me a gun.
I need it tonight.
No, what are you talking about? I'm not going to get you a gun.
He's back.
And I need it to make him give me what I want.
The Benefactor? That's suicidal.
What do you think the people here are gonna think
when the Kevin Who Refused
shows up with a gun in his hand?
GABRIEL: They're all gonna see you.
GABRIEL: Every Lancer, everyone's gonna...
that's insane.
KEVIN: You know what?
You're gonna have to choose a side
for real one day, Gabriel.
These are the last pages that you're gonna get.
[music]
Kevin
[gun cocks]
[music]
I'm always packin'.
[music continues]
I read some of the pages.
Thank you.
You can't just shoot the devil.
The last time he was here, five years ago,
I held him in my hands, and I pushed him against a wall.
GABRIEL: Yeah, and he can shift you to another dimension
and turn your brains inside out.
But, I'm just saying.
KEVIN: I'm not going to shoot him.
I just needed to think that I'm going to shoot him.
GABRIEL: What makes you think he'll let you get close enough?
He wants me close.
That's all he's ever wanted.
[music continues]
[base tone]
[music]
[music intensifies]
ANNOUNCEMENT: Citizen, the Benefactor
welcomes you to the staging.
Your view of our protector must be from behind the barricades.
Be courteous, and rotate to the back
once you have had a vision opportunity,
to behold his fullness.
So that all can be...
Stop that. Stand down.
LANCER: You are in violation
of Benefactor Peace Protocol 120-77.
Eat.
[shift]
[gunfire]
[music intensifies]
[shift]
[grunts]
Got you.
[shift]
[items crashing] [angry grunting]
Where are you, huh!?
I know! You're testing me!
I know that!
I know that! I know that!
I know that--you don't think I know that? I'm trying.
I'm doing everything I know to do.
What do you want from me?
KEVIN: What do you want from me?
BENEFACTOR: Sorry to make you wait.
I had some business to take care of.
BENEFACTOR: I'm sure you understand.
Ooh. Where did that come from?
Oh, never mind.
I think I know.
GABRIEL: Yeah, and so I said--Ah!
Benefactor, sir.
Is this your gun, Gabriel?
I found it here in Kevin's room,
and Kevin says it's yours.
Gabriel.
I don't know him.
Kevin. The ah...the one who refused.
Everybody knows Kevin.
I mean, I don't know him, know him.
I don't know Kevin.
So, that's what a gun looks like?
So you've never met Kevin before?
No.
This is classic. Deny him again.
One more time, for me. Come on.
I, I, I don't know him
BENEFACTOR: You don't know him. -No.
This is the guy that you trust with your precious pages?
Kevin!
You're killing yourself to help people in a world
that doesn't care about you.
Oh, I'm not going to shoot you. Come on.
Gabriel, clean this up. Come on.
Okay, sir.
Do you know what evil really is, Kevin?
When you break it down,
it's not scary.
It's not
blood rights and red demons and horns,
none of that nonsense.
BENEFACTOR: It's just selfishness.
Self above anybody else.
It's the purest motivation there is.
It's why I respect it so darn much.
BENEFACTOR: Hear that Gabriel? I respect you.
BENEFACTOR: Come on, just sit. Sit.
Thank you, sir.
Time out chair.
Oh, -I wasn't expecting company.
BENEFACTOR: Yes, you were.
BENEFACTOR: You've been expecting company
for five years.
See, that's your problem, Kevin.
You keep expecting Him to show up.
And why shouldn't you?
You prayed, He came. You knocked, He answered.
BENEFACTOR: Isn't it reasonable to expect
that He should hold the door open for you?
But He doesn't.
He never does.
[music continues]
BENEFACTOR: When are you finally going to wake up and realize,
He doesn't take care of his own?
Come on, sit down.
Oh, He says that He helps you and that He loves you,
And then...what?
What does he say? -What?
He'll always be with you.
No, He's gone,
and he left you holding the bag, alone.
It's a test.
Have you listen to anything that I've been saying?
You passed His test five years ago.
How many tests do you have to pass?
BENEFACTOR: You're never going to be good enough for Him.
BENEFACTOR: And my offer still stands.
You'll never have to eat baked beans out of a can again.
Unless, of course, you like eating baked beans
out of a can.
In which case, I will get you a truck full.
BENEFACTOR: I don't judge.
- Yeah. BENEFACTOR: - And...
unlike Him,
once you're with me,
that's it.
I got your back for life.
