1 00:00:03,527 --> 00:00:07,691 (music) [Patriotic] 2 00:00:07,798 --> 00:00:09,857 [Jimmy Narrating] Heroes. 3 00:00:09,967 --> 00:00:15,234 Once in a great while, they come along when we need them the most... 4 00:00:15,339 --> 00:00:19,002 like President Churchill, who won World War II... 5 00:00:19,110 --> 00:00:22,705 and Ghandi, peaceful leader of the Indians. 6 00:00:22,813 --> 00:00:25,976 Or, as we know them, Native Americans. 7 00:00:26,083 --> 00:00:28,176 The thing about heroes is... 8 00:00:28,285 --> 00:00:32,016 you can just never tell where the next crop is gonna come from... 9 00:00:32,123 --> 00:00:34,489 and you don't always recognize them at first sight. 10 00:00:34,592 --> 00:00:37,959 When I grow up, I wanna be a singer just like Dolly Parton. 11 00:00:38,062 --> 00:00:41,657 I wanna be rich and famous and have big... 12 00:00:41,766 --> 00:00:43,927 When I grow up, I wanna be the star quarterback... 13 00:00:44,034 --> 00:00:46,434 for the Redskins, and be rich and famous. 14 00:00:46,537 --> 00:00:48,437 Rich and famous. 15 00:00:48,539 --> 00:00:51,372 Famous and, um... 16 00:00:51,475 --> 00:00:56,674 When I grow up, I want to be a career bureaucrat with the federal government. 17 00:00:56,781 --> 00:00:59,249 I wanna help as many people as I can... 18 00:00:59,350 --> 00:01:02,285 and work hard to spread democracy throughout the world. 19 00:01:05,322 --> 00:01:08,120 - [Lowing] - [Typing] 20 00:01:08,225 --> 00:01:10,420 Ringo, you're supposed to be milking. 21 00:01:10,528 --> 00:01:12,826 I told you. Typing is for secretaries. 22 00:01:12,930 --> 00:01:15,023 That damn fool toy is going on the junk pile. 23 00:01:15,132 --> 00:01:18,761 Let me tell you something about this damn fool toy, Dad. 24 00:01:18,869 --> 00:01:22,669 This damn fool toy is gonna change everything... 25 00:01:22,773 --> 00:01:27,039 from the way people do business to the way we communicate. 26 00:01:27,144 --> 00:01:28,941 This damn fool toy is the future. 27 00:01:30,581 --> 00:01:33,379 And you know what else? By the year 2000... 28 00:01:33,484 --> 00:01:37,215 when I've made millions of dollars off this damn fool toy... 29 00:01:37,321 --> 00:01:40,757 we'll all eat food pills like on Star Trek... 30 00:01:40,858 --> 00:01:42,951 and we won't need cows anymore. 31 00:01:43,060 --> 00:01:45,426 [Cattle Lowing] 32 00:01:51,368 --> 00:01:53,632 - Say it! - [Grunting] 33 00:01:53,737 --> 00:01:55,466 Say it! 34 00:01:55,573 --> 00:01:59,839 The Cutlass 442 is faster than the Belvedere GTX, all right? 35 00:01:59,944 --> 00:02:04,176 Damn straight. Some captain of the football team you are. 36 00:02:09,386 --> 00:02:12,116 You're a shrimp. You'll always be a shrimp... 37 00:02:12,223 --> 00:02:14,453 shrimp. 38 00:02:14,558 --> 00:02:16,458 What do you have to say about that? 39 00:02:21,966 --> 00:02:25,697 I think big, see? Bigger than you. 40 00:02:25,803 --> 00:02:29,034 I'm gonna do big things, and then I'm gonna write about 'em. 41 00:02:29,139 --> 00:02:34,338 People will hang on my every word. Yeah. 42 00:02:34,445 --> 00:02:39,576 I'll be a crusading publisher and make the world a better place... 43 00:02:39,683 --> 00:02:42,846 like... like... 44 00:02:42,953 --> 00:02:44,853 like Hugh Hefner! 45 00:02:44,955 --> 00:02:47,287 Yeah. 46 00:02:55,766 --> 00:02:58,735 [Jimmy Narrating] Three heroes, three separate paths... 47 00:02:58,836 --> 00:03:01,100 leading to one shared destiny... 48 00:03:01,205 --> 00:03:04,834 to change the world, to make history. 49 00:03:04,942 --> 00:03:07,274 Today's the day it happens. 50 00:04:01,899 --> 00:04:05,960 [Jimmy Narrating] You gotta figure... people never see history coming. 51 00:04:06,070 --> 00:04:08,231 It kinda just sneaks up on 'em... 52 00:04:08,339 --> 00:04:11,797 like when the Chinese bombed Pearl Harbor. 53 00:04:11,909 --> 00:04:17,643 You're living your life. Then, boom! 54 00:04:17,748 --> 00:04:19,648 You're swept up in it. 55 00:04:19,750 --> 00:04:21,775 [Clanking] 56 00:04:32,763 --> 00:04:34,958 You again? 57 00:04:35,065 --> 00:04:38,762 Look, you can save yourself a trip down here. 58 00:04:38,869 --> 00:04:41,565 The answer's always gonna be "No." 59 00:04:41,672 --> 00:04:44,766 - But you don't even know the question. - Let me guess. 60 00:04:44,875 --> 00:04:46,843 "Can I have the C.I.A. files on Oswald? 61 00:04:46,944 --> 00:04:49,811 "Can I have the F.B.I. files on Martin Luther King? 62 00:04:49,913 --> 00:04:53,679 Can I have the missing 18 minutes of the Nixon tapes?" 63 00:04:53,784 --> 00:04:56,378 It's called the Freedom of Information Office. 64 00:04:56,487 --> 00:04:58,455 So why isn't the information free? 65 00:04:58,555 --> 00:05:01,649 Mr. Byers, as you can see, I'm a very busy man. 66 00:05:03,060 --> 00:05:05,153 Well, I won't take up any more of your time. 67 00:05:05,262 --> 00:05:09,858 Just give me this, and I'll be on my way. 68 00:05:12,503 --> 00:05:15,631 Unbelievable. One of your F.O.I. requests actually went through. 69 00:05:15,739 --> 00:05:18,367 I got the e-mail this morning. 