Two brothers are trying to survive a sudden virus outbreak that has turn almost all of Puerto Rico population into infected, now they had left everything behind joining some other survivors they start to realize the infected are not the only ones they need to fear as they struggle for survival in the island. the series is a drama spoof with several references from popular zombie TV shows or films, but the plot is based in the island of Puerto Rico.

The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard have joined forces with Chief ARP Warden Hodges and ladies from the local WRVS to form a choir and they are practising for an upcoming Christmas concert that they intend to give to wounded troops from the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Due to the origin of their audience, they are all dressed in the costume of Cornish smocks.

After "winning" a coin toss, Captain Mainwaring has naturally assumed the role of conductor, much to the annoyance of Hodges and then proclaims that they will begin with the Floral Dance. Mainwaring leads the choir with Sergeant Wilson accompanying on the piano. Wilson though has difficulty in hitting the correct note because one of the keys is not working. Mainwaring, without understanding the nuances of a piano keyboard, tells him to use another note, but with no real option has to play in a different key. There follows some jollity with ladies and then the men in the choir being unable to follow the key chosen, now being too high or too low. Subsequently, Wilson then investigates inside the piano, and discovers that Private Walker has hidden a bottle of black market whisky in there. Mainwaring is furious, and he tells Walker to get rid of it, adding "I never want to see it again." Walker laughs "Please yourself, it was your Christmas present!"

Now that the whisky is removed, they can use the piano more appropriately. Cue scenes of Corporal Jones coming in too early on the solo part "Borne from afar on the gentle breeze", followed by the next line which he splits between the platoon members. He gives Pike "Fiddle and cello", but on hearing this, Wilson laughs heartily, and asks "Wouldn't it be better really, if Walker was on the fiddle?" (a pun on Walker's black market activities). Ignoring this, Mainwaring gives Walker "Big bass drum" instead. When it comes to the final instrument, "Euphonium", he is a platoon member short, at which point Walker suggests "Why don’t we split that up? I mean Jonesie here can be the 'U, I'll be the 'Pho', and Pikey can be the 'Bum!'" (a pun on the English use of bum, meaning buttocks). Mainwaring is furious and threatens to send Walker home until Hodges intervenes volunteers to take the "Euphonium" line.

It goes well till Frazer’s line of "Big trombone" where he adds a "Whoop!". Mainwaring stops them, and points out to Frazer that there is no "Whoop!" after big trombone. Frazer, in thick Scots brogue, says "I ken (know) that's fine, I was just trying to buck up a kind of peely-wally English tune." Mainwaring says "Yes all right, we can do very well without it thank you very much" and Frazer adds "It’ll no be as good!".

They begin again, and it goes fine to the end of the verse - at this point a visual gag occurs which is not discernable via the existing soundtrack, but probably involved the Captain falling off his rostrum and coming back up with glasses and cap askew (a piece of business used regularly in many ''Dad's Army'' episodes).

On to the final part, which is to be sung by Private Pike. Wilson, having twice previously come in too early does so again, and Mainwaring finally snaps and shouts "Wilson! Wilson! Do not anticipate!! Watch (for) the blo.... watch the stick!!". Driven to distraction he nearly says "bloody" which would have offended many television viewers in the 1970s, let alone the ladies in the 1940s choir. Pike begins his solo, reading word for word from his song sheet "I felt so lonely standing there, and I could only stand and stare. For I have no boy/girl with me. Lonely..." Mainwaring stops him and asks "Why are you singing 'I have no boy/girl with me'?", to which Pike replies "That’s what it says here." He shows the Captain, who, now exasperated, explains "If you’re a boy, you have a girl! If you’re a girl you have a boy! Do you understand?" Pike replies "Yes." Mainwaring adds "You stupid boy!" and if that was not enough of a clue, Pike asks the plaintive question "Well what am I then?" Walker chips in with "We're all beginning to wonder!"

Finally, for the grand finale to the sketch, there is one last run-though, and despite Pike singing his lines as "I felt so lonely standing there, and I could only stand and stare, for I had no boy with me...", the choir actually sounds really good together.

Long victim of her husband, violent and alcoholic, Rose Mayer, the Walloon countryside, decided to take their destiny in hand, and kills by crushing it with their car after leaving prison for having crushed a girl with the same car. She joined her son, homosexual, in Brussels, who left the family hell the day of his 16th birthday. But freedom does not erase guilt and family stories are not without contradictions. Rose does find its place in his new life?

Khanh is a talented, Seattle actress working hard to find her big break. She and eleven other local actors are cast in a new action show, “Final Zodiac Warrior.” '''FZW''' is a cross between Enter the Dragon and Highlander and features twelve warriors based on the Chinese zodiac. Portraying the signs of Rat, Pig, Rabbit, Rooster and Dragon, Khanh and her friends survive the indie film making process, all the while doing battle with their own individual demons. Be it mistreatment from their fabulous and beautiful cast member counterparts, ambiguous direction from the director Trick, or even the threat of looming unemployment at the day job, the misfits boldly fight the demons.

As described in a film magazine, Judith Sanford (Frederick) is the proprietress of the large Blue Lake Ranch that is the subject of a business feud between two rival factions. Judy maintains possession through the loyalty of Old Carson (Pallette) and Bud Lee (Santschi), her foreman, and they thwart the efforts of Bayne Trevor (Clary) and his gang to demoralize the ranch hands to require the selling of the property. Judy holds a dance at the ranch where everyone is expected to be in full dress, and the cowboys use mail order to ensure they are fully equipped for the event. Trevor's gang holds up and robs the paymaster of Judy's ranch, but Bud Lee obtains other money in time so that the men can be paid. He then proceeds to hunt the thief and eventually finds that it is one of Trevor's men. This results in several realistic fistfights.

Simon Ambrose is a brilliant young professor at MIT. Always somewhat out of sync with the rest of the world, Simon is a man of science and does not put much stock in faith. When he discovers that he is the bastard son of the world's greatest wizard Merlin, he is forced to put his skepticism aside and embrace a world of magic and the mayhem it embodies.

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The wizard '''Merlin''' finds human magician '''Gwen''' tied up in a New York warehouse. He uses magic to release her only to find himself trapped in a binding circle. Gwen escapes before enchantress '''Morgana le Fay''' enters and kills Merlin. She tries to retrieve Merlin's diary from his body but it vanishes. At MIT, Merlin's diary appears in '''Simon Ambrose''''s lab. Gwen later approaches him and tells Simon that Merlin is his father, but they're interrupted by Morgana's Black Knights.

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Gwen and Simon narrowly escape the Black Knights and flee to one of Merlin’s safe houses. Gwen trains Simon how to heal himself, use telekinesis, and shapeshift. Another Black Knight, '''Ywain''' follows them to the safe house and attacks Simon and Gwen.

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Simon stuns Ywain by using telekinesis long enough for him and Gwen to escape through a secret exit and trigger the self-destruct sequence. In order to get the Stone of Giramphiel before Morgana, Simon shapeshifts and sneaks into Le Fay headquarters. A barely-alive Ywain returns to Morgana and tells her of Simon’s magic powers. Simon finds out that Morgana has been searching for the stone in Istanbul. He goes with Gwen to her mother '''Penelope'''’s house for the night without realizing Morgana is watching them.

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Morgana attacks Gwen and Simon while they sleep. Accepting they're overpowered, Simon agrees to give her Merlin's diary in exchange for their safety. Simon and Gwen travel to Istanbul and enter a cave full of Morgana's Black Knights. Merlin's ghost appears and guides Simon towards The Stone of Giramphiel but also warns him of three elements protecting it. Simon lifts a giant rock to pass the first safeguard, but water fills the cave and Simon admits he can't swim.

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Simon finds an underwater passage that leads to The Stone of Giramphiel in ring form. He and Gwen fight and defeat the third element, '''Fire Wraiths''', only for Black Knights appear. Simon puts on the ring and uses its power to escape into another realm but leaves Gwen with Morgana. He confronts her at Stonehenge and agrees to use the combined power of his ring and Merlin's diary to help Morgana summon '''Keres''' to devour all of humanity. Simon quickly betrays her by instead summoning Keres to kill Morgana. With Gwen safe, she and Simon search for the most recent incarnation of '''King Arthur'''.

After a chemical attack on a subway, Elizabeth and the FBI search for the man responsible. Elizabeth reluctantly seeks Red's help finding the next person on the blacklist, brilliant scientist Frederick Barnes (guest star Robert Sean Leonard). Barnes weaponized a deadly, but very rare, disease both in order to spread it so that the pharmaceutical industry would find it significant enough to fund its research and so that he could find someone immune, in order to produce an antidote for his son. Barnes succeeds in producing a potential antidote, but Liz kills him to prevent him from injecting it into his son. Meanwhile, Elizabeth wants nothing to do with Red, outside of work, after he again implicates Tom, and she tries to stop Red intruding into her personal life. Red shows great interest in a house which is for sale. He buys it, tells his bodyguards that he raised his family in it, and in order to “forget what happened here”, he blows it up.

Elizabeth uncovers an elaborate plot to destroy the country's financial system when a new name on the blacklist, General Ludd (Justin Kirk), is revealed by Reddington. Reddington demands access to the FBI database ViCAP in return for his help. Meanwhile, Tom informs Lizzy that her adoptive father, Sam, is dying from cancer in the hospital. All airplanes are grounded because of General Ludd's plan for terrorism, so Lizzy is unable to fly home to be with her father, Sam (guest star William Sadler). Meanwhile, Reddington visits Sam in the hospital, and the two reminisce as old friends. Sam expresses that he has 6 weeks to live. He wishes he only had 6 hours to live, as he does not wish to die a slow death. Reddington tells Sam that he did a fantastic job raising Lizzy as his own, and that he will protect her just as he did. Sam tells Reddington that he wants Lizzy to know "the truth" before he dies. Reddington objects, stating that she must never know. He then kills Sam to end his suffering, and also to keep "the truth" hidden. General Ludd steals a hard drive containing the blueprints for newly minted U.S. currency. However, Reddington finds Ludd and steals the hard drive before the FBI arrive. Lizzy finds out that her father has died. Red uses his new access to ViCAP to look up the number the Chinese gave him in "Wujing"; it's the number of a file on a woman named Lucy Brooks. Red comforts Elizabeth as she mourns her father.

Around 1890 the indigenous Sri Lankan tribesmen (Veddas) struggled with malaria. The film starts with a mother's death from the disease and the rest of the family leaving the cave where they live with their mother's body.

The father, Kauwa, son, Billa, and daughter, Handuni, continue the trip while the father sees their mother's soul (haetaā), which follows them wherever they go. They arrive at a cave near a stream, where they make arrangements to camp. They hear the loud sounds made by Naiṭaṭaǣvaā, an uncivilized human-ape.

In the night the father asks the children to leave him and meet their relatives at the other side of the jungle. Billa refuses that request asking his father to rest and gain strength to join with them. Finally Billa obeys his father, promising his father that he will save his sister and find her a match from the tribe.

A man commits suicide due to his wife's infidelity. The man's father then attempts to determine by scientific means which of his granddaughters is not his biological grandchild.

An artist who, after losing his daughter, discovers a mysterious doorway leading to the past.

As the game opens, Kaos narrates his previously failed plans as he tells the Portal Master that he has captured Master Eon, Flynn, Cali, and Hugo. Now that Kaos has control of the portals, he tells the players that they are getting cut off from Skylands forever. Hugo manages to get through to the Portal Master stating that they must place a land vehicle on the portal so that they can get the Skylanders to Skylands. Once that is done, the Skylanders infiltrate a transport ship owned by Count Moneybone where they manage to free Hugo, Cali, and Flynn. Hugo tells them that there are other prisoners on the transport ship that need to be free too. Upon getting topside, Flynn, Cali, and Hugo see a contraption that is "eating the sky." Hugo's book glows as Master Eon's message states that he has been taken captive and that Kaos has used the Darkness to construct the Sky Eater. In order to combat it, a special team of Skylanders called the SuperChargers have been assembled to help combat the Sky Eater utilizing special rift engines that utilize the same technology as the portals.

At Motley Meadows, the Skylanders find that it is under attack by the Sky Eater and they must rescue the inhabitants. Back on the transport ship, they work together to take out Count Moneybone's fighter ships that are targeting the escape pods that he had activated. Upon gaining control of the lead ship and rescuing the prisoners, they fall back to Skylanders Academy. Kaos learns from Glumshanks that some of the Trolls have been complaining about the Darkness getting bigger from the skies that it eats. Count Moneybone tells Kaos the status on Master Eon's confinement.

The Skylanders head to the Cloudscraper Mountains to seek out the Cloudbreather Dragon, who can track Master Eon to where he is being held with the scent of a sock Hugo kept. However, the forces of Kaos have seized the mountain and try to kidnap the Dragon. The Superchargers liberate the dragon just in time. The Cloudbreather Dragon tells them that Eon is currently trapped in the Land of The Undead. However, in order to get there, they must upgrade the Skylander's vehicles Rift Engines using the Thunderous Bolt from Cloud Kingdom. Upon arrival, it seems that the place has been overtaken by Kaos, courtesy of Lord Stratosfear. He will not allow the Skylanders to take the bolt, so they must defeat him first. The Skylanders take down the transport ships invading the kingdom and attack Lord Stratosfear's Storm Generator. Upon Lord Stratosfear's defeat, all of the vehicles are upgraded by the Thunderous Bolt to travel to the Land of The Undead.

The Superchargers make it to the outskirts of the Detention Center and learn about the Perspective gates, which shifts gravity according to the position of the gate. Fighting their way through the prison and freeing as many prisoners as possible, Count Moneybone is defeated and Eon is freed. Kaos then learns of the defeat, but before he can act, the Darkness becomes sentient and proceeds to lead Kaos in the direction he needs.

Meanwhile, Master Eon tells the Superchargers that they need to defeat the threat of the Darkness by finding out how the Ancients defeated it the last time; however, the only records of this is in the Spell Punk Library, which only a Spell Punk can navigate. The Superchargers go to BattleBrawl Island in order to defeat SpellSlamzer, a Spell Punk. The Superchargers then head to the Spell Punk Library, where they learn that the Darkness was let into Skylands by "The Dark Rift Engine", a super powerful Rift Engine, and the Core of Light was developed as a weapon against the Darkness, but it was never completed. They decide to seek the author of a book, Pomfrey Le Fuzzbottom in hopes that he can tell them how to complete the Core of Light.

At the Sky Eater, Kaos is convinced by the Darkness to rule the universe, not just Skylands. Glumshanks tries to talk Kaos out of it, but the Darkness convinces Kaos to fire Glumshanks. Glumshanks, now jobless, leaves the Sky Eater and is taken to the Skylanders Academy. Buzz is suspicious of Glumshanks, but agrees to give him a trial basis.

The Superchargers head to Gladfly Glades, where they meet a strange collector who promises to give them Fuzzbottom if they can reach him, while shrunk to microscopic size. The Superchargers get to Fuzzbottom, who tells them that the last part of the Core of Light is The Eye of the Ancients, which will turn it into a weapon against the Darkness. However, it is in possession of a Lobster Titan, and the only way to match the Titan's power is to use the Kolossal Kernel, which is in possession of their old enemy, Cap'n Cluck, who has also started a fast food chain called Cap'n Cluck's King Size Chicken. However, this is a front for a chicken army, led by Cluck, and financed by the money he gets from selling his chicken, which he is growing with the Kolossal Kernel. The Superchargers defeat Cluck and take the Kolossal Kernel, which Mags then pops into popcorn. The Superchargers then use the Kolossal Kernel to grow to titan size and defeat the Lobster Titan, gaining the Eye of the Ancients.

Mags then completes the Core of Light, but Kaos has been warned by the Darkness that the Core of Light has been completed, and attacks the Skylanders Academy, destroying the Core of Light for good. Glumshanks then sacrifices himself so that the Superchargers can escape. They escape, but they now have no weapon against the Darkness. Pandergast then announces the Ridepacolypse Demolition Derby, and the grand prize is Glumshanks. The Skylanders win the derby and get Glumshanks back.

Back at the Academy, Glumshanks proposes that the Superchargers use the Dark Rift Engine to send the Darkness back where it came from. Eon tells them that the Vault of the Ancients is the most likely place that the Dark Rift Engine could be. The Superchargers, Flynn, Tessa and Glumshanks head to the vault, where they meet a flower-like Watch Wraith named Pluck, who gives the Superchargers the ability to attract and repel things (or "Push" and "Pull") inside the vault. The Superchargers recover the Dark Rift Engine.

Once the Superchargers return, they are attacked by Sky Pirates who kidnap Mags. The Superchargers get on the Flying Bandit Train and fight Captain BlubberBeard, who wants Mags to make their train be able to escape the collapsing Skylands. BlubberBeard is defeated and Mags finishes modifying the Dark Rift Engine to send the Darkness back to where it came from.

Meanwhile, Kaos is confronted by his conscience in the form an imaginary Glumshanks, who is trying to stop him from destroying all of Skylands, as his dream of ruling it would be ruined if he destroyed it. He confronts the Darkness about this, but the Darkness threatens to take away his powers, so Kaos opens a Mega Rift to destroy all of Skylands.

The Superchargers, Flynn, Cali and Glumshanks then launch an all-out attack on the Sky Eater and make it to Kaos's throne room, where Kaos attacks the Superchargers with the full Power of the Darkness, but he still loses. The Darkness then freezes everyone except for Kaos. Kaos then gets fed up with the Darkness telling him what to do and activates the Dark Rift Engine, and escapes with the Superchargers and their allies. The credits then roll after that.

Suddenly, the Darkness pulls the Rift back open and sucks in the credits. The Darkness then put the remains of the Sky Eater as armor and Eon tells the player that all of their training has led them to this epic final battle, with the Darkness pulling the Superchargers into a void. The Superchargers defeat the Darkness and go back to the Academy, where Kaos tells them that just because the Darkness is gone forever does not mean that evil is still out there and joins the Academy as "the Ultimate Evil Consultant of Ultimate Evil" until he can find out how to get his powers back. Cali asks Buzz if that's a real job, and Buzz says that this is the best way to keep an eye on Kaos for the moment. Flynn then says that they need to do something awesome, which Cali, Buzz, Tessa, Mags, and Hugo all try saying their own versions of "Boom", but Flynn doesn't like them, Flynn finally suggests they all do it together. Everyone then says their own versions of "Boom!". Eon then narrates the player out, until Kaos interrupts him, taking over the closing narration. The credits roll (for real this time), ending the game.

Rachel Watson is a recovering alcoholic who aimlessly rides a train into New York City every day after losing her job and her marriage. From the train, she fixates on the lives of her former husband, Tom, his new wife, Anna, and their neighbors, Scott and Megan Hipwell; Megan worked for Tom and Anna as a nanny for their baby, Evie, but had recently quit.

During her marriage to Tom, Rachel became depressed about her infertility and developed a drinking problem which led to continual blackouts and destructive behavior. At a barbecue held by Tom's boss, she drunkenly made a scene and Tom was later fired because of it. Now, while drunk, Rachel often harasses Tom and Anna, calling them repeatedly throughout the day, though she has little memory of this once she sobers up.

On the way home one afternoon, Rachel becomes infuriated when she spots Megan kissing a stranger. She goes to confront Megan but wakes up in her own bed hours later, covered in blood. Megan is reported missing and Rachel is questioned by Detective Riley because she was seen in the vicinity that day. Rachel contacts Scott, posing as Megan's friend, to tell him about the affair. Scott shows her a picture of Megan's psychiatrist Dr. Kamal Abdic, whom Rachel identifies as the man she saw kissing Megan. As a result, Abdic is questioned as a suspect but tells the police that Scott was emotionally abusive towards his wife, and suspicion shifts to him.

Believing Abdic is involved in Megan's disappearance, Rachel schedules an appointment with him, but she ends up discussing her own emotional issues. Abdic recalls a session with Megan in which she revealed she had a baby when she was very young. The baby accidentally drowned in the bathtub and Megan never forgave herself for it. Megan is found murdered and tests reveal she was pregnant, but neither Scott nor Abdic was the father. Scott enters Rachel's house and aggressively confronts her for lying to him about knowing Megan, directing the police towards Abdic, and leaving him as the new suspect. Rachel tries to report the assault to the police, believing Scott's violence suggests he may have murdered Megan, but Riley says that he has been ruled out as a suspect as there is CCTV footage of him at a bar at the time.

On the train, Rachel sees Martha, the wife of Tom's former boss, and apologises for her behaviour at the barbecue where she believes she broke a platter, threw food, and insulted Martha. Martha says she did nothing wrong, and it is revealed Tom had been fired for having sex with co-workers. Rachel realises that Tom planted false memories in her head during her drinking binges, and was also violent toward her during her blackouts, which accounts for the injuries she had when she awoke. Meanwhile, Anna suspects Tom of cheating and secretly finds a cell phone hidden in their house; a voicemail reveals that the phone belonged to Megan.

A now sober Rachel remembers that on the day of Megan's disappearance, she caught Megan meeting Tom, and he hit her when she tried to confront them. Realizing that Tom killed Megan when she refused to abort his baby, Rachel warns Anna, who is already aware. When both women confront Tom, he becomes angry, tries to force Rachel to drink alcohol again, throws the drink at her face, and then knocks her unconscious. When Rachel awakens, she flees for the front door but it is locked. Tom tries to strangle her as Anna watches from the top of the stairs, guarding Evie. Rachel doubles back through the kitchen and picks up a corkscrew. Outside, Tom grabs her and—as she turns—she stabs him in the neck with the corkscrew. Anna then appears and twists it deeper into Tom's neck, killing him and avenging Megan's death. Interviewed by Riley, Rachel and Anna tell identical stories about killing Tom in self-defense after he admitted that he was Megan's killer. Anna admits that Rachel had been right about everything.

Later, Rachel visits Megan's tombstone at a cemetery and states: "We are tied forever now, the three of us, bound forever by the story we shared." Later, she sits on the opposite side of the train, hopeful for a new life.

The novel follows the story of Yusuf, a boy born in the fictional town of Kawa in Tanzania at the turn of the 20th century. Yusuf's father is a hotelier and is in debt to a rich and powerful Arab merchant named Aziz. Early in the story Yusuf is pawned in exchange for his father's owed debt to Aziz and must work as an unpaid servant for the merchant. Yusuf joins Aziz's caravan as they travel into the interior to the lands west of Lake Tanganyika. Here, Aziz's caravan of traders meets hostility from local tribes, wild animals and difficult terrain. As the caravan returns to East Africa, World War I begins and Yusuf encounters the German Army as they sweep Tanzania, forcibly conscripting African men as soldiers.

During the second world war two young boys, played by John Holmes and Mark Luxford, are evacuated from London to the countryside by train. Arriving in an unfamiliar village, they are taken in by a kindly dairy farmer, and soon become familiar with country life. Between lending a hand on the farm and attending the one-classroom village school, they spend their days exploring the fields and woods of the area, and thoroughly enjoying themselves. Then one night, there is a bombing raid near the village and the boys witness a German bomber come down. They try to tell the locals, but a search finds no evidence of a downed plane, and the boys are in trouble for wasting the police and the armed services’ time (the plane had actually come down in a pond and sunk out of sight).

The boys encounter two German airmen hiding in the woods who are the only ones to have survived the crash. One of them saves one of the boys from drowning in the pond. The airmen both speak English and let the boys go, but ask them not to tell. The boys have a crisis of conscience as a result, but eventually decide to protect the Germans. When one of the airmen injures himself, he lets the boys 'capture' him, as he needs medical attention. The boys then become local heroes. The second German is later captured. The boys' foster family realise what happened. but are understanding of the situation.

'''''Classic Alice''''' begins when college student Alice Rackham gets a bad grade because her professor does not think she is connecting emotionally with the books she is reading. She decides to start living her life according to the actions of characters in classic novels, and her film student friend Andrew makes a vlog-style documentary about it. In ''Crime and Punishment'', Alice steals a test, but before she can turn herself in and deal with the consequences, Andrew takes responsibility for her actions and uses his father's money and influence to avoid punishment. This causes a rift between Andrew and Alice, who only lets him continue with the project when he promises to stop interfering with her actions.

In ''Pygmalion'', Alice makes over nerdy student Ewan McBay and dates him briefly, but he quickly abandons her in his quest for power and popularity. She reacts, in "The Butterfly," by enlisting her cousin Reagan to help her date more and trying to meet men at events like a football game and speed dating. Ewan returns in ''Macbeth'', when he uses his new social capital to oust the student government president and try to seize power himself. Alice runs against him and wins, but not before Ewan's dirty campaign tactics hurt the people she cares about. Meanwhile, Andrew's girlfriend, jealous of the time he is spending with Alice, gives him an ultimatum, and he breaks up with her rather than leave the project. Alice recovers from the stress of the election in ''Rip van Winkle'', when she and Andrew ignore school for a week in favor of drinking and bowling. Alice has a crisis of confidence about her writing, and Andrew secretly submits one of her stories to literary magazines.

In ''The Wind in the Willows'', Alice tries to act impetuously by briefly getting a belly button ring. She and Andrew join Reagan for a disastrous family Thanksgiving, after which Alice is injured in a car accident while out with Reagan. This makes her question the project and, after they almost kiss and she pulls away, her friendship with Andrew. She tries to continue the project on her own with ''A Christmas Carol'', but the book causes her to reflect on her life and admit to herself that she loves Andrew. She finds out that the story Andrew submitted is being published, finally making her feel like a real writer, and at the end of the arc she tells Andrew about her feelings for him and they begin dating.

After a small hiatus during which the crew raised funds for "Books 8+", Alice and Andrew returned in ''Walden''. Alice and the unseen cameraman, Nathan, pressure Andrew into starting the project again and they do so on a camping trip. There, they run into Marcus who explains the merits of "living off the land". Alice and Andrew then pack up and head to Andrew's parents' house, where they will stay while Alice interns at Crestview Publishing. She begins living ''North and South'' while struggling to accept Andrew's father's business models for his publishing firm. She also has trouble finding another magazine to publish more of her work. By the end, Alice is disheartened with her boyfriend's family, her writing, the publishing industry, and Andrew. During the same time, Cara and Lily are documenting their internship and experiences in Los Angeles on "Musica Mundana", a ''Classic Alice'' spinoff. They too have relationship issues, but they work their problems out by communicating. They head home to Valeton with their characteristically strong camaraderie.

With the summer ending, Alice and Andrew head back to Valeton and Alice begins to relive ''The Odyssey''. The relationship, however, is very strained; the events of ''North and South'' have created a clear rift. They manage to get back to school, but it is unclear whether or not they have weathered the storm. Once back at school, Alice learns that the subletters who took over the apartment for the summer refuse to leave. She and Cara devise a very Odysseus-like plan to trick them out of the house: they are going to throw a huge party. At the party, Andrew lets it slip that he submitted Alice's stories to magazines using his father's name. Alice is visibly angry and uses her sexuality to coerce a fellow student, Brad, to help displace the subletters.

The girls are back in their home and Alice decides to pick up ''Dracula''—but this time, she's not going to be the hero. She decides to play Dracula. The consequences are fairly dire: Alice loses her reputation and, to some extent, her friends. She works to repair the damage in her next book, ''Silas Marner'', and finds that forgiveness does come - but it's a difficult road. As Alice picks up her next book, ''Persuasio''n by Jane Austen, she has even more to untangle—is this project working? is it even worth it?

11-year-old Jake Chambers experiences visions involving a mysterious warlock, the Man in Black, who seeks to destroy a Tower and bring ruin to the Universe while a Gunslinger opposes him. Jake's visions are dismissed by his mother, stepfather, and psychiatrists as nightmares resulting from the trauma of his father's death the previous year.

At his apartment home in New York City, a group of workers from an alleged psychiatric facility offer to rehabilitate Jake; recognizing them from his visions as monsters wearing human skin, Jake flees from them, and they give chase. Jake finds an abandoned house from one of his visions where he discovers a high-tech portal that leads to a post-apocalyptic landscape called Mid-World.

In Mid-World, Jake encounters the Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, who has emerged in his visions. Roland is pursuing Walter Padick who has also appeared in Jake's dreams, seeking to kill him as revenge for the murder of his father, Steven, and all remaining Gunslingers. He explains to Jake that for decades, Walter has been abducting children with psychic powers, attempting to use their "shine" to bring down the Dark Tower, a fabled structure located at the center of the Universe. This will allow monstrous beings from the darkness outside to invade and destroy reality.

Roland takes Jake to a local village in order to have his visions interpreted by a seer. Having learned of Jake's escape, Walter investigates and discovers from his minion Sayre that Jake has "pure Shine", enough psychic potential to destroy the Dark Tower single-handedly. Walter kills Jake's stepfather; then he interrogates his mother about her son's visions.

Back in Mid-World, the seer determines that the machine is six months away on foot and portal access is restricted to Walter's bases. Jake realizes that Walter has a base in New York that they can use to reach the machine. Suddenly, the Taheen, Walter's minions, attack the village – but Roland kills many of them. Roland and Jake return to Earth where Roland's injuries are treated at a hospital. Jake learns the location of Walter's base from a homeless man who helped him earlier. When Jake returns home to check in on his mother, he finds her charred remains and breaks down in tears. Seeing this, Roland vows to avenge her death. This leads to him teaching Jake the basics of gun fighting, as well as the Gunslinger's Creed, which he has not uttered since his own father's death.

As Roland replenishes his weapons supply at a gun store, he is attacked by Walter, who captures Jake and takes him through a portal at his base to a machine that will destroy the Dark Tower with Jake's powers. Jake uses these psychic powers to alert Roland to the portal code he needs and Roland battles his way through Walter's henchmen, reopening the portal, which Jake forces to stay open. Walter is forced to return to New York to fight Roland and wounds him. When Jake reminds him of the Gunslinger's Creed, Roland recovers and kills Walter with a trick shot after a brief fight. Finally he destroys the machine and saves the Dark Tower, Jake, and the other children.

