02x03 - Ring Around the Redhead

[bunniefuu]

[theme music playing]

NARRATOR:
Man lives in the sunlit world

of what he believes
to be reality.

But... there is,

unseen by most, an underworld.

A place that is just as real

but not as brightly lit.

A dark side.

Six hours, Billy.

Don't let him upset you.

He doesn't.

He makes me wonder.

We'd better start, Billy.

You really want to hear this?

My editor thinks
you're innocent.

He says you're very convincing.

Yeah, I'm
so convincing

they're throwing the switch
in six hours.

Then talk now while you can.

Promise you won't laugh?

I came to listen.

If Keena were here,
she'd help me.

She knows I'm no k*ller.

But you're alone now.

How do you feel?

I can't believe
I'll never see her again.

The prosecutor says
she's a fantasy.

My only fantasies are when
I work inventing things.

I imagine them first

until they're all thought out
and then I make them real.

That's what I was doing
when I first saw the ring.

I was in my workshop back
during those earthquakes.

[loud rumbling]

[rumbling subsides]

BILLY:
This thing had come up,
thrust up, through the floor.

It seemed like some kind
of volcano.

Smoking and hissing.

[gurgling]

And when I looked inside,
I saw the ring.

Those earthquakes made
that ring appear.

Come on, Billy.

The quake upset you,
made you see things.

The ring was there.

Every time I touched it,

it moved.

And every time it moved,

there was a whole different
environment down there.

I started making tests
of depth and temperature.

Once a thermometer froze
from the cold.

Once it burned.

Are you serious?

I couldn't eat, sleep or think
anything except that ring.

I kept records of every probe.

On the second day,
I knew I needed help.

Like a fool I turned to Jimbo.

Look at this thing.

I found it on the 170th probe.

I'm looking at this now.

Do you know what it is?

Sure I know.

It's the biggest uncut ruby
I've ever seen.

You're kidding me.

I don't kid about stones.

You know, after years
of messing around here,

you finally
hit something.

Now listen to me, we got to get
a scoop with teeth and dig

24 hours a day.

You make this a business.

I'm an inventor.

You want to spend the rest
of your life alone like this?

Jimbo...

go home, forget this.

You've been up for a couple
of days, you're tired.

This work is dangerous, Jimbo.

Something down there tore up
this grappling hook. Look.

I've got to shut it down.

You know what
your trouble is?

You're an idealist.

You know what happens
to idealists?

Think about it.

Jimbo, the ruby.

I'll be around.

BILLY:
There weren't going to be
any more probes.

I knew I had to pull up
that line

and finish the work.

[gurgling]

[speaking foreign language]

No, you can't go back!

Back there is gone.

No.

Please.

Come back.

You can't go out
there like that.

Somebody might see you.

Please.

Stay here.

I won't hurt you.

Please.

Please.

[thunder crashing]

We are on Earth.

Here.

Earth.

Earth.

Earth.

Earth.

My name is Bil-ly.

Billy.

Billy.
Billy.

That's good.

B-I-L-L-Y.

Billy.

Keena.

Keena.

Hello, Keena.

All right, B.

B.

Boat.

Boat.

Okay, B...

B.

Bird.

You learn pretty
fast, don't you?

Try this-- ball.

Ball.

Mm-hmm.

Boy.

[both laughing]

Bad.

Finding Keena was the best thing
that every happened to me.

She was pretty?

She was more than that.

So you kept her at home
where she was all yours.

I had to protect her.

She was scared and lost.

You haven't eaten anything
in two days.

You want some soup?

Okay.

[music box playing]
♪ Rock-a-bye, baby ♪

♪ On the treetop ♪

BOTH:
♪ When the wind blows ♪

♪ The cradle will rock ♪

♪ When the bough breaks ♪

♪ The cradle will fall ♪

♪ And down will come baby ♪

♪ Cradle and all. ♪

Good morning.

Good morning.

I brought you something. Here.

Wait!

It's a sun dress.

Sun dress.

You can slip into it
while I... Hey.

Now you should
wear these, too.

I guess aliens are gonna dress
a little differently, huh?

Uh, let me help.

Here. Now turn around.

That's it.

Here... here.

Boy, you're something.

How do you like it?

I like it. I like it!

You like it.

Once she trusted me,

she was like a child
discovering the world.

Boy, was she smart.

Because she liked you.

[chuckles]
Because she was reading
my science books in a week.

Stuff that took me years
to get through.

"An oscillating source of waves
is energy.

When such a wave propagates..."