70 00:05:18,475 --> 00:05:21,342 Looks like you hit the jackpot. 71 00:05:23,414 --> 00:05:25,848 That's mine? 72 00:05:36,260 --> 00:05:39,525 So we're clear on this then, huh? One more time? 73 00:05:43,100 --> 00:05:47,002 Our new shredder policy... let's hear it. 74 00:05:47,104 --> 00:05:50,904 Paper, sí. Coffee filters, no. 75 00:05:53,444 --> 00:05:55,503 I'm watching you. 76 00:05:56,647 --> 00:05:59,013 Thanks for the help, Baron. 77 00:05:59,116 --> 00:06:01,812 Prince. I made crown prince six hours ago. 78 00:06:01,919 --> 00:06:04,387 - I'm almost king. - [Fanfare] 79 00:06:04,488 --> 00:06:06,888 Can you make those little guys shoot at each other? 80 00:06:07,024 --> 00:06:09,356 That's not the point, Jimmy. 81 00:06:09,460 --> 00:06:12,327 This game isn't about violence. It's about empire building. 82 00:06:12,429 --> 00:06:15,023 I spent two solid weeks... 83 00:06:15,132 --> 00:06:17,464 creating this medieval civilization from the ground up. 84 00:06:17,568 --> 00:06:21,163 And yet you're still a 32-year-old virgin. 85 00:06:21,271 --> 00:06:23,262 The irony. 86 00:06:23,373 --> 00:06:25,238 [Doorbell Buzzes] 87 00:06:32,416 --> 00:06:34,941 - [Grunts] - Whoa! 88 00:06:37,688 --> 00:06:39,883 You gotta lift it with your legs. 89 00:06:45,462 --> 00:06:48,260 What's in the box? 90 00:06:48,365 --> 00:06:50,265 Vindication. 91 00:06:52,069 --> 00:06:55,630 It's from that pinhead clerk down at the Freedom of Information Office. 92 00:06:55,739 --> 00:06:58,401 That guy actually coughed up the goods? 93 00:06:58,509 --> 00:07:01,410 This must be every file I've ever requested from the government. 94 00:07:01,512 --> 00:07:03,707 Maybe the system does work. 95 00:07:15,626 --> 00:07:18,390 Oh, yeah. 96 00:07:20,864 --> 00:07:22,798 You gotta love that civil servant sense of humor. 97 00:07:22,900 --> 00:07:26,495 I keep telling you, Byers, the F.O.I. 's a complete waste of time. 98 00:07:26,603 --> 00:07:29,333 You gotta spy, use subterfuge... 99 00:07:29,439 --> 00:07:32,431 like the Bishop of Orange is trying right now. 100 00:07:32,543 --> 00:07:34,477 Busted, you Byzantine hack. 101 00:07:34,578 --> 00:07:38,014 - There's something else in here. - Yeah, it's junk. Would you clean this up? 102 00:07:38,115 --> 00:07:40,481 And don't try to put the cinder block through the shredder. 103 00:07:42,586 --> 00:07:46,522 - Hey, cheer up, buddy. - [Jimmy] You know, guys... 104 00:07:46,623 --> 00:07:49,854 not every line of this is crossed off. 105 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:53,020 - I see some numbers, a name. - It's junk. 106 00:07:53,130 --> 00:07:54,791 Shred it. 107 00:07:54,898 --> 00:07:58,459 - Here we go. The coronation of King Langly. - (music) [Fanfare] 108 00:07:58,569 --> 00:08:01,970 Two full weeks of alliance building and backstabbing... 109 00:08:02,072 --> 00:08:04,040 and now, finally, I get to reap the benefits. 110 00:08:04,141 --> 00:08:07,804 [Chuckles] Funny name. Stan Mizer. 111 00:08:10,247 --> 00:08:11,805 No! 112 00:08:26,997 --> 00:08:28,862 [Panting] 113 00:08:33,237 --> 00:08:36,638 [Screaming] 114 00:08:42,412 --> 00:08:44,846 Please, baby. 115 00:08:46,583 --> 00:08:51,418 Uh, so, this guy... Mizer... 116 00:09:01,665 --> 00:09:03,530 [Beeping] 117 00:09:09,506 --> 00:09:11,997 Can I talk now? 118 00:09:14,211 --> 00:09:16,941 This guy... Mizer... who was he? 119 00:09:17,047 --> 00:09:20,073 - Stan Mizer. He was an inventor. - Or nut. 120 00:09:20,183 --> 00:09:23,949 - Depends on who you ask. - Legend has it, he perfected a car that ran on water. 121 00:09:24,054 --> 00:09:27,114 Legend nothing. He did it. I saw it. I rode in it. 122 00:09:27,224 --> 00:09:28,885 No one knows what happened to the car. 123 00:09:28,992 --> 00:09:30,960 It disappeared, and Mizer refused to talk about it. 124 00:09:31,061 --> 00:09:34,462 He died in, what, the mid-'70s? 125 00:09:34,564 --> 00:09:38,967 Mm-hmm. I know somebody threatened him. Big oil, most likely. 126 00:09:39,069 --> 00:09:41,799 They'd do anything to protect their interests. 127 00:09:41,905 --> 00:09:43,896 So, what did the car look like? 128 00:09:44,007 --> 00:09:46,771 A 1959 Studebaker Lark. 129 00:09:48,845 --> 00:09:51,313 - Tail fins? - No tail fins. 130 00:09:51,415 --> 00:09:55,317 - Why? - I don't know. 131 00:09:55,419 --> 00:09:57,683 - What color was it? - Sea foam green... 132 00:09:57,788 --> 00:10:00,757 What... What the hell does it matter what color it was? 133 00:10:00,857 --> 00:10:02,757 Do you understand what we're talking about here? 134 00:10:02,859 --> 00:10:07,125 A car that ran on water, not gasoline. 135 00:10:07,230 --> 00:10:09,926 Same horsepower, but zero pollution. 136 00:10:10,033 --> 00:10:12,194 An endless supply of energy. 137 00:10:12,302 --> 00:10:14,770 Can't you see how that would've changed the world? 138 00:10:14,871 --> 00:10:17,066 I definitely see how it would suck... 139 00:10:17,174 --> 00:10:20,234 if we all had to drive green Studebaker Larks. 140 00:10:20,344 --> 00:10:22,676 Whoa! Uh, Frohike. 