As the film ends, Roland prepares to return to his own world and offers Jake a place by his side as his companion. Jake accepts the offer and the two head back to Mid-World together.

Promised a brilliant professional future but tired to cap his career because she also has to care for her children, Marianne dreams of swapping roles with her husband Bruno so that he comes home earlier to take care of home and it can in turn devote more time to her job! From dream to reality, a humorous eye on the fate of women today who are constantly juggling job, children and home, often alone to bear everything.

Belgrade's hot weather, overcrowding and noisiness makes Vesna sick. Her parents are divorced, but still remain friendly to one another. They take her to see a doctor and she gets diagnosed with leukemia. They try to help her but nothing works. Vesna's grandpa lives in the forest, far away from the city. Her mother, who hasn't spoken to him for over 20 years, decides to ask him for help. He arrives to the hospital by his horse and suggests that Vesna comes to live with him for some time, saying that nature would make her feel better. Her family eventually agrees, and so Vesna goes to live with her grandpa for two months. He lives in a wooden house, with no television and electricity. He has a lot of animals, which Vesna mets the next morning. She tries to run away, but her grandpa catches her, has a talk with her and succeeds in making her more comfortable.

One day, Vesna's grandfather gets caught in a bear trap. He can't do anything for days, and has to lay in bed, so Vesna has to learn to take care of them both. Her grandpa gets better again and they continue doing something new every day. In the end her family comes to pick her up. Her mother is delighted that her daughter feels better and beat leukemia. Vesna goes home and had to learn everything she missed from school. She passes her geography oral exam and was only left with Serbian and music exam. While she plays a musical instrument, she faints and the teacher runs out calling for help. They take her to the hospital and she becomes sad again. Her grandpa comes and takes her. She immediately becomes happy and jumps in his arms. The nurse tries to stop him but he won't let Vesna go. Him and his friend drive her to grandpa's house and she becomes happy and healthy again. Her grandpa ends up getting shot by someone. They bury him in the forest, while his dog sits there whining. Vesna kisses his cross and whispers something, then leaves her tetris on the ground. On their way home, she sees a stork named Đura, she says that his family went south, but that he can't because he hurt his wing, that he'll die. Her mother says that he won't, that maybe he'll fly away. Vesna's reply to that was "He won't, some birds can't fly".

After his best friend dies in a racing accident, biking star Joe agrees to go back on the wheels for an exhibition in Chile. On a test run with his girlfriend Stephanie, they stumble upon a badly injured man dying from a mysterious virus. That’s the start of a very bad day for them as they become the target of relentless killers ready to do anything to keep their secret to go out of the mountains.

Anslo Garrick (Ritchie Coster), a terrorist who once worked with Red but parted from him on bad terms, initiates an attack in an effort to assassinate Red. During the raid, Donald is severely wounded from a shotgun blast to the leg. Red carries him to a bulletproof holding cell and the two remain locked inside, as Red attends to Donald's wound. Elizabeth gets stuck in an elevator but frees herself. She works her way through the facility, taking out Garrick's men along the way, until one of them knocks her unconscious. A code is needed to free Red from the cell and without it, Garrick starts killing people. Harold is the only one who knows the code, but refuses to give it to Garrick. Red is forced to watch as Garrick kills Luli. He begs Harold to open the cell to no avail. With Garrick now with a gun to his head, Dembe tells Red that he's not afraid to die and that they'll meet again. The two say goodbye to each other by reciting a verse from the Quran. A gunshot is heard as the episode cuts to black.

The plot deals with the relationship between Arthur Rimbaud (Alan Bickford) and Paul Verlaine (Alistair Duncan). Rimbaud arrives in Paris age 16 and in three years shocks and revolts all who knows him. His only friend and confidante is Verlaine.

Elizabeth infiltrates the blacksite and with Aram disarms the signal jammers so as to call in backup, but they are captured by Garrick. In an effort to save Elizabeth, Red threatens Ressler with a gun into giving up the password, and surrenders to Garrick. Elizabeth escapes captivity during the getaway, and utilizing a contact Reddington named prior to her escape, a woman named "Mr. Kaplan" (Susan Blommaert), Elizabeth learns of an unidentified party providing surveillance on everyone in the task force. A discovery made by Aram leads Elizabeth to the surveillance team stationed in the building across the street from her place. While in captivity, Red resists torture and is evasive with talking to a former colleague (special guest star Alan Alda), who hired Garrick to capture him. He later manages to kill Garrick with a pair of surgical scissors and escapes before an FBI rescue team led by Elizabeth enters the scene. A hospitalized Ressler is visited by a former fiancee he alluded to in the previous episode, Audrey Bidwell; Reddington is wanted for capture by the task force. Red makes another phone call to Elizabeth stating that he will be there for her when needed. Liz asks Red if he is her real father, but Red denies it, and gives her another warning about Tom before disappearing.

C.K Diwakar is an IRS officer in the NCB, who along with his deputy Mani, bust down a narcotics scam. In retribution, Vittal Rao, a drug smuggler who had masterminded the scam, kidnaps Diwakar's son Vasu. He is willing to release Vasu if Diwakar can return to him a bag of cocaine that he seized while thwarting the scam.

Without any options, Diwakar agrees and proceeds to Vittal's nightclub, where Vasu is held hostage, with the bag of cocaine, hiding it in the men's toilet. However, this is noticed by his colleague Mallika, who becomes suspicious. Thinking that Diwakar is involved in drug smuggling, she informs her superior Dhiraviyam. Both begin to pursue Diwakar, taking away the bag of cocaine from the toilet in the process.

When Diwakar realises that the bag of cocaine has gone missing, he decides to return to Vittal a bag containing packets of maida instead, thinking that he and his cronies, including a gangster named Pedha Babu, will not realise the difference. Unfortunately, Vittal and Pedha soon find out that Diwakar had cheated them and decide to kill him.

Caught between Vittal's gang on one side and Mallika and Dhiraviyam on the other side, Diwakar confronts Mallika and tells her that contrary to her suspicions, he is working undercover and had planned the entire operation to expose cops such as Dhiraviyam and even Mani, who are involved in drug smuggling. Then, Diwakar rescues Vasu without Vittal's knowledge, and Vittal is also arrested by Mallika and Dhiraviyam.

While taking Vittal to prison, Mallika finds out that she has Mani's mobile phone, and on reading the messages in it, she finds out that Diwakar had been speaking the truth all along, realising that Dhiraviyam and Mani are involved in drug smuggling and had tried to frame Diwakar. Though Dhiraviyam tries to resist arrest, killing Vittal in the process, he is eventually brought to justice.

Three months later, Mallika is now Diwakar's deputy, where both of them thwarts the attempted murder of a police officer.

As another school year ends, Frankie (Paget Brewster) disbands the "Save Greendale Committee" for the summer. Elroy (Keith David) abruptly reveals that he was hired by LinkedIn and bids the group farewell.

The other group members head to a bar. Britta (Gillian Jacobs) asks Abed (Danny Pudi) what he thinks will happen next year in "season seven". Abed, Dean Pelton (Jim Rash), and Chang (Ken Jeong) present their season seven "pitches". During the conversation, Annie (Alison Brie) arrives. She reveals she will be moving to Washington, D.C. for a summer internship with the FBI. This causes Jeff (Joel McHale), who had resisted joining the conversation, to imagine a nightmarish future where he is the only group member left at Greendale, surrounded by other students who will also eventually leave.

Jeff, now participating, presents a pitch where Annie returns as an FBI agent. Britta and Frankie also present pitches, which are poorly received, and Abed notes that television must be "joyful, effortless, [and] fun." Jeff then presents another pitch where the group members stay at Greendale as faculty. The idea is well-received until Abed reveals that he is leaving to become a production assistant in California. In response, Jeff imagines himself strangling a series of Abed clones.

Jeff abruptly leaves and returns to the study room. He imagines a happy married life with Annie only to realize he doesn't know what Annie wants. Annie enters; Jeff confesses he wants to be young again, and Annie urges him to accept that he's older now. He admits that he loves her but acknowledges that he let her go. Annie asks him to kiss her goodbye before she potentially leaves forever. They kiss. The other group members arrive, and everyone silently imagines their own versions of "season seven". Jeff pictures himself accepting that his friends will eventually leave. He thanks the group for changing his life. In a twist, Chang surprisingly comes out as gay. Later, Jeff drops Annie and Abed off at the airport, hugging and kissing Annie goodbye and giving Abed two long hugs. Jeff rejoins the others at the bar as the screen fades to black and "#andamovie" appears on screen.

The end tag features a commercial for a fictional ''Community'' board game narrated by Dan Harmon. As a family plays the game, the son (Connor Rosen) reveals a script for the commercial itself. The dad (Wayne Federman) explains that this means they will never truly be alive. The family sits in shocked silence while Harmon delivers a fourth wall-breaking monologue about ''Community''.

The film centers upon a nameless student (Pit Bukowski) who has rented a room at a lake-side home with the expectation that he will find peace and quiet. However, when he arrives, he finds that the room was far from what he was expecting, as the home is actually a bunker, but he chooses to stay despite this. Soon after, his bizarre landlords (Oona von Maydell and David Scheller) begin to insist that he tutor their son Klaus (Daniel Fripan), who they believe will become President of the United States, despite being born in Germany. Stranger still is their insistence that an alien lives within the mother's leg and that Klaus is only 8 years old, despite looking far older.

Photo studio "Contemporary" in a provincial town lives with its everyday problems. The director is concerned over the failure to fulfill the planned targets, receptionist Alevtina wants to get married, and photographer Vladimir Oreshnikov dreams of becoming a professional photographer.

But suddenly luck smiles on Oreshnikov. He takes 20 rubles form the worker's mutual aid fund, buys a government lottery bond and wins 10,000 rubles. Oreshnikov wants to receive the win himself, but his colleagues object to him, because the money that he spent on the bond were public, hence the win should be divided equally among all workers. It creates a controversial situation, which is successfully resolved on the very eve of the New Year, under the chiming clock ...

It's December 1941 and while Corporal Jones and the rest of the platoon hold a very noisy bayonet practice, Captain Mainwaring and Sergeant Wilson are doing paperwork and are discussing the upcoming Ceremonial church parade of all the Home Guard platoons in the area. Mainwaring receives a new officer's cap in the post and hangs it on a nail on the door. Unfortunately, while charging at the bayonet dummy, Private Pike puts his bayonet through the door, and also Mainwaring's new hat. Mainwaring is incensed and shouts at Pike, calling him "a stupid boy" while Wilson receives a telephone call from Mrs Mainwaring. He hands the phone to Mainwaring, claiming she heard him shouting. Mainwaring is forced to leave in order to return his bedding to the air-raid shelter, leaving Wilson to dismiss the parade.

Shortly afterwards, Captain Square from the Eastgate platoon arrives unexpectedly and goes into the office and confronts Wilson about a note he sent about the ceremonial parade, a battalion order which stated that all medals should be worn. Wilson finds the note hidden under some other papers, and Square surmises that the reason he hid the letter is because Mainwaring hasn't got any medals, and he didn't want to feel out of place. Square orders Wilson to read the letter to the platoon.

Before the next parade the following evening, Mainwaring tells Wilson that he has received a letter from HQ Southern Command saying that the platoon, as the first one formed in the area, will be escorting the Prime Minister in a tour of local coastal defences. Mainwaring is very excited, implying the honour is based on his reputation, but Wilson points out that it's only because they were the first platoon in the area. Mainwaring inspects the men, and is shocked to see that they are all wearing their medals (except for Pike who has been forced, by his mum, to wear his Scouting merit badges instead). He riles Wilson about the unimportance of medals, and then is even more disgusted when he learns that Chief Air Raid Precautions (ARP) Warden Hodges also has medals.

Before the ceremonial parade the platoon gather in the church hall, but Mainwaring appears in civvies, saying that his wife has sent his uniform to the dry cleaners by mistake. At which point Private Pike comes in with the uniform which he happened to see whilst collecting his own dry cleaning on the way home from the bank. Mainwaring tries his best to avoid wearing it only to be foiled by his well-meaning platoon. Private Frazer says that the Captain deserves a medal "for sheer cunning".

After the parade, the platoon gather in the pub, along with Square and Hodges. There is jovial humour before an argument breaks out about between Mainwaring and Square. This leads to Mainwaring letting it slip about his platoon being offered the prime ministerial escort duty, of which Square is obviously unaware.

At the next parade, Mainwaring lets the platoon know about the escort duty. He also tells them that there will be further shooting practice following the poor showing at the previous session. In the office after the parade, Mainwaring and Wilson are interrupted by Brigadier Bell. It appears that Square has complained about Mainwaring's platoon getting the escort detail, and that the fairest way of resolving the issue would be a competition to decide which platoon would provide the escort. The format of the competition was as yet undecided.

A few days letter, Private Walker joins the captain and the sergeant in the office, with a letter from Brigadier Bell. It informs them that the competition will consist of two parts. The first will be map reading, for which there will need to be a flag for the platoon which can be raised at the destination in the map exercise. As they don't have a flag already, Walker says he can provide one (for a fee!). They then read that the other part will be a shooting competition, which leads Mainwaring to conclude they have already lost following the previous poor showing.

At this point Mrs Pike enters and Wilson explains the revised situation with the escort. Walker invites everyone to come to the hippodrome that evening to see the variety performance by "Cheerful" Charlie Cheeseman, a variety entertainer, in order to raise their spirits. Reluctantly, Wilson and Mainwaring attend - though Mrs Mainwaring won't as she hasn't smiled since "Munich". At the performance, Cheeseman is performing some inappropriate jokes and performing some songs. Wilson is asleep and Mainwaring is not enjoying it at all. Cheeseman announces the next act - The Great Alberto - who is a non-English-speaking Italian trick sharpshooter, who performs some amazing feats of shooting. Wilson comments that with shooting like that, he should be in the Home Guard. Walker goes to see Alberto after the performance, discovering he isn't Italian but is from Wigan and his real name is Bert Postlethwaite. He says he has a proposition for Postlethwaite.

At the church hall next morning Mainwaring and Wilson have been summoned by Walker who has recruited a new platoon member - one Bert Postlethwaite. Walker has "recruited" him to take part in the shooting range competition. Despite initial concerns Mainwaring agrees to let albert take part "for the honour of the platoon".

We cut to the competition and after the first round, it's neck and neck between the platoons. Unfortunately, though Postlethwaite hits the bull on his first shot, his next two shot are a miss, the explanation being he couldn't do his normal trick shot routine! Frazer is next up, and hits four consecutives bulls, much to Mainwaring's surprise as when informed, he thinks he's shot the farmer's real bull. It turns out Frazer wasn't able to take part in practice as there was no more ammunition when it was his turn and that is a crack shot from his days in World War I when he used to shoot at mines from a minesweeper.

On to the last part of the competition which is to find the a church tower at a secret location using map coordinates (629571). The Walmington platoon are in Jones' van - he is driving when he suffers an inconvenient bought of delirium from Malaria. Frazer is providing directions but he is leading them in circles, passing the same cottage twice. Fortunately, the Eastgate platoon have been stuck in mud and also broken down, so the despite Jones' delirium and Frazer's directions, Walmington platoon reach the tower first.

They reach the top of the tower, but Jones has another fit of delirium and this gives the Eastgate boys the chance to raise their flag. However, Frazer notes that it's the Walmington platoon's flag they're flying, and not their own. Square is irate, but Walmington platoon have won! The Eastgate platoon leave the tower in a huff, and Mainwaring prepares to chuck the Eastgate flag over the parapet, but Walker stops him. Mainwaring is shocked to learn that both flags are the same - Walker offers up an excuse, but Mainwaring sees through him, knowing he did it on purpose. However, he is prepared to let him off as he has used his initiative and because they won the contest.

Walker enquires if the guard of honour is for Winston Churchill, as he has just had a load of cigars "fall off the back of a lorry" and wonders if he'd like them as they were going cheap!

The Arbac Family Neuville is a family of penniless aristocrats, that to survive and continue living their castle into disrepair, need to conduct some tricks like selling fake antiques to tourists. One day arises a bailiff commissioned by the Treasury for the recovery of a sum of nearly two million euro in respect of tax. In the event of default, all the family property will be seized. Follows a race against time to find the money. Everything is tried: a visit to the distant cousins still rich, a job search at the employment center in the Pauline boards, letter carrier and family friend, nothing works. Finally, Charles-Antoine, the eldest, who will have to go to a rally to go fishing to young unmarried aristocrat, namely Marie-Astrid Saumur-Chantilly Fortemure, wealthy heiress but particularly repulsive and stupid. Marriage is about to be organized, but Anthony Charles becomes infatuated with Pauline, opposing the interests of the family, the reasons of which reason knows nothing heart ...

Hostel Returns is a 2015 Nepalese teen romance film directed by Suraj Bhusal and produced by Sunil Rawal under Durgish Films banner. This film is a sequel to 2013 film ''Hostel'' and is based on the hostel life of civil engineering students.which is inspired from bollywood movie 3 idiots. Despite being the sequel of ''Hostel'', no previous stars are cast on this film. In fact, the film stars new faces of Najir Hussain, Sushil Shrestha, Sashi Shrestha, Swastima Khadka, Sushil Sitaula, jenny shrestha and Abhaya Baral.

The film was originally set to release on 8 May 2015 but due to devastating Nepal earthquake that struck on 25 April 2015, the crew postponed the date of release. It was then released on Bhadra 4 (August 21, 2015).

The film is a series of sketches

Bushido: The Way of the Warrior tells the story of a young boy who is the sole survivor of a shipwreck following his parents' murder by a horde of bloodthirsty vampires. Isamu, a decorated samurai and head of the Shogun’s Guard, takes the boy in, renames him Kichiro and raises him alongside his own son in Bushido, the way of the warrior. Years later, when Kichiro is mistakenly sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit, he is forced to escape the island. But when the vampires return to invade Japan, hell-bent on conquering the country, it is Kichiro alone who holds the secret to defeating them. As the samurai prepare for war, Kichiro must rise above all to rescue the woman he loves and save his adopted homeland from certain annihilation.

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In 1663, a young '''Kichiro''' watches as his parents are murdered by vampires. He is rescued by '''Isamu''', head of the Shogun's Guard, and trained with Isamu's actual son '''Orochi''' in Bushido, the way of the warrior. As the boys become men, Orochi is declared a samurai and the '''Shogun''' of Nippon offers his daughter '''Mitsuko''' in marriage. Kichiro, who has fallen in love with Mitsuko, tells her goodbye and leaves after Orochi confronts him about touching his future wife. Kichiro goes to a bar only for vampires to attack. He kills them all, but not before one of them mentions fellow vampire '''Raven''' and her intent to kill the Shogun. Kichiro rides back home to find Isamu dead by Raven's hand. Orochi discovers him and blames Kichiro for their father's murder.

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Orochi locks up Kichiro and ignores his warnings of Raven's assassination plot for the Shogun. Mitsuko visits him in prison and helps him escape. The Shogun finds out, sets the wedding for the next day, and sends Orochi and his men after Kichiro. The search party stops in the forest where vampires attack them. Kichiro appears and helps them kill the vampires. Orochi brings Kichiro back in chains and the wedding festivities begin with Raven and her fellow vampires waiting outside.

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Raven and the other vampires attack the wedding. Orochi frees Kichiro and joins them in fighting. The sun starts to rise and the surviving vampires flee, but not before Raven bites Orochi and infects him. Kichiro is locked up again while Orochi fights becoming a vampire. Raven sneaks into his room at night and tells him that in exchange for bringing them Mitsuko, he can live amongst them rather than face exile or execution by his fellow samurai. The Shogun sends for Kichiro to hear him out, but Orochi fights his way through several samurai and demands for Mitsuko to join him.

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Kichiro is brought to the Shogun only to find all the guards killed and Mitsuko missing. Orochi delivers Mitsuko to the vampires and they send a messenger back to Nippon with word of her capture. The Shogun makes Kichiro a samurai before sending him and his men after Mitsuko. Kichiro finds the vampire base and reasons with Orochi, who reveals that the vampire army has already left for Nippon.

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Orochi joins Kichiro and they ride back to Nippon. The vampire army confronts the Shogun and he offers his own life in exchange for Mitsuko's. Before he sacrifices himself, Kichiro arrives and the samurai battle with the vampires. Orochi kills Raven before he and Kichiro team up to decapitate the vampire leader. The rest of the vampires flee and Kichiro reunites with Mitsuko. Orochi realizes he can no longer be samurai and leaves Nippon to become something else.

After clashing with the French star of his film who then quits, a Hollywood director recruits an American singer whom he tries to pass off as a Frenchwoman.

When Gerard Buckland sees a dishonest-looking fellow hand a diamond necklace to a beautiful young woman in a crowd, he is shocked by what he witnesses. Later when visiting the home of his friend, Arthur Jennings, he is astonished to see the young woman there. Miss Davison, unaware that she has been observed earlier, tells Gerald that she has a gift for picking pockets, but only as a party trick. Gerard doesn't know what to believe, but determines to find out the truth. When Gerald follows her to the country home of the Van Santens, an American family who like to gamble, he discovers more than he bargained for.

As described in a film magazine, Renee (Rambeau) finds herself unhappily married to scientist Horation Browning (Burton) with her baby being her only comfort. The monotony of her life is broken temporarily when gambler Tony Salviatti (Fernandez) attempts to commit suicide near the Browning home and is brought in. Renee assists in nursing him back to health, and Tony attempts to pay attentions to her. Horation sees this, becomes unreasonable in his jealousy and anger, and drives his wife from the house while keeping their son. Renee becomes a fortune teller in a circus that Tony starts and travels with him for twenty years, drinking heavily during this time. Her son Stephen (McKee) grows into manhood, but he does not make good at anything as he lacks assertion and receives no sympathy from his father. Fate leads him to Mme. Renee's fortune telling booth. She learns his identity and then quits the circus, quits drinking and braces up, and becomes Stephen's guiding hand. Stephen is elected to the state legislature and marries the governor's daughter.

The film opens with Solomon Grundy and Silver Banshee escaping from Arkham Asylum on Halloween Night. They hijack a civilian's car and get chased by cops. They lose them, but Nightwing (Dick Grayson) sees them when Green Arrow appears. Silver Banshee sees them and attacks with her sonic screams while they dodge. Batman and Red Robin drive up behind them in the Batmobile, but Silver Banshee screams in the tunnel to make rubble fall and block their path while Nightwing and Green Arrow follow them on their motorcycles. Scarecrow throws fear gas balls in Nightwing's and Green Arrow's faces to stop them. Chagrined by Banshee and Grundy's joyride, he takes the wheel and takes them to their set meeting spot. After the intro and title, a reporter congratulates Cyborg for finding a gem called the "Rose Stone" that will be displayed in the museum's Inca exhibit. Then a video game designer named Gogo Shoto is shown developing a game where you can be Batman. His assistant, Ana, notifies him that she's leaving for the day. She appears to come back to attack him, and Gogo tries to hide only to find the real Ana on the floor knocked out. He runs to a room where he puts up a Batman billboard to call him. The fake Ana breaks in saying that she's kidnapping him, but Batman arrives on the scene. The fake Ana shapes her arm into a hammer to knock Batman away, and then reveals herself to be Clayface and takes Gogo away.

Batman tries to follow him, but Clayface shoots mud onto a semi-trailer truck to run him over and escapes through a manhole. Silas Stone experiments with Cyborg's new parts when Commissioner James Gordon arrives and asks Cyborg to help identify the culprits behind the theft of an AI belonging to Professor Ivo. Cyborg reveals them to be Scarecrow and Silver Banshee and reports the info to Batman. Later, Solomon Grundy disguises himself as a pizza man to steal a battery at the atomic power plant. He loads is into an ice cream van driven by the Joker when Nightwing catches them, but Grundy takes him out. Batman catches up to the Joker with the same robot wolf from ''Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts'', but he throws Batman off the highway. At the abandoned fairgrounds on Gotham City pier, Gogo Shoto is shown hostage by the Joker who has him help pull a prank on Gotham. At the Batcave, Red Robin is playing a zombie game Gogo made while Batman is attempting to discover the monsters' motives. Alfred reminds him that the Inca exhibition is happening that night, and Batman asks for Oliver Queen and Dick to be there as well. At the party, Bruce Wayne runs into Cyborg who explains that the Rose Stone conducts energy.

Bruce sees Dick and Oliver and meets up with them. They were talking about what they were doing for Halloween and ask if he found any info on the monster villains. The ceremony starts and is interrupted by Joker who has Clayface posing as a Tyrannosaurus attack all the people. Even with the intervention of the heroes, he escapes. The heroes follow the villains around town with Batman on the robot wolf, Red Robin on the robot bat, Cyborg flying, and Nightwing and Green Arrow in the Batmobile; but the Joker unleashes a virus that makes all technology shut down. The virus also makes all technology laugh and brainwashes Cyborg into fighting for Joker. The Joker declares himself king of Gotham City, and appoints Grundy sheriff, Clayface baron of ice cream and candy, Banshee weather forecaster, and Scarecrow head of the economy—the latter issues info as the new currency where whoever notifies them of a hero gets to use technology for a short time. The heroes return to the Batcave where they try to find the crooks by reading when the Joker announces a parade on himself. They pinpoint their location to the abandoned amusement park on the pier. The crooks start arguing on why their commercials are failing when Green Arrow fires a toxic gas arrow as a distraction while the other heroes free Gogo.

Batman goes into the Love Ride where Grundy pursues him, but Batman shocks him by electrifying the water. Green Arrow sneaks around the booths after Banshee breaks his bow and fires softballs at her instead to knock her out. Nightwing enters the House of Mirrors where Scarecrow uses fear gas to torment him with his legacy, but Nightwing smashes several mirrors to reveal him. When the Scarecrow's about to slash him, Nightwing fights back and uses his own fear on him before knocking him out. Red Robin goes into the villains' studio where Clayface turns into Batman to try to trick him but finds it pointless. Red Robin finds Gogo, but Clayface finds them. He shapes into Gogo to try to fool him, but Red Robin asks a question about a video game to expose him and throws smoke balls in his mouth to knock him out. After the villains are defeated, Joker shows up with the brainwashed Cyborg, Batmobile, Batplane, and robot wolf; and he releases the villains while they're distracted. Batman handles the Batmobile by hiding in a manhole and making it leak gasoline, and he lights a fire with a Batarang to make it crash.

Green Arrow handles the robot wolf by making a model plane fall on it with his fixed bow. Nightwing handles the Batplane by damaging its power source and making it fall in the water. Red Robin handles Cyborg with assistance from the other heroes by shocking him in water making him pass out. They take Gogo to the Batcave where he gives Batman a device that allows him to enter the AI world. The Joker then decides to send the virus worldwide once the parade's over. Once the parade starts Batman gets close to Joker and enters the AI world where he sees many Jokers but gets rid of them with an upload that turns them into him.

Red Robin uses fast-hardening powdered cement on Clayface to petrify him. Commissioner Gordon tricks Grundy into using all his ammo and make him fall into a holding seat. Green Arrow boos Silver Banshee's singing and fires an arrow at her, and Nightwing whacks Scarecrow to make him pass out. Cyborg escapes from the Batcave and attacks the heroes, but returns to normal once the virus is taken out. Unfortunately, Joker plans to launch another virus and distracts the heroes with a giant mecha suit. They use vehicles from the history museum to take it out. Batman uses a plane, Red Robin and Nightwing use motorcycles, and Green Arrow uses a tank. The Joker takes off in a rocket powered suit to keep them busy. Batman deduces that Cyborg's the transmitter Joker's using to launch the virus, and Cyborg finds the Rose Stone in his left arm Gogo tells him to place it on the Joker's suits central core to shut down the virus. He places it on the Joker's back, the Joker falls into the sea, and all the technology reboots. The spooky villains are taken back to Arkham and the heroes prepare for when Joker returns. The Joker walk far away from Gotham upset that his plan failed, and he walks off into the sunrise thinking of a new plan as the film ends.

Red remains missing and conducts his own investigation to hunt down those who betrayed him during the Anslo Garrick incident. The entire FBI team is under investigation as internal affairs tries to find the mole. Aram is initially suspected, but Red is able to prove he was set up. Meanwhile, a serial killer from Liz's past, "The Good Samaritan" (guest star Frank Whaley), strikes again. Elizabeth is allowed to join the hunt for the killer, as Cooper knows Red will likely realize how much this unsolved case means to Elizabeth and reach out to help her. Soon Elizabeth discovers the victims are all linked through abusing a family member, and that the killer was likely an abuse victim himself. Though she finally kills the Good Samaritan, she gives the man's final near-victim (guest star Frank Pando) a warning to treat his wife better or she'll make him regret hurting her. Red confronts a financier named Henry Krueger (Victor Slezak) for betraying him and shoots him, forcing the wounded Kreuger to give up the name Newton Phillips, who is in fact Red's aide. Red later confronts Phillips for leaking his location to Garrick and kills him via suffocation, with Phillips having told him to make it look like an accident. Red then visits Elizabeth to tell her that "his house is clean" now, but hers isn't, explaining that Phillips couldn't have pulled this off by himself and that there's another mole inside the unit.

Set shortly after the events of ''Return of the Jedi'', Imperial Governor Adelhard of the Anoat Sector refuses to release his grip, instead locking down the sector to prevent all incoming and outgoing space traffic to keep everyone within and allow him to maintain an iron rule. He refuses to accept the death of Darth Vader and Palpatine as the fall of the Empire, keeping Palpatine's death under wraps. As the Rebel Alliance only has a small presence in the sector, smugglers, assassins, crime lords, nobles and crime cartels form their own rebellion against Adelhard.