Where's my son?
Kevin.
KEVIN: Did you shift my son away?
BENEFACTOR: You know,
you're the only Kevin who's ever refused me.
You're not a good person.
And I'm going to prove that to you.
And then,
you'll be free.
[knocking and screams from next door]
Go ahead.
I told you over and over again, I don't know any Daniel Asada.
Where is Daniel--? -Hey!
That's not him. Please--whoa, whoa!
Gabriel, get down!
[gunfire and breaking glass]
Gabriel!
[continued gunfire]
[music intensifies]
[gunfire continues]
[shift]
[music] [wind blowing]
[electric short]
[music]
[shift]
[splash]
[splashing]
[music continues]
[shift]
[turn light on]
[music]
[background shouting and screams]
[music intensifies]
KEVIN: Gabriel.
You're not supposed to be here.
Oh--whoa, whoa, whoa!
[gunfire]
GABRIEL: Some Shifters hide
GABRIEL: No one knows who they are.
They could have jobs, they could have families.
Supposedly they all have the same faces,
but I don't know,
they could be anybody.
[gunfire]
DR.: Hey, Tina.
DR.: Tina.
DR.: Tina, do you know where you are today?
Of course.
DR.: Tell me.
KEVIN: Hey, Tina.
KEVIN: Do you remember me?
Kevin at the table.
That's right. It's me.
It's Kevin.
Kevin at the table points.
The multiplicity of everything opens up.
I am eaten in the words.
TINA: Far, far away I go. Sooo very far...
TINA: I had a family.
I had a husband.
I had a daughter. I had a life.
What has he done to them?
-I don't know.
TINA: You have to take me away from here.
TINA: You have to take me out of this place.
You have to take me-- -I don't know how, Tina.
I don't know how to take you back.
No, you have to take me back! Take me back! No!
No! No! No!
KEVIN: -It's okay, we're okay. Hold on.
KEVIN: We're okay--we're just having a conversation.
No, you have to take me baaaaack!!!
Let her go!!
Just give me a second! -You have to take me back!
[gunfire]
[shift]
MAN: Yeah, you know, Italians like their spaghetti,
right? Haha.
MAN: Now, watch this right here.
It's great, it's about to blow up
and when it does the people,
they don't know about it.
A guy died.
Actors, right?
I'm hungry.
Do I want cereal, or do I want a sandwich?
I think I want a sandwich. Do you want anything?
You're too skinny, both of yous.
MAN: How about um...
How about um...
Beer.
Want some beer?
MAN: I'll be right back.
[music]
[gun cocks]
MAN: Who sent you?
No one.
[gunshot]
[screams]
KEVIN DOPP: Who are you?
Do you know whose house you're in?
KEVIN DOPP: And what you are into just by being here?
Huh? Did they tell you?
KEVIN: I'm--I'm--
KEVIN DOPP: I, I, Shut up,
and get on your knees.
KEVIN: Okay.
Please,
KEVIN: just let me explain.
You're... KEVIN:-Yeah.
What are you doing here?
KEVIN DOPP: You're the Kevin who refused.
Look,
I know this is confusing.
KEVIN DOPP: I said, what are you doing here?
This is my world!!
This is my world.
Look man, I don't want anything you have.
Just put your gun down and I will go on my way.
[deviator beeping]
You got one?
Why would he give you one?
He didn't.
He didn't?
KEVIN DOPP: He didn't.
Give it here.
Yeah.
Um, I can't do that.
Give it here!!
[gunshots]
[shift]
[background radio traffic]
[sirens]
["Oh My God" by Jars of Clay plays]
Hi...
Please don't.
Aqui!
Aqui esta!
Suspect spotted.
Aqui esta!
In pursuit.
Aqui esta!
5...8...3...9...4...
3...8...5...3...1...3.... 9...5...8...4...3...9...1...
[shift]
...something else, sorry.
Molly.
Kevin?
Hey.
It's me.
Are...are you alright?
Do you do need help?
No, I'm fine.
I'm fine now that I'm here with you.
KEVIN: Hey, I don't know
how much time I have,
and there is too much to explain, but the one thing
that means more than anything--I love you.
Don't. Do not do that.
KEVIN: No matter where, no matter when,
I love you so much. MOLLY:-Do not do that.
What are you doing?
You were the one who ended things, remember?
I know, it wasn't me.
It's fine, it's...
it was hard and
I've moved on. Okay.
I found someone else. And I'm happy now.