141 00:10:22,779 --> 00:10:26,579 We just had proof that the government kept a file on Stan Mizer... 142 00:10:26,683 --> 00:10:29,049 and maybe a clue as to what happened to the car... 143 00:10:29,152 --> 00:10:31,950 and this idiot shredded it! 144 00:10:32,055 --> 00:10:36,253 You wouldn't even have known about it if it hadn't been forJimmy. 145 00:10:40,464 --> 00:10:42,591 They censored nearly everything. 146 00:10:45,602 --> 00:10:47,729 Hey, look at this. 147 00:10:47,838 --> 00:10:52,502 Pallet 62/67221. What do you think? 148 00:10:52,609 --> 00:10:56,875 Looks like some sort of shipping number. Guess I could check it out. 149 00:10:56,980 --> 00:10:59,608 You also have what seems to be someone's initials. 150 00:10:59,716 --> 00:11:01,445 "J. T." 151 00:11:01,551 --> 00:11:04,019 So how do you think that wound up in here anyway? 152 00:11:04,121 --> 00:11:06,146 A fluke, I assume. 153 00:11:06,256 --> 00:11:08,156 It stuck to the bottom of the cinder block. 154 00:11:08,258 --> 00:11:12,319 No. No fluke. Fate. 155 00:11:14,931 --> 00:11:18,094 That car is still out there somewhere. I know it. 156 00:11:18,201 --> 00:11:22,695 And we're gonna find it no matter how hard they try to stop us. 157 00:11:42,859 --> 00:11:45,259 Isn't this a bit dramatic? 158 00:11:45,362 --> 00:11:47,262 Couldn't we have simply spoken over the phone? 159 00:11:47,364 --> 00:11:50,595 Actually, I find that face-to-face yields better results. 160 00:11:50,700 --> 00:11:52,531 Hmm. 161 00:11:52,636 --> 00:11:54,900 I want to know what you have for me. 162 00:11:55,005 --> 00:11:58,873 Nothing yet. Soon, hopefully. 163 00:11:58,975 --> 00:12:02,604 Well, so much for face-to-face. 164 00:12:02,712 --> 00:12:06,273 Do you ever think about dinosaurs? 165 00:12:06,383 --> 00:12:08,283 No. 166 00:12:09,653 --> 00:12:11,553 Can't say that I do. 167 00:12:11,655 --> 00:12:16,092 It's amazing to think that our entire world economy... 168 00:12:16,193 --> 00:12:18,457 is based on them, you know? 169 00:12:18,562 --> 00:12:21,429 As in over the last hundred million years... 170 00:12:21,531 --> 00:12:24,523 their remains have been geologically transformed into crude oil? 171 00:12:24,634 --> 00:12:27,364 - I suppose that's true. - Actually... 172 00:12:27,471 --> 00:12:32,135 when I say dinosaurs, I'm referring to the oil companies. 173 00:12:34,244 --> 00:12:38,613 As in, "Though huge and lumbering... 174 00:12:38,715 --> 00:12:40,615 we have sharp teeth." 175 00:12:40,717 --> 00:12:44,209 As I said, I have nothing yet. 176 00:12:44,321 --> 00:12:46,915 When I do, you'll be the first to hear. 177 00:12:54,431 --> 00:12:56,331 [Camera Shutter Clicking] 178 00:12:56,433 --> 00:12:59,163 Well, the last name's still up. 179 00:12:59,269 --> 00:13:02,170 Stan's daughter Shelly lives here now. 180 00:13:02,272 --> 00:13:04,172 Hopefully, she won't remember me. 181 00:13:04,274 --> 00:13:06,970 What do you mean? 182 00:13:07,077 --> 00:13:08,977 I came here in the mid-'80s. 183 00:13:09,079 --> 00:13:11,013 She wouldn't let me look at her old man's files. 184 00:13:11,114 --> 00:13:15,574 I maybe got a little bit carried away when the cops came. 185 00:13:15,685 --> 00:13:19,246 Started yelling "Attica." 186 00:13:19,356 --> 00:13:22,086 She probably won't remember. 187 00:13:22,192 --> 00:13:24,319 [Ringing] 188 00:13:24,427 --> 00:13:28,090 [Dogs Barking In Distance] 189 00:13:28,198 --> 00:13:32,191 I don't like it. It's too quiet. 190 00:13:33,436 --> 00:13:35,461 I think we're being watched. 191 00:13:52,622 --> 00:13:54,817 [Gasping] 192 00:13:56,459 --> 00:13:58,984 We're onto you, you son of a bitch! 193 00:14:06,803 --> 00:14:08,703 [Whispering] Frohike! 194 00:14:08,805 --> 00:14:11,706 I'm very sorry. 195 00:14:14,311 --> 00:14:16,370 Oh, no. 196 00:14:16,479 --> 00:14:18,709 You! Get out ofhere! 197 00:14:18,815 --> 00:14:20,806 Just hold it before you call the cops again. 198 00:14:20,917 --> 00:14:23,147 Oh, that's a good idea. 199 00:14:25,322 --> 00:14:29,418 Would you just look at this? It's a government document that mentions your father. 200 00:14:29,526 --> 00:14:33,860 I'd like to report a breaking-and-entering. Yeah, I'll hold. 201 00:14:33,964 --> 00:14:35,864 Your father was a great man. 202 00:14:35,966 --> 00:14:38,594 To me, he was Prometheus trying to bring fire to the mortals. 203 00:14:38,702 --> 00:14:42,433 And I'm gonna ensure that his work sees the light of day no matter what. 204 00:14:42,539 --> 00:14:44,268 Now, are you gonna help me? 205 00:14:53,416 --> 00:14:57,113 - [Beeping] - Aah! 206 00:14:57,220 --> 00:14:59,120 [Sighs] That's it, man. 207 00:14:59,222 --> 00:15:01,782 I left it all in the field. 208 00:15:01,891 --> 00:15:06,351 There's no record of this pallet 62/67221 anywhere. 209 00:15:06,463 --> 00:15:08,954 I cracked into every data cache I can think of. 210 00:15:09,065 --> 00:15:13,468 D.O.D., Department of Energy, the oil and car companies, government warehouses. 211 00:15:13,570 --> 00:15:16,733 - That number just isn't out there. - Did you try the Internet? 212 00:15:21,711 --> 00:15:25,545 Yes. I even tried the Internet. 