Speaker 1: Tomorrow's Monsters as a production of My Heart Radio, Flynn
Speaker 1: Picture Company, Psycopia Pictures, and Upper Room Productions. This weekend's
Speaker 1: expected temperatures are prominent from New York to Chicago. The
Speaker 1: winter storm is expected to bring extreme winds and heavy snow,
Speaker 1: winter storm warnings and advisories. And I'm in West Virginia
Speaker 1: now heading straight into a blizzard starts snow in a
Speaker 1: few minutes ago, Jenner, what time is it, January eight?
Speaker 1: You've been on the road for two days, fourteen hours
Speaker 1: and thirty two minutes. I'm close to the Indiana pas
Speaker 1: Morning Commune, which means the road is going to be
Speaker 1: buzzing with true patrols. I have to be so careful now.
Speaker 1: Max had been missing without a trace for three days,
Speaker 1: and he chose this moment to reappear dangerous. But this,
Speaker 1: this is human kind's next frontier. He stepped out onto
Speaker 1: the stage and stole the spot night bathroom fit. I'll
Speaker 1: be damned back Fuller, m h what he said. It's true.
Speaker 1: You know this is human kind's next frontier. And my father,
Speaker 1: the late Dr Walter Fuller, he was its bravest pioneer.
Speaker 1: Imagine getting a third more out of life. More time
Speaker 1: our greatest resource, great of an energy, food, air, anything,
Speaker 1: really is simply time time to do the things you
Speaker 1: really care about. And I'm not talking about living longer now,
Speaker 1: I'm talking about living better, fuller. Imagine a world that
Speaker 1: never sleeps. Literally, Thomas Edison did, and so did my father,
Speaker 1: And we've been up to something very special at Next Corpse,
Speaker 1: a secret project called shut Eye. Secret until now. It's
Speaker 1: a safe application with one very simple benefit. You never
Speaker 1: have to sleep again. You see. The plan is not
Speaker 1: just to launch a new product, but to launch a
Speaker 1: whole new era, a series of applications that will change
Speaker 1: the very definition of human being and being human. First
Speaker 1: a human without sleep, then a human without fear, then
Speaker 1: a human with perfect memory, all within reach and all
Speaker 1: coming soon. Now. Shut I is just the beginning, the
Speaker 1: beginning of our future selves, humankind. To point oh and
Speaker 1: I would know. And then Max took off the shy
Speaker 1: device prototype held out to ease eye fight. I am
Speaker 1: the first user. I am the torch bearer that will
Speaker 1: carry my father's legacy into a new dawn of human enhancement.
Speaker 1: And I'm here today to tell you that you can
Speaker 1: pre order starting now, I made my way backstage through
Speaker 1: the chaos and the chair and crowd. The shy was
Speaker 1: were enough and the fog was sad in I'm behind
Speaker 1: the cut and a spot fit and Max in the shadow.
Speaker 1: Food was Piste ship at the Max pre order Relax.
Speaker 1: We had to offer something viable to the world. We
Speaker 1: had to create buzz our valuation. Just Skye are nowhere
Speaker 1: near ready for this. You need to trust me, trust you.
Speaker 1: You just appeared again. Max. I had to secure a
Speaker 1: new partnership. So you've been getting jacked on my untested
Speaker 1: beta product and now you're off there in the shadows,
Speaker 1: making utilateral decisions about partnerships, making deals about the future
Speaker 1: of our company. Our company, Max, but not even checking
Speaker 1: to sit down before you fall down. Fan, You're gonna
Speaker 1: bust an artery. Jesus Christ, Max, Hey Jack, Max, You
Speaker 1: all right? Jack. It looks like you got a nasty
Speaker 1: little thing on your forehead. It was an accident, trip him. Well,
Speaker 1: I didn't mean to scare you. Uh well, I didn't
Speaker 1: mean to leave you boys in alerch Thanks for working
Speaker 1: with Finn in my absence. You were put to the
Speaker 1: test there. Oh thanks, Really, it's not a think shut.
Speaker 1: We were worried, but we're just glad to have you back. Max. Well,
Speaker 1: apparently not everyone is. Look, I should really get back
Speaker 1: out there. Look, you've felt a long few days, buddy,
Speaker 1: probably haven't been sleeping. You need to stay sharp now,
Speaker 1: Jack vigilant. We need to watch each other's backs. So
Speaker 1: you should go get some Should I call me when
Speaker 1: you're feeling better? So we knew. He knew I was
Speaker 1: on shy, and he probably knew that was soon to
Speaker 1: be dependent on it, and therefore depending on him. It
Speaker 1: was a calculated risk that I would soon regreet. I
Speaker 1: rushed out of the arena. I was sick to my stomach.
