01x03 - Long Way From Home

[bunniefuu]

- I wonder

why is it that life always

requires us to overcome

so much grief, suffering,

and all that other crap?

Can't we just have fun and not

have to deal with any of it?

That's what was

going through my head

when first I heard about Hapna.

So, obviously, I jumped on it.

Some people said that it

cured the pain of a heartbreak.

I thought, "That's weird."

"How can a broken heart

ever be painless?"

"Isn't this too good

to be true?"

"What if I'm just being duped?"

Those thoughts did cross

my mind.

Funny

It turns out that

we were all being duped.

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[ Theme music plays ]

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[ Keyboard clacking ]

- Whoa

- There's a 100,000 Skinners?

He's all over the place.

[ Electronic whirring ]

- Wow!

Get a load of that one.

- Gross.

- Someone must be hacking

the surveillance systems

Are they replacing

all the faces with his?

- Yes and it's

being done with precision.

They've altered

the polygon masks,

as well as the thermal imaging.

- So what are you saying?

Skinner is the one

behind all this?

No way

I'm only aware of

three hackers

that can pull off a task

like this

[ Clacking continues ]

- And who are they?

- Popcorn Wizard

Doctor 909

and Mad Screamer.

Oh that last one is me.

- What?

- Seriously?

- There's a strong possibility,

one of the other two hackers

is helping Skinner out.

- Elaina, can you find them?

- I'm on it.

- The surveillance cameras

are no longer an option.

[ Cat meowing ]

But this does give us one clue.

If Skinner has undergone

plastic surgery

to change his appearance,

there would be

no need to do all of this.

Which means?

- That he's still

somewhere out there

with the same face.

- Correct.

For now,

I want Chris and Leland

to see what they can find

at Skinner's residence.

- I have a lead

I can follow up on, too.

- What lead do you have?

[ Cat grumbling ]

- His name is Claude Cline.

He was my mentor when I worked

at the Lab at my university.

In the past,

he was involved in some

research projects with Skinner.

We might be able to get

some kind of clue from him.

- Ah, man, this sucks.

Why'd I have to get paired

up with you?

- Not a fan of you either

Just do you job

and I'll do mine.

Oh, come on.

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[ Camera shutters clicking ]

[ Indistinct chatter ]

- We're from Smile Clean!

- Yeah,

and we're here to make

Mr. Skinner's home

squeaky clean!

- Huh? Haven't you guys

been watching the news?

The owner of the house

has gone missing!

- Okay, but we were told

we'd be paid up-front, so

- I don't care.

I was told not to let

anybody get inside!

- [ Grumbles ]

- All right then, sir.

- We'll just have them send

the invoice to the both of you.

- Huh?!

- Huh?!

Well, there's a cancellation fee

if you send us back

without doing our job

And just between us

it's actually

a pretty hefty amount

[ Both groan ]

[ Camera shutter clicks ]

[ Indistinct chatter ]

- This is on your heads!

You people are the ones

who prescribed me

this crap in the first place!

So do something!

- [ Groaning ]

Ah-ah-choo!

Ah!

[ Snorts]

[ Groaning ]

- Hold up.

Where's your mentor?

- They say he retired

and they don't have any

information on his whereabouts.

- Oh, yeah?

- However

there's a rumor

that he ended up on the streets.

- If that's the case, I might be

able to help you find him.

- Great

- Care to explain

why you're so good at this?

- Really? You think so?

- You're just playing dumb.

- The same could be said

about you.

- I'm not the one hiding

anything

- Okay then,

what did you do

before you ended up

on this team?

- I traveled all over

the world as a secret agent.

- Yeah, right.

Let's see here

[ Electronic beeping ]

[ Door lock disengages ]

Oh, nice.

It's opened.

- Cleaning crew!

- Pardon us!

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[ Seagulls squawking ]

- There sure is a lot of them

out here.

- So, where's this lead of yours?

- Guy's name is Jerry.

Met him in prison,

two stays ago.

Now I hear he's the leader

of this homeless community.

What? You scared or something?

- Absolutely not.

Ugh!

- [ Chuckles ]

You don't have to act

all tough in front of me.

Let's go.

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- I betcha he got busted.

- Are you serious?

- Hey, guys, do you

know anyone named Jerry?

He's supposed to be

in charge of things around here.

