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you did absolutely everything

to make sure

that you did the right thing.

You had a job to do.

You did it.

And you were really good

at that job, man.

It would be a real shame if you never

picked up a camera ever again.

You know? It's a good...

It's a good gig.

Hell of a lot better

than what I do for a living.

Yeah, what are you doing

for work these days?

Little bit of this,

little bit of that.

Least I'm not selling my ass down on olive

street. Olive street has hookers now?

Yeah.

I-I mean, no...

I... I hear...

I'm a nice guy.

I'm a married man.

You know. Good boy. Yeah.

If you do ever find yourself over on that

side of town, don't go asking for Cassandra.

She's a... good friend of mine.

Personal... my friend.

Okay. I will not

touch your prostitute.

Republican don Cheney

leads the race with 67%...

Isn't this the guy

who shot the panda?

America makes the worst...

It is.

No! That never

actually happened.

Uh...

Yeah.

Be careful.

This coming from a guy who wanted

to spend the little money we have

on infomercial knives.

They were not just any ordinary knives.

They were Tanaka knives.

Yeah, whatever.

Sure, we've been needing to cut

through an old tire for a while now,

so we should've gotten them.

I assure you there are numerous

practical purposes for Tanaka knives.

Tragedy on a playground.

Oh, yeah? Yeah.

A five-year-old somerset boy is dead

tonight after falling off a play set

and breaking his neck.

- Police are calling this an accident.

- I was over there yesterday.

Hanging upside-down

before he slipped. What?

Yeah, that's near the subdivision you

guys are showing over off Cordova.

Uh, pick up for Jack Zeller.

Yeah, um, "Z," Zell...

One second, sir.

Okay.

Jack Zeller's here.

Yeah, okay.

Mr. Zeller...

It's on my desk.

Uh, we've had

a bit of an issue here.

Uh, an issue?

All your film was saved. Had

a little bit of a fire.

Okay, uh, thank you

for the heads-up.

Yeah, uh, also, um...

All your photos

came out black-and-white.

Black-and-white.

I-I don't really

understand it either.

But because you're a valued customer

and because we've had these issues,

there's not gonna be

any charge for this.

Only four rolls were developed,

and those rolls

are black-and-white?

And we will call you

when the rest are ready.

So if you need anything

else, just come by.

Thanks.

A five-year-old boy is dead tonight

after falling off a play set

and breaking his neck.

Oh, what the f***?

Hey!

Hey, you need

to get out of here!

You should not be here!

Jack, whatever you're

doing there, hurry up.

Uh, sorry.

I'll be right there.

What are you doing up here?

Scared me.

Sorry.

I just wanted to check something.

It's nothing.

Okay.

Hey.

Hi.

Come back to bed, huh?

Okay.

Yeah, I'll be right down. Okay.

Hey, um, don't forget.

We're meeting Shannon and

Juliet at the pool tomorrow.

The pool.

Yeah.

Okay.

Can we be ready in ten minutes?

Uh... sure.

People usually come

to the pool to relax.

Mmm. Yeah, sorry.

I'm just a bit

out of it... today.

Is everything okay?

Yeah.

I'm fine.

Just didn't sleep well.

Want some Valium?

I'll pass on the Valium,

thank you.

Helps me when I'm dealing

with the old battle-ax.

I can hear you.

- Hey.

Did you hear what I said?

I just got off the phone

with Shannon.

Apparently a kid drowned

after we left.

That's just awful.

Hey.

Hey, pal.

How you doing?

Hey.

Came right over.

You drinkin'?

You don't look too hot.

I wanna show you something.

Tell me what you see.

Oh, j-Jesus, Jack.

Do you see that? Yeah, I

don't wanna see this, man.

This... this is...

It's from over there, huh?

Sorry.

I just, uh...

I wanted to make sure

I wasn't... going nuts.

I mean, I know you just

picked up the camera again.

That must be dredging up

a lot of these bad memories.

But you don't need to go digging this stuff

up and carrying that around with you.

- It's a little crazy, man.

- Well, maybe I'm not crazy.

I'm sorry. That was a very poor

choice of words. You're not crazy.

I didn't mean to say... so hear me out

on something for a second, okay?

Okay, what if you knew

someone was in danger...

Right?

Or if you knew that they were going

to be in danger at a particular time.

Would you be obligated

to try and save them?

I don't know.

You call the cops, man.

Mmm, the cops might think

I'm crazy too.

Are you still seeing

that shrink on the reg?

And taking your medication?

Yeah, but it's not

the meds though.

Okay, 'cause if you drink while you're on

that stuff, it can do a number on you.

Walt, I know how the

meds work, and that's...

That's not it.

This is more than that.

Sounds like you're living in a,

you know, weird episode

of goosebumps.

But that's not reality.

You know, the reality...

Is that I love you

and Claire loves you.

Everybody loves you, you're

back home, you're very safe

and things are...

Really, they're going well.

Right?

Things are going well.

- I gotta get back to work.

- What, you can't stay?

Yeah, I'm sorta on the clock.

You should get out of here

right now.

Call me tomorrow. We'll

call each other. Okay.

Or I'll see ya.

Just...

Uh, I'll be in touch.

Okay. Thanks, man.

All right.

You okay, hon?

You want another one?

Uh, no, I think I'm...

Fine for the moment.

All right.

Uh, you know what? I think,

actually, I'll do one more.

Jack, last call

was 20 minutes ago.

- Yeah.

- Are you feeling all right?

Sorry.

I lost track of the time.

Sorry.

Was it a blackout again?

I don't know.

Kind of.

Uh, this one was...

Different.

I don't know how to explain it.

But more importantly,

I have made you waffles.

- Ma'am?

- Ma'am?

Can you stay with her?

Stay here with her until help gets here.

Okay, buddy?

Okay. Stay here.

We turn now to action 6

news reporter penny Jones

with an eyewitness report

from last night's Blaze.

He told me to wait

here for help.

He just saved her and left.

So you didn't know this man?

Nuh-uh.

I never seen him before.

Well, despite the heroic

actions of this mystery man,

unfortunately

it's not all good news,

as the rescued woman's elderly

mother, Elise partridge,

was a victim

of this deadly Blaze.

- Ms. partridge was 76. Back to you.

- This is so depressing.

Thanks, penny.

Now a bizarre story...

Well, actually, the main story

here was about this mystery guy

who saved her daughter.

So, you know, could've

been much worse.

Really?

Well, that's good then.

Nice thing to hear for a change.

I'm late.

Have a good day.

"Vintage cameras."

Hmm.

Charlie Hibbert?

Cabin.

No.

Don't.

This had to end, Charlie.

- No!

We spoke on the phone about...

Oh, right, right.

You're the one that had the vintage camera.

Let's have a look.

Some of the parts inside

look custom.

It's like they're... they

were built piece by piece.

Do you mind if I...

Please.

Huh.

Well, Jack,

what you have here...

Is what's left of a kine exakta

manufactured in Germany around

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