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(SCREAMING)

F***!

(SCREAMING)

(GRUNTING)

(SCREAMING)

(SCREAMING)

(RUPTURING)

(SATELLITE SIGNALING)

Hey there, good looking.

Deputy Brody.

I hope you're here to frisk me.

Well, service is half our motto.

Don't they prohibit you

from corrupting young girls?

I'm pretty sure you've

already been corrupted.

(HELICOPTER)

(RADIO STATIC)

Hell of a thing.

Billion dollars

to put it up in the sky,

60 million to bring it back.

Are we still confirmed

for launch time?

No sir, it's been

pushed back to 0-800.

Well, you can tell them

that Recovery is still ready

and waiting for the sky to fall.

Yes sir.

I'll be in rover two

if you need me.

(HELICOPTER)

(RADIO STATIC)

Sir, control is ready to launch.

About time. Inform control that

rover is ready and waiting.

Control indicates

firing in ten, nine...

I'll just read it off the

screen, Sarge. Eight...

I'll just read it

off the screen.

(EXPLOSION)

(ALARM BEEPING)

Sir, we have a

deviation... Say again?

The satellite

is off-plane.

Control is aborting the launch.

Screens are not

showing anything.

All right, back it up and show me

the past few seconds of footage.

Doesn't appear

to be military, sir.

Could be a meteor.

Plot the target's new

trajectory and point of impact.

I've been thinking

a lot about what you said.

I just don't get it.

You love me.

I love you...

I like you a lot, Max.

Just...

love?

I'm not even sure what that is.

Brooke.

We agreed on just friends.

If you can't handle that,

then this is just

gonna have to stop.

I'm just trying to...

Yeah, I know you're

trying, all right?

But...

I also know how I feel.

And until I feel differently,

this is just how it has to be.

Okay?

So...

How's it gonna be?

Well, I'm not giving you up.

So I guess I'll stick

with this then.

I just... I just don't

want to keep having

the same conversation.

Yeah, I... I get it,

all right?

And mum's the word.

(SIGHS)

Man.

You're a hard woman to love.

I know.

See you later then?

It is a small town.

Ouch.

(LAUGHS)

Be careful.

Watch out for bears.

And lions and tigers.

(SIGHS)

Supposed to be good weather.

That's good news.

Steph's been working

so hard on that merit badge.

I'd hate for her

to come home empty handed.

Ah, she'll do fine

rain or shine.

Brooke still out on her run?

She left before sunrise.

You know that girl

is gonna get hurt

if she keeps running at night.

She's been running

in those woods forever.

She knows where

all those mines are,

yours included.

(FOOTSTEPS)

About time you got up.

Daylight's a wastin'.

I'd have been up sooner if you

had a phone in this place.

That's your answer

for everything.

Get a phone and you'll

stop hearing it.

Where you heading today?

Thought I'd head

up to the gorge.

Some good deadfall up there.

Plus, the burnout will be

good for the seedlings.

Well, if it stays clear

we'll use the mares

and bring it all on home.

Sounds good to me.

See y'all later.

(JET PLANE)

(RADIO SIGNALS)

There go the fuel tanks.

Get the team wheels up.

I want best speed

for Preacher's Mill.

Inform HOUSTONE we'll survey the wreckage

and extract whatever's left.

And tell the local fire crews

to hang back

until we get there.

The last thing we need

is for some short order cook

to get a face full

of hydrazine.

Hey, Dad.

Hey, good morning, Brooke.

How was your run?

Good.

You about ready to go?

Steph is going crazy

with the wait.

Yeah, I'll be just a sec.

BROOKE:
Hi, Mom.

Hi, sweetheart,

how was the run?

Good.

Your Dad and Steph

are waiting on you.

Yeah, I know.

Dad already told me.

You almost ready?

You ready to kicksome Forestal butt?

It's just a camp-out.

Yeah, well, hope

you're rested up.

Mrs. Brewer tells methat your campsite

is almost two milesfrom the parking lot.

Two miles through

the spooky woods.

(LAUGHS)

Ah, went the littlegreen frog one day

and it all went mmm ah mmm

Oh, yeah.

La dee da dee da,

la dee da dee da

Ia dee da dee da,

and we all know frogs

Go la dee dolly olly,

they don't go mmm ah mmm

(BOOMING)

Did you hear that?

What?

Something.

No.

(BELL RINGING)

Morning, Green!

Green!

Morning, Stu.

How can we help you today?

Ah, little bit of weighing,

little bit of trade?

(PHONE BEEPING)

You know cell service is down?

Probably something you did.

Why'd we give you

that badge again?

Won it off the Sheriff

in a poker game.

(DOOR BEEP)

(DOOR BEEP)

Did you hear something earlier?

I heard this big boom.

It sounded like...

The sound of a satellite hitting

the side of South Mountain?

You're shitting me.

(LAUGHS)

The army says that

there is or will be

a hell of a fire,

and that we should

steer clear, although

what they actually say

is we should steer cle...

Probably means that the

communications equipment's

nice and toasty

right about now,

hence the lack

of cell phone service.

Wonderful.

According to this,

the satellite still

has over half its fuel left.

Hydrazine.

Hand me that book

over there, would you?

Thanks.

You really think Miller can

handle this kind of hazmat sh*t?

I don't know about handling it,

but they definitely

need to get up there

and check out that fire.

They got all sorts of equipment

and they don't use half of it.

That reminds me.

I gotta take

the Chief's car

to get an oil change.

Flip you for the duty.

(LAUGHS)

Sorry, Davidson,

only full-time deputies

get to play games of chance.

Enjoy your drive, though.

While you're at it, stop out

at Silver Springs,

too, and warn them off.

Yeah, I'll tell the hippies not

to inhale any of the smoke.

Just tell them

to come down here

if the fire heads their way.

I'm gonna go ahead and take my

lunch break out at Silver Creek.

Hey, there's

no lunch, Davidson!

We've got a fire on our hands!

(DOOR BEEPING)

We're policemen, Max.

We handle crimes.

Firemen handle fires.

(DOOR BEEPING)

Fine. Be back here in an hour

and a half or so regardless.

You have my word as a physician

and part-time deputy.

Hey! Watch those

bootlegger turns.

Chief says you keep it up those tires

will be coming out of your pay.

What is the point

of being a lawman

if you can't break the law?

(PHONE DIALING)

(BUSY TONE)

Chrissy, I mean, seriously,

your mom and dad

haven't even been gone

for five minutes

and you're already...

Hey!

You got everything?

Yep.

Okay then, you two crazy girls

CHRISSY:
I will!

STEPH:
We will!

I'll bring her back on Sunday.

That'd be great,

but no need to rush.

I'm going over to Chad's

for the weekend.

Gotcha.

Sunday afternoon it is.

(DOOR SLAM)

(ENGINE SPUTTERING)

(ENGINE STARTING)

Chrissy, are you sure you

should be eating that much?

Aren't you supposed to go

hiking as part of this trip?

But I'm hungry and my mom said

I could have some

while she's gone.

She said you could

have the whole box?

Steph, sweetie, I don't want

you eating a bunch, okay?

I won't.

STEPH:
Gross!

BROOKE:
Great.

All right.

You all set?

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