And you found someone else too, so.
Hold on a second. Hold on a second.
I know this is going to be really hard.
It's impossible for me to explain,
but whoever it is that you're talking about, it isn't me.
When I left, there was a new Kevin and he was shifted in.
You're not making any sense.
Look, I can get you in touch with my sponsor.
Is everything okay over here?
We're good. Look,
I would never.
I have never given up on us.
But you did.
Kevin, it's over.
You need to learn to let go.
You're wearing the pendant.
GUARD: Sir. Please. I need you to exit the mall.
KEVIN: Just give me a second, please, Sir. Please.
I thought you hated it.
MOLLY: I don't hate it.
I wasn't ready for it.
I know that.
And I'm so sorry that
I didn't give you that time.
Thank you.
Why are you still wearing it?
Because it reminds me that...
one day we'll be with our son again.
Yeah,
Molly, I hold onto that hope, too.
That and that one day we will be together again
Kevin...
GUARD: All right, let's go.
I wish that I could take back everything
and change everything that happened to you
and to me. To--
KEVIN: But the one thing that is
and was and will always be right is us.
There is no reality.
There is no reality, where if we want it together?
Where we can't make it work.
Oh...
KEVIN: Listen, I know that.
And what I need to know
is that there is the smallest part of you
that knows that too.
I, I, I...
MOLLY: You need to let me go.
GUARD: Sir.
KEVIN: Stop telling me that. I can't.
You really need to go.
[shift]
[gunfire]
BENEFACTOR: I told you not to trust him with your pages.
BENEFACTOR: As if I would let anything
you write find its way to South End.
BENEFACTOR: Kevin. Kevin. Kevin.
BENEFACTOR: I keep you safe.
I keep the heat off you all this time.
I, I, I give you delightful violence.
BENEFACTOR: I give you a way back to Molly
and now you want to leave
without as much as a thank you?
BENEFACTOR: It's not cool, man.
Not after I've worked so hard
to give you this second chance.
KEVIN: Second chance. What second chance?
[shift]
BENEFACTOR: Hi, Tina.
Hey! hey! Leave her alone!
KEVIN: Haven't you done enough to her?
BENEFACTOR: Oh, I think there's enough blame
to go around here, Kevin.
BENEFACTOR: Seriously, you worry so much about
being good and resisting me when you know,
you know
it's not me that you're fighting
it's yourself.
Stop it.
BENEFACTOR: And you think you can just
drop a couple of coins into some old woman's cup or
give the bread to the needy?
And that makes you other than what you are.
I am not the worst things that I've done.
Are you sure about that?
Cause you're certainly not the best either.
Where is my son?
BENEFACTOR: Oh, come on, not this again.
KEVIN: Did you have anything to do
with what happened to my son?
Kevin.
Where is he?
Bring him back!
[shift]
BENEFACTOR: Kevin, I'm sorry.
But where your son is, I can't just shift him back.
You...
No, you can't.
Stop it. Stop it.
Actually.
You know what? You're right.
What if I let you put Tina back with her family?
Would you like that?
- Yeah. Of course. - Great.
All right, bring them out.
Bring them all out. Actually, wait...
What if,
I just put you back with Molly?
[projector turns on]
BENEFACTOR: Yeah,
that's right,
Molly.
Despite the fact that you look like absolute crap,
I do think she still has something for you.
I know, love is blind.
I don't understand it either.
What are you saying?
BENEFACTOR: One or the other Molly or Tina?
Right an injustice in the multiverse
and win back the woman that you love.
BENEFACTOR: Or...
Put the broken girl who will be a burden
to her family back to where she's from,
and never, ever see your wife again.
[music continues]
BENEFACTOR: What?
BENEFACTOR: Why do you worry so much about Him?
Why? I really ask yourself, why?
Because He doesn't care about you, Kevin.
I do.
I mean, there's a way to get out of this
where everyone gets to be happy.
I will make sure that Tina is not mistreated
and she gets three square a day.
That is my promise to you. Because,
it's Molly who needs you.
And just because it's
something that you want doesn't make it wrong.
BENEFACTOR: Why not make the choice that you know
will make everybody happy?
Because it is what I want.
Yes.
And I'll make that choice more
and more
and more.
Yes.
And if I choose that,
choose you,
that's the last choice I'm ever going to make.
-No.
No, no, that's not true at all.
[clank]
BENEFACTOR: You know me now.
I'm all about choices.
KEVIN: No, you're not.
