Speaker 1: Tomorrow's Monsters is a production of My Heart Radio, Flynn
Speaker 1: Picture Company, Psycopia Pictures, and Upper Room Productions. Mankind, We're criminals.
Speaker 1: First we took fire from the gods. It gave us warmth, light,
Speaker 1: the power to create and to destroy. It allowed us
Speaker 1: to venture into unchartered territories again and again, like thieves
Speaker 1: in the dark, plundering every resource we could. But with
Speaker 1: each new horizon also comes cautionary tales, tales of spirits
Speaker 1: monsters that lie ahead. Even early European maps warned of
Speaker 1: mythical creatures of great beasts inhabiting unexplored locations, forbidden zones,
Speaker 1: where aliens dragons, which is ghosts lurk in the dark.
Speaker 1: But it never stops us. And today we seem capable
Speaker 1: of infinite expansion, expansion outward, expansion in business, and of
Speaker 1: the market's expansion, of our lives and of ourselves destiny
Speaker 1: made manifest. Today mankind has become godlike in its ability
Speaker 1: to boldly go. But for all of this, there is
Speaker 1: still a universe that remains uncharted, the universe of the
Speaker 1: human mind. And just as the ancient maps once warned,
Speaker 1: there'd be monsters. Yeah, I don't know what they is.
Speaker 1: Max's comatose, passed out in the back seat. He's been
Speaker 1: out ever since Truthsdale and I throws him with the
Speaker 1: kill switch. I myself, I keep deeping in and out
Speaker 1: between reality and dreams, the prisoner and the paston, and
Speaker 1: I don't know how much longer I can stay conscious. Bro, bro,
Speaker 1: come on, man, get up, you got this? I don't
Speaker 1: know all right? You wanted to tell you some jokes? Definitely? No,
Speaker 1: all right. Look, why was the Scarecrow awarded the Nobel Prize?
Speaker 1: Hunt done up? Because because he was outstanding in his field.
Speaker 1: M hmm that's terrible. Yeah right, So why are you laughing?
Speaker 1: My con I'm sorry. I should have protected you. It's
Speaker 1: it's not your fault. Oh all right, man, it's time
Speaker 1: to close your eyes. It's time to let go. Everything's
Speaker 1: gonna be okay, Jack, Everything's gonna be okay. I only
Speaker 1: pieced together what happened to me long after I found
Speaker 1: Jack's recordings. I've been sifting through all of it hundreds
Speaker 1: of hours. I found this one from January nine, two am. Hey, Hey,
Speaker 1: is anybody there. I'm locked in. Hello, I'm locked in, Hello,
Speaker 1: don't fucking move David, David truth though, Okay, hold on now,
Speaker 1: we can work this out. You don't have to do this, David. Please.
Speaker 1: You don't have to be next course point anymore. You
Speaker 1: understand it. And I'm David wait wait wh m? What
Speaker 1: did you miss? Who are you waiting for? David? Why?
Speaker 1: I must do alive? What do you want, David? Do
Speaker 1: you want? I don't know what happened. Okay, he was
Speaker 1: supposed to be the last one, but they changed the
Speaker 1: deal against It's okay. I heard what he said. Hm hmm, Finn,
Speaker 1: when you were talking on the roof, I heard him.
Speaker 1: What did you hear about the switch? Look, you'll switch
Speaker 1: to make it stop? Is it true? Yes? I have it.
Speaker 1: I can make it stop. But in the meantime, if
Speaker 1: you don't know whether to kill me or not yet,
Speaker 1: can you please lower the gun until you've made up
Speaker 1: your mind. H Okay, I'm gonna reach into my pocket. Okay,
Speaker 1: it's gonna reach into my pocket. Slide it's it's it's
Speaker 1: right here in this case? How does it work? According
Speaker 1: to Finn, it's Cultridge contains happiness for the little bugs
Speaker 1: they put in your head, the ones they are using
Speaker 1: to control you. According to Finn's need been tested on rights.
Speaker 1: I have no idea what it will do to a
Speaker 1: human mind. Did it work? Did it work on the rights? Yes? Yes?