Enough.

Tonight, you have to try
to eat something.

How does veal Marengo sound?

Veal Marengo?

[Italian accent]:
No. Veal Marengo.

[Italian accent]:
Veal Marengo.

Veal Marengo.

Veal Marengo!
Never mind.

I'll put this
in the microwave

and cook the most
delicious...

No, don't cook!
Keep it cold!

[crunching]

Veal popsicle.

I should have known
that's what you like.

It's your science.

Beautiful. Primitive.

Primitive?
It's the best we have.

Your science cannot stop
time or transfer matter.

You can do that?

Yes. I'll show you.

Billy, look!

You left your front door open.

I took it as an invitation.

Who is this?

I'm an old
buddy, miss.

Billy and I go all the way
back to high school.

He was the smart one,
so he knows what I want.

Stay away.

Don't be a hero, Billy.

I'm just gonna borrow her.
Come on. You won't even miss it.

An idealist like you

has higher-type
things on his mind.

She needs the ring
to get back home.

What am I, a travel agent?
Listen to me!

You want conversation,
talk to the police.

Tell 'em about
the earthquakes

and the rubies
and the other worlds.

Give 'em
the whole spiel.

I'll visit you
in the loony bin.

[whooshing sound]

You're stuck, Billy.

I begged
to work with you,

and I would have split it
down the middle,

so don't cry now!

Nothing like a last meal
to k*ll your appetite.

All right,

what happened after
Jimbo took the ring?

Keena said that
the ring didn't matter...

that her people could look
into other worlds...

that they would find her
and bring her back.

All we had to do was wait.

But you wanted to be a hero.

No, I wanted to show her
that we weren't... primitive.

You were looking for trouble.

I felt I had
to get the ring back.

I went over to Jimbo's

he has brought up
piles of these.

Children play with them at home.

Not Jimbo. He has a scoop
with teeth on it

to grab things
through the ring.

Only he wasn't doing that.

He was, he was tearing up
the floor, burying something.

What?

An arm.

He's reached into
another dimension

and torn off somebody's arm.

Oh, it's savage!

He's savage.

My people must not find out!
You must go stop him!

I am through
with this!

Take the damn ring!

Something happened.

I looked through that ring,
and I don't want it, okay?

I tried to get rid of it,
and it doesn't burn,

and you can't break it.
The thing just sits there!

And inside...

Billy, you
gotta help me.

Come and take it.

All right.

All right.

I went outside with him
and tried to warn him.

When I told him about Keena's
people, he went crazy,

and he hit me.

[fists landing]
And I slugged him back.

All of a sudden,
he starts shouting at me,

only there's nothing
coming out of his mouth,

like a silent movie.

And then I saw this cloud,

and it came down and covered him
with a crushing sound,

and he was gone, vanished.

All I could think about was...

Keena!

They took her, too.

I know it.

They're testing the chair.

I didn't know
they still did that.

Billy, they're
coming soon.

We have to hurry.

The trial was a joke.

The neighbors heard
Jimbo and me arguing.

They found rubies on the lawn,
bits of his skull.

Without Keena,
I didn't have a chance.

You believe me?

Billy, what would you say
to Keena now?

What last words?

I'd thank her for everything
she showed me.

At home, there is no fighting.

It's our nature to fight.

Nature changes, Billy.

At home, we only have one duty:

to raise the power of our minds.

I'll show you. Look.

Open it.

[chuckles]

See? We imagine what we want,
then we make it happen.

That's what I do.

Well, I know. We're both
inventors. [chuckles]

♪ ♪

[clock ticking]

[clock ticking]

[deep buzzing]

[whooshing]

Keena!

I couldn't let them hurt you.

They're gonna
k*ll me.

They can't see us
for a minute.

Oh, Billy,
I hate this place.

They won't let me leave.

Then I'll take you
back with me.

I told the Elders
I have to be with you,

and you'd be so happy
at home.

What'll I do there?

You will think.
We'll do it together.

Isn't that what you want?

Now... hold me.

I'll take you there.

WOMAN:
What?!

He's gone!

Howard, you'll never believe
this, but it's true!

Take this down, every word.

There was no execution.
It never happened.

Relax.

I've got a better story.
It's a love story.

The state tried in vain

to execute Billy Malone
in the electric chair.

At midnight,
the switch was thrown,

and in that last instant
before oblivion,

Billy Malone disappeared.

NARRATOR:
The dark side is always there.

Waiting for us to enter.

Waiting to enter us.

Until next time, try
to enjoy the daylight.