We Go On

(somber music)

(engine revving)

(tires squeal, glass shatters)

(ragged breathing)

(siren approaching)

(chatter on emergency radio)

(inhales deeply)

(on monitor)

My name is Ronald Coaltic,

and I am not an actor,

but I've owned my model H524...

H52... uh, um...

If you want me

to remember all this sh*t,

at least stop with all

the goddamn distractions.

I mean, what's going on

over there?

Well, look through

this microscope.

This is what's

actually happening

right under your toes.

(whimsical music)

(crowd cheering)

(engine revs, tires squeal,

glass shatters)

(gasping)

(line trilling)

(woman on phone)

Ads, this is Rachel.

Uh, I'd like to buy an ad.

Print, online, or both'?

Both.

Business name?

I don't have a business.

Oh, you want Classifieds.

Let me transfer you.

No, no, no, no, look.

How do I get the real thing?

Like a quarter page

in someplace prominent

on your site, hmm?

Your name?

Miles Grissom, O-M.

And what's this an ad for?

I'm, uh...

I'd like to offer $30,000

to the first person that

can show me definitive proof

of life after death,

like a ghost, or...

or something

I could never doubt.

30 grand to show you a ghost?

You know how every year or two,

there's a headline that

pops up about an asteroid

that's maybe on course

to crash into Earth

and kill us all, right?

And then they say,

"Oops, never mind.

"It'll miss us.

Death from space

is canceled."

Then we get that relief.

We go on about our lives

like there's no asteroid.

But that's insane,

because really there is

still an asteroid,

that we should be afraid,

because we all have one coming,

and it's on a 100% guaranteed

collision course with you.

Your world will end.

We don't get to know when,

all we know for sure

is that it never misses.

And look,

I know that most people

are gonna be full of sh*t,

but in this whole city,

I mean...

maybe I find one

who can prove it to me.

Just to know for sure.

It would change everything.

Hey.

Mom?

Okay.

Wait now, before you react,

I know you hate surprises,

and I know you want me to call

before heading

all the way here from...

It's really good

to see you, Mom.

I guess I thought or hoped

you wouldn't see it.

Oh, come on, it went viral.

You know, like crazy things do.

So it's what, a work thing?

Mom, I'm serious about this.

Okay, you're making a huge

face at me right now.

Relax your face.

Aunt Lily left that money

for you to help,

and here you go

spending half of it on...

All of it.

Paid the other half for the ad.

You what?

I can't...

We agreed to find you, like,

an actual professional.

Yeah, but wouldn't it be better

if this one simple thing

saved me, instead of, I don't

know, 12 years of therapy?

I mean, I'm in LA and I

can't even drive a car.

Well, that's different.

Not everyone lost their

father to these freeways.

Yeah?

I was 3.

You'd think by now, I'd be

able to ride more than a bike.

You actually think you're

going to find something?

Look at you.

You do, don't you?

This is nothing.

Most of it's online.

Don't tell me

you're not curious.

(man)

My tutorial will prove

that the devil

was worshiped on pages

but proof here in the Bible.

Sent from the Almighty God.

When I get flashed by a light,

I get possessed by this

German Nazi soldier.

I don't know why.

I've never spoken German,

I've never been to Germany...

(man) Okay, so I got my

sister out of the hospital

just for this.

She can... she can...

h' she focuses,

she can tell the...

She has to focus,

but she can tell you

what's going to happen...

(distorted computer voice)

Dirty cheaters.

Blah!

(woman)

She only comes in

when everyone but me is asleep,

because I'm the one

she likes best.

(distorted scream)

Fake.

Definitely.

Look.

Because I can talk

to dead people.

(man on voice-mail) So you

don't believe in ghosts, huh?

Well, you should.

They're everywhere.

I can show you, I think.

Yeah, I'm with one

right now, a dead lady,

who says you've seen her already

in the...

in the grandfather clock.

She died in that place.

If you're intrigued,

maybe we should meet, yeah?

Don't have a...

I say into the loony bin

with him.

Grandfather clock?

Actually, I say

we throw him

in the "Maybe" pile.

Why?

Well, it's the only

voice-mail reply

I got from an unknown caller.

Except I didn't

give my number out.

Okay, let's see.

We've got 1,067

responses, all told.

Uh, 493 unconvincings

or incompletes.

241 for Jesus Christ.

Amen.

97 definite fakes,

91 pranks,

uh, 65 solicitors,

26 just crazy nonsense,

and 12 people who want to be

my personal

psychedelic drug guide.

But there are three

that are interesting.

You forgot the Masturbators.

No, I counted them

as solicitors.

Of what?

Okay, three candidates.

We've got the scholar,

the medium,

and the entrepreneur.

The first guy

is Dr. Ben Ellison.

We create the world around us

with our consciousness,

and that is why adults

rarely see ghosts.

They've closed that door,

they've shut it up tight

with skepticism

and suspicious questioning.

But that door can be

opened again.

(Miles tapes keyboard)

Says he got a technique

that will guarantee

a supernatural encounter.

I just like the science angle.

Number two.

This is... the medium?

Yes, Josefina,

down in Inglewood.

Works in her family's

restaurant.

I cannot show you a ghost

that doesn't want to be seen.

No one can.

But one meditation with me,

and I can show you

your own death

and you can know

everything I know.

Okay, I believe she believes it,

sure, but that isn't...

Wait, wait, all of her

references vouched.

I mean, would you prefer

one of those

reality television

ghost hunter a**holes?

Okay.

Third guy's the entrepreneur.

Sexy phone voice.

Yeah, you'll like

this one, I know.

Emmett Fromm.

I spent 30 years

of my life in pursuit

of the same treasure

you're digging for.

I wanted to know for sure,

I wanted

to live my life fearlessly.

I traveled the world,

I talked to mystics, monks,

and I finally found

what I was looking for

on the top of a mountain

in Tibet.

I paid the bulk

of my worth for it.

After I opened this box,

I knew it was worth every penny.

You will have to open yourself

and see what comes out.

Hmm!

Look at this beast.

I bet you run things over

and don't even know it.

You really doing this?

Yes.

I'm going to go see

the first guy this afternoon.

The science guy?

Mm-hmm. I don't trust that guy.

You taking the bus?

Yeah.

Get in.

It's sort of on my way.

Maybe I'll go inside with you,

make sure you don't

take any sh*t.

(Ellison) Well, I'm thrilled,

actually, that you called me.

I mean, if nothing else,

I get to see

who the hell it was

put up this ad.

Am I what you expected?

No.

(chuckles)

So what do you do, hmm?

A video editor.

Nothing special.

Industrial shorts,

paid programming,

that sort of thing.

(Charlotte) You know when you

wake up at 3:
00 in the morning

and the TV's still on

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