Speaker 1: How do I know this isn't just another contact lock?
Speaker 1: Why should I trust you? Okay? What do you have
Speaker 1: to lose? Listen? Michael, Michael Kobin what about him? He's
Speaker 1: my brother, Mike. Yeah, you both got pulled into this thing, David,
Speaker 1: against your wheels. You've got pulled in because you were
Speaker 1: looking for peace from the sheet in your head, just
Speaker 1: like Michael and me and David. I'm here to stop
Speaker 1: him before they get to more people, just like they
Speaker 1: go to my brother, just like they go to you,
Speaker 1: just like they go to me. I've got the tidy
Speaker 1: machines in my brain too. I'm not different from you.
Speaker 1: So yeah, if you want to be free of these
Speaker 1: people and the things that they make you do, that
Speaker 1: this antidote is the only way that's life in made it.
Speaker 1: He knew that this was the only way to stop them,
Speaker 1: and right now this is the only way either of
Speaker 1: us are gonna get what we want. Are you listening
Speaker 1: to me? I didn't kill him, m hm, your brother.
Speaker 1: I didn't kill him. The others I'm not so sure about. Okay,
Speaker 1: understand that he is not your phone, none, it is.
Speaker 1: It's your phone. There's only two cars, is just one
Speaker 1: for you and one for Max? Who the hell is Max?
Speaker 1: I think you know him as Bed, but there's only
Speaker 1: two doses? So what about you? Here's something the old man. Now.
Speaker 1: But if I give you this, I'm gonna need you
Speaker 1: to do something for me. What had been? Tell you
Speaker 1: what way is orders to stop you and bring you
Speaker 1: to him alive? Okay, Okay, that's good, that's good. That's good.
Speaker 1: Then this work. I need you to rough me on.
Speaker 1: You can't hold back, you can't fake it. It's it's
Speaker 1: gonna be real. You've gotta make me bleed. It's the
Speaker 1: only way I'll be able to get close enough to
Speaker 1: Ben to dose him. Now, look, I'm gonna need your help.
Speaker 1: You need to help me. First to kill SWI No, no, no,
Speaker 1: I can't do that. The began first enough, O come
Speaker 1: on hit me earth t h m hm, go on in. Yeah.
Speaker 1: When the kill switch hit me, my brain stopped. Jackie Paul,
Speaker 1: he's by, let's get him, and I was back on
Speaker 1: the frozen lake. Take another step, looking at myself through
Speaker 1: my brother's eyes, and then suddenly I was pulled right
Speaker 1: back into my own body. That was how Ben died, finally,
Speaker 1: fully extracted by fire when Ice couldn't do it to him.
Speaker 1: I lived, of course, to finally mourn him, him who
Speaker 1: had haunted me for so long. The story didn't end
Speaker 1: there for Jack either. It was to get much worse.
Speaker 1: There were eighteen more hours of audio. It's mostly grunting
Speaker 1: and breathing and Jack muttering to himself, but he got
Speaker 1: us out of Virginia at around hour eleven. His speech
Speaker 1: became disjointed. He had been rationing his shut eye for days,
Speaker 1: and what little was didn't last him very long. But
Speaker 1: he kept going as far as he could, and then
Speaker 1: right before he passed out, he said a course for
Speaker 1: a new location, and he spoke once more, Michael, I'm
Speaker 1: sorry I should have predicted you. Okay, it's not youthful,
Speaker 1: and then he was out. I woke up at an
Speaker 1: abandoned campsite in the Rockies. I had no idea why
Speaker 1: we were there. What possessed Jack to choose this isolated
Speaker 1: place to guide us. I didn't know at the time
Speaker 1: what significance the place held for him, but I eventually
Speaker 1: uncovered it. This was the place where he and his
Speaker 1: mother found Michael, his brother, after Michael's own father abandoned him.
Speaker 1: I can imagine the boy as Jack came upon him,
Speaker 1: hungry and cold, terrified. I imagine the impact that would have.
Speaker 1: It's the sort of thing that haunts him. Man. If
Speaker 1: I was him, I might have killed me. But he didn't.