213 00:15:31,087 --> 00:15:33,647 Here's what I don't get. 214 00:15:33,757 --> 00:15:36,123 Frohike's really, really into this car. 215 00:15:36,226 --> 00:15:41,163 And then, this thing shows up about the car. 216 00:15:41,264 --> 00:15:43,664 That seems pretty lucky. 217 00:15:43,767 --> 00:15:46,235 Yeah, it's lucky. 218 00:15:51,775 --> 00:15:54,801 There's no F.O.I. stamp on this thing. 219 00:15:54,911 --> 00:15:58,278 Every last damn scrap of paper in that office gets a stamp. 220 00:15:58,381 --> 00:16:01,612 Jimmy, it's a plant! 221 00:16:05,422 --> 00:16:08,084 You've been a tremendous amount of help. 222 00:16:08,191 --> 00:16:10,159 Not a problem. 223 00:16:47,397 --> 00:16:49,558 There was a young woman who was just here. 224 00:16:51,668 --> 00:16:55,502 - What did she want? - What's it to you? 225 00:16:57,774 --> 00:17:00,368 She was looking for a car. 226 00:17:00,477 --> 00:17:04,311 And I would appreciate it if you could tell me everything you know about it. 227 00:17:04,414 --> 00:17:08,145 Look. I didn't see a ring on her finger. 228 00:17:10,286 --> 00:17:13,585 So whoever you are, I don't have to tell you anything. 229 00:17:18,628 --> 00:17:21,756 That government monkey tells us where this came from, or we kick his ass. 230 00:17:21,865 --> 00:17:24,026 Agreed? 231 00:17:26,369 --> 00:17:29,133 [Clanking] 232 00:17:31,374 --> 00:17:34,036 - Oh, man. - [Gagging] 233 00:17:41,518 --> 00:17:44,043 Personally, I think you're as nuts as he was. 234 00:17:44,154 --> 00:17:46,850 But, have at it. 235 00:17:51,728 --> 00:17:54,026 These are your father's files. 236 00:17:54,130 --> 00:17:59,261 His files, his grocery receipts, his giant ball of tinfoil. 237 00:17:59,369 --> 00:18:01,860 Knock yourselves out. 238 00:18:01,971 --> 00:18:06,408 And-And you're sure you don't recognize the initials "J.T."? 239 00:18:11,314 --> 00:18:13,976 [Sighs] Good grief. 240 00:18:14,083 --> 00:18:19,453 Hey, man. To me, this is... this is Valhalla. 241 00:18:19,556 --> 00:18:21,786 This is a journey into the brain of a genius. 242 00:18:21,891 --> 00:18:23,859 [Cell Phone Ringing] 243 00:18:26,296 --> 00:18:28,321 Byers. 244 00:18:28,431 --> 00:18:30,490 Who got murdered? 245 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,831 The clerk at the F.O.I., and I think I know who did it. 246 00:18:33,937 --> 00:18:36,371 - Who? - Well, three guesses. 247 00:18:36,473 --> 00:18:40,569 She wears Ferrari-red lipstick, and she uses an anagram to sign her name. 248 00:18:40,677 --> 00:18:46,479 Yves? You're saying Yves murdered the F.O.I. clerk? 249 00:18:46,583 --> 00:18:50,041 The last name in the log book is Leroy W. Deshavala. 250 00:18:50,153 --> 00:18:52,678 - Rearrange the letters and it spells... - Lee Harvey Oswald. 251 00:18:52,822 --> 00:18:56,485 - Or Yves Adele Harlow. - Yeah. I think she's after what we're after. 252 00:18:56,593 --> 00:18:58,754 Only she's one step ahead of us. 253 00:18:58,862 --> 00:19:00,921 - Gotta go. - [Phone Beeps] 254 00:19:02,966 --> 00:19:05,434 Hey, Yves's as devious as they come, but I don't buy her as a killer. 255 00:19:05,535 --> 00:19:08,936 Neither do I. Nonetheless, she was there. 256 00:19:09,038 --> 00:19:12,838 - And someone murdered that man. - I wasn't overreacting. We are onto something big. 257 00:19:12,942 --> 00:19:15,536 We gotta watch our butts. Help me out of here. 258 00:19:15,645 --> 00:19:17,772 [Shelly] What are you doing? 259 00:19:17,881 --> 00:19:20,611 - Hey, hold on a sec. - You having fun? 260 00:19:20,717 --> 00:19:22,708 Shelly, what's that? 261 00:19:24,621 --> 00:19:27,988 It's Dad's water-powered car. 262 00:19:28,091 --> 00:19:31,356 The day I painted this was probably the last time I saw it. 263 00:19:38,468 --> 00:19:41,130 - You see that watermark? - Mm-hmm. 264 00:19:41,237 --> 00:19:44,297 - This is the back of a sheet of photo paper. - I guess. 265 00:19:44,407 --> 00:19:47,808 I used to paint on anything I could find. 266 00:19:53,082 --> 00:19:54,640 - That's your dad. - Mmm. 267 00:19:54,751 --> 00:19:58,209 Who's that man? 268 00:19:58,321 --> 00:20:01,916 Mr. Guthrie. That was Dad's best friend. 269 00:20:02,025 --> 00:20:04,994 I used to play with his son about a million years ago. 270 00:20:10,433 --> 00:20:15,166 Byers, I think we just found J.T. 271 00:20:18,875 --> 00:20:22,072 No one following at the moment. 272 00:20:22,178 --> 00:20:24,169 - How are we doing? - Almost there. 273 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:28,011 Guthrie's farm will be on your left in seven miles. 274 00:20:28,117 --> 00:20:31,917 So how do you know my dad? You said he gave you a ride? 275 00:20:32,021 --> 00:20:37,186 Yeah, it was 1962. I was a kid, and I loved cars. 276 00:20:37,293 --> 00:20:41,286 Drew pictures of them, dreamed about them. 277 00:20:41,397 --> 00:20:46,699 My pop and I were at this diner outside of Pontiac, and I noticed your dad. 278 00:20:46,803 --> 00:20:50,762 He takes his water glass, opens up the hood ofhis car... 279 00:20:50,873 --> 00:20:53,603 and pours the water right into his carburetor. 