This Is Your Death Page #8

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- What up?

Do not answer the phone

"what up".

I thought I taught you

better than that.

There's no one there.

- Yes, there is.

- No, there isn't.

Mom, there's no one there.

Eve's just playing.

No, I'm not.

Don't call me a liar.

- I'm not a liar, I promise.

- Okay, okay, sis, relax.

Go brush your teeth and I'll

read you a story, a'ight?

All right, not a'ight.

Didn't I tell you

this was going to be

the most memorable show ever?

You just witnessed

a traditional Hari Kari,

and that was just the beginning.

Stay with us.

I'm Karina.

I'm up next.

Mason Washington.

And I'm scared as hell.

Yeah.

Don't worry.

It'll be over soon.

Mason, can I ask why

you're doing this?

I'm trying to save my family.

And you?

Same.

Karina, we are ready for you.

All right, people, we got a

public hanging coming up next.

So I want lots of-- -

We are tracking off the charts.

The network is calling

you my protg.

I'm proud of you, kiddo.

I would hold that sentiment.

All right, guys, we've got

a change of plans tonight.

The hanging man dropped out.

Oh.

And you didn't think to tell me

until one minute beforehand?

Well, I did,

but I decided not to.

It will not be a lot

of movement,

just center stage and here's

Adam's prompter script.

Should I be concerned?

You probably should be, yeah.

Welcome back

to the season finale

of This Is Your Death!

Your host, Adam Rogers!

Here, on This Is Your Death,

we have been on a mission

all season long,

a mission to wake this country

out of its complacency,

out of its slumber,

to experience the

reality of the real,

and tonight is no exception.

Please welcome our next

brave guest,

Karina R-- What?

Keller, cue this video.

- Don't.

- Cue the video, Keller.

This is my crew

and it is my show.

If you cue that video, Keller,

there will be no show!

No season two, no syndication,

no international sales, nothing!

Good! May I remind everyone

that we are still live?

Keller? -

This is a joke, right?

Somebody tell me

what's going on.

- Goddammit.

- My name is...

- Uh, Karina Rogers.

- Are you kidding me?

I'm the little sister

of Adam Rogers,

the host and co-creator

of the show.

- What is this?

- Adam and I were closer than most siblings,

I think, growing up.

Um, our parents were killed

by a drunk driver

- when I was 15 and Adam was 20.

- Karina? Karina, no.

- Adam just dropped everything to take care of me.

- No! Kar-- hey.

- Sylvia!

- I developed...

- Karina!

- ...clinical depression.

- It sucks.

- Karina! Karina!

- You're a monster.

- Sylvia!

No, I'm your protg, remember?

What, Bernie?

Listen to me, I got the entire

board on the line here.

Please, God, tell me

this is a joke.

...believing he could

change the world.

He did, I guess.

Just not the way he intended.

Why are you doing this?

- Stop this! Stop her!

- I'm doing this for myself.

- Hey!

- And I'm doing it for Adam.

And I'm doing it for all of you.

None of you are watching me

to feel empathy,

or to be shocked back

into reality.

You're watching me to see

how I'll off myself.

I hope I'm the last one.

Karina! Hey!

Somebody back there, stop her!

Hey! Hey!

Don't let her do it!

Back up!

No! No!

What're you doing?

What're you doing?

Somebody call 911!

- Please...

- Tell me, what are you doing?!

Somebody call 911!

- Look... I'm gonna miss you.

- You're all I have left.

You're the only person

in this world I got left.

- I'm gonna miss you. You're okay.

- What're you doing?

- You're gonna be okay.

- No, no, no!

No, no, no, no, no!

No! No!

Karina. Karina.

Are you happy now?!

Did you get what you wanted?!

Are you happy now?!

Get her out of here.

I'm going on my own.

Keller, you are in charge.

Don't say anything, just do

your job and finish this, okay?

Cue the VO and cut

to commercial.

We'll be right back

after these messages

for the grand finale

of This Is Your Death!

It's time.

Let me go with her!

Let me go with--

What are you doing?

This next act

involves explosives,

so everyone please

insert your earplugs.

We're on in five seconds.

Four.

Three.

I grew up a few

blocks from here, actually.

We used to play

on these tracks as kids.

I knew all the steam engines.

I remember one day

in particular,

an old JB-36 steam engine

was rolling through...

Mason.

You know him?

He used to clean

our offices, yeah.

That's what we did to have fun.

And my childhood was

the kind you lived through

without ever thinking

there was a way out.

The point is,

I made a promise

that if I were to ever

have kids,

someone to be responsible for,

they wouldn't have to grow up

in a place like this.

You know what?

I did it.

I found a job.

Got my wife and kids

into a good neighborhood,

and then that job evaporated

with the economy,

and I haven't been able

to land anything just to--

Just to make ends meet,

you know?

All I want to do is work,

be a good father...

a good husband...

but I... I'm out of ideas.

I'm at the end of my rope.

And I made a promise.

So I'm here.

No!

I'm sorry, I can't do it!

I can't do it.

I don't want your money.

Wha-- what am I doing?

I love my family.

I love my life.

I won't do it.

I won't.

What are you doing?

What-- what are you watching?

I just--

I just wanna go home.

Can't we just turn it off?

Can't we all just go home?

We love you, Mason!

Yeah!

Cue the final music.

Let's get this f***ing

show over with.

Mason! Mason! Mason!

Just give me a second.

It's all on there.

He threatened me if I spoke,

but it doesn't matter anymore.

There he is!

There's Mason!

Hey, Mason!

Right here!

Right here, Mason!

You let this--

It's you.

Please stop.

Get your cameras out of my face.

Please, stop it!

Shut it off!

Shut it off!

What is wrong with you?

You're animals!

You're f***ing animals!

Shut off your cameras!

Shut them off!

- Shut them off!

- Let's go!

Shut them off!

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