I Am

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[MAN SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[NARRATOR READING ON-SCREEN TEXT]

NARRATOR:
We were given

the Ten Commandments.

[NARRATOR READING ON-SCREEN TEXT]

LANCE:

Today I made $1.78 billion.

Billion. With a B.

X:

And how do you feel?

LANCE:

I don't feel anything.

X:

And you wonder why you're not happy.

[TIM TIMMONS' "DON'T RUN AWAY"

PLAYING]

I got a secret I gotta keep down

It's complicated

Lies are raging now

Well, the burn's so hot

I can't push it away

So I fold you in

Just to make it okay

To my house that caught

On fire

Could be too little too late

For you to turn

Is my soul too far gone?

Don't run away

Don't run away

Please stay

Please don't hide away

Don't hide away from the pain

Don't go down

- Fight

- Fight

The secrets that I hide

Don't run away

Don't run away

X:
You have metastasized

pancreatic cancer.

You're going to die.

ANGELICA:

No.

X:
The results are conclusive.

There is simply no cure.

- You need to accept this.

ANGELICA:
I can't.

X:

Angelica, there is only one God.

And it's not you.

Hello, Angelica.

Hi, Lance.

Missed you at the funeral.

I hope it's cold in there.

ANGELICA:

He was your father too.

Don't patronize me.

You didn't ask me here just to chat.

What do you want?

I'm dying.

I'll be right beside Dad.

Right in there.

Unless I can do something about it first.

There's a loophole in Father's will.

States that if I die before the age of 40, you

become the sole heir to his entire fortune.

I'm 39.

I have a deal to offer you.

I'm listening.

Help me survive this cancer.

And I will give you Dad's entire fortune.

Minus, of course, what it takes

to sustain my life for 500 years.

Or until they find a cure.

Or whichever comes first.

How?

It's called cryogenics.

You're gonna freeze yourself?

Oh, you're insane.

Nobody has frozen themselves

and been brought back to life before.

Well, it's illegal.

So no one's exactly talking about it.

There is one man who came very close.

How close?

Close enough

that we're having this conversation.

- Is he in?

- He will be.

So do we have a deal?

What?

You're 39,

I'm gonna inherit everything anyway.

Listen, baby brother.

This is not a negotiation.

If I have to hook myself up

to a ventilator machine until I turn 50...

...just to make sure that you don't get

his money, then I will do it.

I don't care how much pain I'm in.

Are you in?

Get your scientist.

Regret on the horizon

Waiting

Eyes I've long forgotten

ANGELICA:
You will receive $1 million

for the procedure...

... and 500,000 every year I survive

for the rest of your life.

Oh, and I will pay for any expenses

that are necessary to perform the procedure.

Freezing a living human being is illegal.

[ANGELICA LAUGHING]

Come on, doctor, who are you kidding?

You froze those human cells for a reason.

Because you knew that it would work.

Now, someone is gonna go down in history

as the person...

...who discovered the secret

to everlasting life...

...and you want that person to be you.

The process is completely experimental.

I'd have to say your chances of surviving

the freezing are fifty-fifty...

...under perfect conditions and...

And given your health...

The odds of me surviving my cancer

without the freezing, doctor...

...are zero.

Dealing with our mortality

is a difficult thing, Miss Vita.

But we all die.

We can't control when or how really...

...but eventually death comes to us all.

Says who...

...exactly?

Those are inappropriate questions

for a doctor, Miss Vita.

I'd be happy to recommend some

of the best therapists in the business.

- You may wanna consider religious counsel...

- Oh, right, God.

You want me to talk to God about it?

Should I put it in his hands?

Miss Vita...

...I can't help you.

I'm sorry.

Well, I was afraid

you were gonna say that.

Now, I don't think I have to tell you

what those pictures are.

I think you already know.

[LAUGHS]

I'm not a monster, Dr. Ortus.

But I will do everything

that I have to do...

...to save my own life.

Sign the papers.

[EKG BEEPING]

X:
When we play God,

we run from the truth.

And the truth is...

... some things are bigger than you

for a reason.

Don't mess

with what you don't understand.

MAN [ON RADIO]:
Billionaire heiress

Angelica Vita has been reported missing.

According to a source...

... the high-profile socialite

has not been heard from in over two weeks.

Los Angeles Police Department

confirmed...

... that investigation into Miss Vita's

disappearance is in fact underway.

[PHONE RINGS]

Aaron Rossdale.

WOMAN [OVER SPEAKERPHONE]:

I was about to report you missing.

Pancake breakfast in Sherman Oaks.

Mmm. That sounds fun.

- Yeah, you can thank my dad for that one.

- So you do still work here, right?

This Thompson brief has to be filed

and I'm not a lawyer, so I would...

Speaking of,

I got a little surprise for you.

Hmm. A new job?

AARON:
Yeah, yeah, very funny.

I'm on my way.

Just one more stop.

TREVOR:

Thanks for coming.

You know, I'd pour you one of these, but

you and I both know that's a waste of time.

How long are you gonna keep doing this?

As long as it takes.

Hey, Bill, give me one more.

No. No, no. He's done.

He's done.

So...

...I hear you got the Angelica Vita case.

Yeah. Yeah.

It's a pretty big deal.

Well, you know, this buddy of mine

introduced me to her brother Lance.

Angelica Vita's brother?

No, these are bad people, right?

These are bad people.

Listen, I didn't ask for your opinion.

- Fine.

- Look...

...he took this bottled water company

and...

I mean, they couldn't give this stuff away

to the Sahara.

Then the next thing, he gets involved

and the stock doubles and...

They haven't even put

the product out yet. I figured...

...if he can do that for water...

...he can definitely help Will.

Trevor.

Hey, man, Will is dead.

But his music...

...is not.

Matter of fact...

...Will died six months ago today.

Look, in my job...

...I see a lot of tragedy.

I mean, I see bad, bad things.

And my job is to find who is at fault...

...and hold them into account.

That is my job

and I am very good at it.

And listen to me, look,

what happened to Will was an accident.

It is not your fault.

Come on, man.

You know, it's all good, man.

It's all good.

I'm gonna take you home.

What was the name

of that bottled water company?

Speak of the devil.

We have...

...for free, mind you...

...the endorsement

of the world's biggest celebrity.

This guy's name ID is off the charts.

A figure who will never be in a scandal.

Whose reputation is perfect.

I mean,

what's the competition gonna do?

Argue water

with the one who created it?

Come on. Heh, heh.

Here's the tag.

[READING POSTER]

What do you think, Gord?

X:

I'm curious.

What exactly did you say to Angelica

before she was frozen?

I'm not interested

in discussing my conscience.

X:

Okay.

What would you like to discuss?

LANCE:
Water?

X:
Ah.

You want me to tell you

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