280 00:20:53,710 --> 00:20:55,610 It was the damnedest thing. 281 00:20:55,712 --> 00:20:58,044 He took my pop and me for a ride. 282 00:20:58,147 --> 00:21:01,480 Oh, how that engine purred. 283 00:21:01,584 --> 00:21:04,610 Smooth as silk. 284 00:21:04,721 --> 00:21:09,124 That afternoon was magical. 285 00:21:10,727 --> 00:21:13,059 [Explosion] 286 00:21:13,162 --> 00:21:14,789 Holy crap! Someone's shooting at us! 287 00:21:14,897 --> 00:21:17,559 Countermeasures! Countermeasures! 288 00:21:24,741 --> 00:21:28,643 God. [Sighs] 289 00:21:28,745 --> 00:21:31,145 Shelly, don't go out there! 290 00:21:38,588 --> 00:21:42,024 You guys want to see where your gunshot came from? 291 00:21:49,132 --> 00:21:51,600 So, get a jack. 292 00:21:51,701 --> 00:21:53,760 Let's go! 293 00:21:55,772 --> 00:21:58,832 Um, we left ourjack at home... 294 00:21:58,941 --> 00:22:01,876 to make room for the night vision goggles. 295 00:22:05,048 --> 00:22:10,213 All right, here's what we're gonna do. Byers, see that piece of log over there? 296 00:22:10,319 --> 00:22:12,287 Grab that. Simple physics, guys. 297 00:22:12,388 --> 00:22:15,721 Passenger side is higher, so the center of gravity has shifted to the driver's side. 298 00:22:15,825 --> 00:22:19,283 Won't be that hard for me to lift the passenger's sidejust enough... 299 00:22:19,395 --> 00:22:21,056 so that Byers can slide the log under the axle. 300 00:22:21,164 --> 00:22:23,223 Instant jack. 301 00:23:24,527 --> 00:23:28,657 Uh, Langly, stay here with Jimmy. Keep a lookout. 302 00:23:28,765 --> 00:23:31,097 What? Why do I gotta babysit Gigantor? 303 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,192 And try to keep him from knocking the Earth out of its orbit. 304 00:23:34,303 --> 00:23:37,636 [Cow Lowing] 305 00:23:37,740 --> 00:23:40,834 - Oh, damn. - It's just a cow. 306 00:23:40,943 --> 00:23:44,777 It's not just a cow. It's a nightmare I thought I escaped. 307 00:23:46,082 --> 00:23:47,982 Okay. Whatever it takes... 308 00:23:48,084 --> 00:23:49,984 we gotta get these people on our side. 309 00:23:50,086 --> 00:23:52,213 Do not say anything stupid. 310 00:23:53,723 --> 00:23:57,056 - Howdy. - [Murmurs] Howdy. 311 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,890 - It's good to see ya. - Yes, sir. Good to see you too. 312 00:23:59,996 --> 00:24:02,556 So, is there anything I should tell you boys? 313 00:24:02,665 --> 00:24:05,065 Anything you need to know about, uh,J.T.? 314 00:24:08,571 --> 00:24:11,506 Absolutely. Anything you could tell us would be much appreciated. 315 00:24:11,607 --> 00:24:15,236 - Well, uh... - Uh, hold up. 316 00:24:15,344 --> 00:24:17,403 Something's screwy. 317 00:24:17,513 --> 00:24:20,346 How'd you know we were coming? 318 00:24:20,449 --> 00:24:23,316 What? You're not the boys that are here forJ.T.? 319 00:24:23,419 --> 00:24:25,785 Yeah. Yeah, yeah. We're-We're the boys. 320 00:24:25,888 --> 00:24:29,187 No. No, wait. I'm confused. 321 00:24:29,292 --> 00:24:34,252 Look, are you or are you not here forJ.T.? Because I don't take too kindly to trespassers. 322 00:24:34,363 --> 00:24:36,524 Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're-We're here forJ.T. 323 00:24:36,632 --> 00:24:38,691 You are? 324 00:24:38,801 --> 00:24:42,669 You're the experts from the State Extension Office? 325 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:45,940 Yeah. That's me. 326 00:24:46,042 --> 00:24:48,306 Oh. Well, good then. 327 00:24:48,411 --> 00:24:51,608 Could we please get on with his rectal palpation? 328 00:24:57,153 --> 00:25:00,884 All right, now. J.T. is a mite sensitive. 329 00:25:00,990 --> 00:25:03,550 - Take it easy. - [Lowing] 330 00:25:10,066 --> 00:25:13,035 Get on with it. I haven't got all day. 331 00:25:13,135 --> 00:25:15,103 Here. 332 00:25:17,173 --> 00:25:20,574 - [Panting] - [Lowing] 333 00:25:22,912 --> 00:25:26,040 So, what do you think? 334 00:25:26,148 --> 00:25:29,379 - Seminal vesiculitis? - C-C-C-C-Could be. 335 00:25:29,485 --> 00:25:31,385 [Lowing, Bellowing] 336 00:25:31,487 --> 00:25:34,217 Hey, you, get up front here and help me calm J.T. down. 337 00:25:38,427 --> 00:25:41,988 Is this one of those new genetic cow breeds? 338 00:25:42,098 --> 00:25:45,499 She's got that one gigantic udder. 339 00:25:45,601 --> 00:25:47,501 Uh, uh! 340 00:25:47,603 --> 00:25:50,538 Now,J.T. is a bull, not a cow. 341 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:54,007 You grab him there, he's gonna kick your friend right through that wall. 342 00:25:55,278 --> 00:25:57,838 Oh, sweet Lord, take me now! 343 00:25:57,947 --> 00:26:00,438 - [Weapon Cocks] - So who are you boys really? 344 00:26:00,549 --> 00:26:03,017 'Cause you don't know a damn thing about livestock. 345 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:05,178 Are you from a collection agency? 346 00:26:05,288 --> 00:26:07,415 - [Sobbing] Oh, God. - Jason? 347 00:26:10,526 --> 00:26:12,426 Jason Guthrie. 348 00:26:15,031 --> 00:26:18,523 My God. Shelly Mizer? 