Earth to Echo

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Hey, hey, Tuck, dude.

- Okay, we're rolling.

- Okay, hold on.

B-Before you go,

look-look at my coat.

- It's cool, huh?

- What is that?

Can we do another take

with it on, though?

No.

Okay.

-(clears throat)

- TUCK:
Ready when you are.

(sniffs)

Okay. How do I smell?

Or I mean, look, or you know?

Yeah, you can't smell a video.

Okay.

(clears throat)

- Ruckus, dude, you got to get out of here.

-(barks)

Hi, I'm Reginald.

I don't really get friends much,

but it's probably because

I'm a bit of...

an acquired taste.

That's what my mom says.

And I'm sure whatever school

I'm forced to go to

no one will acquire it.

So...

thanks for paving

a road over, really,

the only place I've

ever had any real friends.

Okay, we good?

- TUCK:
Uh, say your name.

- I thought you knew my name.

You know what I mean;

for the video.

Dude, we've been hanging out

for years.

- Come on.

- Dude, stop fronting. Just tell the camera.

You're upset, right?

You don't want to move.

TUCK (voice-over):

I've never gone a day

without seeing my friends.

They're, like, the only people

in the world who get me.

And now it's just all over,

you know?

Good luck finding that again.

So wherever-wherever

Munch is going, man...

Look, you people listen to me,

all right?

He's-he's a really good kid.

So don't just assume

that he's weird and that's it.

And Alex,

man...

He's a foster kid.

He's been moved all over.

I mean, it's like, why do you

have to build a freeway right through?

You know, can't you just

go around or something?

You're going along

feeling like

your own person

with your own friends,

and then something

like this comes along...

...that you have

no power to stop...

...because you're just a kid.

(scoffs)

You're just a kid.

(phone rings)

Yeah, hey, man.

(sniffs)

Yeah, yeah, I'm up, I'm up.

Whoa, whoa, man, slow down.

What's the problem?

Yeah, my-my phone's good. Why?

What happened?

- Wait, what?

-(click)

(voice-over):

This is when everything

started to change.

So, being me,

I kept filming.

I'm Tuck.

What you're about to see

happened to me

and my best friends

one year ago.

This is the story

of our last week together.

-(static buzzes, crackles)

- Phones all over

our neighborhood

are freaking out.

We've done everything we could

possibly do with this phone.

We threw it at the wall,

we took it to the phone guy,

we took it to the store

where we got it from,

and they say it's a problem.

So you know it's serious.

It looks like your phone

basically barfed on the screen.

- What happened?

- I don't know.

I was just eating dinner,

and all of a sudden,

all the phones in the house

just did this.

At exactly the same time.

Dude.

- What? It's freaky.

-(phone rings)

- De hello?

- Hey, Alex.

Oh, Munch, you're outside.

MUNCH:
Get over here, over here,

down the street.

TUCK:
Ask him if

his phone barfed yet.

ALEX:

Did your phone barf yet?

- Phones are still working.

- ALEX:
Cool.

Keep going, and we'll meet you

in the backyard.

Okay, copy that.

I'll take swift steps.

TUCK (voice-over):

When I look back at that day,

I realize the clues

were all around us.

(chuckles)

We had no idea.

Dude, they all still work.

See? (panting)

Dude, you know if

this whole thing works,

-these phones are done.

- No, I know.

- I have 14 spares; it's okay.

-(phone chirps)

-(scoffs) I bet you do.

- Okay.

All right, anyways,

let's spread out.

- Okay.

- Alex, go by the gate.

Munch, go on the far end,

- Yeah, I got it.

-and I'll stay right here by my camera.

- Just watch out!

- Okay, okay.

Okay, it's good.

It's good...

It's good...

-(static screeching)

- Whoa, okay, it went out.

TUCK:

Whoa, whoa, it barfed!

All right, people,

if you go to Alex's house,

your phones will spew chunks

all over his screen.

My mom said the Murphys' phones

and the Churleys' changed, too.

So what do you think this is?

TUCK:

Whoa!

-(Tuck chuckles)

-(doorbell rings)

(Tuck groans)

These dudes.

-(low, indistinct radio chatter)

- Hi.

- Is that on?

- I don't know.

- Maybe.

- Oh.

We had an electrical short

over at the site,

and it may be disrupting

people's phone service,

and we're wondering

if that happened

-to anybody in this house?

- Oh, no, my phone is good.

-'Cause we're offering new phone vouchers

- Uh-huh.

In exchange for any device

in this area here

-that may be displaying

- That's weird, that's weird.

- Faulty messages or images?

- I don't know. See you.

No, listen, I...

Okay, so you-you

really don't think

this is a little bit weird?

These dudes come here

to build a freeway

-and now they want our phones?

- Well, I think it's gonna work.

No. Clean your room.

Oh, my... I'm not gonna have

a room if we don't do something.

- Right, I think...

- No, Mom, seriously.

These guys want our houses.

Maybe if we expose them

for illegal property, then...

- TUCK:
Yo!

- Aw, you don't like how things are, do you?

What are you gonna do

about it, huh?

-(electronic chime)

- Dude, it's a map to the desert.

Like, what is that?

What do we do with this?

I guess most maps

are made to be followed.

Exactly.

It could go to, like,

some crazy headquarters,

and we find out

that these construction clowns

are spies

and we expose them to the world.

It's 20 miles away.

What...

No, we're not...

we're not gonna go.

No, obviously not.

Look, whatever it is,

this Saturday,

we're going to sneak

behind our parents' backs

and find out.

I'm moving Saturday.

All right, all right,

so Friday night.

Our last night together?

It doesn't have to be;

that's what I'm saying.

Like, I don't want to move,

and these clowns

are making us do it.

Maybe we can stop them.

Now, are you in?

Yeah, all right.

- All right.

-I'm in.

Munch, don't you

bail out on us now.

Dude, I'm not. Me?

No... pfft! I'm in.

Yeah! All right!

That's what I'm talking about,

that's what I'm talking

about, all right.

Bring it in.

- Oh, oops!

-Munch!

So, why would you be

organizing your ketchups?

- Because.

- Who does that?

So I can get to them easier,

and then it's more organized,

-and it's better.

- And you are my friend.

Guys, guys, it's time

to practice the big lie.

Hey, Morn, I'm spending

the night at Alex's house

so we can play

a neat, brand-new video game.

And I'm sleeping over

at Tuck's house

so we can play a new video game.

And I'm sleeping

in your mom's bed,

-not playing a video game.

- Oh, my God, all right, dude.

Stop talking about

my mother, thank you.

All right,

the camera's are gonna be on

24 hours a day, nonstop.

Dude, can you stop

touching, please?

It attaches to my bike,

and it's also a pretty good way

to get footage on the fly.

Spy glasses.

I love these; I love them.

And last, camera,

but definitely not least...

What up, camcorder?

Keeping it tight.

Looking pretty good these days.

Tuck, these are the ugliest

things I've ever seen.

Dude, what? What are you...

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