Speaker 1: So one good turn deserves another next course. Stocks surged
Speaker 1: again today after an announcement of a multi billion dollar
Speaker 1: contract to provide enhanced health services to US armed forces
Speaker 1: and regional commands in the Middle East and Asia, more
Speaker 1: than a share after the company went public last week
Speaker 1: at the annual CEES conference in Las Vegas. We've made
Speaker 1: an incredible deal to move the world forward. We planned
Speaker 1: to make good on it. Where is my schooler now?
Speaker 1: We haven't seen him at all since the Yes, are
Speaker 1: the rumors of his disappearance true? I assure you at
Speaker 1: Fuller is fine. He's actually working behind the curtain to
Speaker 1: implement these exciting new upgrades to our product. That was
Speaker 1: a lie, of course. No one's heard anything from me
Speaker 1: since Arlington. I have blood on my hands now. I've
Speaker 1: been holding up here at the tilehouse for over a
Speaker 1: week until I can figure out my next move. And
Speaker 1: Cass I'm not sure she even knows I'm still alive,
Speaker 1: but she sent me videos of myself doing these unspeakable things,
Speaker 1: horrifying things. I have no memory of it. What are
Speaker 1: you doing? The idea that I am the same person
Speaker 1: has this monstrous figure in the footage, that I could
Speaker 1: have the capacity for such savagery and such lack of remorse,
Speaker 1: I cannot reconcile. It wouldn't serve cast to throw me
Speaker 1: to the wolves just now, though stock valuation would plunge.
Speaker 1: Now there's those videos where a message should I ever
Speaker 1: resurface in the world again as myself, if they were
Speaker 1: a warning. Jack's vitals are healthy, but there's no change
Speaker 1: to his mental state. I'm trying to tech the tech here.
Speaker 1: I'm trying to reverse engineer with finnmates so I can
Speaker 1: bring Jack back to His brain waves suggests something akin
Speaker 1: to a coma, but they do occasionally flicker. I'm not sure,
Speaker 1: but I'd like to think he's dreaming, and I'd like
Speaker 1: to think that he's dreaming about something decent for once.
Speaker 1: But I'm smart enough to know better. It may be
Speaker 1: too late for the world. Jack finn Connolly will be
Speaker 1: greatly missed. He was the heart of Next Corp, a maverick,
Speaker 1: always striving to better himself and his world. We are
Speaker 1: proud to carry out Finn Connolly's important work. Soon enough,
Speaker 1: the military will create their next level super soldier, unaffected
Speaker 1: by sleep or fear, doesn't even think his own thoughts,
Speaker 1: just driven and aggressive and pointed at America's enemies. This
Speaker 1: is a tribute to our brave soldiers. Because our nation's
Speaker 1: armed forces will be enhanced, fully functioning, mentally sharp, and
Speaker 1: immune to the stress of combat. Who's going to be
Speaker 1: factories full of workers who don't need any rest that
Speaker 1: worked twenty four hours a day making our flags and
Speaker 1: tinsel or fireworks ball ms hives that the powerful sit
Speaker 1: above and manage remotely. Our factory workers will greet their
Speaker 1: shifts with fresh eyes, well rested, and eager to work.
Speaker 1: A whole world that doesn't close its eyes, a world
Speaker 1: that keeps its hands busy, and men like me who
Speaker 1: will profit as the rest of humanity toils on. A
Speaker 1: new world full of hope, full of promise, full of
Speaker 1: wide eyes and bright smiles. A world that funnels its energy. Up, Up,
Speaker 1: ever up. This is the dawn of a new era
Speaker 1: in human history, and we are thrilled to bear the torch.
Speaker 1: It is time for the world that Dr Walter Fuller imagined,
Speaker 1: that Max Fuller invented, It's time for humankind two point.
Speaker 1: I wanted to give mankind into new gifts from the gods.
Speaker 1: I wanted to make people's lives more tolerable, more satisfying.