Speaker 1: I made my long, winding way back through the convention
Speaker 1: floor as quickly as I could, through the endless, tireless
Speaker 1: vegas mace towards my hotel room. I could feel the
Speaker 1: full magraine coming in. Now. Lights were certainly too bright.
Speaker 1: No noise is truly out called my reflection in the
Speaker 1: tinted glass walls. As I staggered, I barely recognized myself.
Speaker 1: I couldn't shake the feeling that was being entailed Again.
Speaker 1: When I look back over my shoulder, saw nothing but
Speaker 1: a sea of beaming faces. Everyone I passed seemed like
Speaker 1: a prettier and now I was moving in slow motion
Speaker 1: about the rest of the world seemed to spin faster
Speaker 1: and faster in a blur. I barely made it back
Speaker 1: to my room. I crawled to the bathroom and dragged
Speaker 1: my house to the shower. The ice cold water was
Speaker 1: like shocked theory p For a moment, I was able
Speaker 1: to regain my focus. I kept replaying Abbey reynolds face
Speaker 1: right before she finished, only hours after Max's own disappearance.
Speaker 1: And this was a woman who held the key to
Speaker 1: this company's downfall, and she disappeared moments before its greatest triumph. Man,
Speaker 1: this wasn't a coincidence. And what do you know? Right
Speaker 1: then my fine lay up text message from Dr Abbey
Speaker 1: reymod I said. Text message from Dr Abbey Reynolds read
Speaker 1: a message meet me at northwest corner of hotel in
Speaker 1: Alleyway in fifteen minutes. I grabbed my phone. I could
Speaker 1: barely hold on. Ah. I don't believe in fame or luck,
Speaker 1: or magic or divine providence or even accidents. The universe
Speaker 1: has his rules, cause and effect, a chain of events.
Speaker 1: A I believe that my migraine was a coincidence or
Speaker 1: was it a coincidence that I supported the small gift
Speaker 1: wrapped package sitting by the sink. The nausea was surging
Speaker 1: back as I reached for him. The car just read
Speaker 1: good work, CAUs I ripped the plackete open. It was
Speaker 1: a shy applicator. First, I tried to drop it in
Speaker 1: the shower, but my fingers wouldn't let it go. My
Speaker 1: body was working independently of me, like I was a puppet.
Speaker 1: I turned it over in my hand and I raised
Speaker 1: it to my eye and I took my second bush. Shine. Yeah,
Speaker 1: a sudden flood of dopamine to my brain. The euphoria
Speaker 1: was instant. Oh shit, my brain's reward system launched. The
Speaker 1: world seemed to sparkle and shine. They smells like Christmas.
Speaker 1: My face tingled, called my second dose. The sickness evaporated,
Speaker 1: and I was hyper Alla Jenna reply to Abbie Reynolds,
Speaker 1: how would you like me to reply? Tell herround on
Speaker 1: my way. I got to the ly early, but as
Speaker 1: I turned into it, I realized that was being followed again.
Speaker 1: My tail was about block behind me. It's long, our
Speaker 1: shadows stretching towards me. I sliped into the alley behind
Speaker 1: the dump stuff and Weird. I know you're back here.
Speaker 1: We've been keeping an eye on you, but we're not
Speaker 1: the only one. You're in danger. We're not trying to
Speaker 1: hurt you. We're trying to help you. Will you please
Speaker 1: step out here. We need to fill you in. It's
Speaker 1: hard to explain what happened next, Mr Lot, is that
Speaker 1: you Another figure appeared in the alleyway and strolled casually
Speaker 1: up to my tail and attacked him st It happened fast.
Speaker 1: It was dark, but I can see the reflection of
Speaker 1: blood and faces. The man really had no chance against
Speaker 1: the attacks. People really slammed this man's head down over
Speaker 1: and over again. The end of the attacker stood facing
Speaker 1: away from me into the dark. He began nearly wiping
Speaker 1: his hands with his handkerchief, before adjusting his cufflings and
Speaker 1: popping his bloody knuckles. Then he left, strolled away just
Speaker 1: as casually as he had come. Weird for a moment
Speaker 1: before creeping out checking on the man who had been
Speaker 1: following me. He was now unconscious and blood everywhere. Yes,
Speaker 1: corner on one and then it took me a moment
Speaker 1: to find where the sound was coming from. I picked
Speaker 1: up and my blood ran cold. Only knew it was
Speaker 1: Abby Reynold's phone because of the picture on the home screen,
Speaker 1: Abby holding a white rat m h and then an
Speaker 1: incoming message mm hmmm. Pictures pictures of me, Pictures that
Speaker 1: had just been taken in that very moment, standing over
Speaker 1: the pleading man, a federal agent barely cling into life.