You're a liar.
That is the second time you've called me that.
I'm not a liar,
Kevin.
BENEFACTOR: You've seen it. You know what I can give to you.
Do you want to know who the liar is?
Do you want to know?
He's the liar.
He lies to you when He says
there's hope and goodness in this world.
He lies to you when He says He loves,
He forgives,
He cares.
If He cares so much
then why am I allowed to do these things to you?
Look at what He lets me do to you, to Tina, to everyone.
If He really loves us,
why doesn't He stop me?
Why doesn't he just stop me?
RUSSO: Haha, Amelia.
[cat meow]
Amelia.
RUSSO: I missed you so much.
RUSSO: I knew you'd come back.
RUSSO: I knew she'd come back.
RUSSO: Hi, girl.
KEVIN: You're right.
There is so much evil,
and horror,
and betrayal,
and inhumanity in this world. Yes.
KEVIN: But even on this world,
and even,
even in me,
there is also goodness,
and kindness,
and so much beauty,
and hope.
God is here
and everything that I've ever witnessed
and everything that I have done,
everything that I've done,
and everything that you've put me through,
just makes Him that much easier to see.
[music continues]
Molly or Tina? Choose.
Tina. Of course, Tina.
Goodbye, my Molly.
[music swells]
[deviator beeps]
[shift]
[rumble]
[grunts]
[door shuts]
[music]
Well, if this isn't the saddest,
most pathetic looking woman I've ever seen.
Excuse me.
I'm sorry. It's a ...
somebody used that line on a dare once, and it worked.
And, so...
It worked? - Yeah.
- For real? - Sorry.
It is a terrible line.
It really, really is. Wow.
As it came out of my mouth. I realized how bad it was.
KEVIN: My name is Kevin.
I used to be really...
I mean, I was pretty good at this. It's been a lo--
MOLLY: No that's...
That's great, Kevin.
That's good for you. I am.
I, um... I am coming off a 17-hour shift right now.
So, if you don't mind...
if you don't mind.
KEVIN: Nurse, right?
MOLLY: Yeah. I'm--I'm so sorry. KEVIN: -Right, but if I could--
MOLLY: Hi, Ma.
No, I'm coming home soon.
Well, I'm Uh...
in a public place right now, so I--I can't.
No, I'll do it. No, it's fine, mom it's fine.
MOLLY: Just put her on. After this, it's bedtime. Okay?
MOLLY: Hi, Sweetie.
MOLLY: This little light of mine.
MOLLY: I'm gonna let it shine.
MOLLY: This little light of mine.
MOLLY: I'm gonna let it shine.
MOLLY: Let it shine. Let it shine. Let it shine.
Okay?
I love you, Sweetie.
Goodnight. Mm-wa.
Oh...
Kids?
Yeah, just the one.
Just her and me now.
[piano music]
What's her name?
Um... Lucy.
Our...
My son. Um...
His name was Daniel.
You are very lucky to have Lucy.
I bet she is amazing.
I am lucky.
And she is.
She's sweet.
May I buy you a drink?
Yeah, I think I'm covered.
KEVIN: Yeah, that's not what I meant.
KEVIN: Tea.
Is there any chance that you drink tea?
MOLLY: Yeah,
sure, I mean, I, yes, why not?
I know a--a great place nearby. We can...
Yeah.
[cheers]
Rarr! I'm gonna get you!
Run!
Gotcha. Whee! Whee!
I gonna get you. Oh... Hey! C'mere!
This is not my world.
But this...
This is my home.
Hi, I'm Kristoffer Polaha,
and I played Kevin Garner
in the movie that you just watched.
Thank you so much for being here to watch our film.
I was drawn to the story of "The Shift"
because it's a story that inspires
you to do something.
Kevin is lost in a world of darkness,
and he is looking for hope that he's not sure is there.
And I think we all know that feeling.
I mean, I know in my life I have.
"The Shift" is a reminder that finding our way through
darkness means shining the light that we have
for others.
And we can shine our light
with little acts of kindness,
whether that's stopping
to truly listen to the people that you love,
sharing what little you have.
Sometimes it means comforting someone in grief.
Kevin is more than the worst things he's done.
So are we.
And I think that's beautiful.
We all know there are countless
opportunities to be kind.
But I want to give you another chance right now.
Feel free
to take out your phone and scan this QR code.
You can share this movie with others.
It's that simple.
Thank you for watching our movie
and thank you for sending a message to the world
that stories like this matter.