Speaker 1: I wanted to take away some of our suffering, and
Speaker 1: I thought I figured out how to do it. A
Speaker 1: human who doesn't grow tired, we're scared, lonely. A human
Speaker 1: without weakness, without flaws. Jack hut Hey, Hey, it's okay,
Speaker 1: it's okay, Jack, you're okay. M Yeah, it's me. I'm
Speaker 1: back here. Drink easy easy easy, shrip is slow mhmm, okay,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be thirty three hours. You crashed during a
Speaker 1: painful withdrawal. It was too much. You drove off in
Speaker 1: neurological cliff and your mind shut down. You've been commentose, Jack, Christ,
Speaker 1: Where where are we A safe place? A safe please?
Speaker 1: So it worked, Yeah, it worked. He saved me, Jack,
Speaker 1: you brought me back. But if the if you could
Speaker 1: have gotten to me sooner? Maybe what did you say
Speaker 1: the deal? It was already done before you arrived. Shut.
Speaker 1: I isn't mine anymore, it's there's now to do what
Speaker 1: they will? Wait? Wait wait wait Jack, No, no, we
Speaker 1: can still stop it. We have to stop it before
Speaker 1: it's too late, before more people get hurt. Yes, yes
Speaker 1: we do, but not like this. You almost die. Jack.
Speaker 1: You need to get your strength back, your wets and wolf.
Speaker 1: Then we find a solution. Then we fix it. Oh,
Speaker 1: fix it? Did you hear yourself? You can't fix it.
Speaker 1: You can't fix everything. Wake up, You're not good. What
Speaker 1: what are you dreaming about? What? Just now? You kept
Speaker 1: repeating the same thing over and over again. I kept saying,
Speaker 1: not human, not human? Not human? Why are you saying that?
Speaker 1: I was dreaming about my brother Michael. How was trying
Speaker 1: to help him, trying to bring him back to life.
Speaker 1: Even told him we could fix him, make him better
Speaker 1: this time, stronger, fixed the floors. But he refused. He
Speaker 1: kept saying, it's not a mistake, m It's no mistake.
Speaker 1: I don't understand what's not a mistake us? Every one
Speaker 1: of us flaws a limitations are pain, suffering, fear of weaknesses.
Speaker 1: He said. We are fragile for a reason. How vulnerability
Speaker 1: is not a glitch. We are not machines to be upgraded.
Speaker 1: We are flawed by design. That's what Michael was trying
Speaker 1: to tell me. That human without flaws, it's not not human. Yeah,
Speaker 1: are we gonna do? You already did it? M everything?
Speaker 1: We need all the evidence, It's all right here, hundreds
Speaker 1: of hours of evidence right here on this hard drive.
Speaker 1: The black Man else, the payoffs, the deleted data, the murders,
Speaker 1: and all the cover ups. There's enough to show the
Speaker 1: whole world it's really happening. Enough to clear your name too.
Speaker 1: Well about you? What about me? If next school goes
Speaker 1: up in for names, you'll burn two mugs for what
Speaker 1: you did, for what Bay died. Maybe there's another way, Jack,
Speaker 1: I've played the game through already. I've already thought of
Speaker 1: all the possible moves on the board, and I've considered
Speaker 1: every outcome. I was holding out hope that there was
Speaker 1: another way, a move I hadn't thought of. But there
Speaker 1: it is not. There is only one solution that clears
Speaker 1: your name and hopefully puts a stop to all of this,
Speaker 1: everything that's happened, and everything that is about to happen next.
Speaker 1: It's all because of me, Jack, all because of something
Speaker 1: I created. So this is the only option that makes sense.
Speaker 1: In order to win, I have to lose. You won't
Speaker 1: be able to hide. The mob will drive you out
Speaker 1: of your castle into the night with torches and pitchforks.
Speaker 1: You will burn. Hm. So let it be me, Let
Speaker 1: me be the monster. M m hm, Private Drake, Yes, sir,
Speaker 1: Lieutenant Sir Eddie's private, take a seat. Nurse Jones will
Speaker 1: administer the treatment. Lieutenant Sir, I actually right back, Um,
Speaker 1: take your shirt off. Yes, man, are you holding up? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I always use more sleep. Well, then you came to
Speaker 1: the wrong place. Private, don't worry. It's a simple procedure.