Speaker 1: I've been set up. I didn't stick around to find
Speaker 1: out what happened next. I called for help and took
Speaker 1: off as soon as the paramedics arrived. Excuse me out
Speaker 1: the way, out of the way, right, yeah, Max, Max
Speaker 1: is a man. Hey, I had to I had to run.
Speaker 1: I had to just get back for some personal stuff.
Speaker 1: Just just call me, man, Yeah. Yeah. By the time
Speaker 1: I arrived back in San Francisco, I was speaking to
Speaker 1: Crush again. The signs of a shot I Withdrew were
Speaker 1: now familiar. I was bleary eyed and already feeling the
Speaker 1: ages of the migraine. I almost wasn't prepared for the
Speaker 1: voice more that I got when I turned my phone
Speaker 1: back on missed call from Agent Batty. This is Agent
Speaker 1: Batty h A, and you should call me immediately upon
Speaker 1: getting this message. It's regarding one of my guys and
Speaker 1: c yes, one of our agents. I want to know
Speaker 1: why he's in the ice U with a crush skull
Speaker 1: into broken arms shortly after making contact with you. Shit, Jackie,
Speaker 1: better have something real fucking good. And then I saw
Speaker 1: it again, the gray van speeding in the opposite direction.
Speaker 1: It almost fucking hiten. I spun around to what you
Speaker 1: careened down the block behind us, and then it happened again.
Speaker 1: What the same gray van zoomed passed. It was a replay,
Speaker 1: and then I was crushing it the universe glitchen. I
Speaker 1: was so distracted I almost didn't even register what was next.
Speaker 1: The real kicker, What the hell? Ye? Oh my god,
Speaker 1: all right, oh my god, sir, you can't go in there.
Speaker 1: That's my building. But that's my apartment, that's my home. Well,
Speaker 1: lucky for you, you're not in it right now. The
Speaker 1: official story was an electrical fire. I think at this
Speaker 1: point we can all agree that this is not what happened.
Speaker 1: January six, three pm. My apartment is gone. It is gone.
Speaker 1: I'm standing here and h m hm, hey, hey there's
Speaker 1: an old hands on deck meeting. In twenty minutes, jack Wait,
Speaker 1: you're you're back, Yeah, yeah, I took a chet. Where
Speaker 1: the hell are you? You're back in town, right, yeah?
Speaker 1: I just say all right, yeah, yeah, mom away, Hey Jenna, Yes, Jack,
Speaker 1: cool a car? What destination? Next Corporate? Your car to
Speaker 1: next corp will arrive in two minutes. The building was
Speaker 1: humming when I walked in. Hey Jack, how you doing?
Speaker 1: Hey Jack? Hey? Amen? Ma's really nothing about the park
Speaker 1: can yep? Great work, Jack? Thank you? Hey Jack? Hey?
Speaker 1: Big week? Yeah yeah, big week. Me. Well, here's the
Speaker 1: conquering hero back from the wars. Hey Eddie, how was it? Ah?
Speaker 1: It was something that you look like you went pretty hard,
Speaker 1: really leaning into the Vegas thing. Huh yeah, Well, pound
Speaker 1: some coffee. My man Max has called us all into
Speaker 1: the bullpen. He just got in big announcement. Looks like
Speaker 1: ship's moving, man, Now see you in there. I wasn't
Speaker 1: in the head space for the sort of energy excued
Speaker 1: him from the building that afternoon. Three solid days awake
Speaker 1: and last time I slept was because I've been choked out,
Speaker 1: and since I woke up face down on the floor
Speaker 1: of my apartment, I'd taken two doses of shy, traveled
Speaker 1: over two thousand kilometers across Death Valley, and back, was
Speaker 1: framed for the assault of a federal agent and fled
Speaker 1: the scene of the crime early to find my apartment
Speaker 1: engulfed in flames. When I arrived home, I was a wreck.
Speaker 1: I could feel myself getting sick. It was more, I
Speaker 1: could feel the migraine coming back like it never left.