- Jerry?

- No clue.

- Excuse me.

Do you know a man named Jerry?

- Hey, buddy.

The guy you're talking to

can't see anything.

[ Sighs ]

- Nothing of value

to us here, huh?

- Yep.

And it's no surprise

since the FBI and cops

already swept this place.

- Gotta say, this house is

pretty unremarkable considering

it's owned by

a super famous scientist.

Know what I mean?

- Hm.

- Is that Hapna?

Doesn't look like it.

- You don't suppose

this thing could be a

cure to Hapna?

- You're joking, right?

- [ Chuckles sardonically ]

Yeah, there's no way.

- You're not one of us, are ya?

Jill's the one who runs

the show around this place.

- Jill?

- That's right.

She's right behind you.

- Oh, my gosh! Axel?!

- Huh?

- [ Chuckles ] It's been forever!

I'm so happy to see you!

Just look at you!

You haven't changed a bit!

- Thanks! And look at you!

You're a woman now, Jerry!

- Yep! I go by Jill now!

- Well, I'm digging

your new look, Jill!

- Oh, you! C'mere! Mm!

- [ Muffled groaning ]

- [ Smooching soundly ]

- Wait

[ Foghorn blows ]

- Oh, my, how many

centuries has it been?

I thought that you were back

in the slammer.

- Yeah, but then I got out again.

- Another prison break?

- Kinda.

- You never learn.

So, what brings you here?

- We're looking for a man

named Claude.

I was told he's

been seen somewhere

around this area recently.

- Listen.

I'm a transgender woman

with a record,

who's also gone

through bankruptcy.

Around here,

that's not an uncommon story.

Some folks were happy

to hear the world is ending

Even though you'll

never hear them say it out loud.

These people have circumstances

that have led them here.

So you have to understand

that it's common courtesy

not to go digging up

anybody's past.

- Well

Back when I was an

academic researcher,

a guy said to me

"There will never be

a black Einstein."

And that it was impossible

for people like us

to win a Nobel Prize

no matter how hard "we" tried.

Unfortunately,

I ended up hitting him

That man

was the dean of the university.

I was kicked out of the

academy for my actions,

but Professor Claude stood up

for me until the very end.

And to this day

I have yet to thank him.

[ Solemn music playing ]

- Show me his picture.

- What's the matter, Professor?

- Whoop his butt already.

- Hm

- Queen to Bishop.

- Huh?

Hm.

- The Professor's gonna win.

- Oh, yeah, it's over.

[ Chess piece clacks ]

Bishop to King, checkmate.

- Oh.

- He got it!

- No way!

Now I'm out 3 days worth

of food!

Goddammit!

- Is that you, Doug?

- It's been a long time

Professor.

- Yo, dude!

Wanna play a game against me?

[ Flames whooshing ]

- You must be surprised.

Seeing how I've hit

rock bottom like this.

- To be honest,

I need your help.

I'm looking for Skinner

right now.

- Ah, yes.

Things are a real mess.

- Do you happen to know

where he might be?

- Hm.

I haven't talked with that

man for years.

Little did I know,

that humanity would

one day be k*lled,

by the medicine he invented.

Any information would help

no matter how trivial.

- Hm.

[ Tea kettle clattering ]

[ Steam whistling ]

- Professor?

- Huh?

Right

[ Whistling stops ]

- It's gonna be one-on-one.

[ Ball thumping ]

You take the ball first.

How's 20 bucks a game sound?

Sounds good to me!

- I imagine

that Skinner was someone

who most people saw

as an honorable man.

But he was obsessed

His research blinded him

to everything around him.

Including the time of day,

and that made him a nuisance

to all the people

he worked with

It was exhausting,

and I knew I wouldn't

able to keep up

[ Ball thumping ]

So, I just cut

all ties with him.

But then as I watched him rise

to prominence,

it made me jealous.

I desperately wanted

to outdo him.

To somehow leave my mark

on the world.

And that frustration drove me

to falsify the results

of my research.

It lead

to the university firing me

and that's how I ended up here.

[ Ball clatters ]

[ Ball thumping ]

- Ugh!

[ Grunts ]

- [ Whooshes ]

[ Feet moving rapidly ]

[ Ball whooshes, clatters ]

- No way!

How's that fair?!