Speaker 1: At least that's what they told me to say. What
Speaker 1: is this for? They say it helps to keep you
Speaker 1: in sync with the platoon. They say it makes you
Speaker 1: feel like a wolf. So I'm gonna be howling at
Speaker 1: the moon or something maybe something like that. Well, Um, yeah,
Speaker 1: I didn't know. I mean I thought that this was
Speaker 1: this was a volunteer program, this procedure. I mean, but
Speaker 1: I didn't actually volunteer, Okay, like I didn't sign any
Speaker 1: do you want to speak to the lieutenant. Well, I
Speaker 1: mean because I thought I could just you know, do
Speaker 1: my time here and get my degree. But I didn't realize, Lieutenant,
Speaker 1: there's no need to lieutenant. No, no, no no, I mean,
Speaker 1: I just a problem here. The private has a question, Sir,
Speaker 1: A question, Sir. I wasn't aware that this was required.
Speaker 1: This was all spelled out in your enlistment contract. Private, Well,
Speaker 1: I didn't realize. I mean, so you're saying I have
Speaker 1: to take this the mind out because I don't understand
Speaker 1: if this is mandatory for all recruits entering boot camp,
Speaker 1: that means you, Private, okay? And what if I what's that?
Speaker 1: I mean, what if I want to opt out? Sir?
Speaker 1: Opt out? Simple two years confinement, no pay, followed by
Speaker 1: this honorable discharge. I guess and speak out, Private, I
Speaker 1: should I guess my ashes military property now, sir, affirmative, Private,
Speaker 1: All infantry will undergo this procedure. How else can I
Speaker 1: keep you in lockstep four hundred miles keep your ass
Speaker 1: alive too, Nurse, please continue, don't worry. I said, it's
Speaker 1: a session procedure. Hold this to your eye. Yes you're ready.
Speaker 1: I don't guess I have a choice, to do do It
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Speaker 1: ice forward, Deep Breath. Tomorrow's Monsters, starring John Boyega as
Speaker 1: Jack Locke, Darren Chris as Max Fuller, Marley Shelton as
Speaker 1: Cass Berkeley, Clark Gregg as Walter Fuller, saw In Gauja
Speaker 1: as David Truesdale, Nicholas Takowski as Finn Connelly, Claire Bronson
Speaker 1: as dr Abbie Reynolds, David Chen as Michael Corbin, su
Speaker 1: Hila Elettar as Jenna, Victor Rivera as Eddie Bender, Robert
Speaker 1: Pralco as Agent Batty, Steve Coulter as Senator Berkeley, wrote
Speaker 1: A Griffiths as Rainy Webb, with additional performances by Helen A,
Speaker 1: Jason Williams, Michael Anthony, Robin Bloodworth, and Teresa Davis. This
Speaker 1: episode features Noah Sinteneo as Private Drake, j Jones as
Speaker 1: Lieutenant Warnock, and April Parker Jones as Nurse Jones. This
Speaker 1: episode features the song Golden Times one, written and performed
Speaker 1: by Ben Lucas Boyson and taken from the album Spells
Speaker 1: on a Race Tapes Records. Our first assistant director is
Speaker 1: Michael Monty. Our second assistant director is Sarah Klein. Sound
Speaker 1: and music by Ben Lovett. Additional sound design and editing
Speaker 1: by Benjamin Belcolm, Justin Roboski and Mike Reagan. Casting by
Speaker 1: Jessica Fox Thick Ben. Our executive producers are Scott Shelton,
Speaker 1: Shelby Thomas, Alexander Williams, and Matthew Frederick. Written by Dan
Speaker 1: Bush and Nicholas Takowski, Created by Dan Bush and Conald Byrne.
Speaker 1: Directed by Dan Bush, Produced by both Flint, dan Bush
Speaker 1: and John Cuiega. Tomorrow's Monsters is a production of High
Speaker 1: Heart Radio, Flint Picture Company, Psycopia Pictures, and Upper Room Productions.
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