349 00:26:20,569 --> 00:26:23,595 [Screaming] 350 00:26:25,574 --> 00:26:28,202 Again. Hit me. 351 00:26:28,311 --> 00:26:30,643 Yeah, "J.T." Those are my dad's initials. 352 00:26:30,746 --> 00:26:33,044 You call your bull "Dad"? 353 00:26:33,149 --> 00:26:36,482 I call my bullJ.T. in honor of my dad. 354 00:26:36,585 --> 00:26:38,485 We bought him the same week that Dad passed away. 355 00:26:38,587 --> 00:26:41,988 - That was two months back. - I'm sorry. 356 00:26:42,091 --> 00:26:45,549 Mr. Guthrie, anything you can tell us... 357 00:26:45,661 --> 00:26:48,061 about your father and his friend, Mr. Mizer... 358 00:26:48,164 --> 00:26:50,462 or this document, anything at all... 359 00:26:50,566 --> 00:26:53,296 Well, if Dad initialed it and it's got a pallet number... 360 00:26:53,402 --> 00:26:57,031 then I assume it's some sort of air force material invoice. 361 00:26:57,139 --> 00:27:00,404 - You said 1962? - Yeah, that's when I figure it was. 362 00:27:00,509 --> 00:27:03,501 Well, Dad was already stationed at Biznot in '62. 363 00:27:03,612 --> 00:27:07,571 At Biznot Air Force Base, just down the road here. It's mostly shut down now... 364 00:27:07,683 --> 00:27:10,174 - but Dad was quartermaster for the space wing. - Missile command? 365 00:27:10,286 --> 00:27:12,754 - Yeah. - I.C.B.M.'s. 366 00:27:12,855 --> 00:27:16,313 A lot of cold war paperwork didn't make it onto the computers. 367 00:27:16,425 --> 00:27:19,360 Explains why I couldn't track down the pallet number. 368 00:27:19,462 --> 00:27:23,592 We need to pay a covert visit to that air base, take a look at their files. 369 00:27:23,699 --> 00:27:26,327 Yeah, except none of us exactly look like G.I. Joe. 370 00:27:26,435 --> 00:27:30,098 [Chuckles] I wouldn't say none of us do. 371 00:28:56,058 --> 00:28:58,083 Bingo. 372 00:28:58,194 --> 00:29:01,686 Freeze! Face down on the floor! 373 00:29:01,797 --> 00:29:04,095 Come on, buddy. 374 00:29:07,303 --> 00:29:09,203 That's government property. Turn that loose. 375 00:29:09,305 --> 00:29:12,468 Sorry, buddy. No can do. 376 00:29:26,655 --> 00:29:30,056 [Male Voice] You really are an oaf. You know that? 377 00:29:34,263 --> 00:29:36,823 [Regular Voice] I suppose half a document's better than none. 378 00:29:46,775 --> 00:29:52,077 It is an air force material invoice dated April 4, 1962. 379 00:29:52,181 --> 00:29:55,344 The pallet weighed 2,981 pounds. 380 00:29:55,451 --> 00:29:58,352 Sounds like the weight of a 1959 Studebaker Lark. 381 00:29:58,454 --> 00:30:02,254 But it doesn't say where it wound up. Guess that's on the other half. 382 00:30:03,692 --> 00:30:05,592 Well, I vote we call the cops on her. 383 00:30:05,694 --> 00:30:08,663 For doing what, exactly? 384 00:30:08,764 --> 00:30:11,733 Murder. What do you think? 385 00:30:11,834 --> 00:30:14,826 That dead Freedom of Information clerk thatJimmy and I found. 386 00:30:14,937 --> 00:30:18,998 - The one you paid a little visit to. - What are you saying? He's dead? 387 00:30:19,108 --> 00:30:20,769 You didn't know? 388 00:30:22,945 --> 00:30:25,038 It must've been the guy who hired me to find the car. 389 00:30:25,147 --> 00:30:28,605 Who is this guy you're working for? What's his story? 390 00:30:28,717 --> 00:30:31,379 His name is Henry Farst. He's with the petroleum industry. 391 00:30:31,487 --> 00:30:35,218 Apparently, he wants the car badly enough to kill for it. 392 00:30:35,324 --> 00:30:39,021 And I'm not working for him. I only took his money. But I guess he knows that now. 393 00:30:39,128 --> 00:30:41,028 [Byers] The murdered clerk... 394 00:30:41,130 --> 00:30:44,395 he gave me this... 395 00:30:44,500 --> 00:30:46,525 censored version of the invoice. 396 00:30:46,635 --> 00:30:50,071 - He gave you one too? - He was a wonderful source of information. 397 00:30:50,172 --> 00:30:52,402 You had him give me this. 398 00:30:54,310 --> 00:30:55,743 In a box with a cinder block. Why? 399 00:30:55,844 --> 00:30:58,074 She knew about my interest in the car. 400 00:30:58,180 --> 00:31:01,911 She gave us her lead to see where we'd run with it... 401 00:31:02,017 --> 00:31:06,249 so that we'd do all the work, and she'd take all the profit. 402 00:31:06,355 --> 00:31:10,086 As usual. Except not this time. 403 00:31:10,192 --> 00:31:13,923 Oh, no? You forget... 404 00:31:14,029 --> 00:31:16,896 I already know where the car is. 405 00:31:25,140 --> 00:31:27,267 I don't mind sharing. 406 00:31:27,409 --> 00:31:31,778 There's enough billions to go around on this one, as well as danger. 407 00:31:39,688 --> 00:31:42,282 Regular meetin' in here. 408 00:31:42,391 --> 00:31:45,053 This is it. 409 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,788 "Storage room 4, Silo C." 410 00:31:47,896 --> 00:31:51,195 Silo? Wound up on a farm? 411 00:31:53,135 --> 00:31:57,196 That could be an I.C.B.M. silo, Biznot Air Base. 412 00:31:59,775 --> 00:32:02,767 As quartermaster, your father shipped the greatest invention... 413 00:32:02,878 --> 00:32:05,312 of our lifetime to the most secure spot on Earth. 