Speaker 1: Probably should look checked in at the clinic. But let's
Speaker 1: be honest, I needed guessing. I needed another heel shy,
Speaker 1: so I went to next coop. I wish, okay, okay,
Speaker 1: thank you everybody, thank you. I guess you were all
Speaker 1: following the events and see, yes, you probably heard a
Speaker 1: lot of rumors as well then that we had some
Speaker 1: interest in our projects from investors, both public and private.
Speaker 1: We're not going to discuss that today, and we have
Speaker 1: decided a different direction to move in. As of this afternoon,
Speaker 1: I will be meeting with each department head individually to
Speaker 1: discuss the termination of our workforce. Max, what the hell
Speaker 1: are you doing? We'll meet separately, Finn, Just give me
Speaker 1: a second, Jesus Christ. Max, we do thank you for
Speaker 1: your service thus far, and we'll be offering the individuals
Speaker 1: let go generous severance packages based on length of service
Speaker 1: and pay grade. What are you doing. Your department heads
Speaker 1: will have further information for you as the week continues.
Speaker 1: Thank you fin cast Jack for me, Thank you all?
Speaker 1: Did you Finn? I have no idea, Jack. I just
Speaker 1: got in here a minute ago. I felt like the
Speaker 1: whole world was coming apart. It seems total chaos. Just then,
Speaker 1: a disgruntled employee stepped up to Max, your department heads
Speaker 1: will have more information. Not good enough, step away, don't
Speaker 1: get off, and punched him, and then Max retaliated, black
Speaker 1: fac what are you doing? You won't wait until you
Speaker 1: hear from your department heads, She says, Christ Max Eddie,
Speaker 1: would you take care of this man? What the hell
Speaker 1: are you? Cash fan? Jack? Now? Please? Through the thick
Speaker 1: haze of my headache, through the grind of the shot,
Speaker 1: I crash, I couldn't help, but cloak maxis change stupid
Speaker 1: As he retaliated that line in speed with which he
Speaker 1: put down his attack on the animal grunt. As his
Speaker 1: fists met the man's jewel. It was fast and brutal,
Speaker 1: and most of them. The way he adjusted his coughlings
Speaker 1: immediately often the attack. I've seen it in the anyway
Speaker 1: the night before Jesus Christ, Max, what the hell are
Speaker 1: you doing. You can't just fire three quarters of our
Speaker 1: people without so much as an explanation. I need you
Speaker 1: to calm down. Calm down, Max, Calm down. These people
Speaker 1: have been with us for years. Max. Are you carry jash? Jack?
Speaker 1: I'm talking to you. What's wrong with you? I need
Speaker 1: to Jack, I'm having no been You're having trouble talking.
Speaker 1: It's probably a crash. What have you been giving him?
Speaker 1: Shut up? Look? That is grossly irresponsible. Was at this plane? Jack? Oh?
Speaker 1: Who that I passed doubt? Tomorrow's Monsters, starring John Boyega
Speaker 1: as Jack Locke, Darren Chris as Max Fuller, Marley Shelton
Speaker 1: as Cass Berkeley, Clark Gregg as Walter Fuller, saw and
Speaker 1: Guja as David Truesdale, Nicholas Takowski as Finn Connolly, Claire
Speaker 1: Bronson as dr Abbe Reynolds, David Chen as Michael Corbyn,
Speaker 1: su Hila Eltar as Jenna, Victor Rivera as Eddie Bender,
Speaker 1: Robert Praalgo as Agent Batty, Steve Coulter as Senator Berkeley,
Speaker 1: wrote A. Griffiths as Rainy Webb, with additional performances by
Speaker 1: Helen Abel Jason Williams Michael Anthony, Robin Bloodworth, and Teresa Davis.
Speaker 1: Our first assistant director is Michael Monty. Our second assistant
Speaker 1: director is Sarah Klein. Sound and music by Ben Lovett.
Speaker 1: Additional sound design and editing by Benjamin Belcolm, Justin Robowski
Speaker 1: and Mike Reagan. Casting by Jessica Fox thig Pen. Our
Speaker 1: executive producers are Scott Sheldon, Shelby Thomas, Alexander Williams, and
Speaker 1: Matthew Frederick. Written by Dan Bush and Nicholas Takowski, Created
Speaker 1: by Dan Bush and Conald Byrne. Directed by Dan Bush,
Speaker 1: Produced by both Flint dan Bush and John Gleega. Tomorrow's
Speaker 1: Monsters is a production of iHeart Radio, Flynn Picture Company,
Speaker 1: Psycopia Pictures, and Upper Room Productions. For more podcasts from
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