Red informs the team that "The Alchemist" (guest star Ryan O'Nan), a man who relies upon science to transform a person's DNA and their appearance into someone else's, has been contracted to protect a well-known mob informant and his wife. As the team goes undercover to catch him, Elizabeth finds herself on the hunt for an unlikely couple. Meanwhile Elizabeth and Tom find themselves at another bump in their relationship and Ressler debates whether or not he should give his ex-fiancee his blessing. Meanwhile, Red continues conducting more investigations of his own and discovers the identity of the FBI double agent: Meera. Also, Lucy Brooks, the woman Red was looking for in ViCAP, is shown with files about Liz and Tom, and she infiltrates the Keen's baby shower party, introducing herself as "Jolene Parker," a substitute teacher. She flirts with Tom and, in the end, they visit an art exhibit together because Elizabeth is late from work. Red pays Meera a visit at her house with a loaded gun to interrogate her, and she admits to being the mole.

As described in a film magazine, Helene Palmer (Breamer) is estranged from her husband Orrin (Rawlinson) due to the attentions paid to her by a man about town. After the United States enters World War I, she takes up war work and pleads with men from all walks of life on the steps of the New York City public library to enlist. Her husband joins his company and goes abroad, and she induces her male friend to also join the colors. She then goes to France where she ministers to the sick and destitute. The Germans invade the town and she remains behind with those too ill to be moved. A German officer goes to her room and is about to assault her when the American troops arrive, and she is saved by her husband. There is a reconciliation between them. The film has a prologue where actresses representing Britannia, Italy, and the United States answer the call of Belgium and France, and the film ends with an epilogue with a "league of nations" tableau.

As described in a film magazine, Alice (Reed), who innocently uses a surname not her own, becomes engaged to Eugene La Salle (Desmond), whom she meets following an automobile accident. He attends a house party at the home of her benefactor Tom Davis (Francis), a man whose love for her mother Helen (Reed) allowed him to raise her from babyhood. On a moonlit night the passion between Alice and Eugene overcomes their patience. Eugene goes abroad for a few months and on his return finds that Alice is pregnant. They agree to be married the next day. However, by reason of the ring from his father Jacques (Cummings) which he exhibits, a duplicate of one left to Alice by her mother Helen, it appears that they are half-brother and sister. She asks Eugene to shoot her and just before he does they learn that he is an adopted son of his father. They then decide to get married as planned.

As described in a film magazine, Edith Norton (McAvoy), hearing of the pending marriage of her betrayer Edward Knox (Powell), urges him to right the wrong he has done her. He refuses, so her sister Grace (Reed) shoots and kills him. Jim O'Neil (Hughes), who has come gunning for the man for a similar reason involving his fiancé Helen (Cheshire), is accused of the crime when he is discovered standing over the body. The police use a particularly disgusting third degree interrogation to drag a confession from the innocent man. He is brought to trial and Grace is drawn on the jury. At trial the six shooter is brandished per custom before the accused and jury with the usual effect. The circumstantial evidence convinces the eleven men on the jury that the defendant is guilty, but Grace holds out for acquittal. The judge directs that the jury be locked in for the night on Christmas Eve, and the men on the jury try to convince her of the man's guilt, but she is obdurate. Then a telegram arrives which informs her of her sister's death. Grace tells her story, and the men change their votes to "not guilty".

The world population is dying, and those responsible send a bunker back in time to warn their younger selves, in order to prevent it.

Sixteen-year-old Ray, his mother Maggie, grandmother Dolly, and Dolly's partner are at the doctor getting final instructions on Ray's gender transition. Ray lives with his unmarried mother, his domineering lesbian grandmother, Dolly, and Dolly's partner, Frances. Dolly thinks it would be easier if Ray would just be a lesbian, while Maggie understands that Ray is a transgender man.

Ray is ready to start testosterone shots and change schools, but he needs written consent from both parents. Ray's father is an absent parent and Maggie is afraid to make such a permanent decision. Maggie locates Ray's father, but he wants some time to think. Blaming father Craig's indecision gives Maggie time to stall. On his own, Ray locates his father to find him, married with three children. He also learns that Maggie slept with Craig's brother and "uncle" Matthew might be his real father. Maggie is the reason he never had a father. Ray feels lied to, alone, and as though he will be trapped in a female body forever.

Grandma Dolly decides it is time for the four to have a man in the house. She now supports Ray's transition to a man. Matthew and Maggie talk. Craig signs the consent form after Maggie also does so. Ray finds happiness.

After recently graduating from college, millennial Will Davis is set to work in video production for ''LA Weekly'' but when he arrives for his first day, he is informed that the position promised to him during an internship was lost due to downsizing. He is obligated to find another position quickly to appease his parents, success-driven girlfriend Jillian, and to make rent for the house he shares with his three friends: Luke, Ethan, and Charlie.

Will asks his father Roger Davis for money, but Roger reveals that he recently lost the job he had for 30 years. In desperation, Will takes a position as the night manager for a disreputable motel. On his first night, Will allows a pimp named Skeezy D to use the motel for his prostitution ring causing him to lose his job when the police bust it. Meanwhile, his slacker roommates also struggle to fulfill their goals, Luke believes he has gained employment as a stock trader but instead is a poorly treated office clerk, Ethan fails to gain momentum with his questionable "iStalkU" mobile app idea, and stoner Charlie takes an undesirable job as a 6th grade chemistry teacher. Will interviews at a reputable executive job placement firm and impresses the hiring manager, gaining employment as a video resume creator. Roger meanwhile struggles to find new employment, believing his age is to blame. Will thrives and is soon offered a promotion after gaining the favor of his narcissistic manager, Katherine. Jillian loses her job and is forced to move in with Will and his friends.

A video of Skeezy D that Will uploaded to YouTube goes viral, attracting the attention of a startup company who offer him a job. Meanwhile, Luke becomes a stock trader but continues to struggle, Charlie begins coaching the school's basketball team, and Ethan fails to properly pitch his app idea to Warren Buffett. Roger takes refuge in a hipster coffee shop and becomes obsessed with gaining an interview at IBM. Unbeknownst to Roger, Will films him on a drunken rant about his job skills and later turns it into a video resume. Roger is nearly arrested for harassing the IBM hiring manager but is saved by Will and his friends, resulting in Roger gaining an interview and obtaining his dream employment.

With the support of Jillian, Will turns down the promotion and other job offers, instead opting to start his own video production company and he finds success. Luke eventually does well as a stock trader, Charlie realizes that the participation trophy ethos of his generation did more harm then good and finds new motivation, and Ethan finally achieves success with his app.

When food supplies to the Union forces from the Midwest are interrupted by an Indian uprising, Abraham Lincoln sends Capt. James Huston to intervene. Huston is half-Sioux, and he and the leader of the uprising, Little Crow, grew up as friends. Huston heads to Fort Ridgely in Minnesota, which is under the command of Col. Hugh Carver, who despises the Sioux. Carver's brother, Dan Carver, owns the local trading post, and is one of the leading land dealers in the area. Dan and the local Indian agent, Jeff Baxter, want to exterminate the Sioux so that they can take over their lands to sell it to settlers.

Huston arrives at the fort just in time to stop Running Bear, a Sioux, from being tortured by Col. Carver to reveal Little Crow's location. Carver is infuriated that Huston has been sent to meddle in his command. In addition, Huston meets Mrs. Felice Carver, who is planning to leave her husband, who beats her. There is an instant attraction between Felice and Huston, which only rankles Col. Carver more.

Huston convinces Running Bear to take him and Sgt. Haggerty, one of the Colonel's men, to meet with Little Crow. On their way they are ambushed by two Chippewa Indians. In the ensuing battle, one of the Chippewas is killed, and Running Bear is poisoned by an arrow. Haggerty draws the poison out of Running Bear's wound, and the group continues on to Little Crow's camp. Little Crow lets Huston know that the Sioux are rebelling because Baxter and Dan Carver have been stealing money and supplies meant for the Sioux. Huston gets Little Crow to agree to stop the attacks, with a promise to bring the two white men to justice.

Returning to the fort, Felice confides to Huston that she intends to leave Carver. Meanwhile, giving in to the influence of his brother and Baxter, Col. Carver leads a troop to plunder a Sioux village in retaliation for a fight at the local trading post during which two Indians and three white men, including Baxter's brother, had been killed. When Col. Carver balks at holding a meeting of the local traders where Huston intends to confront the thievery of Baxter and Dan Carver, Huston pulls rank on him, showing him a letter from the Governor giving him the authority to do so. That night, the Colonel, his brother, and Baxter plot to kill Huston, but he is warned by Felice.

Tensions escalate between the Indians and the white settlers, with several battles and ambushes occur. During one such ambush, Col. Carver is shot, and later dies, after which Huston takes charge at the fort. Little Crow demands that Baxter and Carver be turned over to them for justice, but Huston refuses. Little Crow and his followers attempt several attacks on the fort, but are repulsed each time. Worried that the soldiers under Huston's command might take matters into their own hands and turn them over to the Indians, Baxter and Carver escape from the fort. However, they are captured by Little Crow, who has them tortured to death. His anger assuaged with the death of the two thieves, Little Crow calls an end to the hostilities. With his mission successful, Huston takes Felice as his bride.

A celebration of life through the hand-drawn line, this film is about Mia and Tosh, two people and how growing up together to create an inspired duet.

Film historian Gordon Gow provides this film summary:

Set in a private hotel in London. One of its residents is Miss Malleson, a retired headmistress living out the rest of her days. She is visited by an ex pupil, Madge Donnythrope, who sixteen years earlier Miss Malleson disciplined publicly. Madge is determined to get revenge on the headmistress by convincing others she is insane.

In a plush suburb on Sydney's North Shore, Marjorie, a young bride arrives home to find a series of surprises in store for her: her husband Henry, a Sydney businessman, keeps his wives instead of divorcing him, and they live together in a state of bliss; the new bride is his sixth. The household is run by Vera, his first wife. The others are a beatnik, a secretary, a glamour girl and a cook.

Pianist Robert Gehrman arrives in Sydney. Maggie is his secretary who is in love with him. He is told he may never play again. The story also involves a brilliant young musical student who wants to follow in Gerhman's footsteps but has no money, and an American conductor feels Gehrman is old fashioned.

The film opens in rural Texas. A police officer sees a car parked outside an abandoned farmhouse and stops to investigate. A hole has been ripped into one side of the house. He climbs inside and sees some bodies lying on the floor. He tries to wake them up before realizing they are dead. He is then attacked and killed by a swarm of bees.

The film then cuts to Blossom Meadow, California. The Ingram family has just moved there from Boston. Through a series of events, a huge swarm of killer bees invades the town and the family must work together to survive.

''Chariot'' chronicles a princess' quest to fulfill her recently deceased father's final wishes and bury him in peace. As might be expected of royalty, his last request is that he be laid to rest with as much wealth as possible.

A quiet high school girl named Mitsuko survives a gust of wind that slices through her school bus, bisecting everyone else on board. The wind chases her and kills all the other girls she comes into contact with. Dazed, she stumbles onto a high school campus. She is greeted by girls named Aki, Sur, and Taeko. Aki comforts her and the girls cut class and go to the woods. They muse about whether there are multiple realities with multiple versions of themselves. Sur illustrates predetermination with a white feather, stating that it would mean the time it takes for the feather to fall and where it will land are all decided already. She suggests that fate can be tricked by simply doing something one would never normally do, thus changing the outcome.

Back at school, Mitsuko's teacher suddenly brandishes a machine gun and opens fire, killing all the girls except Mitsuko. Mitsuko is then dragged outside the classroom by Sur and Taeko. They reach a different classroom where they see another girl, who is killed by her teacher. Taeko tries to attack the teacher, however she fails, and is killed. As Sur and Mitsuko try to escape, Sur is shot on the way out. As Mitsuko runs out of the school, other classes are also fleeing from their rooms as well. As the remaining girls flee, one of them pleads for Mitsuko to think about why this is happening. The remaining girls are then sliced apart by the wind.

Mitsuko then wanders into town, where she is recognized as a police officer as Keiko. Mitsuko is horrified when the police officer puts a mirror to her and her appearance has completely changed. She is then taken into the police officer's car for her wedding. At the wedding, she recognizes Aki as one of the bridesmaids. She is then changed into a wedding outfit. Aki, with the help of Keiko, proceeds to kill all the bridesmaids who were helping Keiko get ready. Keiko, holding a broken bottle, walks up to the groom, who is in a coffin. The girls then begin stripping to bikinis, acting as if they were at a party. The coffin opens to reveal a pig head as a groom, and the girls walk up to her, and try to make Keiko kiss the pig head. After a little struggle, Keiko eventually stabs the groom in the neck, and it falls lifeless to the ground. Everyone begins freaking out, and the teachers from the school show up, in more bad-ass attire, and attack Aki and Keiko. After a while, Aki and Keiko win, and as they are leaving, Aki splits from Keiko to 'distract him.'

She eventually finds her way to a bridge, where a girl tells her to follow her. She does, and the two end up in the middle of a marathon run. Mitsuko's identity has once again changed to Izumi. She passes a mirror, and is once again horrified to see that her appearance has changed from a bloody wedding outfit to a marathon runner's outfit, and a ponytail. She eventually finds Aki, Sur, and Taeko, who are all running the race. The teachers show up again, as well as the pig head, and they begin chasing the girls, and kicking the other runners out of the way. She is then told to take a shortcut, where she finds a cave.

In that cave, she encounters a group of revenant girls who try to kill her, stating that so long as she lives, they will continue to die. She is rescued by Aki, who reveals that they are all in a fictional world being observed by "someone" and that this "someone" will continue to kill everyone else unless Mitsuko, as the "main character", does something to change it. Each of the scenarios is a different world, and to reach the final one, Aki says that Mitsuko must brutally kill her by pulling cables from her arms. Mitsuko reluctantly does so and a portal opens.

She finds herself in a lewd city called "Men's World," filled with only men who enjoy a violent 3D survival horror video game called ''Tag'', depicting Mitsuko, Keiko, and Izumi as playable characters. She passes out and awakens in a temple where all the girls are showcased like mannequins. She finds a decrepit old man playing the game on his TV, showing the various trials she went through, and is horrified to see full-size models of herself, Keiko, Izumi, Aki, and all the other girls. The man tells her that she is in the future; 150 years ago, she was a girl he had admired as a fellow student. When she died, he took her DNA and that of her friends and made clones for his 3D game. A younger version of the old man appears and strips, beckoning her to come to bed with him. The old man tells her that this final stage is the fulfillment of his deepest wish: to sleep with her.

Mitsuko attacks the younger man, screaming at him to stop playing with girls like toys. She rips one of the pillows, showering the room with feathers. Remembering what Sur said about tricking fate, she commits suicide, to the shock of the old man, who had not made that part of his game. Finding herself once again in the beginning of each scenario, she simultaneously commits suicide on the bus, at the wedding, and during the marathon before any of the violent scenarios can begin. She then awakens alone in a field of white snow and runs away, realizing that "it's over now".

After a recent spate of abductions of babies from their mothers, Red informs Elizabeth that the "Cyprus Agency" is the illegal adoption organization responsible. More or less coincidentally, Elizabeth and Tom contemplate adoption of their own which fuels Elizabeth to track down the organization's CEO, Owen Mallory (Campbell Scott). Ultimately, the task force discovers the Cyprus Agency's secret: it kidnaps young women and keeps them in captivity as breeders for the babies it puts up for adoption, and that Mallory is the father of all the children. Meanwhile, Meera willingly aids Red in his investigation for the mole. Covertly using Cooper's badge, Meera's intelligence leads Red to Diane Fowler as the ringleader of the leak, prompting him to confront Fowler in her own home, planning to kill her. She tells him that she knows about "that day", about what happened to his family, hoping Red will spare her for information. But Red still kills her, responding that he wants to know it more than anything in the world, but he'll find someone else who knows. He then calls Mr. Kaplan to clean up. In the end, Elizabeth finds herself unable to adopt a child as long as her marriage to Tom continues to suffer emotional strain. She is shown frustrated at home sitting in between baby stuff, while Tom goes to see Jolene, the woman who was flirting with him.

Madeline Pratt (Jennifer Ehle), a former professional and personal interest of Red's, enlists Red's help in stealing a statue called the Effigy of Ashtart in the Syrian embassy. The statue secretly contains coordinates for Soviet nuclear bombs hidden in America, which has the interest of the Russian mob. Red enlists Elizabeth's aid in the operation, only for the pair to be double-crossed by Pratt. Faking their capture, Red succeeds in getting the location of the Effigy and the coordinates from Pratt. The statue is secured and one of Pratt's allies is arrested. Pratt is able to free herself and steals a precious painting from Red. Meanwhile, Cooper's investigation into Diane Fowler's disappearance is effectively stonewalled by Special Agent Walter Gary Martin of the D.C. Bureau, who says the orders "came from the top."

Antonella is a cheerful young woman working as a clown at children's parties. She lives with her friend Carlo whom she treats as father. During one of her outdoor performances for children she is approached by Nicolás and his son Federico. Nicolás is attracted to Antonella and invites her on a dinner date. It soon turns out that he is the boss of her sister Natalia who works as his secretary, and that they are having an affair. When Antonella walks in on them, in anger slaps the man in the face.

Nicolás is the head of a family company and entrusts Natalia some very confidential documents. His cousin Gastón is envious of his success and fiercely hates him. He orders two men to follow Natalia and seize the documents which he wants to use against Nicolás and to potentially take over his position. They do not realize that the woman, sensing danger, has just handed the documents to Antonella. Having entered her flat, but not able to get hold of the documents, they decide to kill Natalia by throwing her through the window, fabricating a suicide. Antonella does not believe that her sister killed herself and suspects that Nicolás was involved in this. Using blackmail, she ends up in his family residence working as a secretary, in the meantime conducting her own investigation and trying to unravel the mystery behind Natalia's death. There, she meets Gastón and other members of the Cornejo Mejía family: Lucrecia, their grandmother and the main owner of the company, Facundo, Nicolás' father, Raquel, Gastón's wife, and Paula, Lucrecia's illegitimate daughter. Antonella and Nicolás end up falling in love, which infuriates Miranda who also loves him and starts plotting intrigues against Antonella.

When a former Assistant U.S. Attorney is found bedraggled and walking the street after being missing for 12 years, Red suspects he was a victim of "The Judge", a mysterious person that runs an underground operation dispensing "eye for an eye" justice on officials who have wrongly convicted people. Red gets Elizabeth going on that case, then tackles his own agenda in finding out why a woman named Lucy Brooks has been following him. Lucy, as it turns out, is Jolene, the woman seducing Tom at a teacher conference in Orlando. As Elizabeth works the case of The Judge (revealed to be a woman named Ruth Kipling, played by Dianne Wiest), a man named Alan Ray Rifkin is about to be executed for treason, and it is discovered that Cooper is the Federal agent who put him away. Cooper becomes The Judge's next target and is nearly electrocuted, until Red arrives with proof that Rifkin really did commit the crimes for which he was executed. Cooper is released, The Judge is apprehended, and later sent to prison. When Cooper suggests Red brought him this case to gain leverage on him, Red replies that "a war is coming", and he may need Cooper's help. Back in Orlando, Tom declines "Jolene's" offer of an affair, proclaiming his love for Elizabeth. Jolene/Lucy then gets Tom to admit that Elizabeth isn't just his wife – she's also his target.

Mako Tanida (Hoon Lee), escapes from Abashiri Prison and kills an FBI agent, claiming revenge for "collateral damage" caused by the FBI when they were after Red. After another FBI agent turns up dead in America, Ressler fears he may be next, as he was part of the team searching for Red back then. He grabs Audrey and attempts to take her somewhere safe, but his car is rammed by Tanida's driver. In the ensuing melee, Tanida shoots and kills Audrey. Ressler vows to take out Tanida, despite warnings from Cooper and Red to let other agents take it from here. Meanwhile, Lucy/Jolene announces plans to move in next to Tom and Elizabeth, but Tom later meets Lucy in a hideout and the two converse about mutual, though possibly conflicting, plans to get to Red in order to provide an unknown entity named "Berlin" with answers. Tom assures Lucy he has done everything he could to maintain the ruse of his devotion to Elizabeth, but complications arose when he was knifed by the men sent by Red, causing Elizabeth to find his fake passports and cash. Hired by Red to abduct Lucy/Jolene, the Cowboy tails her but is knocked out by Tom who later kills both of them.

Collaborating with an old FBI buddy named Bobby Jonica who was also on that task force, Ressler locates Tanida, but later learns that Bobby is the mysterious "Tensei" – the man who took over Tanida's crime operation while the latter was in prison; by the time Mako was arrested, Bobby murdered Mako's brother, Aiko, and covered his death to use his identity. Ressler attempts coercing Bobby into committing suicide before being stopped by Elizabeth, though Bobby ultimately does kill himself. Later at home, Ressler receives a gift from Reddington: a box containing Tanida's severed head. Later, Red enjoys a private ballet show of ''Swan Lake'' being a wealthy donor.

A programmer for the NSA is killed in a supposed car accident, but further inspection reveals that his car was hacked. While investigating the programmer's death, the task force learns that the NSA was working on a prototype device called the "Skeleton Key", capable of hacking into the entire American computer networks infrastructure. Reddington initially believes an elusive Russian hacker named Ivan (Mark Ivanir) is responsible for the theft, but a personal meeting with him reveals that Ivan never had any problems with the United States, and instead is solely focused on the Russian government. Ivan claims that someone else has been masquerading as him. Further investigation into Ivan's claims leads the task force to high school student Harrison Lee, who was responsible for the theft of the Skeleton Key. Lee stole the key and used it for his own ends in order to enter a romantic relationship with the daughter of one of the Skeleton Key scientists. Elizabeth investigates the disappearance of Jolene/Lucy after being approached by Lucy's former parole officer. Elizabeth discovers Tom's makeshift headquarters after Aram is able to trace the origin of Lucy's last voice message, but Tom has just torn down and burned all photos of Red and Elizabeth. He performs a sneak attack on Liz at the hideout, and flees before she can recognize him. During the aftermath of the Skeleton Key crisis, Elizabeth receives an email containing gathered evidence from the parole officer. In a photo of some trash taken in Tom's hideout, she sees an educational toy that she had given Tom the morning of the investigation. Finally understanding Red's repeated warnings about Tom and upset by the recent revelation, Elizabeth turns to Red for emotional support. Red refurbishes an old music box whose song Elizabeth knows from her childhood, and gives it to her as a gift.

In Braavos

Arya kills Trant for the murder of Syrio Forel. Jaqen berates Arya for taking a life not meant for her to take, and declares that another life must be taken in order to appease the Many-Faced God before apparently committing suicide. The Waif, now wearing Jaqen's face, points out to Arya that "Jaqen" never existed and warns Arya that putting on a new face if one is not "No One" is like poison. As punishment, Arya is struck blind.

In the Dothraki Sea

Drogon brings Daenerys back to his lair. Daenerys wanders off on her own, spotting a Dothraki horde advancing in the distance. Daenerys drops a ring to the ground before being surrounded.

In Meereen

Daario and Jorah leave Meereen to search for Daenerys. Tyrion is left to govern Meereen in Daenerys' absence, assisted by Missandei and Grey Worm. Varys arrives in Meereen and offers use of his spy network to aid Tyrion.

In King's Landing

Cersei confesses to committing adultery with Lancel to the High Sparrow, but denies mothering children to her brother Jaime. The High Sparrow allows Cersei to return to the Red Keep to await a formal trial, but she is forced to walk naked from the Great Sept of Baelor to the Red Keep while being jeered at and pelted with garbage by the angry crowd. Upon returning to the Red Keep, she is comforted by Maester Qyburn and the mutated, undead iteration of Gregor Clegane.

In Dorne

Bidding farewell to Jaime and Myrcella, Ellaria kisses Myrcella on the lips. Myrcella reveals that she knows Jaime is her real father and that she is glad that he is her father. Myrcella suddenly collapses and dies in Jaime's arms, and it is revealed that Ellaria had secretly poisoned her with poisoned lipstick.

In the North

In the wake of his sacrifice of his daughter, Shireen, Stannis is informed that half of his forces have deserted and his wife has hung herself in grief. Stannis nonetheless orders his remaining troops to march on Winterfell. After a quick yet fierce battle, the Boltons emerge as the victors. Stannis survives the destruction of his army, but is severely wounded. Brienne arrives and executes Stannis for the murder of Renly Baratheon. Theon throws Myranda from the castle to her death just as the Bolton army returns to Winterfell. Theon and Sansa jump from the castle walls into the deep snow below in an attempt to escape.

At the Wall

Jon sends Samwell with Gilly and her baby to Oldtown to become a maester. Olly and Thorne take Jon outside under the pretense of seeing a wildling who had recently seen his uncle Benjen Stark. Led outside, he realizes that he has been betrayed. Thorne, Marsh, Yarwyck, Olly, and the others take turns stabbing Jon, each uttering "For the Watch", before leaving him to die alone in the snow.

Haruta and Chika are members of their high school wind instrument club that is on the verge of being shut down because there are only four members. The two are childhood friends that got split up but reunited nine years later, and they spend their days studying and also trying to recruit new members. When a mysterious event occurs within their school, they band together in order to solve the mystery.

Starburns leaves Vicki's one-woman show and is accosted by Todd in the parking lot. They are both involved in a game of paintball assassin driven underground by Frankie's "Cleaner Greendale" initiative. While Starburns gains the upper hand both players are ultimately defeated by a mysterious player who shoots them with silver pellets.

The following morning Frankie asks Jeff to introduce an award to deputy custodian Lapari (Kumail Nanjiani) at the gala for a Cleaner Greendale in order to be seen as denouncing the underground game. Although he is reluctant, Jeff approaches the study group and asks them not to participate in the game. They all agree only to turn on Chang when he reveals he is playing, revealing that they are all playing as well. Jeff is drawn into the game as he tries to prevent his friends from being shot.

Abed discovers that the game is being run on an encrypted server with signs pointing to someone from City College being involved. The group decide to look for the secret player, Silver Ballz, and defeat him. They are given permission to go forward from Dean Pelton who feels irrelevant because of Frankie and dubs the group Deanforce 1.

While trying to track Silver Ballz Abed and Annie are led to Koogler. Abed manages to recover Koogler's encryption key which reveals that Silver Ballz plans to ambush Lapari at the gala.

The group split up at the gala; Britta and Elroy take out the kitchen staff who are all secretly playing but realize none of them are Silver Ballz. While presenting the award to Lapari, Jeff panics and shoots a non-playing audience member in front of Frankie.

He is saved from punishment by the arrival of the Dean who was assigned a non-active role scouting the perimeter and realized that the custodial staff, finally fed up with the mess the Greendale students make during paintball, are the ones behind the new game. The gala erupts in a shoot out with only Lapari, Jeff and the Dean making it out.

Lapari lures Jeff and the Dean into the museum of custodial arts where he reveals that he organized the game in order to fight against Frankie and her attempts to clean up Greendale and change the spirit of the school. He is caught off guard by the two when he mistakes them for mannequins that are part of the exhibit, leading to a standoff. His words convince the Dean, who turns on Jeff, however Jeff convinces the two of them that Frankie only wants what is best for the school. Frankie agrees not to fire any of them as long as they put their guns down, however faced with the possibility of winning the final prize they all shoot each other once Frankie is gone meaning there is no true winner.

The following week the group put on bibs and bonnets and pretend to be babies as punishment for not listening to Frankie.

In the final tag Garrett performs his one man show which mocks Vicki's one woman show, taking aim at the fact that she used her dead mother as material. His show is interrupted by Vicki herself who poignantly shares what her mother meant to her only for Vicki and Garrett to reveal that it is all an act and that they will be performing together in a third play. Vicki's mother is in the audience and upon hearing she is alive the audience boos.

A series of seemingly unconnected murder-suicides are attributed by Red to a life insurance claims adjuster named Milton Bobbit (Damian Young), who is able to convince terminally ill people to carry out the acts in exchange for financial rewards for their surviving family members. The targets of the murders are ultimately discovered to all be part of a clinical drug trial for type 2 diabetes that caused people to die, and Bobbit himself is found to be terminal. Elizabeth, Ressler and the team must catch up with Bobbit before he himself takes out the next victim: the doctor who headed up the trial. They manage to arrest the doctor and let Bobbit commit suicide. In Cooper's office, Red has a look at Bobbit's client list which seems to matter much to him.

After Red gets some DNA results on Tom, he determines that Craig (real name "Christopher") is not Tom's brother. Elizabeth traps Chris in his hotel room and tries to get answers. Tom calls Chris while Elizabeth, Red and Dembe are in the room, and mentions "Berlin". Red demands to know what's in Berlin, but a frightened-looking Chris says he cannot say anything. After Red threatens that he'll find a way to make him talk, Chris hurls himself through the hotel room's window, falling to his death, after which Tom attempts to convince Liz that Craig had to fly home.

A shy woman (Mélanie Bernier) moves into her new apartment in Paris, helped by her sister Charlotte (Lilou Fogli). She longs to be a professional pianist and has just moved out of the house of her piano teacher, Evguenie (Grégoire Oestermann). On her first night, she hears strange noises and a picture on her wall begins to move. Fearing a supernatural presence, she flees to Evguenie's house. As a teacher, Evguenie is harsh and critical, encouraging poise and technical perfection over emotion. She returns to her flat the next day and realises that the noises were caused by her neighbour — a quiet and reclusive man (Clovis Cornillac), who barely ventures outside and whose only friend is the slovenly, kind Artus (Philippe Duquesne). He explains that the wall separating their apartments is hollow and that any noise made in either place can be heard. Not wanting to be disturbed, he regularly scares new tenants away from the flat. The woman refuses to be driven away and proposes making a schedule of when each person is allowed to make noise, an idea the man rejects.