414 00:32:05,414 --> 00:32:07,882 The bottom of a nuclear missile silo. 415 00:32:12,888 --> 00:32:15,982 [Lowing] 416 00:32:16,091 --> 00:32:18,321 Quiet there,J.T. 417 00:32:25,434 --> 00:32:29,837 I was starting to think you weren't coming. 418 00:32:32,241 --> 00:32:35,176 I figured it was smarter to wait till everyone was asleep. 419 00:32:35,277 --> 00:32:38,508 Mmm. You don't look very happy. 420 00:32:41,250 --> 00:32:44,845 But you should know that you are doing the right thing. 421 00:32:47,690 --> 00:32:49,920 That'll save the old homestead. 422 00:32:57,099 --> 00:32:59,067 [Honking] 423 00:33:04,206 --> 00:33:06,106 Come on! Come on! 424 00:33:06,208 --> 00:33:08,836 - We gotta go! We gotta get to the silo! - Why? What's the hurry? 425 00:33:08,944 --> 00:33:11,003 - This. - [Byers] They're being blown up? 426 00:33:11,113 --> 00:33:14,742 - Today as in today? - Today as in get in the damn van! 427 00:33:18,220 --> 00:33:20,120 [Whistle Blowing] 428 00:33:20,222 --> 00:33:20,322 - (music) [Sousa March] - [Cheering] 429 00:33:20,322 --> 00:33:23,291 - (music) [Sousa March] - [Cheering] 430 00:34:00,262 --> 00:34:02,890 - [Byers] Storage rooms are on the lower level. - [Frohike] Easy, boys. 431 00:34:02,998 --> 00:34:06,934 - These walls are wired to blow. - [Langly] How low can you go? 432 00:34:20,949 --> 00:34:24,009 - How are we doing for time? - Not good. Hurry it up. 433 00:34:28,857 --> 00:34:30,757 [Langly] This place is like a maze. 434 00:34:30,859 --> 00:34:33,225 [Byers] So pick your poison. 435 00:34:34,630 --> 00:34:36,530 [Frohike] This way. 436 00:34:43,305 --> 00:34:45,273 Hey, guys. 437 00:34:54,082 --> 00:34:56,050 This is it. 438 00:35:04,159 --> 00:35:09,324 - [Man] You all set? - [Horn Sounds] 439 00:35:31,353 --> 00:35:33,253 Gentlemen, get out of there. 440 00:35:33,355 --> 00:35:35,255 Do you hear me? Get... [Transmission Wavering] 441 00:35:35,357 --> 00:35:38,986 Yves? Yves, you're breaking up. 442 00:35:39,094 --> 00:35:41,255 There's nothing down there. Farst has the car. 443 00:35:41,363 --> 00:35:43,763 Do you hear me? 444 00:35:43,866 --> 00:35:45,766 [Yves Continues, Garbled] 445 00:35:45,868 --> 00:35:48,166 This has gotta be it. 446 00:35:50,539 --> 00:35:52,530 [Horn Sounding] 447 00:35:53,942 --> 00:35:57,776 [Crowd] Ten! Nine! Eight! 448 00:35:57,880 --> 00:35:59,541 Seven! 449 00:36:04,219 --> 00:36:05,709 - Byers, Frohike... - Run for it! 450 00:36:35,884 --> 00:36:39,251 [Yves] That concrete you're trying to dig through is nine feet thick. 451 00:36:39,354 --> 00:36:41,515 [Sobbing] It doesn't matter. 452 00:36:47,829 --> 00:36:49,797 It's reinforced with hardened steel. 453 00:36:49,898 --> 00:36:52,526 It's designed to withstand a nuclear blast. 454 00:36:52,634 --> 00:36:56,695 It doesn't matter. You pound anything long enough, it'll give. 455 00:36:58,874 --> 00:37:01,104 Jimmy, stop. It's pointless. 456 00:37:07,482 --> 00:37:09,416 I love those guys. 457 00:37:28,136 --> 00:37:30,468 Jimmy. 458 00:37:31,907 --> 00:37:34,603 Jimmy! 459 00:37:40,115 --> 00:37:42,549 Aw, man! 460 00:37:44,853 --> 00:37:46,787 - Aah! - All right, already! 461 00:37:46,888 --> 00:37:48,879 Don't make me sorry I lived. 462 00:37:48,991 --> 00:37:51,323 - How'd you get out? - We crawled through a ventilation shaft. 463 00:37:51,426 --> 00:37:54,486 It, uh, surfaced about a half a mile that way. 464 00:37:54,596 --> 00:37:57,292 Underneath a Port-A-John. 465 00:37:57,399 --> 00:38:02,735 - Guys, this is wonderful. - Yeah. Whoop-dee-doo. We didn't get the car. 466 00:38:02,838 --> 00:38:06,103 Where did your oil company creep take it, anyway? 467 00:38:06,208 --> 00:38:08,574 You think if I knew that, I'd be standing here? 468 00:38:10,078 --> 00:38:12,171 [Frohike] Yeah. But what I wanna know is... 469 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:15,579 how did he find out where it was? 470 00:38:17,352 --> 00:38:20,753 I took it to the bank this morning to deposit it. 471 00:38:20,856 --> 00:38:23,017 I grabbed it right back out of the teller's hand. 472 00:38:23,125 --> 00:38:27,789 I couldn't help thinking I was doing something terrible. 473 00:38:30,399 --> 00:38:33,334 If anyone should get this, it's you, Shelly. 474 00:38:33,435 --> 00:38:35,596 It's for your dad's invention. 475 00:38:35,704 --> 00:38:38,537 I'm just sorry it's not more. 476 00:38:41,677 --> 00:38:44,339 You three almost got yourselves killed today. 477 00:38:44,446 --> 00:38:47,677 I had no idea you'd go so far for this. 478 00:38:47,783 --> 00:38:50,013 I'd do it again in a minute. 479 00:38:55,891 --> 00:39:00,658 Then I guess I have a confession to make before you go and do something even stupider. 480 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:06,700 My father's car is here. 481 00:39:08,603 --> 00:39:11,663 - Here where? - Here here? 482 00:39:25,687 --> 00:39:27,587 I looked around this morning and found it out here. 483 00:39:27,689 --> 00:39:31,887 Well, this is it. I remember this attachment on the carburetor... 