- Oh, right

I just remembered.

This one time we got into

a passionate discussion

about baklava

- Baklava?

Isn't that a

middle eastern pastry?

- Yes.

Skinner told us

that his Grandmother Belinda

made the best baklava

in the world.

He raved on about

how magical her recipe was,

and that no one

could ever make it the same way.

- His grandmother?

- As I remember

he mentioned she lived

somewhere in Istanbul.

But I couldn't tell you

if she's still around now.

- Thank you, Professor.

And I appreciate you

standing up for me back then.

- Huh?

[ Ball thumping ]

- Ugh!

[ Ball whooshes,

rim rattles ]

[ Ball thudding ]

No freakin' way!

[ Ball thumping ]

- So, tell me.

Do you guys go way back?

- No We just met.

- Well, as you can see

Axel is the type of guy who

can easily make himself at home.

Doesn't matter where he is,

even prison.

[ Ball thumping ]

But then,

before you know it,

he just up and vanishes.

I tell ya, that one

he's a real mystery.

- Just be careful who you try

to swindle next time.

- Damn.

Don't ever come back here!

- Let's get outta here.

You found your clue, didn't cha?

- Hm? Yeah.

- See you around, Jill!

- Come back soon, Axel!

I'll be waiting for ya,

sweetie!

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- [ Sighs ]

No ID number.

[ Keyboard clacking ]

No tax records,

and no social security.

There's nothing coming up

for Skinner's grandmother

on any database

under the name of "Belinda."

- Does she really exist?

[ Clacking continues ]

- I mean, even Skinner

has a grandmother

- Actually,

we have no data on her.

Maybe it was erased

intentionally?

- That's a possibility.

- Guys, hold on. Check this out.

- Hm?

This area is known

for its high crime rate.

No surveillance cameras

or visual data available.

- Sounds like a perfect hideout.

Skinner might be there.

- I think we might

be getting lured into a trap

- Can't deny that.

- Then we should go

and see it for ourselves, right?

- It takes about 6 hours

Take the Hyper Cube

to Istanbul

- Sounds like our only option.

[ Train car whooshes ]

[ Train rails rattling ]

[ Turkish music playing ]

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[ Indistinct chatter ]

- [ Sighs ]

We finally made it here!

- Leland, what are you wearing?

- Well, you know, I figured

it was best to blend in

since they said it's

not safe around these parts.

Do you think it's working?

- Yeah, I'm sure it is.

- Hey, hold up!

Where are you going?

- I'm gonna prance around town

for a while.

That should get their attention.

- We're dealing with targets

who mask their traces,

so I set up some float traps.

[ Electronic warbling ]

- And that's what these are?

- Yes.

They monitor all transactions

that go through the node point.

I performed a

pseudo-deconstruction

on the multiple

compression functions

of the hash algorithm.

- Uh, layman's terms, please.

- Essentially, they're decoys.

- That makes sense

[ Chattering

in native language ]

- Huh?

Ugh! Oh, hello there.

Let me just say that, um, we're

not here to cause any trouble!

- Well, Except for the fact

that we do look super sketchy.

So, in times like these

we run for it!

- Huh?! Hey, wait! Ugh!

[ Up-tempo jazzy music plays ]

- [ Grunts ]

- Ugh!

- Uh-oh.

[ Scuffling ]

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Let's go!

- Whoa!

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[ Panting ]

Aah!

[ Engine rumbling ]

- Time to jump!

- Huh?!

- [ Grunts, thuds ]

- Here is your chamomile tea.

Why, thank you.

Do you know

where the prince is at?

- [ Panting ]

- [ Breathing heavily ]

[ Roof snapping ]

Aah!

[ Glass shatters ]

[ Groaning ]

Hey

- It's the prince!

- What the?

Where'd you go now?

- Here you are, Your Highness.

- Oh, sorry,

but I'm kinda in a hurry

[ Door thuds ]

- Huh?!

[ Yelping ]

Hey, stop it!

It's not a watch!

Leave it alone!

[ Blade clinks ]

Ugh!

- Enough already

- [ Whimpering ]

- [ Thuds ]

- Aah!

- [ Groans ]

[ g*nsh*t ]

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- Please, no!

[ Straining ]

Listen

the only reason we came here

is to eat some

of Grandma Belinda's baklava!