The two live side-by-side, intimidating one another with increasingly creative and noisy behaviour. Eventually after the woman amplifies a metronome for several days, the man relents, and agrees to stop the hostilities and coordinate their schedules. On one occasion while she is practising Chopin's Revolutionary Etude, the man says that her playing lacks emotion, encourages her to let go of her self-consciousness, and to play the piece with real feeling. She follows his instructions, and the two become friends, talking to each other through the wall. The man nicknames her 'Machine' ('Whosit') and the woman nicknames him 'Machin' ('Whatsit'). Machine quickly becomes infatuated with him, running her piano tutoring sessions absentmindedly. While walking in public, Machine attempts to identify Machin based on the rough description he gave her of his appearance and clothing style. She locates a man who matches the description and arranges a date for the two of them at her apartment. Because Machin had told her that he would prefer a dinner in silence, Machine continues the entire date without talking. When Machin arrives home, she immediately realizes that she has guessed incorrectly and forces the man out. The two talk and decide to enter into a romantic relationship, but never meet face-to-face in order to maintain their separate lives. They hold a dinner party with Artus and Charlotte to introduce each other, conversing with the wall separating their two tables.

In preparation for a competition, Machine invites Evguenie to her home for a final lesson. She explains to Machin that Evguenie can be unkind and asks him not to intervene. However, Machin, angered by the way that Evguenie bullies and belittles Machine, ejects Evguenie from the house. Machine is furious and decides that their relationship cannot continue. Machin asks to see her in person, but she refuses. Machin leaves the apartment and talks to Artus about his feelings for her. After hearing that he will not join him to see her recital in person, Artus becomes furious at his lack of persistence, and urges Machin to come lest he lose his perfect opportunity of finding love.

The day of the audition, Charlotte and Artus — unbeknownst to one another — sit in the auditorium to listen. Machine begins to poorly play a piece by Mendelssohn, but Machin, secretly listening from behind a wall at the back of the stage, is discovered by an employee and causes a disturbance. Machin reveals himself and yells for her to let go, to play with passion. The judges, unimpressed by her wooden performance, order her offstage and call for the next participant.

Machine dramatically removes her ponytail, shakes her hair, and stubbornly begins on a new piece. She plays Chopin with emotion and talent, impressing the judges. After the performance, Artus and Charlotte realise each other's identities and are immediately attracted, leaving together in a cab. Evguenie comments disdainfully on her performance. Angered by his continued negativity, Machine head-butts him. She returns to her apartment and confesses to Machin that she wished that she could have seen him after the performance — and that she wishes they could be together in reality. After prolonged silence Machine wonders if he is even there. Suddenly, Machin knocks through the wall to her apartment; they finally see each other for the first time, and kiss.

Xiao Ping Li, a scientist involved in a biologic weapons project known as White Fog, is drugged at an immunization center in China and whisked to Washington, D.C. by CIA agents for interrogation. The Pavlovich brothers specialize in abductions of high-value targets, including General Ryker's daughter (from "Pilot"). According to Red, they are in town planning their next hit, Li. Meanwhile, Tom discovers that Elizabeth knows his secret, informs his people and flees. While the team tries to locate the Pavlovich brothers' target, Red makes a deal with the Brothers to abduct and deliver Tom to Elizabeth. Elizabeth tries to torture Tom into revealing his bosses, but he quickly turns the tables and corners her. After explaining his job never included hurting her, he claims to be "one of the good guys" and tells Elizabeth that Red isn't at all who he seems to be. Before fleeing, Tom tells Elizabeth about a safe deposit box, the key to which she already found in the lamp. With Tom in their view, Red instructs Dembe not to capture him again, but rather follow his tail. The next day, Elizabeth opens the deposit box and is shocked when she looks at the photo inside.

After a politician in Prague is framed for a murder, Red suspects it's the work of The Kingmaker (guest star Linus Roache) – a strategist behind the rise of some of the world's most powerful politicians. Red is seen meeting with an ally about the Prague matter, and the man tells him that the recent news of a siege on Red's interests is causing several key people to start distancing themselves. Elizabeth views the photos that Tom had led her to, which show Red at the hospital where her adoptive father Sam had died. She confronts Red about it, but he steers her toward the more urgent matter of The Kingmaker being in the U.S. Elizabeth and the team are able to uncover a plot by The Kingmaker to run the car of a freshman New York state assemblyman off a bridge, attempting to make him look like a hero by saving his family. This puts him in the best position to win a special election for a Senate seat, which The Kingmaker vacates by killing the Senator. Alarms go off in the home where the murder is committed, with Ressler and Liz entering the home. The Kingmaker attacks Elizabeth and applies a choke hold, before being fatally shot by Ressler. Red meets with Fitch, telling him his businesses are under attack and suggesting it's a mutual problem, and proposes that they cooperate against their common enemy. Fitch meets with members of his global alliance, then tells Red they have chosen not to ally themselves with him, despite Red's threats to expose them. Elizabeth phones Red to inform him about The Kingmaker. Red says he wants 10 minutes with the man to find out who ordered the Prague incident, but Liz has to tell him that The Kingmaker is dead. Elizabeth then visits Red about her adoptive father, with Red finally admitting he killed Sam. Elizabeth calls Red a "monster", and says the two of them are done.

Elizabeth tells Ressler, and then the FBI, her story about Tom. In the midst of a virus outbreak inside a bank, Elizabeth refuses to work with Red and sends Cooper her resignation, informing him that Red killed her father. Red tries to explain to her that the outbreak is connected to Tom, and ask if her anger towards him (Red) is above putting lives at risk. Elizabeth agrees to work the case, but declares it her last. Red is certain that the Cullen virus is part of a plan to kill him, as well as being capable of creating a widespread epidemic. Red and Elizabeth meet with Dr. Sanders (John Glover), an expert on the virus, who is also a mental patient. The conversation gets loony when Dr. Sanders speaks of Space Agent UD-4126 and omens of the Cullen virus leading to the apocalypse. Elizabeth storms out, accusing Red of using the visit as a diversion to change her mind about quitting. Meanwhile, Cooper is given an ultimatum by his superiors: if Elizabeth walks, Red no longer has immunity and the task force is no more. Elizabeth learns that Dr. Sanders had created an antidote for the virus and the team suspects that he was working with another doctor from outside the mental institution. Elizabeth pays Dr. Sanders another visit and noticing the nurse's ID badge number, it turns out that UD-4126 leads to one Dr. Nikolaus Vogel (Brennan Brown). Once he's arrested, he refuses to talk to Elizabeth, except with the warning of Berlin's coming. Elizabeth had laced his drinking water with the virus, and uses the antidote to blackmail him into talking. Using Tom's code book—which Red had given to her earlier as an “olive branch”—Elizabeth discovers connections among several members of Red's Blacklist, deciphering that he knew someone was targeting his interests, but not specifically who it is. He's been using his relationship with the FBI task force to systematically eliminate his enemies and draw Berlin out of hiding. Dr. Vogel gives up the names of 5 people involved in a prison plane transport, all airport employees infected with Cullen. Elizabeth begins to have a change of heart about leaving, but Cooper tells her it's too late. She finds Red and warns him about the FBI's pursuit and his immunity. She begs him to run, but he refuses, wanting to know about her sudden change of heart. Elizabeth goes on to tell Red how much she wants to kill him for ruining her life, but that she also needs answers from him. He tells her that he needs things from her also, and that nothing is worse than losing her. It becomes apparent to both that they are stuck with each other. As Red surrenders himself, the prison transport plane flies overhead and crashes. The war has begun.

It is revealed that some passengers on the plane were killed in the crash, some are in the hospital, and a few are at large. The members of the task force start being targeted. Agent Malik is killed, and Cooper is strangled and placed into a coma. A guard (Peter Stormare) that was severely injured in the crash is questioned in the hospital, and tells a story of a man in prison whose enemy sent him parts of his dead daughter, one by one, until he managed to escape. Fitch meets with Red, saying that his organization has finally agreed to join forces with Red against Berlin, and he arranges to give Red an opportunity to escape from FBI custody. Red meets with Elizabeth and they continue to try to hunt down Berlin. Red encounters a man (Andrew Howard) believed to be Berlin and tortures him for information. Tom ambushes Elizabeth in her car and drags her into the room with a gun pointed to her head, imploring Red to give himself up. Red kills "Berlin" and inches closer to Tom. Tom shoots Red in the shoulder, prompting Liz to break free. Elizabeth and Tom scuffle and he is shot by her. With his dying breath, Tom whispers something to Elizabeth. Red says that he realized the man he had just tortured and killed is not Berlin, who is instead revealed to be the injured guard the FBI questioned in the hospital. As Cooper recovers under Ressler's watch, Elizabeth and Ressler discover that Berlin escaped his room and is at large. When agents investigate the room where the bodies of Tom and the fake Berlin should be, Tom's body is gone. Liz meets with Red and says that Tom told her that her father is alive. Red assures Elizabeth that her father definitely died in a fire. Berlin walks the streets carrying a pocket watch with the picture of a little girl, with Red concurrently carrying the same picture that he recovered from the Stewmaker. The season ends with Red removing his shirt to treat his bullet wound, revealing burn scars on his back.

Akiko Narushima has just begun a new job consulting on art purchases for a large corporation. Her first day coincides with the first day of a hulking new security guard named Fujimaru, who is secretly a disgraced former sumo wrestler currently being re-investigated for the murder of his cheating lover and friend (and having narrowly avoided jail with an insanity plea during his first trial). At first, Akiko's days are complicated only by her uncertainty about her new job and by her lecherous manager, Kurume. But when Fujimaru finds an earring lost by Akiko, he begins wearing the earring and becomes obsessed with her, eventually leading him to shut down the electricity and phones in the office and embark on a murderous rampage. Trapped in the building with a killer, Akiko and her co-workers try to stay alive and get help from the outside world. Eventually, Fujimaru traps Akiko in the office of the eccentric Mr. Hyodo. He incapacitates Hyodo and confronts Akiko, who asks him to explain his actions. He makes a series of cryptic statements, giving Hyodo time to revive and strike him in the neck with the broken blade of a paper cutter. Grievously injured, Fujimaru tears Akiko's earring from his own ear and asks that she remember him before stumbling off. After Akiko and Hyodo are safely out of the building, police discover that he has hanged himself in the building's basement, where Akiko had earlier found an improvised shrine with her face on it.

After the territory of Laramie, Wyoming has had law and order restored by men known as the Frontiersman, sheriff Sam Barrett has a peaceful town. At least until a fight breaks out between his grown son, Logan, and a man named Kearney who has been wounded by one of Logan's bullets.

Newspaper editor Larrabee explains to the sheriff what happened. Larrabee was accused of cheating at cards by Kearney, who drew a gun on him. But because the editor was unarmed, Logan stepped in and shot the gun from Kearney's hand.

Sam believes the fair thing is to give Logan and Kearney each 10 days in jail. Kearney is livid, though, accusing the sheriff of favorable bias toward his son. Later that day at Kearney's ranch, Ryan, a ranch hand, sees Logan standing over Kearney's dead body.

A posse is formed. Logan runs into a doctor's daughter, Janie Martin, and explains his situation. A bank is robbed and the banker shot by a man fitting Logan's description, riding off on a pinto, which is what Logan rides. Larrabee helps him get away.

Janie spots a man in similar garb on a pinto and realizes Logan's been telling the truth about being innocent. Sam goes to help his son and discovers Larrabee is behind the killing and robbery. Janie is held hostage, but Logan and his father, fighting side by side, save the day.

Teddy, a troubled Vietnam veteran, has his car break down near a Texas roadside diner. He goes inside and subjects the diners to physical and mental torture.

The comic opens with a one-page synopsis of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and education up until 1957.

The narrative then shifts to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1954. An African American man named Jones tells of life in Montgomery under Jim Crow laws. He describes the events of the Montgomery bus boycott and the important role played by Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. In the story, King advocates nonviolence, even when his own home is bombed during the boycott.

The last section of the comic discusses the "Montgomery Method" of nonviolence, its roots in the activism of Mahatma Gandhi, and provides practical advice on how to pursue nonviolent activism.

The book details humorous anecdotes and stories of Hart's life, with a cocktail recipe accompanying each chapter.

Saša Mihelčić is a journalist and a failed writer in his early thirties. He scrapes a living by writing a newspaper column on gastronomy, inherited from his father, a journalism legend. His listless existence is changed when he meets Ines, a former volleyball player who works as a masseuse in his gym. They begin a romantic relationship, and - wanting to show himself as a man of character for once - he writes a scathing review of a restaurant owned by Braco, a politically influential investor. This lands Saša in serious trouble, forcing him to face and overcome the weaker points of his character...

When she was a child, Velvet Crowe and her younger brother Laphicet were saved by her brother-in-law Artorius when a Scarlet Night happened and daemons attacked their village; Velvet's pregnant older sister Celica was killed during the event known as the "Opening". Seven years later, Velvet takes care of her sickly brother with Artorius. The Scarlet Night returns, with the entire village succumbing to the Daemonblight: when Velvet finds Artorius, she sees him sacrifice her brother as part of a ritual, known as the "Advent". Artorius attempts to use her for the Advent as well, but she fights back and the Daemonblight possesses her arm, mutating it and turning her into a Daemon called a "Therion", with the ability to absorb Daemons. In a rage, she slaughters the nearby Daemons before passing out. She awakes in a prison for Daemons on the island Titania, swearing to kill Artorius and avenge her brother's murder. A group of beings known as Malakhim, who were previously only visible to "resonant" individuals, become visible to most people of the world after the "Advent". Over the next three years, Artorius forms the Abbey to bring peace to the Holy Midgand Empire, becoming the Abbey's "Shepherd" and is seen as a savior by the people for establishing the Exorcists using the malakhim.

After three years in prison, Velvet is freed by Seres, Artorius' former malak, who has broken away from him. During her escape, Velvet aids fellow prisoners Rokurou and Magilou and fights against the Praetor Exorcist Oscar Dragonia. Seres takes a fatal attack when Oscar turns one of his Malakhim servants into a dragon to face them. Absorbing Seres at her own request, Velvet makes a final attack on Oscar that blinds him in one eye before he escapes. Velvet realizes at this point that Seres must be a reincarnation of her deceased sister, Celica. Velvet and company then escape the island. Over the course of her journey to get her revenge, she also meets Laphicet, a Malak formerly in service to Praetor Exorcist Teresa Linares until being kidnapped and named by her; Eleanor, an Abbey Exorcist who questions their methods; and Eizen, a Malak who travels with pirates who grant the group sanctuary. They are also joined by Bienfu, a Normin Malak originally contracted with Magilou and who had since been bound to Eleanor while Magilou was imprisoned. Eleanor is initially reluctant to join Velvet, attempting suicide before being asked to spy on the group and then learning the Abbey's full plans.

The group learn that Artorius, Oscar, Teresa, and Legate Exorcists Shigure Rangetsu and Melchior Mayvin are trying to purge the Daemonblight by erasing all emotion from humankind: to do this, they needed to summon Innominat, one of five powerful Malakim called the Empyreans, into the world. The Abbey has been creating Therions and feeding their power to Innominat to awaken him. The Abbey is ultimately successful, with Innominat taking on the form of Velvet's deceased brother. It is also revealed to the group early on that Daemonblight is actually an impurity called "malevolence" generated by the negative emotions of humanity, which can turn humans into Daemons, and that Daemons and Malakhim are visible to only humans who possess "resonance" in them. Artorius' actions caused humanity's latent resonance to be amplified, revealing Malakhim and Daemons. Laphicet is revealed to be the reincarnation of Celica's unborn son. Initially disheartened by the revelations, Velvet embraces her role as the "Lord of Calamity" who will topple the Abbey.

In order for the group to defeat Artorius and Innominat, they pursue each of the Exorcists, defeating them and using their souls as sacrifices to awaken the four Empyreans. They then face Artorius, who merges with Innominat in the final battle before Velvet kills him once and for all. Innominat begins going berserk, and Velvet decides to seal herself away with him, allowing him to feed off of the malevolence in her soul and feeding off of him in turn, so that Laphicet and the other Therions (whose lives are linked to Innominat's) can survive. Laphicet becomes Innominat's replacement with the help of the four Empyreans who would serve Laphicet as his Lords. Laphicet then transforms into a benevolent dragon and purifies the land of malevolence, at the cost of humans not being able to see the Malakhim. Eleanor decides to become a Shepherd to guide the people, Magilou records the events of the world in her role as a scribe, while Laphicet renames himself as "Maotelus"—these events set the scene for ''Tales of Zestiria'', which will occur 1000 years later. The game ends with Velvet embracing Innominat and living in a never ending dream of what might have been.

Sister Catherine is in charge of a school for delinquent girls. She resents being passed over as Mother Superior of the Convent. When the new Mother Superior, Mother Denis, arrives, there is a clash of personalities between the two. This is heightened when Sister Catherine sides with a young nun, Sister Lenora, who has broken the discipline of the convent. When the Mother Superior dies, Sister Catherine, who was in charge of the convent infirmary and drugs, comes under suspicion.

Red Ruby, Queen of Wooloomooloo, retired after 15 years in the 'business' when she receives an unusual inheritance – but inheritances are not always what they seem.

Set in Gyeongseong in 1938 during the Japanese occupation, the film centers on Ju-ran/ Shizuko (Park Bo-young), a sickly young girl who gets transferred to a sanatorium/girls' boarding school to recover her health. Her physical condition improves thanks to her new friend Yeon-deok, and the headmistress' special treatment program. But she soon notices that students are disappearing one by one and that her own body is undergoing abnormal changes. Determined to uncover the truth, Ju-ran starts to investigate the mysterious happenings and the school's possible role in them.

Shizuko begins seeing a couple of her classmates in terrible positions; bleeding out or having severe seizures. The school denies that anything unusual is happening in an effort to convince Shizuko that it is all in her head. After being confronted by her classmate Yuka, Shizuko snaps and in a violent rage almost strangles Yuka to death with a single hand showing incredible strength. Shizuko does not understand what is happening to her or to the other girls in the school and with the help of Yeon-deok, who now recalls other horrors from her time there, decides to investigate by breaking into the headmistress' office. While in the headmistress' office, they overhear an argument between her and a young man dressed in a Japanese military uniform. The argument is about a new drug and apparently losing test subjects, referring to Shizuko's disappearing classmates. When the headmistress and the soldier leave the office, Shizuko and Yeon-deok continue their snooping eventually finding an experiment proposal written in Japanese describing a performance-enhancing drug that aims to alter the human condition making the subjects super strong but also heightening their emotions and causing many adverse side-effects. This reveals that The Imperial Japan is using the girls as lab rats to create drugs to enhance performance of Japanese troops against the allies. Shizuko and Yeon-deok also find movies of themselves and a previous cohort that demonstrate the effects of the drug. The two students then hear a commotion outside culminating in the attempted suicide of Yuka. In the ensuing chaos they try to escape the school by running into the forest, only to find that they are at the edge of a massive Japanese military base. Shizuko and Yeon-deok are then captured by Japanese commander and brought back to the facility.

The Japanese commander states to the principal that he will take over the experimentation from now, much to her dismay. Yeon-deok drowned in a tank, causing Shizuko to wake up after hearing her screams. Shizuko then goes on a rampage and kills all the Japanese soldiers at the facility. The councilor is brutalized by the girls as Shizuko tells them about everything. The principal tries to kill Shizuko but hits the water tank with Yeon-deok in it. Shizuko, distraught at her friend's demise, throws the principal at a spike hanging on the wall, which kills her. Shizuko then proceeds to attack the Japanese base in a fit of rage.

A young woman from a wealthy family goes to work in a munitions factory during the First World War. She falls in love with a designer and help him thwart a plan by the enemy to steal vital blueprints.

Lizzie, a young enslaved African-American woman in the 1850s, is taken by her Southern white master Nathan Drayle for summers at Tawawa House in southwestern Ohio, a resort near what were also called Yellow Springs, iron-rich waters. Away from his Tennessee plantation, there she and her master can live as partners, and she believes they love each other. She has borne two of his children, who are mixed-race and considered slaves. His wife has not had any children. Over a few summers, she meets and befriends three other enslaved women of color who are also concubines of white planters. The characters explore different facets of their experiences and relationships with their masters, and the inner life of Drayle is also explored.

These interracial couples and their arrangements scandalized some of the whites in the area, particularly abolitionists. The young enslaved women also see free people of color in the area, and some begin to imagine their own freedom.

After 10 years in prison, yakuza hitman Takashi Tachibana is returning to a new mob scene where his code of honor is outdated. The old violent gangs have now turned to drug dealing as their main business. His old mob presents him with a bundle of cash and Yuki, a call girl who is addicted to drugs as he once was. Tachibana falls for the girl and tries to rehabilitate her which eventually causes trouble with his own gang and rivals as well.

While continuing his battle with Berlin, Red receives intelligence from a Cameroonian warlord that a person named "Lord Baltimore", an information broker, hired a bounty hunter to kill him. Meanwhile, Liz goes through the process of annulling her marriage with Tom, and is unknowingly under surveillance by an unknown party. During the investigation into Lord Baltimore, the task force questions Rowan Mills (Krysten Ritter), a supposed victim. Further investigation into Mills reveals she is actually Rowan's twin sister, Nora Mills, a covert operative who suffers from an engineered dissociative identity disorder, and is also the actual Lord Baltimore. Red learns during his brief captivity by a Mossad agent, Samar Navabi (Mozhan Marnò), that Baltimore's intended target is his ex-wife, Naomi Hyland (special guest star Mary-Louise Parker). Liz attempts to evacuate Naomi, but her team is ambushed by a kidnapping group led by Mills. While Liz successfully captures Mills, Red attempts to rescue Naomi at a designated apartment only to find a locket instead. Red later receives a package with a cell phone provided by Berlin, who taunts him that Naomi will be sent to Red "piece by piece", proving this when Red finds a finger in the package. Harold Cooper returns to his role as the Task Force's acting director after a visit from Reddington.

In the near future, the Department of Emotional Integrity (D.E.I.) issues relationship scores that affect the standings of everyone in society.

Ben is denied a job at Origin, a design company, due to a low relationship score. His ex-girlfriend, Sara, meanwhile, secures a business loan for a new cafe due to her high relationship score. Ben's friend, Henry, convinces Ben to make an appointment at the D.E.I. with Sara to boost his score. At the D.E.I., Ben and Sara clash due to their conflicting recounts of their past relationship. However, they reconcile and each sign off on 50-50 responsibility. This boosts Ben's score to land the job as a designer at Origin. Meanwhile, Seth and Haley are heading to different colleges in California, with Haley going to San Francisco and Seth staying in Los Angeles. They register their long-distance relationship with the recurring D.E.I. agent, Randall.

At his new job, Ben begins a relationship with a co-worker, Anna. When Ben visits Sara's cafe's soft opening, Ben offers to paint a mural to fill an empty spot on the wall. While working on the mural late at night, Ben and Sara have a few drinks to take a break. Ben kisses Sara, who seems receptive at first, but quickly realizes the mistake and runs out. When Anna discovers the kiss, she threatens to terminate her relationship with Ben.

Though Seth constantly visits Haley at her college, their relationship begins to fall apart starting when she ditches Seth to go out with her friends. Seth also applies to transfer to the same college as Haley without consulting her, which makes her unhappy as she feels he is not allowing her to be independent and that he is holding her back from a true college experience. Later on, Seth catches her at a party thrown by a fraternity known for inappropriate sexual relationships. Their relationship worsens even further when Seth finds that Haley has been keeping potential plans to study abroad in London from him.

Two men from the D.E.I. visit Sara's cafe to investigate a fraudulent relationship with her friend Jeremy, which she used to boost her relationship score after her breakup with Ben. Sara loses her cafe as the investigation reveals the fraud and drastically lowers her relationship score. Ben also loses his job at Origin due to a bad score after breaking up with Anna.

As Seth is on his way to the airport to visit Haley, Haley breaks up with him over the phone due to his pushiness and not involving her in his decisions. Seth and Ben both visit the D.E.I. Ben urges Seth to end his relationship in a way to make his love forever. Seth terminates his relationship with Haley, unexpectedly taking 100% of the fault for the relationship termination.

Ben is audited and recorded to aid the investigation into Sara's fraudulent relationship. Randall then goes against policy and gives Sara a recording of Ben's testimony that prevented further damage to her relationship score. She listens to his honest testimony of love for her and rebuttal of the D.E.I., arguing that love and relationships are not supposed to be easy, despite the D.E.I.'s mission to make the process smooth and simple. When Sara visits what was her cafe, she finds Ben finishing the mural. Ben and Sara start over on the mural, painting a pair of sails. Seth and Haley are shown starting their new lives independent from each other, with Haley starting school in London and Seth moving to San Francisco.

In a mid-credits scene, Henry and his wife, Sandy, take out a loan for a bakery, presumably on behalf of Sara.

The FBI is alerted to a robbery at the Monarch Douglas Bank in Warsaw, Poland, since it is headquartered in the U.S. headquarters and hence under FBI jurisdiction. Although nothing seems to have been stolen, the FBI believes the records of criminal transactions must have been the robbers' target.

Red receives a parcel which contains a bloody tooth (taken from Naomi, whom Berlin is still holding).

Upon arrival at the bank, the FBI discover that the real purpose was the kidnapping of an employee, Kaja Tomczak. Liz and Ressler locate Kaja, who explains that all of the bank's transaction records are stored in her head via her photographic memory. She was actually trying to escape, because she was a virtual prisoner due to her value to them. Strickland, the bank manager, sends a team to recapture her, but they are defeated by Samar Navabi, the Mossad agent. Red arrives and brings Kaja to his plane, and through the account number she gives him, drains Berlin's accounts. He meets with Berlin and extorts him with his money in exchange for the safe return of Naomi. But the FBI has frozen those accounts. Red keeps the swap appointment just the same, and the accounts do have money in them (Liz arranged this), so Naomi is returned to him. The next day Cooper meets Samar in a park to review her file on Reddington, facilitating her recruitment into the task force.

Dr. James Covington is a disgraced surgeon running an illegal organ transplant business to extort criminals. With the aid of a recruited Samar, the Task Force starts investigating one of Covington's recent victims, Paul Wyatt. The investigation into Wyatt leads the Task Force to a medical examiner who supplies Covington with recently harvested organs. With the aid of the medical examiner, Liz and Ressler attempt to tail a courier responsible for transporting a heart transplant, only for the courier to die during the pursuit. Liz and Ressler come across an underground hospital utilized by Covington, attempting to arrest him. Liz and Ressler delay their arrest after being persuaded by Covington to finish a surgery on a young boy. Meanwhile, Reddington meets with business contacts involved with international shipping in order to outmaneuver Berlin. One of the contacts, Niko, attempts to double-cross Reddington in order to serve under Berlin's employment. Unbeknownst to Niko, a double agent (Paul Reubens) secretly working for Reddington, exposes Niko during the course of an attempted betrayal, prompting Reddington to kill Niko. During the aftermath, Liz has a brief conversation with Samar about her mistrust. Samar validates Liz's claims, and is later warned that her recruitment is part of Reddington's machinations. Meanwhile, Reddington and Dembe drive to a remote cabin where Naomi is staying, only for Naomi to slap Reddington.

Reddington asks Naomi for information about Jennifer and makes preparations to relocate Naomi and her husband, Frank. After being rebuffed by Naomi, Reddington uses his double agent Mr. Vargas to steal a dog from Frank's mistress, and blackmails Frank into starting his life over with Naomi. Meanwhile, the Task Force is directed by Reddington into investigating a bank shooting in Reston. During the spike of apparent "random violent crimes," all of the listed suspects were civilians with no prior criminal records, having been manipulated to violently act out at their breaking point. Cooper directs the Task Force into investigating black operations budgets funding mind control projects. Utilizing a code-breaker suggested by Samar, Reddington and Liz bring a heavily redacted report given by Senator Sheridan for decoding. The decoding of the documents leads the Task Force into identifying social psychologist Dr. Linus Creel (David Costabile). Creel had been engineering the violent acts in order to publish his research regarding genetic screening, going far enough to martyr himself. The Task Force apprehends a college student attempting to kill Creel, only for Liz to be held hostage by Creel. During the stand-off, a sniper in Reddington's employment kills Creel, having been revealed as Liz's motel neighbor in the previous episode. Liz heads to the remote cabin where Naomi is staying, and attempts to question her about her past with Reddington to no avail. It also becomes clear Naomi knows the connection between Liz and Reddington. Before leaving, Naomi reveals privately to Reddington that Jennifer left on her own accord. The episode ends in what appears to be an old warehouse with Liz contemplating a locked door with a ring of keys in her hand.

Maddox Beck, an eco-terrorist, steals an ancient clay painting from his wife to map out the location of a dormant pneumonic plague virus. Beck successfully recovers the virus and weaponizes it to infect his followers and create a worldwide epidemic. The Task Force contains most of the followers, but Samar and Elizabeth are infected by one of them at Dulles International Airport. With Aram's help, Reddington learns Beck's location and steals a supply of synthesized vaccine, as well as a necklace and a key, before leaving Beck to commit suicide. The vaccine is delivered to the Task Force for distribution to infected agents and civilians. Meanwhile, Reddington, now knowing who is believed to be Jennifer's (Scottie Thompson) whereabouts and identity, covertly watches her from a distance. Having failed to convince Reddington to remove the guard he assigned to her, Elizabeth pays a look-alike to distract the guard while she secretly visits a basement at an undisclosed location.