484 00:39:31,993 --> 00:39:33,927 this extra hose. 485 00:39:34,029 --> 00:39:38,090 - What is it doing out here? - [Guthrie] I thought it was junk. 486 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:41,363 It's been sittin' here for 20, 30 years. 487 00:39:41,470 --> 00:39:45,099 I wanted to have it hauled away, but Dad wouldn't let anyone touch it. 488 00:39:45,207 --> 00:39:49,405 Uh, wait. If this is the real water-powered car... 489 00:39:49,511 --> 00:39:53,072 then what did the oil company guy drive off with? 490 00:39:53,181 --> 00:39:57,413 A decoy, apparently. Your father put a decoy in the silo. 491 00:39:57,519 --> 00:40:00,249 Your dad made a vow to my dad... 492 00:40:00,355 --> 00:40:03,017 to hide this car and never tell anyone about it. 493 00:40:03,125 --> 00:40:06,219 This is it. It's wonderful. 494 00:40:06,328 --> 00:40:08,558 And now we have to destroy it. 495 00:40:10,832 --> 00:40:12,265 What the hell are you talking about? 496 00:40:12,367 --> 00:40:14,028 It's what my father really wanted... 497 00:40:14,136 --> 00:40:15,899 only he couldn't bring himself to do it. 498 00:40:16,004 --> 00:40:19,303 - He knew the world shouldn't have this. - Why not? 499 00:40:19,407 --> 00:40:22,865 Why on earth shouldn't there be a cheap, pollution-free alternative to gasoline? 500 00:40:22,978 --> 00:40:25,310 Think what it would do for the global economy. 501 00:40:25,413 --> 00:40:28,246 - Send it through the roof. - Precisely. 502 00:40:28,350 --> 00:40:31,251 Lead to a huge development boom throughout the world. 503 00:40:31,353 --> 00:40:34,982 - Damn straight. - It'd mean more people driving cars. 504 00:40:35,090 --> 00:40:38,321 More people building more places to go in those cars. 505 00:40:38,426 --> 00:40:40,986 More people. More consumption. 506 00:40:41,096 --> 00:40:44,088 More trees cut down. More roads laid in. 507 00:40:44,199 --> 00:40:46,190 And what do you pave roads with, by the way? 508 00:40:46,301 --> 00:40:51,238 Oil. The same oil you use to lubricate a water-powered car. 509 00:40:51,339 --> 00:40:53,170 The same oil that goes into all the plastics... 510 00:40:53,275 --> 00:40:57,109 that make the taillights, the bumpers, the tires... 511 00:40:57,212 --> 00:40:59,112 and just about everything else on the planet these days. 512 00:41:01,116 --> 00:41:06,349 And we'd have 400 million cars on the road instead of 200 million. 513 00:41:07,522 --> 00:41:09,820 It doesn't sound like Utopia to me. 514 00:41:09,925 --> 00:41:12,587 - I think you're overstating it. - [Chuckles] 515 00:41:12,694 --> 00:41:15,595 It wouldn't happen overnight, but it would happen. 516 00:41:18,066 --> 00:41:21,126 And my father couldn't bear to be responsible for that. 517 00:41:21,303 --> 00:41:23,533 You're forgetting something. 518 00:41:23,638 --> 00:41:27,699 We're running out of oil. 519 00:41:27,809 --> 00:41:32,007 This invention is what's going to keep us from going back... 520 00:41:32,113 --> 00:41:33,876 to horse-drawn carriages. 521 00:41:33,982 --> 00:41:37,679 - You don't wanna destroy the car? - Absolutely not. 522 00:41:39,287 --> 00:41:44,350 I wanna give it to the world and make billions off of it. 523 00:41:44,459 --> 00:41:48,395 Unfortunately, there are a lot of witnesses. 524 00:41:51,132 --> 00:41:53,692 That's your plan? You actually believe... 525 00:41:53,802 --> 00:41:56,168 you're going to shoot every last one of us? 526 00:41:56,271 --> 00:42:01,004 Well, for what it's worth, you're the only one I'm going to enjoy. 527 00:42:02,777 --> 00:42:05,075 [Bellowing] 528 00:42:16,024 --> 00:42:17,719 [Lowing] 529 00:42:24,499 --> 00:42:28,230 (music) [Woman Singing Folk-Rock] 530 00:42:43,385 --> 00:42:46,718 - (music) [Fades] - [Jimmy Narrating] So that's how history is made. 531 00:42:46,821 --> 00:42:51,758 Not the kind ofhistory you read in books or Peter Graves tells you on TV. 532 00:42:51,860 --> 00:42:55,023 I'm talking history no one even knows about. 533 00:42:55,130 --> 00:42:57,098 Except it happened. 534 00:42:57,198 --> 00:43:01,430 It changed the world by not changing the world, if you follow me. 535 00:43:01,536 --> 00:43:06,735 And sometimes, maybe not changing the world is a good thing. 536 00:43:06,841 --> 00:43:09,207 And what about that water-powered car? 537 00:43:09,311 --> 00:43:11,939 Obviously, you don't have one in your driveway. 538 00:43:12,047 --> 00:43:14,777 So you know it didn't wind up in Detroit. 539 00:43:14,883 --> 00:43:18,250 But it didn't get destroyed either. It's still out there... 540 00:43:18,353 --> 00:43:22,255 waiting for a day when smart people of integrity get together... 541 00:43:22,357 --> 00:43:26,487 and figure out a way to use it for the benefit of all mankind. 542 00:43:26,594 --> 00:43:28,494 Kind oflike the atom bomb. 543 00:43:28,596 --> 00:43:31,690 That's because three heroes knew when not to act. 544 00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:35,327 But for one shining moment, one brief afternoon... 545 00:43:35,437 --> 00:43:39,373 it was magical. 546 00:43:39,474 --> 00:43:41,442 (music) [Continues] 547 00:43:44,446 --> 00:43:46,539 (music) [Ends] 548 00:44:24,152 --> 00:44:25,949 [Child] I made this!