- Baklava?

- Baklava?

- Belinda?

- Huh?

- Belinda?

- Belinda

- All: Oh

- Huh?

- So, how's the

Istanbul team doing?

- I haven't heard anything.

- Maybe they're dead?

[ Electronic beeping ]

- According to their vitals

on their bracelets,

we at least know they're alive.

- Well, okay then.

- But frankly,

I don't understand

why Hersch made Leland go.

Aren't we better suited

for this mission?

- Hm

He gives off grandson vibes.

[ Doorbell ringing ]

- Coming!

Yes, I know.

Just hold on a moment!

Thanks for waiting.

Are you boys the visitors who

came from out of town to see me?

- Uh, yes ma'am!

- This is for you lads.

- Yes!

[ Laughter ]

- Well, don't just stand there.

Come on in!

- I'm sorry, Miss Belinda.

We hate to drop in on you

unannounced like this

- Those boys

didn't mean any harm.

They're just misguided.

- Really?

- I hope

you can forgive them.

- No worries

I'm sorry I had to roughed

them up a little bit.

- Well, here's the baklava

you've been craving.

- Ooh!

- Ooh!

- Eat as much as you'd like.

- So sweet!

- [ Chewing soundly ]

- And tasty!

- [ Munching noisily ]

- Awesome!

- [ Chuckles ]

- Pace yourselves, boys.

- [ Coughing ]

[ Gasping ]

- Would you mind

telling me who you two are?

- Please don't share this

with anyone,

but the truth is

[ Sipping noisily ]

we're secret agents.

- Huh?

- Huh?

- Do you mean

like James Bond?

- Yeah Something like that

- Ooh!

- No! You can't say that!

- It's all right

We're all about transparency

these days.

- So do you have

a "License to k*ll"?

- Of course.

- [ Choking, coughing ]

[ Metal creaking ]

- Very well, then

You must be here

to ask about my grandson.

It's been years

since I last saw him.

It's not like

I was keeping it a secret.

It's just that no one

ever bothered to ask me.

[ Electronic humming ]

- Still nothing?

- No

- They say patience is a virtue.

- You see, he tragically lost

both of his parents

when he was little.

So I stepped up to raise him

in his mother's absence.

- What was he like?

- He was a normal little boy,

and a kindhearted crybaby.

Nothing unusual there.

No matter the years

or the chaos he has caused

To me he's still just the

cute little grandson I raised.

- That's weird.

I think I've seen

this flower somewhere before.

- Ah, that's right

That is something

he brought for me.

Apparently, it's a very rare

variety of tulip

that hardly blooms.

- Do you remember the last time

you talked to Skinner?

- Let's see

about 3 years back.

Yes. That's right.

He sent me a video message.

Wait here a moment.

[ Electronic beeping ]

- They're not moving

- Not an inch

- What are they wasting time on?

- Hello, Belinda!

How have you been?

I've been pretty busy

with work lately.

I wanted to visit for Christmas

and have your baklava,

but it seems like I'm not

going to be able to make it.

Once things settle down,

I promise I'll come home.

So take good care of yourself

until then.

Bye for now.

- I gotta say, that doesn't

look like the kind of guy

who would commit the world's

worst m*ssacre.

- A fresh batch of my baklava

is almost ready, boys!

- Great!

- Hm. It's Skinner.

- Huh?

- He's gotta be watching us

from somewhere.

He wants to make sure

that Belinda is okay.

- So do you think

he's watching us right now?

[ Slow wistful music playing ]

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What is that?

- Yo, Skinner.

You see me in there?!

[ Tapping glass ]

Remember this face!

I'm coming after you!

Your a*s is mine!

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[ Electronic warbling ]

- They took the bait!

- Who? Where?

- I've figured out where

Doctor 909's hidden wallet is!

- Hidden wallet?

- Time to get wrecked.

[ The Boo Radleys'

"Lazarus" plays ]

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- I ♪

I must be

losing my mind ♪

I keep on trying

to find a way out ♪

There's no need ♪

You don't lock

the door anymore ♪

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I ♪

- Ba, ba, ba, ba ♪

- You know I

never go out ♪

- Ba, ba, ba, ba ♪

- And you know I

start to forget things ♪

It's okay they weren't

essential anyway ♪

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