Persons Unknown

Prei-I don't know on "perswho you people are.

Come on, man, don't leave me like this.

Ugh!

The rest of the guests are organizing a lynching party.

We're gonna die. Keep running!

"janet." I knew her?

Very well.

Are you really doing all this for megan

Or are you still in love with your ex-wife?

No! Joe!

I'm sending you into the town.

That's weird. Very weird.

What is this place?

Kat: Small town, u.S.A.

Right in the middle of nowhere?

In south america?

Shanghai palace?

Is that possible?

Hello?!

Anyone home?

Janet.

So, you remember me?

Yes.

What about everything else?

Unfortunately, yes.

I didn't know what - we - we don't need to talk about it.

We're gonna have to at some point.

But not now.

Look, you're in danger, janet.

Yeah, well, I'm beginning to get used to that.

Something's gone wrong, and I've put you all in danger.

How? I don't know, exactly.

But they're gonna - they're gonna take action - serious action.

Joe, wait. We have to warn the others.

No. Joe!

How you doing, there, joe?

You guys all need to listen to me.

No, actually, we don't.

What you need to do is pay close attention to us.

There's no time for this. You're all in danger.

Joe, I'm sorry to say this, but this routine is becoming very, very tedious.

Just listen to him. Janet, the time for that's over.

good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

And how are we enjoying our stay? Who the hell are you?

Liam ulrich, the new hotel manager,

At your service.

If you'll forgive me, I've been instructed by the management

To secure the stairs to the roof.

Liability and all that.

It's very good to see you again, joseph.

Been a long time.

you know him?

Yeah.

But I thought he was dead.

Dead? Why?

Because I killed him.

I'm afraid I have a bit of bad news.

Can't wait to hear this.

Because of the recent events -

And I doubt I need to point them out to you -

The management has found it necessary to make some...

Modifications in and around the town.

Modifications? What does that mean, exactly?

I'm afraid I'm not at liberty to say. Is that so?

Are you flushing the town, liam?

Flushing the town? That doesn't sound too good.

Now see what you've done, joseph?

You've unnecessarily panicked your friend here.

I assure you, there is no need for concern,

None at all.

As I was saying, because of this necessary maintenance,

You will be restricted to this floor

For a short period of time.

And I'm afraid the security shields will have to be employed.

This is for your own safety, of course.

As a token of their appreciation

For the inconvenience this will cause you,

The management has placed a complimentary gift

In each of your rooms.

Room service will be available 24 hours a day.

You'll find the menu next to the bed.

If I can be of any further assistance,

I trust that you will not hesitate to ring me.

How do you know this guy, joe?

And why did you think he was dead?

Because I shot him through the chest three times.

I even gave him his last rites.

Last rites? That means you were -

A priest. Yes.

Jesuit, actually.

That explains a lot.

Not why you shot him... Father joe.

Same scenario as janet.

I got a fortune, same as all of you.

It said, "kill your neighbor, and you'll go free."

Unlike janet, I shot my neighbor dead.

Mcnair: So, you failed the test.

There is no success or failure here,

Only results.

I thought you all would've understood that by now.

There's a lot of things we don't understand here, joe.

There's certainly a lot of things

We don't understand about you.

When you said they were gonna flush the town, what did you mean?

Things get out of hand,

They feel the scenario has been corrupted...

They terminate the cycle.

So, what, they just put us back into our old lives or something?

Erase our memories?

No. They don't do that.

What, then?

They terminate us.

Afraid so.

What the hell are they doing?

What the hell are we doing?

Remember what angela said? The town is the program.

Angela was insane.

Body bags.

Oh!

Anton.

"for class president."

Charlie: Oh!

"s.E.C. Investigation...

"charges of corruption...

"the prime suspect is c.E.O. Charles morse.

"his mysterious disappearance

"coincides with multiple charges...

"of embezzlement.

Continued on page 14."

Page 14?!

Where's page 14?!

It can't be.

You're not gonna believe this.

These yahoos give me one page of the "chronicle"!

One page!

This is by far

The worst torture I've had to endure.

Idiots.

What have you got there? Nothing, okay? Just leave me alone.

It's none of your business.

It's a football?

Yeah.

They gave you a football?

Yeah. Well, that's a laugh.

Yeah.

You know, when I was little,

Kids used to call me "lard ass."

Yeah?

All I did was watch tv and eat.

My parents didn't know what to do.

Then, on my 13th birthday,

My dad announces that I'm playing football.

Football.

can you believe it?

Oh.

Toughest part was coach trump.

Guy made my life a living hell.

The running. The push-ups.

Two-a-days in the August heat.

I mean, there were times when I thought I was gonna die.

But you didn't.

In high school, I played guard.

Banging heads in the trenches.

So, in my senior year,

We're in the championship game.

There's like 45 seconds to go on the clock.

Third down on the 7.

Quarterback calls a double-reverse.

Everything's totally cool... Till the wideout fumbles.

Ball flips into the air, right into my hands.

Everybody's grabbing at me, clawing me,

But I make it into the end zone and hear this crunch.

My knee was gone.

But I didn't even care. I didn't even feel it.

In the locker room,

The team awarded me the game ball.

Billy "lard ass" blackham got the game ball.

Oh, man, I thought I'd lost it.

Now here it is...

Along with coach trump's obit.

That's quite a wonderful story.

Yeah, well, that was, uh -

It was a long time ago.

Maybe you're not such a doughnut-hole after all, bill.

Miss winston.

Thought you might be interested in having your bible back.

To remind me of who I was?

To remind you of who you are.

You must be surprised to see me.

Actually, I'm... Glad to see you.

Glad to see you alive.

Really? Now, see, that surprises me.

I assume they sent you to keep me in line.

Not everything's about you, joseph.

I'm here because of janet cooper.

Janet?

The director has shown a great interest in her.

It seems you are no longer her fair-haired boy.

I never asked for that. Never asked for any of this.

And yet here you are.