In the mid-1980s, a young African boy witnesses his family get massacred by a group of human traffickers before getting kidnapped by the same group in Sierra Leone. In the present day, one of the human traffickers gets kidnapped and sedated. His skinned body is stranded at a remote location in Kamchatka, Russia. Reddington identifies the group of human traffickers as the Mombasa Cartel, responsible for a large number of poachings of endangered wildlife. After getting a lead from a technology-based businessman, the Task Force arrests one of the Mombasa Cartel's business partners for further information to no avail. When attempted surveillance on the business partner has failed, a drug-addicted Ressler heads to a remote cabin in Anchorage, Alaska after getting a lead from the Task Force, only for him to be held prisoner by a small family responsible for kidnapping and preserving the bodies of the Mombasa Cartel members. While Liz and Samar lead a Hostage Rescue Team to rescue Ressler and apprehend the suspects, Reddington confronts the mastermind, Geoff Perl (Peter Fonda), in a remote hotel. Reddington reveals that the young boy was Dembe and recovers the full list of the Mombasa Cartel members before killing the mastermind. During the aftermath, Reddington makes an interaction with Jennifer, and it is revealed that Liz has held Tom prisoner in a remote cell for an undisclosed amount of time.

After Agent Navabi kills a top Iranian nuclear scientist on a Mossad mission in Dubai, the Iranian government agents plan retaliation by sending The Scimitar, an Iranian allegedly responsible for the death of Navabi's brother, to kidnap American scientists involved in a nuclear weapons program. While the Task Force foils the kidnapping, Navabi, with the aid of Reddington interrogates the Scimitar by herself, and is told her brother is in league with him. Disbelieving the Scimitar's claims, Navabi murders him, and allows his body to be found by the Task Force. Meanwhile, Liz uses the intel from Tom to help Red get a meeting with Berlin. Kidnapping Zoe, he brings her to Berlin, then reveals she is Berlin's daughter.

In an alternate 1997, a post-apocalyptic society lives in a land nicknamed "The Wasteland" that is littered with trash and ruled by a sadistic and tyrannical overlord named Zeus, who uses a device to grind captives into water. The Kid, a teenage comic book fan, scavenges the wastes on his BMX bike to trade with junk dealer Bagu. After trading for water and his favorite comic book ''Turbo Rider'', The Kid runs into Apple, a mysterious, free-spirited young woman. Frightened by her quirky personality and aggressive attempts to befriend him, he flees to his bunker, only to find she has followed him. When she hands him the comic book that he dropped, he reluctantly allows her to stay with him.

As The Kid teaches Apple his rules on how to survive in the Wasteland, they grow closer, and The Kid develops a crush on her. When one of Zeus' henchmen kidnaps Apple, she urges him to flee. He narrowly avoids capture when he accidentally discovers the remains of the real Turbo Rider. After taking Turbo Rider's armor and wrist weapon, he sets off to rescue Apple. At the same time, Frederick, a champion arm-wrestling cowboy, is captured while attempting to rescue his brother. After cutting off Frederick's right hand, Zeus throws him into an arena with Apple. The Kid arrives to intervene, but his wrist weapon fails to fire due to a low charge. He is then captured and thrown into the arena, where he, Frederick, and Apple defeat Zeus' warriors and escape.

The Kid discovers that Apple is a robot after seeing her survive a gunshot during their escape. She tells him that she is a friendship model. Because of damage to her circuitry, they contact Bagu, who directs them to the robot graveyard, where they can find spare parts. When Bagu is captured and tortured to death, he reveals their location to Zeus, who sends his henchmen. The Kid and Apple evade capture during the chase, but Apple is decapitated by Skeletron, Zeus' lead henchman. The Kid attaches Apple's head to a new robot body and falls unconscious to the graveyard's toxic fumes. He later wakes to find that Frederick, who now has a robotic hand, has rescued him; Frederick says Apple could not be reactivated. They return to Zeus' camp to kill him.

The Kid reveals that Zeus killed his parents for their water when he was a child. Although Frederick and The Kid defeat many of Zeus' henchmen, The Kid is about to be killed when Apple shows up and rescues him. Upset at his men's incompetence, Zeus shoots The Kid, Apple, and Frederick. The Kid is saved by a tin case of View-Master discs he keeps under Turbo Rider's armor. Using the wrist weapon, he blasts Zeus and his remaining henchmen. However, Zeus rises and reveals himself also to be a robot, a corporate model designed to ruthlessly conquer all competition. The Kid blows him up by shooting explosives that Frederick brought along with them. Apple dies while protecting The Kid from the blast. The explosion reveals a fresh water source underneath the site.

After The Kid buries Apple, Frederick invites him to stay and help him deliver water to the people of the Wasteland. The Kid declines and rides off to explore the wastelands.

The "Colts" of the title is the principal character, Kingsley Colts, an orphan being raised by World War I veteran Dunc Buckler and his wife Veronica. The novel follows the arc of Colts's life, from station hand to World War II in New Guinea to livestock agent, broken, forlorn and alcoholic.

Rokuro is a young boy who used to be a powerful aspiring exorcist, before a tragic incident left his friends dead and made him abandon the profession. One day, he has a fateful encounter with Benio Adashino, a girl around his age and a well known exorcist from the east. According to a prophecy, Rokuro and Benio are the "Twin Star Exorcists" and are destined to marry and have a child known as the "Miko" which will be the ultimate exorcist, capable of cleansing all evil spirits (Kegare) from the world and ending the war that has lasted over a millennium.

A pair of ambitious young British entrepreneurs, Malcolm McEacharn and Andrew McIlwraith, charter a steamer with the aim of towing an iceberg from Antarctica to Sydney. The success of the venture transforms Sydney, and McEacharn who later becomes lord mayor of Melbourne.

Set in the near future, Gwen sells cosmetic procedures for the Center for Advanced Health and Living. Despite her relatively affluent position, she has difficulty sustaining a lifestyle that will ensure her daughter, Jules, has a solid education and future. When she was abruptly fired from her job, Gwen's optimism quickly dissolves as she realizes that the only offer she has for employment is as an egg donor, due to women rapidly becoming infertile. The firing comes at a critical juncture in Gwen's life as she needs money to secure Jules's position at an elite school.

Desperate, Gwen reaches out to her old employer, Fisher, to use her as one of the first subjects for a procedure that will transfer her consciousness into a new body, allowing her to keep her old job by becoming more youthful and racially ambiguous. Fisher assures her that if she agrees to the body transfer, the center will do everything they can to ensure Jules's future and protect Gwen as the face of the company. He also warns her that the procedure is still in its infancy; for a year, Gwen will have to take shots every two hours to help her breathe and will face enduring pain. He explains that the technology is not finished yet and begs her to reconsider. Worrying that she will not be able to find another job at her age, Gwen makes plans to undergo the procedure.

Before agreeing to the procedure, Gwen tries one last desperate measure, reaching out to her cousin Lily and Lily's husband Han for help. Gwen and Han had an affair years ago, and, though Lily is forgiving of the affair, her attitude changes once she learns that Gwen has a child fathered by Han. She tells Gwen they need more time to think about helping her, especially considering the suddenness of the news, but Gwen tells them that she has no time. Lily says she and her husband cannot spare the money, as they have children of their own.

Gwen breaks the news of her procedure to Jules, who seems understanding. Together, they go to see Gwen's future body. After spending Christmas with Jules, Gwen completes the procedure and returns home in a new body, Gwen 2.0. Gwen 2.0 is unrecognizable and carries none of Gwen's distinguishing physical traits. Post-procedure, Gwen 2.0 is disoriented and in pain, but she does her work for the center well. Jules, warned that her mother might be slightly different, takes care of her and administers her shots when she has difficulty breathing. However, Gwen 2.0 has trouble understanding and relating to Jules after the procedure. She tells Fisher she wants to separate from Jules, believing that Jules can take care of herself and would prefer being alone. Fisher is furious and reveals to Gwen 2.0 that she is not Gwen, but a twin that was implanted with Gwen's memories; he explains the twin process to her because he thinks it will be easier for the twin Gwen to merge with the donor's memories by learning the truth. Gwen's original consciousness died during the procedure, but she was willing to go through with it to ensure her daughter's future. Gwen 2.0 is unaffected by the news and tells Fisher the part of Gwen that loved Jules did not transfer. When she returns home, she tells Jules that her mother is dead. Jules initially hides the shot Gwen 2.0 needs to breathe but finally gives it to her. When Jules tells Gwen 2.0 she is not sure why she is alive, Gwen 2.0 reassures her that her kindness is unique to her. Jules tells her she sounds like her mother.

Gwen 2.0 sees a message from Lily and Han in which they apologize for their initial dismissal and tell her that they would like to help her and Jules. Gwen 2.0 goes to their home and breaks the news about Gwen to them. Later, she organizes a picnic so that Jules can meet Han, Lily, and their boys for the first time.

Lord Robin of Loxley, an aristocrat and an English longbow master, lives in Nottingham and enjoys a good life with his lover Marian, before he is drafted by the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham to fight in the Third Crusade against the Saracens.

After four years away from England, Robin becomes disillusioned with the Crusades when he fails to prevent his commander, Guy of Gisbourne, from executing unarmed prisoners, including a teenage boy, despite the pleading of the boy's father, which prompts Gisbourne to send Robin back home under accusations of treasonous conduct.

When he returns to Nottingham, Robin learns from his old friend Friar Tuck that the Sheriff had him officially declared dead two years prior in order to seize his land and wealth to continue funding the war effort at the behest of the corrupt Cardinal, exiling the citizens from the city and into the coal mine town across the river.

Investigating "the Slags", Robin witnesses the commoners planning to rise against the government that oppresses and exploits them and learns that Marian is now involved with their aspiring leader, Will Tillman. Robin is prevented from making contact with her by the prisoner whose son he tried to save. The man then introduces himself as Yahya — which he says can be translated to "John" — and proposes that he and Robin work to end the war by stealing back the money taken from the people to fund the church's conflict. Marian seeks Robin upon learning that he is alive, but he's advised by John not to tell her of his plans for her own protection.

Through a gruelling training regimen in his now-decrepit manor, Robin greatly expands-upon and improves his skills in archery and combat and begins stealing the riches that the Sheriff has extorted from the townspeople, earning the nickname "The Hood", while concealing his activities by masquerading as a frivolous playboy-Lord who supports the Sheriff's regime.

During a party in the Cardinal's honor attended by Robin, Marian and Will, Marian and Robin discover the war is a ploy of the church, which is also funding the Saracen army, to defeat the king and claim total power after his death. Gisbourne and his men raid the Slags at the Sheriff's behest to find the Hood.

Marian attempts to intervene despite Will's objections and crosses paths with the Hood, whom she discovers is Robin by recognizing his voice. John is captured by Gisbourne and tortured by the Sheriff but refuses to reveal the Hood's identity. When the Sheriff uses John's faith against him, he threatens him with the promise, that his eyes and face will soon be the last he sees.

Robin reveals himself to the commoners at Marian's urging and is embraced as their leader, upsetting Will. Will leads a riot to distract the Sheriff's men while Robin intercepts a caravan transporting the Sheriff's fortune out of Nottingham, due to be delivered to the Saracen army. Robin then leads the townspeople in a battle against the Sheriff and his corrupt forces. During the confrontation, Robin shares a kiss with Marian, which is witnessed by Will, moments before he is horribly scarred by an explosion. Disillusioned by Marian's betrayal, he abandons her and the revolution.

When the tide of the battle begins turning in the Sheriff's favour, Robin surrenders to avoid further bloodshed and is taken to the Sheriff's castle to be executed; one of the guards is actually John, having previously escaped his cell, and he finally claims revenge on the Sheriff by hanging him by the chain on a massive censer burner and left dangling high on up from roof of the cathedral. Robin and John flee to reunite with Marian and the townspeople who assisted them, taking refuge as outlaws in Sherwood Forest, sharing out their reclaimed loot.

Meanwhile, the Cardinal approaches a vengeful Will and offers him the chance to claim the power vacuum in Nottingham if he is loyal to the church. Will is appointed the new sheriff and brands Robin and his followers criminals, with Robin defiantly challenging Will to come after him with a well placed arrow through the wanted poster being held up by Will to his townspeople.

The "water man" of the book's title is a water diviner—or rather two water diviners: one working on an Australian station in 1939 and the other working the same property 50 years later. Events surrounding the first divining echo down the years to the second, when tensions left unresolved re-emerge and engulf a new set of characters.

Sally and Naomi Durance are two nurses from country New South Wales who are shipped to Egypt during World War I end up on the Red Cross hospital ship ''Archimedes'', stationed in the Dardanelles. The novel follows the sisters through that campaign and on to northern Europe.

The novel is a fictionalised account of the Australian life of Fyodor Sergeyev, given in the book as Artem Samsurov, a Russian émigré to Australia who would later play a significant role in Lenin’s government.

Following the missile blast at the prison, Reddington, Ressler and Samar escape safely. Braxton captures Liz, taking her to a hospital in Alaska to be tortured for information on the Fulcrum. Braxton kidnaps the child of one Dr. Selma Orchard (Gloria Reuben) to coerce her into performing a "memory recovery operation" on Liz while she is sedated. While Liz experiences multiple memory cycles, Reddington captures Braxton and arrives with the other agents to recover Liz. Liz has learned that Reddington was there at her home to recover the Fulcrum, and rescued her from the fire while her parents died in the chaos. She angrily tells Reddington that his fatherly concern for her is an act he needs to drop. Reddington later meets with the NCS director next to Braxton's hanged corpse, claiming to have custody of the Fulcrum. The director calls Reddington's bluff and states that he isn't afraid of Reddington. At her apartment, Liz goes through her personal effects and finds a strange device inside her fire-scarred childhood stuffed rabbit. Dr. Orchard later meets with Liz, telling her the events she recalled in the memory recovery are likely correct, but the roles of the people involved may not be.

Reddington, Liz and Ressler travel to Uzbekistan to investigate criminal Ruslan Denisov (Faran Tahir), who is holding multiple American hostages captive. Denisov, an old associate of Red's, is targeting members of a company that is refusing to replace a pipeline, whose leaking oil is polluting water and poisoning civilians. After unsuccessful attempts to negotiate with Denisov, Reddington works with him to capture a former Russian business associate (Olek Krupa) and use the company's history to blackmail them into repairing the pipeline. The CIA, however, have one of their agents in Denisov's custody and attempt to employ an Uzbek general (Shaun Toub) to eliminate Denisov. Cooper confronts the CIA handler and the mission is called off. Reddington captures the general and assures Denisov that he has helped his country, and despite potential consequences he will emerge a hero. Meanwhile, a Metro PD detective Wilcox begins investigating the murder of the harbormaster Tom killed in "The Decembrist". He finds the Samoan (the bodyguard hired by Liz to hold Tom captive) and begins investigating him. The Samoan leads him to the body and talks about Liz. Elsewhere, Liz asks Aram to determine the nature of the strange item she found in the stuffed rabbit. Aram later says he can only identify it as some kind of recording device.

Jake's son T.V. finds an old diary, which revives a decades-old mystery surrounding the writer of the book. T.V. soon pores over the scrawling of the writer, whose initials are B.P. The more and more T.V. reads, however, the more obsessed he becomes, to the point where he soon begins to experience everything that the diary's author wrote about. Eventually, with the help of Jake, T.V. is able to discover that the diary belonged to Nurse Poundcake when she was younger.

By a campfire at the forest, Finn wonders why people have pets, describing their existence as worshipping their owners in exchange for food, water, and shelter. Before he and Jake go to bed, Finn sees a bright star in the night sky and wonders if anybody lives on it. The star is revealed to be a comet, which causes Finn to project astrally from his body. Finn is brought to the house of Mr. Fox, whose spirit sits on a chair beside him. Finn starts to levitate again, and this time he is brought to Bounce House Princess, who heads home. At her house, a porcupine enters, which prompts Bounce House Princess enter her panic room.

Finn levitates a third time to the Cloud Kingdom, where the Ice King has thrown a party with its inhabitants. He flirts with a woman named Lauren, who seems unimpressed until he mentions that he knows Finn. After a friend interrupts the two, Ice King ends the party by freezing everybody. Finn rises above to see Marceline the Vampire Queen as she sings alone. Higher still, Finn encounters a family of space lards, the mother of whom spawns another child. The lards propel Finn toward Mars, where Grob Gob Glob Grod is trying to protect the planet against the same comet that summoned the spirit of Finn. Grob Gob Glob Grod sacrifices himself by colliding with the comet at full speed. The impact causes spirit Finn to land back in his body on Earth. Meanwhile, the comet is revealed to be a spaceship manned by Martin (of the season premiere), who prepares for a crash land on Earth.

Rocío Díaz de León is committed to Augusto, a Formula 2 driver. The two are married, but during their honeymoon in New York, the couple is the victim of a robbery and Augusto dies.

On the other hand, we have Jorge Pades, a pilot who has a heart attack during a flight from New York to the city of Mexico. Luckily, dew, who is a cardiologist, at the airport and given first aid, which save his life in the hospital.

Jorge and Rocío arises a difficult love, because he is already married to Martha. George recovers, but understands that his life is in danger and only a transplant could save him. Stays in the clinic of the perfect Doctor Diaz, father of dew, and you can do the delicate operation. However, while waiting for a donor, Jorge suffered a second heart attack.

Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox are best friends and live in a small house, with Ian's parents. Anthony has a dead-end job as a pizza delivery man and Ian is a stay at home YouTube stalking man child and prankster. After returning from the Game Bang game center, in which they were bullied by some street kids due to Anthony's pizza car, they find a video of Anthony reciting the ''Magic Pocket Slave Monsters'' theme at their high school graduation. In the video, Anthony attempts to impress his crush, Anna Reed, by trying to do a backflip, but he fails, landing on his face, and resulting in the microphone subtly going in his anus. After learning their 5th-year high school reunion is on the same day, the duo decides to pull down the video before it blows Anthony's chances of reconnecting with Anna.

They travel to the YouTube headquarters, where they meet a receptionist named Stephanie, who introduces them to the President of the company, Steve YouTube. Steve explains that the only way to fix the video is by literally going inside YouTube through a portal and changing the video from the inside. Anthony insists that it is important enough to go through with it, so Ian accompanies him in traveling into YouTube. Steve provides the duo with two electronic phones equipped with an artificial intelligence named Diri and sends them through the portal that is behind his closet door. After tumbling through a series of YouTube videos, they eventually end up in a Jenna Marbles vlog. Jenna warns them that once their Diri phones run out of battery, they will be permanently stuck in YouTube, just like her; they find out there are two Jennas.

They decide to split up, but Ian immediately abandons the mission and travels to his YouTube crush video, "Butt Massage Girl", while Anthony escapes a furry party, gets advice from Steve Austin, and finds out that Anna really likes him too. Diri takes Anthony to the Butt Massage Girl video that Ian is getting a massage in. Anthony tells Ian that his and Butt Massage Girl's love is fake and that it's only a video.

The duo then make it to the embarrassing video, where a furious Anthony discovers that Ian was the one who recorded and uploaded the video. Ian finally expresses his frustration with how boring Anthony has become, which leads to an argument between the pair. They both engage in a fight that lasts through three other videos, ending with them returning to Anthony’s video. Ian decides to make it up to Anthony by beating up his past self, preventing his humiliation. Anthony then goes to help him, but past Ian interferes and attacks Anthony, while Ian is trying to knock out past Anthony. In the process, the other students also start to fight one another. During the battle, Diri reveals itself to be Steve YouTube, who tells them that sending the two into YouTube was part of his evil scheme to keep them in YouTube forever.

Frightened, they race to escape YouTube via their video history, with Steve putting several unsuccessful obstacles in their way, as they make it to the portal only for Steve YouTube to be there waiting for them. Suddenly, a bear appears and attacks Steve, allowing the duo to escape YouTube. Returning to the real world, Anthony and Ian discover that, due to their changes to Anthony's embarrassing video (and therefore literal history), they have become famous, turning the video into the "Clone Fight" video; in which they met the President of the United States, created a movie, a TV series, and a show on Broadway. Through this, Ian is dating Butt Massage Girl, Anthony has 30 girlfriends, whom he immediately rejects and the duo are now living in a mansion in which Ian's parents live with them. Steve YouTube, now going by You-too-bay, has Anthony's former job as a pizza delivery man and Jenna Marbles is the CEO of YouTube. Butt Massage Girl accompanies them as they go to their high school reunion.

As they arrive at their reunion, they discover they are the most famous ones there. When Anthony seeks out Anna and finds her, he is dismayed to find out that Anna loved him back in the day, but she was intimidated by him being rich and famous. Encouraged by Ian and an image of Austin, Anthony performs 'Magic Pocket Slave Monsters', and successfully performs the backflip, alongside Ian and finally wins Anna over, and they kiss. Butt Massage Girl and Anna meet onstage to which Butt Massage Girl reveals her name is Brad, to which Ian exclaims explosively.

In a post-credits scene, Ian marries Brad with Anthony crying in the background.

Reddington and the FBI investigate a family of polygamous cultist criminals known as "The Kenyon Family" which also doubles as a storage facility for military weapons, as a way of making their fortune to afford expensive lawyers to hold off the law. However, the cult is attacked by an unseen enemy, killing all of the members and stealing the weapons, while also kidnapping Justin Kenyon, the cult's leader, who they later kill. Afterwards, a series of vans, filled with explosives, appear near Washington, D.C., being manned by children, which grants Liz and the task force a warrant to raid the Kenyon private property. However, Liz and Ressler are kidnapped by the same people who attacked the cult, who turn out to be boys that Justin had thrown into the wilderness because of his belief that there were too many boys, who have banded together under the leadership of David Kenyon, Justin's son. Liz and Ressler are later saved by the FBI, who have managed to track them, resulting in the death of David. Cooper receives a job offer to become a director of the FBI, but turns it down because of health issues and focuses on trying to get in on a trial for his illness, which he is denied. Reddington teams up with a reluctant Glen (a DMV contact) to track down the contents of Alan Fitch's safe in St. Petersburg. The pair arrive to find a card with an unknown telephone number, which Red tries to trace to no avail. Returning to the Post Office, he surprises Liz with a key to her brand new apartment, which annoys her. Cooper finds out that he has been accepted as an 'extra' for the trial, thanks to his friend Thomas Connolly, who has powerful connections. After the Kenyon compound threat is neutralized by the FBI, Red goes back there to a secret bunker which houses what appears as an old '60s-'70s Lincoln Continental Presidential vehicle perfectly preserved. Red opens the trunk and takes out a silver briefcase. Red then calls the telephone number, which is answered by a mysterious man.

The FBI team tracks down a serial killer nicknamed "The Deer Hunter", who has been on a killing spree for nearly twelve years. Detective Wilcox continues to question Aleko (Liz's helper on the boat) about the harbormaster's murder, and Aleko agrees to testify if he gets immunity. The mysterious caller sets up a meeting with Reddington, telling him that they need to discuss something in person. Red then meets with Elizabeth and inquires about the Fulcrum, which she unsuccessfully lies about. They agree to a deal that he will help bring down The Deer Hunter in exchange for the Fulcrum.

The Deer Hunter turns out to be the murdered husband of Tracy Solobotkin (Amanda Plummer), who is an employee in an organization that helps battered women. Kidnapping Liz, she reveals that she killed her husband in self-defense and decided to continue his legacy in the form of killing men who hurt other women. She claims her husband still "pulls the strings from beyond the grave." Liz disagrees with her, telling her she is just like her husband, that she enjoys the killing. The two argue. In a move reminiscent of when Tom killed the Harbor Master, Liz manages to choke her into unconsciousness, just as Ressler and the task force arrive. The irony is not lost on Liz, and she tells Ressler she is going to go to Wilcox and tell him everything. Ressler argues with her, and says if she does, the task force will be shut down and all the good work they do will be lost.

Separately, Reddington finds out about Aleko's deal with Wilcox and tells him he will arrange for the Samoan's brother to get a needed heart transplant if Aleko will to lie to the U.S. Attorney and clear Elizabeth. But the only time Red can speak with the Samoan falls at the same exact time as the intended meeting with the mystery caller, so Red sends Dembe instead to take the call, which angers the mystery caller, who hangs up during the phone call.

Interviewed under oath by Wilcox, Aleko says he can't remember. When Wilcox presses him, Aleko says he only told Wilcox what he wanted to hear.

Red later manages to trace the mystery man's location, but only finds the cell phone he was using and signs of a fight, including blood on the floor. Liz drives to the police station but doesn't go in. Red meets with her to inform her of his deal with Aleko. Liz confirms that she has the fulcrum, and says she will give it to Red if he tells her what it is. He says he can't. She refuses to give him the fulcrum. Reddington calls her out for being afraid that he would lose all interest in her if she gave it to him.

Mike McGann is sent by a government official in Texas to help rich rancher Judd Hastings get squatters off his land. When he arrives, he realizes Hastings is actually running everyone out of the region and illegally seizing their cattle.

After coming to rancher Ben Curran's rescue, Mike vows to help others get their property back. Marian Hastings begins to realize that her father is in the wrong, particularly after learning he plans a stampede to disrupt Mike and the others. Thrown from her horse and knocked unconscious, Marian is in grave danger. Hastings tries to save his daughter and is killed. She and Mike decide to run the Hastings ranch together.

The two major human governments, of the Earth and the Colonial Union, have parted ways after the destruction of Earth Station, and both have a poor relationship with the Conclave, a coalition of alien governments. Now the Colonial Union is running out of troops in the Colonial Defense Forces (CDF) without a new source of humans from Earth which would result in the human colonies being vulnerable to the alien species who have been waiting for the first sign of weakness, to drive humanity to ruin. And there is a group lurking in the shadows called the Equilibrium, which is intent on destroying both the Colonial Union and the Conclave. CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson and the "B-Team" Colonial Union diplomats race against the clock to discover who is behind attacks on the Union and the alien races' Conclave, to seek peace with a suspicious, angry Earth, and keep humanity's Colonial Union intact, or else risk an extinction of the human race.

The first novella tells the story of its narrator Rafe Daquin, a software-engineer-turned-pilot who is part of the crew of a captured merchant vessel. The capture of the vessel at the hands of the Rraey, an alien species, turns out to be instigated by Colonial Union Deputy Secretary of State, Tyson Ocampo, who was on board the vessel ostensibly for a private vacation. Daquin, taken hostage by the Rraey while the rest of the crew is left to die, is subjected to a procedure that leaves him disembodied as a "brain in a box", with no option but to do the bidding of his as-yet-unknown captor. While being made to conduct piloting simulations by his captor, known only as Control, Daquin's software expertise allows him to discover a backdoor into the simulation where he is confined, and eventually he builds a shell around the simulation that is controlled by him. He requests a meeting with Ocampo; when this is granted he covertly copies all the files he can find on Ocampo's PDA which allows him to learn of the existence of an alliance of humans and alien species named the Equilibrium which is responsible for several actions against the Colonial Union and the Conclave including the destruction of Earth Station. Daquin then tricks Ocampo into visiting his vessel to bid farewell before he is sent on a kamikaze mission; he manages to escape his captors' control and render Ocampo unto the Colonial Union to be held accountable. The Colonial Union offers him a new body and asks him to represent them as a credible source while his body is being grown; he agrees to this request.

In the second novella, General Tarsem Gau and his assistant Hafte Sorvalh (narrator) deal with political crises in the Conclave that arise from the disclosure of Ocampo's records of the Colonial Union over several years. After the General is assassinated while speaking to the Conclave's legislature, Sorvalh reluctantly assumes his responsibilities and the title of Premier in order to preserve the unity of the Conclave. At the end, a letter from the General to Sorvalh reveals that he initiated his own assassination in order to ultimately strengthen the Conclave through a political upheaval that he knew would result. In the letter, the General says he wanted Sorvalh to be his successor but feared the reduction of his own stature and the weakening of the Conclave in a succession struggle, so he chose this route to give control to Sorvalh, whom he praises as a much cannier and more decisive politician. Taking her cue from the General's suggestion in the letter, Sorvalh destroys it, leaving no one any the wiser, and begins her duties as premier.

The third novella, narrated by Lieutenant Heather Lee (the former musician encountered in episode 8 of The Human Division), tells the story of the Colonial Union's efforts to clamp down on separatist movements on its colonies Franklin, Kyoto, Khartoum and Erie. Over the course of these missions, Lee grows disillusioned with the repeated need for her to suppress her fellow humans. After losing two soldiers under her command to a Rraey-assisted ambush in Khartoum, Lee decides to give up her life as a CDF soldier and desert for a new life in Erie, although she knows it cannot last.

In the fourth novella, narrated by Lieutenant Harry Wilson, Earth, the Colonial Union, and the Conclave are forced into acting together to prevent the destruction of all three entities by the clandestine disruptions of the Equilibrium. Through the diplomatic efforts of Ambassador Abumwe, Danielle Lowen and Wilson, an uneasy alliance is formed and the Equilibrium's efforts neutralised. In the aftermath, Abumwe is put in charge of building a new constitution with the Colonial Union's colonies to give them real representation and in turn obtain their co-operation in maintaining the CDF's strength through recruitment from the colonies.

Elizabeth is framed for the assassination of a U.S. Senator and is now on the run with Red's help. The Attorney General, Tom Connolly, forces Cooper on administrative leave for keeping Keen from being questioned. Liz is captured for questioning, but later escapes with the help of Reddington and Cooper. Angered at Reddington for refusing to tell the truth about her mother, Elizabeth seeks Tom's assistance, and the two eventually give in to their romantic feelings for each other. Meanwhile, Red brings together the world's leading investigative journalists and reveals the Fulcrum's contents to publicly expose the Cabal. Through Elizabeth, Cooper discovers that he never had cancer; his diagnosis was a hoax orchestrated by the Cabal through Connolly. Cooper angrily confronts Connolly together with Elizabeth. Connolly defensively threatens to brand the Task Force as a rogue unit and have it disbanded, then prosecute its members on politically motivated charges. Elizabeth snaps and fatally shoots him. The shooting triggers her memory of the night of the fire: she shot and killed her abusive father in order to protect her mother. Elizabeth escapes police capture with Reddington's help, and confesses to having regained her memory, as well as her full understanding of Reddington's desire to protect her. They both escape, while Tom leaves in his boat. Reven Wright appoints Ressler as the new director of the task force, while Cooper hands in his badge and is questioned for Connolly's murder. Elizabeth's name is put next to Reddington's on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list.

The series chronicled the true story of Tadashi Sawamura, a former karate fighter who after being defeated by a Muay Thai fighter, decides to learn kickboxing and Muay Thai.

Patrick Nevil makes the casual acquaintance of fellow American Agnes Stuart while on vacation in Mexico City. What Stuart doesn't know is that Nevil is a treasury agent, out to get expatriate counterfeiters Dr. Lilley and George Richards. What Nevil doesn't know is that Stuart is also out to get Lilley, whom she holds responsible for her father's death.

Luka, singer-guitarist of ''Orly Sud'' underground rock band in the 1990s, ten years later became the king of the new French pop-rock scene by appropriating the songs of a blue notebook fell from a low cover while looking for pictures of his former band. He thinks that these are the songs of his friend Thomas, former bassist Orly Sud disappeared for several years. One day, Thomas reappears ... So start with Luka three days of ordeal during which he must conceal his immense celebrity. He then decides to convince Thomas that he is still at RATP controller and his luxury home and its Mercedes-Benz owned his freeloading Francis buddy blundering, Mime roommate who struggles to break and that Luka posing as a "comedian full of loot."

The wealthy Christopher "Chris" West is a member of the cafe society. To win a bet, she marries reporter Crick O'Bannon, who believes Chris married him for love. When Crick overhears Chris telling one of her friends about the bet, he decides to get even by writing a story about her betrayal. In response, Chris's grandfather, Christopher West Sr, apologizes for his granddaughter's behavior and requests that the couple live together until the divorce is quietly finalized in order to avoid a scandal. Because he dislikes Chris' society friends, Crick refuses and lives apart from her.

While still married, Chris and Crick constantly argue. When she notices that Crick is close to nightclub singer Bells Browne, Chris becomes jealous but resigned that Crick prefers Bells. She decides to sail for Europe, but is surprised when Crick appears on the ship, having been alerted to Chris's departure by her grandfather. Crick explains that Bells is only a friend and Chris returns to shore with him. However, Chris's jealousy resurfaces upon seeing Bells singing at the club that night and she persuades the club's owner to fire Bells. When the bartender, Bill, calls Chris out on her brash behavior, a contrite Chris asks that Bells be rehired and admits to Crick that she has been an awful fool.

When a former dancing partner is killed, an entertainer looks after his baby son with the help of his girlfriend and roommate.

The novel is a fictionalised account of the life of Wolf-Man, Sigmund Freud's most famous patient, counter-pointed with an account of Artie Catacomb, a con-man and psychoanalyst living in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.

''The Bath Fugues'' is a novel of three sections, all interconnecting and modelled on the structure of the Goldberg variations. The first section, "Beckett's Bicycle", tells the story of Jason Redvers, an art forger and writer. The second, "Walter's Brief", concerns Redvers's grandfather Camilo Conceicao, a Portuguese poet. The last, "Sarraute's Surgery", is set in and around Port Douglas in Queensland and features local GP, Judith Sarraute, who had been Redvers's doctor when she was still practising in Sydney.

Lockhart, an executive at a financial services firm in New York City, is sent by the board of directors to retrieve CEO Roland Pembroke, who had abruptly decided to stay at a "wellness center" in the Swiss Alps. At the spa, Lockhart is met with resistance by the staff and Dr. Heinreich Volmer in attempting to speak with Pembroke.

Lockhart leaves, but is involved in a car accident and awakens at the center – supposedly three days later – with his leg in a plaster cast. In spite of the horrendous accident, both he and the driver suffered only minor injuries. Lockhart meets a mysterious young girl named Hannah who, among others, doses herself with a mysterious fluid from small, cobalt-colored bottles.

Patient Victoria Watkins and residents of the nearby town regale a fascinated Lockhart with the history of the spa. It was built on the ruins of a castle owned 200 years ago by a baron, who desired an heir of pure blood and married his sister. Learning she was infertile, he performed hellish experiments on the peasants to find a cure. He succeeded, but after finding the carelessly buried bodies of his victims, the peasants stormed the castle and set it on fire. They captured the baron's pregnant sister and the baby was cut from her womb before she was burned. The baby was thrown into the local aquifer, but somehow survived.

Lockhart attempts to escape the center but finds no one is allowed to leave. After gifting Hannah a ballerina figurine, Lockhart bikes into town with her help, leaving her in a bar and seeking out a translator for Pembroke's German medical dossier. He learns that the people of the spa suffer from dehydration despite the water they imbibe from the aquifer. Hannah, kept at the spa her entire life, explores the bar and attracts the locals’ attention. Lockhart returns and gets into a fight with a man who was dancing with Hannah. He is rescued by Dr. Volmer, by whom the locals are curiously cowed.

Lockhart discovers the transfusion wing of the spa is a front for macabre medical experiments, and that the water from the local aquifer possesses unique properties – toxic to humans, but with life-restoring properties for the eels living in the water. The baron had devised a process to filter the water through the bodies of humans and distill it into a life-giving essence; Volmer uses the patients as filters for this process.

This "cure" is ingested by Hannah, Volmer, and his staff to gain vastly lengthened lifespans. Lockhart realizes that his leg is not broken and he is being kept prisoner. Volmer subjects Lockhart to nightmarish treatments, warping his mind until he believes he is insane. Hannah perceives this change and gives Lockhart back the ballerina figurine, breaking him out of his delirium.

Hannah has her first menstruation, and Volmer marries her. During the reception, he leads her to a secret bedroom in the ruins of the castle and begins to rape her. Lockhart breaks into Volmer's office and discovers Volmer is the baron and Hannah is his daughter, the baby who was thrown into the well; both have been aging very slowly due to the "cure". Spurred by this information, Lockhart confronts Volmer in the bedroom.

In the ensuing fight, Volmer's face is revealed to be a mask hiding his hideous burns. Lockhart sets Volmer and the castle on fire, but is overpowered by Volmer. Hannah saves Lockhart by killing her father, who falls into the aquifer and is eaten by the eels. Lockhart and Hannah escape on her bicycle as fire engulfs the center, and crash into a car carrying Lockhart's employers, having come to retrieve him and Pembroke. Lockhart tells his employers that Pembroke died, and is ordered into the car; he rides away with Hannah, eerily smiling as they finally escape the asylum.

Edmond Dantes (Paul Barge), imprisoned in Sisteron for denouncing and allowing the dismemberment of a whole network of resistance, escapes in the company of his friend Bertuccio (Paul Le Person) in 1947 to South America. But the wreckage of the plane was soon rescued near Brazil and the two fugitives are considered dead. They save the life of a young girl, Linda (Claude Jade), and her father Louis (Gabriel Gascon) in the wilderness. One day Linda is kidnapped. The bandits seek to do violence. The release ended with the murdering of her father. Dantes and Bertuccio promise to never abandon Linda. The years pass, but the chances of their misfortune lead them to meet a drunk man, Faria (Pierre Brasseur), who claims to hold a treasure. Two days later the three men and Linda set off for the mountains, carrying high explosives needed to clear a path to the location of treasure ... Rich, with a new name Christian Montes, Edmond introduced into the environment where Morcerf (Raymond Pellegrin) - who married Edmond's bride Maria (Anny Duperey) - and Villefort (Michel Auclair) and live luxuriously thanks to the millions stolen that enabled their success. He finds the informant confirms her suspicions and draws in a trap the two instigators of the felony. Linda brings a snare to the master Villefort, who wants to kill Edmond for a second time...

A high school student Robby (Markus Mörl) joins his new classmates in a Munich school, where he meets the extrovert Tina (Nena) and falls in love with her. Tina, however, only has eyes for Tino (Endrick Gerber), a carny with a mullet and a car. While Robby tries in vain to conquer Tina's heart, she already has other plans: she wants to drop out of school and run away with Tino. Tino, however, drives off without Tina. In order to catch up with him, Tina, without explaining her motives, charms Robby to "step on the gas" and on Robby's scooter, Tina and Robby give chase. Over the course of their pursuit they come to like each other more and more.

In an old hut they finally kiss, and Tina realises that she has fallen in love with Robby. At the same time, however, Robby finally becomes aware that they have only been driving around in pursuit of Tino and leaves. Tina finds Robby on the train to Venice, where the finale is set. In Venice Tina doesn't want anything to do with Tino, who falls into the water and Robby goes to his rescue. Neither can swim, however, and so Tino is pulled out by a girl on a passing boat whilst Tina saves Robby.

Peter Forrester (Wilde) is a U.S. Marine fluent in French and German, who has served in the French Foreign Legion. He is working undercover in German-occupied France during World War II. After the war, he stands accused of the murder of a Maquis officer at a hearing of the French secret police. Much of the film is told in flashback. One of his accusers, a Communist, is the actual culprit.

In a suburb of Hartford, Connecticut in 1957, Cathy Whitaker is an upper-middle class wife, mother and homemaker. She finds out that her husband Frank has had secret homosexual desires, which he has fulfilled. Her world is shaken but she cannot confide in her friend Eleanor. The widowed black gardener Raymond Deagan attempts to comfort her, but she is put off by gossip about them. Frank and Cathy seek help from the psychiatrist Dr. Bowman, in an attempt to "cure" Frank of his homosexual desires.

Simone (Désirée Nosbusch) loves a new-wave style pop singer known only as R (Bodo Steiger) and does nothing else but listen to his music and write him fan letters. She doesn't eat, she doesn't sleep, and she starts skipping class. Every day she waits at the local post office in hopes that a letter from R has come for her. This fixation on R has consumed her entire persona, and she has internalized all her passions into a lifeless shell. When Simone finally meets R at an autograph session outside a television studio, she freezes up and faints.

R instantly takes a liking to her, inviting her into his dressing room and to the rehearsal of his show. Much to his entourage's dismay he leaves without revealing his next move and takes Simone back to a friend's apartment in which he has the keys for. After having sex with her, R rejects Simone, crushing all her fantasies of a life with him. Simone bludgeons R to death with a statue, then carves up his body and places his dismembered parts in the freezer. Simone cooks R and eats him piece by piece. She grinds his bones into ash and scatters him outside the same television studio. When a bulletin emerges on the news as a shaven-headed Simone returns to her parents' home, reporting the mysterious disappearance of R, Simone eerily writes him his last fan letter stating he'll always be a part of her and that she missed her period

Craig Manning (Michael Moriarty) is a respected doctor living in the United States, who begins to experience strange visions of women being murdered. Before long, he begins to suspect that these visions are the result of a psychic connection with his twin brother Keith (also Michael Moriarty), who supposedly died in a house fire in Cleveland at the age of 17, but who is now engaged in a murder spree. Recognizing the scenery in one of the visions, Craig travels to Hamburg, Germany to find and stop his brother, over the protests of his girlfriend Julie Warren (Penelope Milford).

Meanwhile, Keith is soon spotted and mistaken for Craig at a Hamburg coffee shop by ex-boxer Bud Waldo, (Cameron Mitchell) one Craig's former patients. Maliciously, Keith goads the older man into an impromptu boxing match, striking him repeatedly and causing a fatal heart attack. Craig arrives on the scene in time to meet Waldo's daughter Christine (Sarah Langenfeld), who joins him in his search for Keith. The two quickly become lovers, but their search is hampered by the local police (led by inspector Hessinger [Reinhold Olszewski]) who think Craig is to blame for Keith's murders. While they hide, Keith locates them, kills Christine, and finally confronts his brother, telling him he was aware of their psychic connection and that he committed the murders as a way of bringing his estranged brother to him. Craig condemns his actions, but Keith escapes, promising more murders. Shortly thereafter, the police arrive and arrest Craig, charging him with Christine's murder.

In short order, Julie arrives in Germany and—certain that Craig's visions are real—implores the local authorities in Hamburg to help search for Keith in connection to the murders that Craig is now being blamed for. While Craig sits in jail, she concocts a plan to act as bait for Keith, meeting him at a secret location and counting on Craig's psychic connection to help bring the police to her in time. Keith, psychologically unstable and obsessed with his brother, attempts to rape Julie, but during the struggle she is able to stab him to death with his own knife.

With Keith dead, the charges against Craig are dropped and he is freed from prison. He continues to have visions, however, which seem to show Keith returning from the grave. Moreover, he seems to have taken on some of Keith's personality characteristics. The film ends with some ambiguity about whether Keith is still somehow psychically affecting his brother from beyond the grave, or if Craig is simply psychologically scarred from his experience.

CIA Secret Agent 077 Dick Malloy (Jack Clifton in the German release) is sent to Madrid when someone wishes to sell a dog tag apparently recovered from the sunken American nuclear submarine USS Thresher. Once the item is identified as a genuine article, the man selling the information is killed before he can reveal how he acquired the dog tag from the ocean floor. Malloy and his boss Heston interview the Howard Hughes type marine salvage multi-millionaire Zoltan in order to determine whether the wreck of the submarine could be accessed. Zoltan denies it is possible but Heston and Malloy do not believe Zoltan is telling the truth.

Using an advanced bathysphere, Malloy travels to the site of the remains of the ''Thresher'' and discovers that the 16 Polaris missiles with nuclear warheads carried by the submarine are missing.

A group of crystal meth-crazed neo-Nazis invade a Jewish family's home and subject them to beating, rape, torture, incest and murder.

He was a projectionist and felt happy to participate in the creation of films. She was a nurse, and dancer in the evening ... With her profile at the Picasso she loved him, but by far not believe it. That was 20 years ago. Another life. Chance and the prison eventually gather pace clocked in A Special Day by Ettore Scola. Under the gaze of Alice, a former prostitute, they end their sentence day Joan of Arc, a large boarding school closed during the autumn holidays, and overnight in adjoining cells in prison. But hell is not the prison, "Sing Sing" as they say, but "the others". Graziella and Antoine are then prepared for the worst challenges to survive.

Jean (Jean-Philippe Écoffey), a young Swiss whose watchmaking skills no longer prove useful in the real world, dawdles his time away either in his parents' farm or in Lucie's restaurant-bar. He sleeps with Lucie (Marie-Luce Felber) but doesn't love her, as he becomes smitten with an insecure Algerian woman (Betty Berr) who travels between France and Switzerland daily for work. Meanwhile, Paul (Hugues Quester), a mechanic in his father's automobile shop with dreams of immigrating to Canada, periodically smuggles items across the border to make money, and gets Jean to help him out on occasions. Gradually, the police begin to frequent the nightclub run by Paul's lover Madeleine (Myriam Mézières) to inquire about his whereabouts. Paul gets an offer to smuggle a large amount of gold, and knowing the police are hot on his trail, decides to take the risk "for the last time" along with a hesitant Jean.

Mackenzie "Mack" Phillips suffered physical and emotional abuse as a child at the hands of his drunken father, who abused his mother as well. One day, Mack tells the preacher at his church of his abuse, and as punishment, his father harshly beats him, leading to Mack's mother's decision to leave them. As a 13-year-old boy he chose to poison his father with strychnine in his whiskey.

As an adult he has a fulfilling life with his wife, Nan, and their three children: Kate, Josh and Missy. Mack's life is shattered when their youngest child Missy disappears during a camping trip while he is saving Kate and Josh during a canoeing accident. The police determine Missy is the victim of a serial killer after finding her torn dress and blood in a derelict cabin in the forest (the titular "shack"). Kate blames herself for Missy's death because she caused the canoe accident in the first place.

The tragedy derails Mack's faith and life until the onset of winter when he receives an unstamped, typewritten note inviting him to meet at the shack. The message is signed "Papa" (which was Missy's nickname for God). Thinking this may possibly be an opportunity for meeting and punishing the serial killer, Mack takes his gun, borrows his friend's SUV, and drives there, narrowly avoiding a collision with a truck on the way. Finding the shack empty, an enraged Mack is tempted to shoot himself; before he can, he encounters a mysterious figure, who leads him to the trio of strangers who invite him to stay at their house nearby.

The trio of strangers gradually reveal their identities: the African-American woman is God (Papa), the Middle-Eastern man is Jesus, and the Asian woman is the Holy Spirit. The purpose of their visit is to help Mack better understand his life as seen from a much broader context or higher perspective, the goal being to help free him from an inclination to pass judgment upon himself and others, and to help heal himself and his family after Missy's death.

Mack helps Jesus build a wooden box and helps the Holy Spirit prepare a spot in her garden for a planting. Papa—in the form of an elderly Native American man—leads him to the cave where Missy's body is located. Together they prepare her body for burial, place her in the box, and lay her to rest in the garden. Mack briefly sees Missy in Heaven, but is unable to be with her; Jesus steps through the boundary separating them to visit her. Mack also visits another cave where God's wisdom, in the form of a woman named Sophia, talks to him. Eventually, the trio and Mack encounter the spirit of Mack's father, who apologizes for his mistreatment of Mack and he reluctantly forgives him. Mack also apologizes to his father, whom he killed, and finally understands that Missy's death was not punishment for his murder of his father.

Finally able to move beyond his grief and his faith restored, he leaves the trio and sets out to return home to his family. However, he encounters the truck from before and collides with it, waking up in a hospital. The friend from whom he borrowed the SUV tells him he never reached the shack, having crashed on the way there. Later on, Mack tells Nan about what he saw on his journey and convinces Kate that whatever happened on the canoe wasn't her fault. The film ends with Mack attending church again with his family, as the audience is left to decide whether the events that happened at the shack were real.

Sylvia Dudek, an art professional, discusses seeking funding to open her own gallery with her gardener, Carl before her husband Mark arrives home, stashing two briefcases away in the basement and a bedroom closet, depositing the money from one in a safe. Later that evening they have a dinner party with Mark's colleague and co-conspirator in an industrial espionage scheme. Sean brings his girlfriend Christina with him, and they have a polite evening marred by awkward moments brought about by Sean's rudeness.

John arrives claiming to be a new neighbour and a consultant, he is initially turned away by Sylvia but is invited in after complimenting her taste in fashion and presenting an expensive bottle of wine. Joining the party in the garden he appears well-mannered, cultured and knowledgeable but soon reveals he is aware of the men's espionage and their payoff of five million dollars in cash as well as various personal details. He threatens them with a gun and tells them he intends to cut off Sean's fingers one at a time unless the money is brought to him. Mark and Sean protest their innocence before John grabs Sean's hand, at which point he confesses that his share is in the basement. Christina retrieves the briefcase, taking a small stack of bills for herself. John demands the rest of the money, then cuts off Sean's index finger. Christina pepper sprays John, and he is knocked out after a short struggle.

The group take John hostage, tied to a chair while they debate the correct course of action. Sylvia wants to release him and let him take half of the money. Sean believes they should kill John because they can't trust him to leave their lives alone, especially after deducing he has intercepted their communications. Sean's increasing cocaine usage makes the others mistrust and fear his impulsiveness, but Mark privately agrees that he should be killed. Mark reveals to Sylvia that they have been living beyond their means and their investments have been lost, leaving them on the verge of bankruptcy, meanwhile John manipulates Christina into untying him before riling Sean to attempt to torture him only to retaliate and knock him out. Mark gives John an incorrect code to his safe containing the remaining money and tells him the safe is time-locked and will not open for another eight hours. John hits Mark with the butt of his pistol and knocks him unconscious.

Mark awakes on a dock at the edge of his pond, tied to a cinder block. John tells him to re-evaluate his priorities before kicking the block in and almost drowns Mark, who sees Sean's dead body under the surface. He agrees to John's demands, but insists the safe cannot be opened until morning. John relents and locks him in the basement. John and Sylvia bond over a discussion of their appreciation for literature, and she cleans and bandages John's head wound. John reveals that he knows from his surveillance of the couple that Sylvia is pregnant and has not told Mark, saying he would not make a good father but she would be a good mother.

In the morning, Carl arrives and is heard by Mark who tells him to rescue Sylvia and Christina while John takes him to unlock the safe, which he does and talks briefly with Sylvia while Christina sleeps. John takes the money from the safe and the briefcase from downstairs and leaves, telling the hostages to give a false physical description to the police. Sylvia packs a bag and tells Mark she is divorcing him. John escapes to a barn where he has stashed a motorcycle and unloads one briefcase of money into the saddlebags before discovering the other has been filled with books, which amuses him. Sylvia meets with Carl and offers him a share of the money, which he happily rejects. The film ends with Sylvia and John driving away separately, each with two and a half million dollars.

Umberto is apparently a successful and happily married lawyer living in Milan. At work, he is ambitious and ruthless, and, when given the task, fires his coworkers without any regret. At home, his relationship with his wife, Carla, is strained, and his daughter barely talks to him.

One day, after he fails to close a deal, he is, in turn, unexpectedly fired by his law firm. Anyway, luck seems to stay on his side, as, that same evening, at a party, he meets top lawyer Patrizio Azzesi, who offers him a possible job as a director of the new Italian branch of a large international law firm. At the party, he also meets Morgana, Azzesi's wife, who takes a liking to him. Umberto flies to Berlin for his job interview. Afterwards, he spends the evening with Patrizio, who tells him the deal should be done in a matter of days. On his flight back to Italy, the following morning, he finds himself sitting next to Morgana. The two exchange their phone numbers.

During a dinner out at a restaurant, Carla reveals to Umberto that she is pregnant. He quickly dismisses the issue and asks her to have an abortion. She seems to reluctantly comply, however the next day she leaves with the children, to stay at their beach house for a while. In the following days, home alone, Umberto waits in vain for a call from Patrizio. Carla, in turn, won't answer to his calls. When he finally decides to call Patrizio, the latter reveals that another man has been chosen instead of Umberto.

Out of desperation and seeking revenge on both his wife and Patrizio, he arranges a romantic week-end in the mountains with Morgana. There, he receives a call from Patrizio, who renews him the job offer; it is revealed that the man who was supposed to replace him was a former colleague of his, who had contacted Azzesi unbeknownst to Umberto, but this man has been arrested that very day. Despite feeling somewhat humiliated at being considered a second choice, Umberto accepts the offer and lies to Morgana about the reason why he quickly needs to go back to Milan. On their way back, Morgana grows increasingly frustrated at his cynicism and his constant lies. She suddenly accelerates and sends the car off the road. She is killed, while Umberto survives and escapes the accident scene.

Patrizio and Umberto meet to finally close their deal, but Umberto is disgusted by the fact the Patrizio does not care at all about his wife's death. On the contrary, he is relieved at having dodged an expensive divorce. Umberto abruptly refuses the job offer and leaves. He joins Carla at the beach house, where she reveals she did not have the abortion. The couple exchange their roles in the family: Carla resumes her own career as a lawyer, while Umberto takes care of the newborn and their children.

A man hides his best friend from the criminals out to get him and suffers a violent beating. His friend gets killed, and he tries to find out why.

Paul Finney aka Upperseven; played by Paul Hubschmitt, is a master of disguise by the use of masks. His task is to secure a transport of credit money for the union of some African states. An international gang manages to steal this money and wants to use it to build a missile base. Part of the film takes place in Rome.

Oh Ha-na and Choi Won are both 34 years old and have been best friends since high school. For the past seventeen years they have been present for every milestone in each other's lives; but, through missed timing, a romance has never developed between them.

Discovering an element known as Ragnium, Doctor Eggman begins harnessing it for himself, using it to create robots that can allegedly outrun Sonic and his friends while also damaging the environment in the process. Meanwhile, D-Fekt, a rejected robot Eggman created to search for Ragnium, starts using his magnetic powers to try to become more powerful. Sonic and his friends attempt to stop Eggman and D-Fekt and restore balance to the environment.

According to Bill Freiberger, executive producer of the ''Sonic Boom'' TV series, the game takes place during its second season, and features many teasers for that season within its bonus content. The Season 2 episode, "Return to Beyond the Valley of the Cubots" ties into the events of ''Fire & Ice'', featuring the return of D-Fekt and is even written by the game's writers.

In 55 A.D. Cappadocia, Saint Matthias is dragged in chains by a group of men to be stoned to death. Before the final stone is thrown, lightning begins to crackle overhead.

In 1209 A.D. Medieval Ireland, French Cistercian monk Frère Geraldus arrives at a remote monastery with a charter from Pope Innocent III, commanding the monks to undertake a pilgrimage to transport their holiest relic to Rome. The monks reluctantly agree as legend tells that the relic's holy power will destroy any not pure-hearted enough to possess it. A handful of monks set out, including multilingual Brother Ciarán and novice Brother Diarmuid, accompanied by a mute laborer. As the group is caught in a rainstorm, the golden reliquary is struck by lightning but shows no damage, further reinforcing the notion of its mystical power.

Ireland, at the time reeling under successive Norman invasions, is a dangerous place; in fear of Gaelic Irish warriors, Geraldus leads several monks to a Norman encampment led by Baron de Merville, who believes that assisting the pilgrims will enable his forgiveness for atrocities committed as a crusader in service of the Church. The monks are disgusted by the violent nature of the soldiers, especially the Baron's son Raymond de Merville, despite Geraldus' claim of their protection being a necessary evil. It is revealed that the reliquary contains not the remains of the apostle Matthias, but rather the stone used to martyr him and that the Pope believes its tremendous power will benefit an upcoming crusade.

A larger caravan of armed men, led by Raymond, sets out escorting the monks to the boat that awaits them in Waterford. Raymond, speaking French, tells the mute laborer that some of his men recognize him as a former crusader but not from where; only Brother Ciarán speaks French, and the rest of the monks are left in the dark. En route, the caravan finds that a necessary bridge has been burned and its guards slaughtered, and Raymond takes most of the soldiers with him to give chase, leaving the monks with a token guard.

The monks continue but are quickly ambushed by a group of Gaelic warriors, who quickly slaughter the soldiers and several monks. The Mute dives to protect the young Diarmuid, but is stunned by a rock from a sling. As the Gaels make off with the cart bearing the reliquary, the Mute regains consciousness, grabs a sword from a fallen soldier, and quickly kills several of the Gaels, including their chieftain; the rest scatter in fear. The two surviving monks, Diarmuid and the timid Cathal, are astonished until Geraldus claims the Mute's fierce actions as holy wrath on the Gaels for desecrating the reliquary. They choose to follow after the stolen relic, as it is too dangerous to wait for rescue by Raymond's troops.

The Mute tracks the stolen cart, finding the reliquary gone; he then spots a Gaelic scout and quietly kills him. They have found the Irish camp, and there are too many men to fight. To their dismay, their leader Brother Ciarán is tied hostage to a tree. Diarmuid insists they rescue Ciarán, but Geraldus insists that their holy duty is to the relic and not to their comrade; further, that Ciarán would surely also say the same. Diarmuid volunteers to after nightfall sneak into the camp and steal the relic, abandoning the ornate golden reliquary to the Gaels.

As the Mute and Diarmuid prepare to sneak into the camp, Raymond and his lieutenants appear. They are there for the relic, as they hired the Gaels to murder the pilgrims such that King John of England could claim the relic instead of the Pope. He says that John has become distrustful of his nobles in Ireland, thinking that they are more loyal to their relatives in Normandy and the King of France than himself. During their discussion Diarmuid sneaks to Ciarán's side and attempts to cut his bonds; Brother Ciarán insists the boy let him go. Ciarán, who was driving the cart bearing the reliquary during the ambush, tells Diarmuid that he threw the relic from the cart before he and the cart were taken and that Diarmuid must find the relic and leave him to his fate.

Devastated, Diarmuid leaves his mentor behind. The monks watch in horror as Raymond discovers the reliquary is empty. Raymond offers Ciarán a quick death if he tells where the relic has gone. Ciarán refuses and calls out Jesus' name as Raymond brutally kills him with a multi-pronged barb.

The monks escape and find the relic near where Brother Ciarán threw it. Geraldus fanatically insists that they continue their pilgrimage despite their desperate situation. As dawn breaks and horns sound in the distance, the group sees a fog-shrouded river. Geraldus interprets this as a divine sign, and they race to the river before Raymond and his men can find them. They ford the river, losing their pursuers until Geraldus shouts back insults at Raymond in French. Raymond replies in English, telling the group that Geraldus is such a fanatic that he sent his own father to be burned at the stake for heresy. Diarmuid pulls the relic out of his sack and prays to it. The others join him, and before long, they hear distant chiming.

The chime is the bell of a river ferry. Geraldus suggests that the Mute murder the ferrymen to enable their escape, but Brother Cathal barters with pearls he recovered from when they fell loose of the reliquary. The boat takes them almost to the coast, but as the tide is out, the estuary is too shallow to pass. Behind them, Raymond and his men cross into a clearing on the shore. The ferrymen, realizing their own danger, throw their cargo out of the boat, and all push the boat through the shallows. Geraldus, speaking French, convinces the Mute to turn around and buy the pilgrims time to escape, as God will forgive the former Crusader's sins, no matter how great. Diarmuid is crushed and tries to stop the Mute, but Geraldus holds him back as the boat begins to float.

The Mute takes on Raymond and his men alone, killing several. Raymond's archer fires at the fleeing boat, killing one of the ferrymen. Raymond engages the bare-chested and winded Mute and ultimately gains the upper hand. Raymond stabs the Mute with his barbed torture prong, asking where he comes from. The Mute responds with his only word of the film: "Hell." The Mute grabs Raymond and bites him in the throat, severing his artery, leaving him twitching on the ground. The Mute stands up, grabs his sword, and advances on the remaining three soldiers.

On the boat, Cathal reveals that he was struck with the last arrow in and slumps over. Hearing the clang of swords ashore, Geraldus tells Diarmuid that the holy relic will inspire a thousand men like the Mute to holy violence. In disgust, Diarmuid moves to throw the relic overboard. Geraldus struggles with him and goes overboard with the relic, sinking to the ocean floor.

The surviving ferryman asks Diarmuid, "Where to now?"; the novice has no answer.

In the late 1960s in a small town, a police chief and his hippie son lead opposing football teams to settle their differences. The police ("Pigs") play against the hippies ("Freaks").

In the year 2015, the US government outlaws the distribution of gasoline to the public, reserving it only for the politicians, the Military and law enforcement. While it is implied this is due to a fuel shortage, later dialogue rebuffs this stating that gasoline is in abundance. Civilians are also banned from owning or using any form of motor vehicle, and those that do are referred to as Burners, and it is shown that this is a form of rebellion. Burners are monitored and dealt with harshly by the DVC; The Department of Vehicle Control.

Red, a middle aged Burner drives a 1980 Pontiac Turbo Trans Am. His teenage son Cameron (Robert Wisden) however isn't much of a car enthusiast and always raises the issue of how Red is breaking the law. Meanwhile, another Burner is planning on chauffeuring a senator to a conference where he intends to make civilian use of motor vehicles legal again. But while en route to pick up his passenger, the Burner is intercepted by a DVC squad led by McVain (Doug McClure). His subordinate Dolan, a quiet sociopath, blows the Burner away with a grenade launcher. Shana, another member of McVain's team, is appalled by this act and how McVain constantly overlooks the matter. Red takes Cameron for a ride to try and spark his interest in motor cars. They then meet up with Red's friend Indy; another Burner who drives a Ford Mustang. While he and Red race through the desert to see whose car is faster, Cameron gets acquainted with Indy's frisky daughter Jill, who makes repeated sexual advances on him while showing him how to drive her dune buggy. Red and Indy's race however is cut short when the DVC lay an ambush. But an over-anxious member fires too soon and the two make their getaway. Cameron and Jill head in to a barn to have sex, but are caught by McVain's subordinates who rough up Cameron and assault Jill before making off with her. Cameron limps his way home and tells Red and Indy what happened. They modify their cars for a raid on the DVC's camp site to rescue Jill.

Meanwhile, Shana, appalled at Jill's treatment, frees her and the two escape while the rest of the DVC are run down by the burners. The next day Cameron and Jill decide to chauffeur the senator themselves in the Firebird, while Red gets acquainted with Shana.

Three couples meet for one last party before vacating a lakeside cabin. As the couple play cards, Holly goes to shower. A scream is heard and Holly is discovered in the shower dead, her entrails ripped open and her baby (she was pregnant) gone. Marc Denning becomes the sole survivor of a bloody massacre which claims the lives of his lover, his brother, and three friends. Another of the women is found hung upside down in the living room, her throat cut, while the last woman is dragged out the window by a tree branch, apparently to her death. Something with glowing red eyes attacks the men. After being assaulted by a zombie-like creature whose eye he rips out, Denning stumbles to the nearby highway where he is hit by a car.

He wakes up in the hospital with a broken leg and three broken ribs. The police begin to investigate the murders. Shortly after the murders, Denning also begins to look for answers that will explain the slaughter.

Meanwhile, a red-caped Tarot reader named Brother Magnus reads the cards for an unidentified Southern-accented woman. He tells her she has to leave urgently. As she does so, she is attacked by something. Then a shadowy red-eyed cowled figure appears in the doorway of Magnus's house. He shoots at it, but the bullets bounce off. The cowled figure zaps Magnus with an energy ray.

Denning is investigating at the library when a woman, Reggie, a survivor of a previous massacre, introduces herself. These two then travel with the detective, Lieutenant Leo Ball, to the house of a psychic, Ben, who had assisted Leo previously. Ben is identical to Brother Magnus. He has left a box of old books for Leo to examine. These include The Necronomicon, a book called ''Lost Gods'', one called ''The Gate and the Key'' by C. D. Ward and ''The Chronicles of Yog-Kothag.'' Denning becomes convinced that the murders are sacrifices rather than serial killings, especially when he reads a letter left by Ben that says "He's coming back." Denning takes "he" to refer to the old god, Yog-Kothag.

Reggie and Denning join forces over coffee at Denning's house, where a sinister dog who showed up before shows up again. Leo teaches Denning to use a gun, while Denning shows him a magazine article about quasars. He has a theory that the killings coincide with pulsings of certain quasars in certain years. Leo is skeptical.

Reggie and Denning go to a movie called ''The Jet Benny Show''. Leo receives a document via mail which he opens and then remails to Denning. As goes to mail the envelope, Leo witnesses a boiling cloud and a ray that zaps a car. Shortly after, he is attacked by something and dies. Denning wakes from a dream, realizing Leo is in trouble and races to the scene. The police are taking Leo's body away.

Denning maintains contact with a professor via telephone regarding the pulsing of quasars. One is set to pulse on the coming Thursday. He also realizes, after his secretary, Lisa plots the killings on a map, that the killings form a pentagram, which is the 'evil' symbol of Yog-Kothag as depicted in the Yog-Kothag book. At the center of the pentagram lies the Nash real estate agency. Denning explains that Yog-Kothag was an old god who was 'so bad that the other gods ganged up on him and imprisoned him on a quasar.'

The zombie reappears and attacks Denning and Reggie. They try to kill it multiple times, thrusting a firepoker through it, hitting it with their car and finally setting its body on fire, but it comes back to life each time. Finally, it tracks them and, after Reggie confesses she is in love with Denning, the zombie stabs Denning with a mystical dagger. Denning extracts the dagger and stabs the zombie with it.

Nash seems to witness the reappearance of Holly. She rips open her womb and takes out a baby, which falls to the ground. It appears demonic and has glowing red eyes. Slightly later Nash appears to be attacked by this baby, but then he awakes - it was only a dream.

Reggie goes to confront Nash, witnessing the sinister dog again and soon learns Nash has superhuman powers. He is resistant to bullets and is able to prevent a paperweight that she throws at his head from striking him. Nash shows Reggie the document which Leo mailed to Denning, but which never arrived. It is Nash's birth certificate, showing that he was born over a hundred years ago. The apparent mysterious and supernatural cult dedicated to bringing Yog-Kothag back to Earth is in fact just ash, and his zombie. Together they committed a series of periodic ritual murders over the last decades. The zombie is now dead, but Nash reveals that Denning has been transformed into a new zombie. Yog-Kothag speaks through Denning with a warning. Denning then asserts himself and stabs Nash with the mystical dagger.

The film ends as Nash seems to be drawn screaming into the cosmic void. Yog-Kothag's voice is heard proclaiming "You have failed me!"

After murdering a woman, an unidentified man stalks Robin Ellacott, whom he sees as part of his plan to exact revenge against private investigator Cormoran Strike. Robin, having worked for Strike for a year, is now a full-time investigator in addition to being his secretary. Strike has developed a relationship with radio presenter Elin but continues to harbour feelings for Robin, whose fiancé Matthew disapproves of the work she is doing.

One day, Robin receives a package containing a woman's severed leg and a message quoting the Blue Öyster Cult song "Mistress of the Salmon Salt (Quicklime Girl)". Strike, who recognises the song as a favourite of his deceased mother, Leda, concludes someone from his past sent the package. He then approaches Detective Inspector Eric Wardle with four possible suspects, three of whom he knew from his time in the SIB: Terrence "Digger" Malley, a member of the Haringey Crime Syndicate who has a history of mailing severed body parts and was sent to prison after Strike anonymously testified against him; Noel Brockbank, a Gulf War veteran and serial paedophile whom Strike had investigated and who blames Strike for taking his family away from him; Donald Laing, a former member of the King's Own Royal Border Regiment who Strike arrested for physically abusing his wife and child, which resulted in a dishonourable discharge and a 10-year prison sentence; Jeff Whittaker, Strike's stepfather and the prime suspect in Leda's death by overdose, who Strike believes to be responsible despite the fact that Whittaker was acquitted.

To Strike's annoyance, the police immediately focus their suspicion onto Malley because of his previous tactic of mailing body parts. Strike and Robin decide to initiate a parallel investigation, which they begin by reviewing 'unusual correspondence' that had been sent to the office throughout the years, stored in what the pair light-heartedly call the 'nutters' drawer. Found among these are several letters from a young woman who had once requested Strike's help in amputating her own leg as a result of body dysmorphia. They begin to fear that the leg sent to Robin had belonged to this young woman.

During a row about work, Robin deduces that Matthew had slept with a university friend after Robin had dropped out, which Matthew reluctantly admits is true. Robin furiously calls off their engagement and, drunk and miserable in a bar, she reveals to Strike the reason behind her departure from university. Strike is astonished by the revelation that Robin had been raped and left for dead by an unknown attacker in the middle of her university career, but is impressed when she informs him that her testimony and evidence resulted in the rapist being convicted. While Robin fears that her confession will predispose Strike to treat her like a victim, Strike inwardly resolves not to do exactly that.

Later, Strike travels to Edinburgh, where one of his former SIB colleagues is now stationed. The colleague 'forgets' to close out of Brockbank's military personnel file and leaves the room due to his inability to disclose its contents to Strike, who is now classed as a civilian. Strike thereby discovers that Brockbank's pension cheques are being sent to an address in Barrow-in-Furness. While in Scotland, Strike also borrows his colleague's car to visit Melrose, where Laing's mother still lives. Hoping to gather information about Laing's current whereabouts, he is disappointed to find that Laing's mother has late-stage dementia and is incapable of providing any help.

In a stroke of luck, however, Strike is recognised and approached by one of her neighbours. The neighbour is good friends with the parents of Rona, Laing's ex-wife whom he was convicted of abusing, and agrees to arrange a meeting. Rona's mother expresses continuing gratitude to Strike – he was the person who discovered her daughter naked and chained to a bed – and enthusiastically offers any help she can. She informs Strike that Laing has not been welcome in Melrose for some time due to his violent behaviour, but that he did recently attempt to visit his mother before being forcefully driven away by his brothers. Rona's mother further reveals that, during Laing's childhood, a field owned by a farmer who had dismissed Laing from his employ was mysteriously burned down, that several girls in the area had accused Laing of rape, and that she strongly suspects him of killing their family cat after she and her husband warned Rona of their concerns regarding her then-boyfriend. None of these suspicions were ever confirmed because of Laing's charm when speaking to police. Finally, Rona's mother admits that Laing had visited Rona once since leaving prison and had threatened to kill her in retribution for his son, who had died of neglect while Rona was chained to the bed. Now in possession of a photograph of Laing – which Rona's mother had kept in the belief that she would one day need to give it to the police – Strike returns to London.

Wardle's investigative team soon discovers that the leg sent to Robin is a DNA match for the recently discovered body of the would-be amputee who had written to Strike. Shortly thereafter Robin is sent another package, this time containing a toe from the left foot of the same corpse, along with more Blue Öyster Cult lyrics. Strike becomes very concerned with the fact that both packages, while clearly meant to taunt him personally, had been addressed and sent to Robin by name. The negative publicity resultant from their receipt of the leg, combined with Strike's efforts to protect Robin from the risk posed by the killer, jeopardise both Strike's business and their working relationship.

Robin drives Strike in the old Land Rover gifted her by her parents from London to Barrow-in-Furness to seek out Holly Brockbank, the person who has been cashing Noel's military pension cheques. Robin displays great skill in questioning Holly outside of Strike's presence, in the guise of a lawyer called Venetia Hall, whose firm was interested in pursuing compensation for Noel's military injuries. Robin discovers that Holly is Noel's twin sister who had been left to care for him following his departure from the army, which was the result of a brain injury that also left him physically disfigured. Holly reveals that Noel had been prone to violent outbursts, destroying her flat more than once and occasionally striking her. She discloses that their stepfather had molested them for their entire childhood and that she is aware that her brother is a paedophile. After a particularly violent outburst, Holly had finally kicked Noel out of her flat and had threatened to tell the police of his sexual proclivities. In desperation, Noel had offered Holly his military pension in exchange for her silence. Holly also confirms that Noel's blaming of Strike for his circumstances have amounted to an obsession and that he brings the subject up to anybody and everybody without provocation. Before leaving, Robin is able to extract Brockbank's most recent place of work from his sister.

On their journey southwards they visit a massage parlour in Market Harborough where Brockbank had worked as a bouncer, and then Laing's last known address in Corby and meet Lorraine, a middle-aged woman with whom Laing had been living shortly after leaving prison. Lorraine provides important information such as the fact that Laing now suffers from psoriatic arthritis, and provides them with a more current photograph in which his physique is almost unrecognisably different from Strike's memory. She describes Laing as moody but nonviolent, admitting that he did rob her of her money and jewellery before leaving suddenly. She was unaware that he was ever married or that he had been to prison.

During the long car rides between towns, Strike gradually brings Robin up to speed on his ex-stepfather, Jeff Whittaker. Strike reveals that Whittaker displays all the symptoms of being a narcissist sociopath and that he has always been unusually fascinated by death. He had been given to quoting Satanic lyrics at Strike regularly, especially those glorifying death and decay. Strike asserts that, although his mother had been a notorious rock groupie, she had never taken heroin at the time that she supposedly overdosed, which occurred suspiciously soon after a confrontation with Whittaker over money. Strike reveals that Whittaker was found to have kept a dead woman's body with him in a flat for over a month some years after Leda Strike's death. As Robin and Strike approach the end of their travels, Strike is tipped off that Whittaker is currently living in London, pimping and possibly selling methamphetamine.

The killer strikes twice more during the investigation, cutting two fingers from one victim who survives and the ear lobes from another, leading to the killer becoming known as the Shacklewell Ripper and officially transitioning the police case into a hunt for a serial murderer. Meanwhile, Wardle's brother is struck and killed in a hit-and-run motor accident, necessitating his departure from work. He relinquishes control of the case to Detective Chief Inspector Roy Carver, the lead investigator on the Lula Landry case. Carver remains furious that Strike was able to humiliate the police by solving the case, which Carver himself had ruled a suicide. He spitefully informs Strike that the open line into the department's investigation he had enjoyed while Wardle was in command has closed and threatens legal action if Strike continues his own investigation. Exploiting a technicality, Strike agrees not to interfere with Carver's suspects, which are vastly different from his own three leads.

Strike and Robin alternately tail Whittaker, whom they learn is squatting in an apartment with a young woman called Stephanie whom he is pimping. Noticing Stephanie's severe bruises, Robin sympathises and attempts to help her. Although unwilling to leave Whittaker, she does reveal that, on the night the first victim would have been killed, Whittaker had forced her to have sex with his entire band in a van. Robin therefore concludes that, while Whittaker is abominable, he cannot be the Shacklewell Ripper. Shortly after Whittaker interrupts her meeting with Stephanie, Robin is attacked and nearly killed by the real Ripper. She receives a long gash up her arm but manages to set off a rape alarm which attracts help and sprays him in the eyes with red paint, though she never sees his face. In the aftermath of this attack, Strike believes he has identified the killer, but Carver disregards all of Strike's information. Strike loses both of his remaining clients.

Robin takes action against Brockbank without Strike's knowledge, as she believes that he is now molesting his current girlfriend's young daughters. Robin's intervention saves the girls, but sends Brockbank into hiding. When Strike discovers what Robin has done, he explains that Carver suspects her of having visited Brockbank on Strike's instruction and is rallying to arrest him for interfering in a police investigation. Overcome by his situation with Carver, the loss of his only remaining clients and Robin's extremely close call with the murderer, Strike fires her for gross misconduct. Robin is bereft, but returns to Masham for her impending wedding to Matthew, with whom she has reconciled. Strike tries to contact her, but Matthew removes evidence of this from Robin's phone.

Now working alone, Strike forms a plan to corner the killer, whom he is now sure he has identified. The killer is Donald Laing, who has built a parallel identity as Ray Williams, the live-in boyfriend of the would-be amputee's older sister. Together with his thug acquaintance Shanker, Strike gains access to the flat that Laing is using as a base for his killing activities. Inside, he is attacked by Laing but manages to overcome him before successfully handing him over to the police. Brockbank is also apprehended as a result of a tip from a local homeless shelter.

Now free from the stress of the murderer, Strike decides to repair his relationship with Robin by attending her wedding, the invitation to which was never formally rescinded following her dismissal. After a frantic dash to the church, Strike arrives just in time to see Robin and Matthew exchange vows. The novel ends as Robin turns at the altar, sees Strike, and beams.

''Umbrella'' is a short story where a little girl is the principal character. Her name is Momo, which means "peach" in Japanese, and she was born in New York.

Momo carries the blue umbrella and wears the rubber boots that she was given on her third birthday. She asks her mother every day to use her umbrella. Momo tried to tell her mother she needed to carry the umbrella to the school because the sunshine and the wind bothered her eyes. But her mother didn't let her use the umbrella and advises her to wait until the rain comes. The rain took a long time to fall down because it was Indian summer, however, when the rain came, her umbrella was the perfect excuse to use that day. Momo was happy, the rain sound over her umbrella was a music for her. It is a fresh children's story with classic and very colorful Japanese illustrations that reflect its culture.

A handsome teacher named Craig (David Warbeck) marries a wealthy traumatized, wheelchair-bound woman named Joanna (Christina Nagy) who suffers from PTSD and is tormented by a traumatic event that happened in her past. As a child, she was raped by a psychotic priest and thrown down a flight of stairs. The priest used a doll to lure her to the crime scene.

Her attractive female caretaker Ruth (Carroll Blumenberg) has a lesbian attraction to her and tries to stop the marriage. As if Joanna doesn't have enough problems, her husband only married her to steal her money. He is trying to stop her from donating one-half of her wealth to a church project to which her deceased father committed her while upon his deathbed.

One by one, priests start turning up dead, as the murder plot unfolds. One priest has his throat cut while in a confession booth, another has his head bashed in with a heavy blunt object. Joanna's doctor (Rossano Brazzi) warns her that she has a bad heart and that she shouldn't allow herself to get overly agitated nor too aroused during sex. Joanna begins to experience hallucinations in which she sees a leering priest stalking her while holding a bloody doll in his hands.

During a homicide investigation, a police sketch artist realizes a witness is describing a suspect resembling the artist's wife down to the last detail. Conflicted by this revelation, he withholds pertinent information and begins his own search for the truth.

There's this detective dude who's hired to follow some guy's wife because she keeps getting herself into trouble. She suffers from severe headaches and loss of memory. She never seems to know what's going on. it turns out she's got a split personality. This split personality is the one getting her in trouble.

Thirty-something chef Stella James lives a rather empty life in New York City with her alcoholic friend Teo, a former lover of hers who is now impotent due to his heavy drinking. Because of this Stella has numerous flings with random men, all of them have different personalities and come from different social economic backgrounds. One day Teo gives her plane ticket to Los Angeles to live without him and give herself a fresh start in a new city. There she gets work in a restaurant run by George Babbington and falls in love with younger photographer Frank.

Jack Hart lives with his lawyer wife and young daughter and enjoys a wonderful life. Jack's old girlfriend, Lisa, comes into town and they have an affair. Lisa kills her current boyfriend in self-defense and Jack witnesses the whole thing. Lisa goes on trial for murder with Jack's wife as her lawyer. As the movie progresses, Lisa's devious side becomes known. Jack is fired from his job because of the scandal. Lisa has a dark side which is discovered but she can not be re-tried for murder when she was really guilty. Jack re-plays the staged crime in his head and figures out that he was set up and the rape was staged. Lisa sets out to climb the devils needle. Jack and Lisa climb the rock by hand, but Lisa falls and hits her head and dangles in mid air. Police show up and you see a yellow tarp covering the dead body of Lisa. Jack's wife finds a map in the trash and drives out to see him. The movie ends with them looking at each other from a distance.

In the town of Bentwick, Massachusetts, Grace Thomas develops a passion for baking in her grandparents' bakery. Wanting to save up for a new bike, Grace begins a small cupcake business with her best friends Ella and Maddy, and it turns out to be successful. She plans to continue the business during the summer, but is asked by her mother to come with her on a trip to Paris, where Grace's aunt Sophie, uncle Bernard, and cousin Sylvie live, as they are expecting a baby soon. That leaves Ella and Maddy to earn money another way, and they start a dog-grooming service called the Paw Spa.

Bernard owns a ''pâtisserie'', which becomes an opportunity for Grace to improve her baking skills. She realizes quickly that it will be a challenge to work for her uncle, while at the same time, she struggles to warm to Sylvie, who also works at the ''pâtisserie'' but is uncomfortable with the extra company. As Grace's efforts at the ''pâtisserie'' get her into trouble, her mother advises her to ask Bernard what he needs help with, rather than do things herself. During their free time, Grace and her mother sightsee around Paris, also visiting the Eiffel Tower with Sophie, Bernard and Sylvie. While there, Sophie goes into labor and needs to be driven to a hospital. She gives birth to a girl, naming her Lily. Grace welcomes her new cousin, while Sylvie feels reserved about her new sister.

Lily's crying makes Grace and Sylvie restless, but it gives the two time to bond. They also help land an important client for the ''pâtisserie''—Jean-Luc Pernaud, the owner of a hotel Bernard has been seeking to do business with. While they use a local dog, whom Grace befriends and calls Bonbon, to deliver samples from the ''pâtisserie'', Pernaud is impressed and asks Bernard to fulfill an order for the Bastille Day celebration. In preparing the treats, Bernard is concerned that the recipes are not up to the high standard needed for the occasion. As Grace has always gone strictly by the wording in recipes and has no idea how to improve the quality, her uncle uses the phrase ''je ne sais quoi'' to describe the unique ingredients that make a recipe stand out, and Grace sees its importance. Bastille Day becomes a success for the ''pâtisserie'', despite worries from both Grace and her uncle. As Grace's trip in Paris comes to an end, Bernard tells her that she will keep learning the ''je ne sais quoi'', as it differs for every recipe.

When Grace returns home, she shares her experiences in Paris with Ella and Maddy, including what she learned from her uncle, but they are not cool when she talks business about their Paw Spa. Later, Grace is devastated to hear that her grandparents' bakery is going to shut down, due to a lack of customers. She comes up with a plan to save the bakery and asks Ella and Maddy to help, after apologizing over how she talked to them earlier. Her grandparents are delighted when business picks up, but then the oven fails, setting them back.

Grace gets a huge break when she is selected to be a contestant on ''MasterChef Junior Baking Edition'', unaware that her grandmother submitted an application on her behalf. The prize for winning is $100,000, enough to save the bakery and replace the oven. Despite gamesmanship from one of her competitors, requiring her to improvise her signature dessert, Grace makes it into the finals of the competition. Reminded about the ''je ne sais quoi'' lesson from her uncle in developing her next dessert, Grace impresses the judges again and wins.

Bernard, Sophie, Sylvie and Lily fly to Bentwick to congratulate Grace, surprising her even more when Bonbon appears. The community, having watched Grace on ''Masterchef Junior'', comes to support the bakery, with Bernard giving business a boost for the celebration.

On his 18th birthday, troublesome addict Charlie, who has been in and out of rehab for years, walks out of a youth rehab facility in rural Utah. He does so without incident as he is legally an adult. As Charlie starts to walk toward the road, he turns back and throws a rock through a stained glass window of the facility's chapel.

Hitchhiking, Charlie is picked up by a man and his sick mother. The man agrees to drop him at a bus station after dropping her off home. However when he discovers Charlie has stolen his mother’s oxy cancer treatment, he throws him out of his truck.

Charlie calls Adam, his best friend and dealer, to come pick him up. When he arrives home to Los Angeles, his parents stage an intervention.

Charlie's father was a Hollywood star who’s running for governor of California. Now, given the choice between another try at rehab or going to jail in Utah for damaging the stained glass, Charlie is forced to go to adult rehab.

There, Charlie meets beautiful but afflicted Eva, another enabler. He also meets the typical group of wisecracking misfits, and the surprisingly down-to-earth ex-jailbird drug counsellor.

A man at Charlie's most recent inpatient facility who seems the most eager of the group, one day is just gone. Hoping the doctor would give him painkillers, he punched a concrete wall and simply walked away when he didn't get the medication he wanted.

The time at the inpatient facility moves by quickly—there's a routine—group meetings, yoga sessions, visits from and meetings with family members, tell your story to get a new chip every month. When Charlie moves to an outpatient house, the routine continues, albeit with some freedom.

The head of the house where Charlie stays tries to explain the problem with having a romance during recovery: Recovery is and must be selfish, as addiction is selfish. Hence Charlie’s relationship with fellow addict Eva might not work out. Juxtaposing that blunt but compassionate support is Charlie's mother, who tries to give him the love and encouragement of two parents.

After Charlie and Eva have their weekend pass together, while he’s on cloud nine, the look on her face whenever he offers advice or talk about love tells a different story. Fear, desperation and, sometimes, just blankness. At one point, Eva tells Charlie that the program isn't working. He tells her it's different this time. "It is different," she responds, and there's a moment of clear misunderstanding: He thinks it's different because they have each other, while she realizes he doesn't get her.

Without warning, Eva leaves. Charlie abandons the outpatient home to find her. Taking a vehicle from his dad’s for the search, he tracks her down to Venice Beach. He declares he loves her, embracing her, but she seems vacant. Taking her to the beach house, although Eva slept in his arms, by morning she’s left, and emptied two bottles of wine. She’s gone for good.

Outside of the program, Charlie falls off the wagon. He's on the streets for close to two weeks when he’s robbed. Broke, he seeks out Adam. They party, but at the end he ODs. Charlie is exonerated, but it makes the news. The next day is the election, so he takes off for the beach house.

Looking unlikely that David will win his gubernatorial run, he accompanies his inebriated wife to rest, when an aide seeks him out to inform him of his victory. A huge distraction from what really matters, he accepts his win alone.

The next day, David seeks out Charlie. They make peace, and Charlie plans to head out into the world. We see as the credits roll, he has become a standup comic.

The Raven arrives in a world of darkness and resolves to find the light, going on an adventure and using his smarts to take the light back with him.

A gang of criminals, in agreement with a model, set their eyes on some jewelry presented during a fashion show and worn by beautiful models. The diamonds, collected with patience by some associations of collectors, belonged to women of high society and some of them date back to the age of French absolutism. When one of the robbers tries to get away with the loot, his fellow conspirators shoot him in the back. The robber, Gordon, manages to give a clue to newspaper reporter Robert Foster, who sets off to retrieve the diamonds. Despite becoming a target for the rest of the gang, Foster prefers to rely on fashion model Arabella and newspaper photographer Flash instead of the more seasoned Inspector Chandler.

A powerful man posing as a gladiator in Rome's fourth century discovers a plan to put the beautiful Queen in prison, which he thwarts by exposing a sinister duke as a traitor.

Paduan architect Giambattista Manteghin, actor Romolo Moretti, Prince Pantegani and inventor Leonardo Rossi meet while trying to bribe a tax official out of paying exorbitant taxes. The four get together and conspire to rob the taxation office building, which happens to have been designed by Manteghin.

During the Middle Ages, the young Gisippo, Ruberto and Tazio go to Prato to attend the trial of Giulia, guilty of having betrayed her husband Romildo (lazy and too "fast" during the sexual act) and for which she is expected to be sentenced to the stake. Giulia, however, beautiful and convincing, touches the judge's heart and gets permission to try again to make love once more before being sentenced. Since one of the three young men supported Giulia's apology during the trial, Romildo's uncle invites them to his house where he offers him the opportunity to indulge in the most unbridled and vulgar pleasures with three eager girls his guests and named Peronella, Francesca and Lucia.

Although Peronella readily gives herself to Tazio, the other two young men are not so lucky — Francesca has a very jealous uncle, a friar (even if in reality he is a great pleasure-seeker) while Lucia is afraid of confronting the other sex. Gisippo and Ruberto disguise themselves as women and manage to successfully overcome the girls' fears. In the end, the three boys continue to pursue their sexual adventures, while Madonna Giulia decides to offer her favors as a great seductress and prostitute to Judge Don Cecco in return for acquittal.

In the 1950s after the Korean War, a gentle wandering piper with a limp, Woo-ryong, and his sick young son, Young-nam, are en-route by foot to Seoul through the central Korean highlands when they reach a remote village. The village chief allows Woo-ryong and his son to stay at his house. The piper shows the Chief an English-written note that he says is the name of an American doctor at a hospital in Seoul who can treat Young-nam. The Chief, who tells the piper not to tell anyone else the war is over, agrees but he cannot read English either. Woo-ryong is smitten by a villager called Mi-sook who lost her husband and child in the war.

Woo-ryong quickly sees that the village is plagued by rats that do not fear humans and do not fall for traps and poisons. The chief explains he and his people came here when they heard Chinese soldiers were approaching their old village. They hid the village lepers in a cave with the village shaman. But when the Chinese had not reached the village, they returned to the cave but found all the lepers were dead and being eaten by rats. The vicious vermin then invaded the village because it had no shaman to keep them out.

Woo-ryong volunteers to get rid of the rats in exchange for the price of a pig that will help pay for his son's medical treatment. He spreads a special powder across the village and goes to a nearby hilltop. Checking the wind direction he lights a very smokey fire that smothers the village in smoke. At the same time, Mi-sook, who has been forced by the chief to become the new village shaman begins a purification ritual with bells. Rats start pouring out of the buildings following Woo-ryung's powder to a cave.

Mi-sook starts to fall in love with Woo-ryung due to his kind nature. The son even starts to call her "mummy". However, the chief threatens her if she plans to leave the village. It is turned out that the chief intends to keep the villagers ignorant about the end of the Korean War to maintain his control over the people since if the people found out that the war is over, they would leave the village for the better life in the city or going back to the old village. He also plots with his son, Nam-soo, to not reward the Piper for getting rid of the rats out of petty greed and Nam-soo is also jealous with Woo-ryong for grating Mi-sook's affection. Taking advantage on the ignorance of the villagers, first they create doubt in the mind of the male villagers making them believe that Woo-ryong is a communist spy who brought the rats with him. At a village meeting, the chief says he is going to pay the piper but a dead cat is found. Proof the chief says that the rats are back. He holds up Woo-ryung's English note and says its spying material; it simply reads "Kiss my ass, monkey" - no American doctor's name just a cruel joke. Woo-ryung reaches for the money but Nam-soo chops off two of his fingers with a knife. The villagers turn on Woo-ryung and Young-nam, even Mi-sook condemns them. But as the villagers get ready to throw them out, Mi-sook returns in a shamanic trance but stabbed in the stomach. She tells the villagers that on a day without sun they will all die and their children might live or die, repeating the original shaman's prophecy before she was locked up and burnt alive by the villagers. Mi-sook then dies from her wounds.

Before they leave, the Chief puts two poisoned rice-balls in Woo-ryung's knapsack to kill them to prevent the father and son from telling anyone about the location of the village. The injured piper falls asleep while his son sneaks back to the village to retrieve his father's pipe from the Chief's house. On the way back, Young-nam ate one of the poisoned rice-balls and dies.

Woo-ryong sets out on a revenge. After burning his son's body on a funeral pyre, he covers himself in the special powder he used earlier to attract the rats and reopens the cave. He uses his two severed fingers as bait and starts playing his pipe to lead the rats back to the village where they devour all the adults including the chief and his son. Next morning only the villagers' children are alive, Woo-ryung plays his pipe and leads them to the cave where he trapped the rats. After sealing them all in, he turns and looks hard into the camera.

Ben Anthony runs a freight line in Texas. He disappointed cattleman Walt Garnet by not going into that business. Walt's beautiful daughter Linda returns to town after a long absence and Ben still carries a torch for her, but she's now involved with another man, Harry Odell.

The cattle business is in trouble. Beef prices have dropped so low, cattle companies are being urged to sell their stock to a rendering plant. Ben tries to intervene, and eventually learns that banker Parker is colluding with Odell and the plant's owner, Sledge, to gain control of the ranchers' valuable land.

Melba Sykes and her father Tim are squatting on Walt's ranch. It turns out that Odell is not only hiding his business schemes from Linda but also the fact that he's been romancing Melba behind her back. Tim Sykes is killed, and when Sledge produces a bill of sale from the man, Ben knows it's been forged because Tim did not know how to write.

Melba boasts to Linda that her lover Odell will look out for her interest now. Linda realizes she's been betrayed and turns to Ben for solace and advice. Melba becomes furious when Odell breaks off their relationship and snaps a bullwhip at him.

A showdown ensues in a box canyon, where Parker and Sledge are planning to destroy the cattle they have rustled. Ben gets there in time to shoot them both. He is wounded himself, but will survive and also will now have Linda.

A few months before the events of the third film, Elliot tells a campfire story about the legend of the Wailing Wampus Werewolf that is said to live in the Timberline National Forest one night. Boog is terrified by the story and decides to "chicken out" of their annual camping trip until he knows that the werewolf is gone. Determined to help Boog overcome his fears, Elliot, Mr. Weenie, and the other woodland animals band together to scare the fear out of Boog and uncover the mystery of the Wailing Wampus Werewolf.

Former hunter Shaw, now a tour guide, returns to Timberline to get revenge on Boog and Elliot for defeating him and witnesses an unseen creature in the forest (which turns out to be Ian, a deer who is Elliot’s rival, in a disguise). Shaw begs Gordy to reopen hunting season and he reluctantly does so. Despite being told to only hunt down the werewolf, Shaw becomes determined to not only catch it, but also hunt down Boog and Elliot. To carry out his plan, Shaw recruits his old friends Ed and Edna, the owners of Poutine Palace, a restaurant serving poutine. Meanwhile, a heartbroken Elliot catches the werewolf by himself after Boog angrily breaks up with him. As Boog walks through the forest, Elliot’s girlfriend Giselle catches up to him and tries to convince him that Elliot was trying to help him overcome his fear and that Elliot is headed toward Dead Bear Gulch, but fails.

Meanwhile, a starving Mr. Weenie starts to believe that he is the werewolf. At Dead Bear Gulch, Elliot and Mr. Weenie are both caught by the werewolf, who is actually Shaw in a costume; fortunately, Boog and his friends leap to the rescue. Shaw is eventually overpowered and defeated, permanently shutting down open season. Gordy meets up with Boog, having recognized the bear's handiwork in defeating Shaw, and rewards him with a few treats. The animals then discover that the werewolf is real, but Elliot befriends him by dancing with him as he joins their campout. The next morning, Bobbie and Bob happily return to their RV with Mr. Weenie, and Bobbie tells Mr. Weenie that today is his birthday. The werewolf asks Boog to wear the female werewolf costume one more time, but Boog angrily refuses.

A doctor removed from the order for euthanasia is called by a man to help his son depressed since the suicide of his girlfriend. But in the handbag of the deceased, an undeveloped film is discovered by the doctor who decides to investigate the alleged suicide of the young woman.

Meek postal service worker John Paul George (Kevin Downes), is named after three members of The Beatles. He has never met his father, Stephen (Sean McGowan), because Stephen died during the Vietnam War in 1969.

While rummaging through the garage of his recently deceased mother's house, John comes across a box of his father's war belongings and finds a letter mentioning "Eddie J. Adams" (Scott Whyte), his best friend from Vietnam. Curious, John starts calling people in the country with that name. He eventually comes across someone who seems to recognize the name.

John travels to Mississippi, where he finds that the person with whom he conversed on the phone was actually Edward's son, Wayne Adams (David A. R. White). Wayne is an ill-tempered hermit. Wayne reveals that he has many letters from his father, most of which detail John's father, who helped him rediscover his Christian faith.

Later that night, Wayne impulsively cuts the roof off his 1965 Ford Thunderbird to "make it a convertible for a road trip". Confused and angered because his wedding to his fiancée Cynthia (Candace Cameron Bure) is in a matter of weeks, John protests the trip. He prefers to just read the letters at Wayne's house. Wayne is insistent, however, that they go on the long and arduous road trip to visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., to see their fathers' names on The Wall and get closure.

During the trip the two men repeatedly clash over many things, but they learn more about their fathers and themselves. Wayne gets into a fight with rowdy gas station patrons. He also forces John to pay him for the letters if he wants to read them, on the trip .

The granddaughter of Sir Donovan is believed dead with her mother, and father in a plane crash in the African jungle. Fifteen years later, vague reports arrive in Europe that a Kenyan tribe has elected a white woman as their queen, Tarzana (meaning 'strange woman' in Bantu), and Sir Donovan wants to believe she is his granddaughter.

Sarah Benson (Wiig) is a successful organic food vendor. Her husband Robert (Ferrell) is a best-selling author and finance guru. They're also the parents of a one-year-old daughter named Sully, and Sarah is pregnant with their second child.

During a gathering with friends for Sully's first birthday, Sarah gets an urge for Robert to take her on a boat ride on the lake behind their home, the fictitious Storm Lake. Despite Robert's repeated warnings for Sarah to get off the unsafe dock, she leans against its railing, causing it to break away. She hits her head on the boat as she falls into the water. Robert dives in, pulling her to safety and successfully resuscitating her. The resulting trauma from the experience causes Sarah to lose the baby. As a result, they can no longer have children.

Five years later, Robert has become a recluse, but has been sober for six months following an alcohol addiction which began after the loss of his child. He has also become over-protective of their now-six-year old diabetic daughter Sully. Robert and Sarah plan to adopt an unwanted child, but are not satisfied with any of the birth mothers they have met. They ultimately decide to house and care for an attractive young woman named Bridgette Gibson (Lowndes) during the final months of her pregnancy. Robert is currently writing his new book, but is struggling for inspiration.

After Bridgette tells the Bensons that she is living in a homeless shelter, Robert and Sarah decide to offer her a bedroom they had built onto the house for their lost child. Bridgette accepts the offer. Once left alone in her room, she pulls out a magazine with the Bensons on the front cover and rips off the half containing Sarah.

Sully discovers through Bridgette's cracked bathroom door as she's showering that her enlarged belly is fake. Bridgette explains to Sully that because of her small and slender build, she was worried that the Bensons wouldn't believe that she was pregnant. The impressionable youngster accepts this, and agrees to keep this secret from her parents. Another secret is when Bridgette removes the training wheels from Sully's bike (without Robert's knowledge or approval) and pushes her down the driveway where she's almost struck by a car. She steers away from the vehicle and into the path of Dwayne Tisdale, Bridgette's tattooed hoodlum boyfriend. Sully is unhurt and Bridgette persuades her to keep this a secret as well.

One day, Robert opens the door to Bridgette's room and discovers a copy of one of his books among her belongings. He opens the front cover and recognizes the autograph as his own to "Joni". Robert then realizes that Bridgette is really Joni, a fan with whom he slept while on his last book tour and in the depths of his alcoholism. After Sully turns up missing, Robert and Sarah are questioned by the police, who produce a photo of the real Bridgette and confirm her identity.

Bridgette and Dwayne bring Sully back to their cabin across the lake, where Dwayne is led to believe Bridgette is with him on a plot to blackmail Robert in order to get Sully back. But Bridgette has an agenda all her own: to kill Sarah and have Robert and Sully for herself. Charlie, an employee of Sarah's who's had suspicions of Bridgette, follows her and Dwayne back to the cabin. He is discovered and fatally shot by Dwayne.

After Sully begins to feel ill from not having her insulin, Bridgette speeds up her plan and confronts Robert and Sarah. A struggle breaks out and Bridgette shoots Robert in the shoulder moments after she overpowers Sarah. Bridgette then sets Sarah in the driver's seat of her running car in the garage, making it look like a suicide attempt. Robert regains consciousness, finds Sarah and quickly moves her to fresh air. He then runs off to find Bridgette.

Bridgette is driving Dwayne's truck with Sully next to her, when she comes upon Robert standing in the middle of a bridge. She does not stop, and Robert dives out of the way just in time, but Bridgette halts the vehicle and aims her gun at him. Sully jumps out of the truck and runs to him. Holding them at gunpoint, Bridgette orders Sully to return to her or she will kill Robert. Her father whispers something in Sully's ear before she turns to make her way back to Bridgette. On her way, Sully darts to the bridge's railing and dives off the bridge. Distracted, Bridgette shifts her gaze, allowing Robert to dive off the bridge after his daughter, as Bridgette fires her pistol after them. Bridgette looks over the railing as Robert and Sully climb into a small boat with an outboard motor, which Robert tries frantically to start. Completely losing it, Bridgette gets ready to pull the trigger to kill them both, until another shot rings out, and Bridgette is struck below her right shoulder blade. The shot is from another gun that Bridgette left at the Benson home now held by Sarah, having regained consciousness and followed her family to their would-be murder scene. Fatally wounded, Bridgette falls to her death into the water below.

Six months later, the Benson family is restored and intact. Robert and Sarah dance in the kitchen with their daughter.

The novel takes place over the course of one day: May 10, 2014. The chapters are all bracketed by timestamps that indicate the exact moments when they begin and end. As the title indicates, on May 10 there was a torrential rain in the Los Angeles of the novel (May 10, 2014 was a cloudless day in Earth's Los Angeles).

Chapter 1: “Is Everything Okay?” [Xanther]

Los Angeles, California. Xanther begins May 10 with her father Anwar knowing that at the end of the day he plans to give her a “big surprise” he and Astair have been planning for her. In the morning she and Anwar go to breakfast together, and in the car on the way she almost has a seizure while looking out into the rain, but she lies to Anwar about it for fear of worrying him. Instead she tells him she was daydreaming about her biological father, Dov.

Chapter 2: Lupita's [Luther]

Los Angeles, California. Luther stands in the rain with a blanket over his head, looking for something or someone. Almoraz, a fellow gang-member, and Chitel, a younger boy, stand with him. Almoraz insults Luther and Luther headbutts him in the nose. From the doorway of the nearby house, Miz, a weathered member of the group, asks them if they’re staying for breakfast. He's stirring his famous pancake batter. Miz also takes a look at Almoraz's nose. He gives it a tug and determines it's not broken. Lupita, the gang boss, tells Luther to stay for breakfast. She tells Luther to go with Chitel and his crew to sell in Glendale. When Luther resists, saying he's got his own work, she gets riled up, and in the process ends up in a coughing fit.

Chapter 3: Square One [Anwar]

Los Angeles, California. Anwar and Xanther get breakfast at Square One Dining, a real restaurant in Los Angeles. She asks if she's late for her appointment with Dr. Potts, her therapist. Anwar says it's not until 10am. In his head, he notes that the “big surprise” isn’t til 3pm in Venice. He also notes its cost: $20,000, which would be untenable if not for a $50,000 check that Ehtisham, his business partner, says he has in hand. As they eat, Xanther asks Anwar how game engines work. Anwar answers her with long explanations. She also asks if his co-workers Glasgow and Talbot will be at the meeting, will Mefisto as well? We learn that Mefisto is a fellow programmer and close friend of Anwar's, though they haven’t seen each other in over a year. A few days prior, though, he had called out of the blue to warn the Ibrahim family of a prank for a web advertisement gone astray. The result was on onslaught of calls and messages at the Ibrahim house (what Anwar calls the “telephonic seizure”). When Anwar checks his phone now, his voicemail is full, he has 117 missed calls, and 2187 unread text messages. He can’t even check his email accounts. Anwar's thoughts drift to a memory of Xanther standing in front of Dov's casket at the Arlington National Cemetery. Xanther notices and cuts the train off, “Now look who’s thinking about Dov?” she says. “I miss him,” Anwar admits. He thinks how it's odd how he and Dov (Xanther's biological father) managed to have a good relationship when his own courtship of Astair began when she was three months pregnant with Xanther. In the car driving from breakfast, Xanther asks about Dov. Where did he go after he died? Anwar answers with the best he can: he asks Xanther to remember the last time she saw Dov to demonstrate that he still lives on in her memory.

Chapter 4: zhong [Jingjing]

Singapore. Jingjing's narrative, set in Singapore, is characterized by an almost phonetical rendition of Singlish, a creole language that is a mix of Malay, Hokkien Chinese and English, among other languages. Jingjing works for a healing woman, Tian Li, rumored to be a witch and the owner of a mysterious cat. Standing in a void deck Jingjing is listening to a group of strangers gossiping about his employer. Unwilling to openly discuss the cat's disturbing nature with strangers, he remembers that he once saw its shadow move while the cat remained still. However, he describes how the small animal rides on Tian Li's shoulder whenever she leaves the apartment complex. We are quickly introduced to Jingjing's fondness for collectible "monster cards" (each volume of the Familiar features one or more cards from his deck).

Jingjing recalls his first meeting with Tian Li, four years ago. The police had just arrested him in a park for drug use and she had convinced them to let him go. She had offered him a job if he swore to forsake his addiction. Life in her employ still leaves Jingjing unfulfilled, and he fantasizes about leaving Singapore. As he takes a walk in the rain, he finds Tian Li with a man kneeling down in front of her, he recognizes a billionaire named Zhong Sim Lin. He is asking for a favor and is ready to pay any amount of money in return. Jingjing is called in to play the role of a translator and Tian Li eventually accepts Zhong's request.

Chapter 5: Big Surprise [Astair]

Los Angeles, California. In this chapter Astair is home with her twin eight-year-old daughters Shasti and Freya. She notices that rain is leaking through the ceiling and thinks about calling their landlord, Cyril Kosiginski. Her phone is constantly ringing because of Mefisto's prank, and she has unplugged the landlines. She still has not opened the thick manila envelope on her bed that contains her graded thesis from her advisor. It is titled Hope's Nest: On the Necessity of God, a title she now considers “winceworthy.” She thinks about how successful her colleagues have been and doubts that she will do as well as they have. Then she realizes that her friend Taymor has arrived to pick them all up, but before they leave the twins want to know about Xanther's surprise. She wishes they would show more sympathy for Xanther, and thinks about how Xanther has no companion—not Dov and not her sisters—which is why Astair wants to get her the surprise. At the end of the chapter she tells Shasti and Freya that the surprise is a dog.

Chapter 6: The Orb [Cas]

Marfa, Texas. Cas and Bobby are hiding out in their Airstream RV and she is focused on the Orb, a mysterious object they have that can show clips of the past. The chapter begins with a vision from the Orb of a red planet; Cas hones in on a white temple on a mesa near the planet's equator. The temple is immaculate and white, somehow untouched by the red planet's surface. It remains the same at all points in time up to the present. Cas goes to take a walk when Bobby asks if she wants lunch, and she sees police cars driving by on Route 67. She then asks Bobby if he knows where their friends Endoria, Artemis, Treebeard, Sorcerer, or Warlock are; he does not. But their friend Deakin, who goes by the nickname Merlin, is safe in a nearby hotel, and he invited them over for dinner. Bobby seems slightly uncomfortable about that, and she assumes it is because Cas had a fling with Deakin in the 1970s. Cas thinks about how Recluse managed to completely erase all traces of them from the Internet, including the information they wanted the public to know. Then she hears a distant cry and remembers April 15, 1958, when a formula had suddenly occurred to her. As Bobby eats, Cas holds the Orb, and he suggests that it might be evil.

The chapter ends on May 10, 2014 at 12:04:07.

ENTR'ACTE ONE: Artifact #1

Chapter 7: Power Draws a Crowd [Özgür]

Los Angeles, California. Özgür's narrative is rife with police jargon and acronyms, he often reminisces about his 27 years in the LAPD. On his way to a Turkish restaurant, he chances upon a fellow officer, Rodney Balascoe, famous for systematic use of lunch boxes, by fear of getting shot in a public place. Walking in on an arrest, Özgür speaks briefly to an apprehended youth, Marvin d’Organidrelle (aka Android). Özgür's narrative is rhythmically interrupted by the word «katla» (fold, in Turkish), a reference to the fact that he likes to fold origami animals in the manner of Gaff, the character from Blade Runner he identifies with, over the protagonist Deckard. Özgür's thoughts then turn to a former lover, Elaine, who once asked him if he would ever leave the city. The chapter ends on May 10, 2014 at 10:30:38.

Chapter 8: Dr. Potts [Xanther]

Los Angeles, California. In this chapter Xanther is in a therapy appointment with her therapist, a man she calls Dr. Potts. She mentions that unlike Astair and most of her teachers, he is always very patient with her when she asks questions, which she calls “The Question Song.” In this chapter we learn that Anwar faces discrimination because he is black and Egyptian, a duality that Xanther has trouble understanding. She also mentions her friends Mayumi, Josh, Kle, Bayard, and Cogs, as well as the boy who bullies her, Dendish. She talks to Dr. Potts about Kle's younger brother Phinneas, who has tried to kill himself twice. She also mentions that she feels guilty because her parents spend so much money on her due to her epilepsy, and she thinks her sisters Shasti and Freya don’t get as much as she does. Toward the end of the appointment she tells him about the cruel “prank” Mefisto pulled on her family by putting their contact information in an ad campaign, and then she tells him that sometimes she thinks there is a conversation going on around her, a reference to the Narcons. They end the appointment by talking about Dov, who we learn is dead. Xanther thinks he was very brave, more than she could ever be.

Chapter 9: Blue Pencil [Luther]

Los Angeles, California. Luther is in the van with fellow gang members Victor and Tweetie, as well as Piña. Hopi Mannitou, a kid who looks to be about 14, climbs into the car. He's got a stutter and a shifty, anxious demeanor. Luther can’t believe he wants to join the gang, but Piña seems to like him. Luther is confused why Teyo, the gang's leader, wants him to deal with Hopi. Piña tells Luther that Hopi knows him and worships him “like some kind of god.” They stop to pick up Juarez, a feral bruiser who Luther calls his Dirty Jackal. Hopi says it's raining so much it's like you’re swimming. Luther asks him if he likes swimming. Hopi doesn’t answer. They stop to eat at IHOP, where everybody is amazed at how much Hopi can eat. Their server is named Quantelle; Luther imagines having sex with her in the back office or the bathroom. He asks for her number. When the bill comes, Luther covers it. Hopi offers to throw in, but Luther rejects it. Juarez asks to see what's in his pockets. After initial hesitation he reveals he only has a few wrappers and a blue pencil. “You want a blue pencil?” Juarez asks Luther. Luther asks if he wants to pay with the blue pencil. Hopi gets scared and says he’d work to pay off the meal. Luther hands the pencil back. “I already told you, Hopi, I got it. On me, pinche. Free.”

Chapter 10: "Yeah, man. Something died." [Shnorhk]

Los Angeles, California. Shnorhk, a taxi driver of Armenian descent, is wrongfully accused of running a red light and crashing into a police officer's car. His only eye-witness is missing from court and makes up an excuse on the phone. Accused by officer Grady Vennerød, Shnorhk lacks even the support of his lawyer, and falls twice in a fit of coughing.

Chapter 11: Bones Nest [Astair]

Los Angeles, California. Astair is with Taymor, Shasta and Freya in a pet store to get a dog bed for the dog. She thinks about how she wishes she was closer to Xanther, something that Taymor wouldn’t understand because she is very close to her daughter Roxanne. Taymor is skeptical about the fact that Astair and Anwar spent $20,000 on a Seizure Assistance and Alert Dog, but Astair hopes it is worth it. She remembers Xanther's worst seizure, a tonic-clonic that had struck at Dov's funeral and lasted five minutes and 32 seconds. Astair recalls the story of The Bookstore Girl died after seizing for three minutes. While she and Taymor are talking Taymor asks about her sex life, but she avoids the question. A little later on, the twins take one of the most expensive dog beds out into the rain, and Astair is forced to pay for it. As they are checking out she explains to Taymor that Dov died in Afghanistan. The chapter ends with Taymor wondering if Xanther is as excited about the dog as Astair.

Chapter 12: palace above the day [Jingjing]

Singapore. Jingjing and Tian Li are in Zhong's palace to discuss his offer. Jingjing steals commodities from the bathroom, but cannot bring himself to take gold coins placed in a bowl. Employees from Zhong belittle them in Russian, unaware of the fact that Jingjing understands. In the "Owl room", decorated with a tapestry of Lei Gong, the Chinese god of thunder, Jingjing discovers that Zhong also speaks Mandarin, but Tian Li chooses to talk in Cantonese, and Jingjing resumes his role as translator again. To his surprise, Tian Li tells Zhong "we've been here before" (Jinjing supposes she means herself and the cat). Shortly after, she has a painful attack and as they leave the room she asks details about Zhong's son. The chapter ends on May 11, 2014 at 03:47:18.

ENTR'ACTE TWO: Asters

Chapter 13: Veinte Pesos [Isandòrno]

El Tajín, Mexico. Isandòrno sits with a group of women at a bus stop, waiting for a bus that's running late. Across the road, an old Indian man has set up a stand to sell handmade goods to passersby. He laughs from across the road, and Isandòrno feels like he's looking directly at him. The women tell him to pay no attention, but Isandòrno begins toward him. Halfway across the road, he hears a strange sound underneath the laughter: the sound of a wounded creature. He can’t locate it. He squats to focus in on it. Then, it stops. He muses that this is as absurd as what he's doing: crouching on a blacktop between Poza Rica (where he's coming from) and Papantla (where he's heading). He stands back up and gets lost in thought. We see glimpses of his past, including his connection and work with his employer, The Mayor. We learn that he's awaiting three crates in Veracruz. Isandòrno accepts the women's offer to take shelter from the rain and eat with them. He falls asleep there, and when he wakes, one of the women approaches and offers to read his fortune. She begins to share what she reads but stops short and redirects. She tells him he is always on the cusp of things, ever on the edge of life and death. He walks toward the old Indian, who keeps laughing but retreats into his shack by the trailer. Isandòrno follows. An old, drunk woman seated nearby continues to laugh, but goes out into the rain when he gives her a look. The old Indian's daughter won’t look at Isandòrno. She has sores all over her body. Laid along warped planks are handmade wooden trinkets. The old Indian notes that Isandòrno is “Mexica.” Isandòrno holds up a totem and takes out all his money, which is enough to keep the old Indian and his family alive and well for years, but the man shakes his head. “The carving costs veinte pesos. But what hunts you now amigo you already own.”

Chapter 14: The Horrorsphere [Xanther]

Los Angeles, California. Anwar brings Xanther to the startup company where he works in Culver City, Los Angeles. Everyone is celebrating with drinks because they recently finished a big project, but this overwhelms Xanther so she hides in the bathroom. Once there she sees text messages from her friends asking her about the “big surprise,” but she still doesn’t know what it is. She then opens the app Parcel Thoughts, which has three sections that Xanther calls “spheres”: the Solosphere (just her), the Amicasphere (including friends), and the Noosphere (including nearly everyone in her school). She also calls the Noosphere the Horrorsphere because Dendish posts gruesome edited pictures of her and her friends there. After this Xanther leaves the bathroom and asks Anwar to tell her what the surprise is. He gladly tells her, and then lets her try out a bunch of games, including his “pet project” called Paradise Open. At the end of the chapter she overhears that a man named Realic is dead.

Chapter 15: Dawgz [Luther]

Los Angeles, California. Luther can hear a cat from somewhere and tells the gang to find it. He tells Hopi to open the door to the dog cages, but Hopi can’t move. Tweetie steps in and shoves Hopi to the ground and does it for him. The dogs roar out, already hunting. This place, Dawgz, used to be where he ran all kinds of animal fights (but mainly dogs). People of all backgrounds would come out and bet. They had to stop it after Michael Vick and the Bad Newz investigation in 2007. Though he didn’t own the house, he kept the lease to take care of the girls who took care of his dogs. Carmelita greets Luther. He asks where Rosario is, and Carmelita says she's out. Luther tosses her an “extra Grant” to make Rosario jealous when she gets home. Luther asks about his pool then grabs Carmelita's pink umbrella, motioning for Hopi to follow. At the sheds, Hopi has no trouble with the padlock. Luther hears the animal cry for a second time. Luther can also hear his nine dogs barking. Hopi tells Luther he knows he doesn’t need him but he's good at computers and phones, and what he doesn’t know he can read about and learn to be of use. It reminds Luther of what he said to Teyo way back when. They let the dogs out to play in the pool, which has a foot of water in the bottom. Juarez scares Hopi by nearly pushing him in with the dogs. They ask him how old he is and are surprised when he reveals he's 21. Piña finds one of Rosario's Manolos. Luther tells Hopi to take it to the dogs. He crawls along the diving board because he's too scared to walk. Luther tells him to drop the shoe in and it's in shreds within moments. Hopi dangles over the diving board and lands safely in the pool. The dogs gather around him and play and lick his face. Everyone is amazed.

Chapter 16: Prey [Anwar]

Los Angeles, California. At Sementera, their office, Ehtisham says that Kozimo, a Ukrainian venture capitalist and owner of the company Dead Rowboats, “promises” they’ll have the funds in the morning, revising his earlier claim. Anwar wants to call Kozimo to touch base. When he takes out his phone, he sees now 314 missed calls and 6999 new text messages. He also sees 30,653 e-mails. Anwar again tries to figure out what Mefisto's motives were in causing this mess. He wishes he could ask him to help debug Paradise Open, their game. Xanther asks about the name, which Anwar leaves a mystery for her to solve. The game keeps crashing. Talbot finally figures out the problem and Anwar fixes it. Talbot, who Anwar notes has grown increasingly paranoid from a life of smoking weed every day, asks Anwar if he knows about the "clips." He does not. When he asks to hear more, Talbot says, “Not kid-friendly,” which shuts the conversation down despite Xanther's protests. Talbot continues to sift through the code for bugs to fix because the game keeps crashing when it runs. Ehtisham informs Anwar that he tried repeatedly to get in touch with Kozimo to no avail. He left messages and now he's waiting for a call back. He managed to speak with Paul Bucksea, the CFO of Dead Rowboats, who assured him the deal is as good as done. Then Anwar hears a strange sound from outside. He opens the window to hear better, but Xanther calls him over to show him that Talbot fixed Paradise Open. They cheer, pour drinks, and Anwar, in a fit of missing Mefisto, toasts the man. Xanther starts to play the game. Anwar notes she's really good at it without any training. They explain she's being chased by something so she cannot slow down, even though she can’t see what's chasing her. She asks who or what she is, and all she's able to uncover is that she's prey.

Chapter 17: Is little irrelevant [Shnorhk]

Los Angeles, California. Shnorhk is at his friend Mnatsagan's house, helping him moving boxes from his car into the house. Mnatsagan is a history teacher and the two discuss Shnork's most memorable encounters as a taxi driver. Shnorhk finds himself coughing a bit of blood, but hides it. As he lifts the final box, he notices a strange sound that may be a small animal in need of help, but is called inside the house. Shnorhk inquires about the documents Mnatsagan is going to scan: his friend explains that the boxes are filled with first-hand testimonies of 729 survivors of the Armenian genocide. Shnorhk offers to help. When he hears him cough again, Mnatsagan advises Shnorhk to see a doctor promptly.

Chapter 18: View of the Sea [Özgür]

Los Angeles, California. Özgür pays his somewhat traditional visit to a man called Cletious Clay, whose son had been murdered in plain day, 20 years ago. The case had remained unresolved, though suspicions pointed toward a gang initiation picking a random victim. The years have left Özgür weary, he involves himself less and less on current investigations. He later discusses retirement with his friend Detective Florian Sérbulo, considers joining Elaine if she gets a teaching position outside Los Angeles. On their way to Long Beach, they are drawn to an accident involving an elderly lady, surrounded by paramedics. As they investigate the crime scene and the inside of a house, they discover three dead bodies. They are joined by Agent Tramilli of the FBI. Outside of the house, Özgür notices something written backward on the window, the letters «VEM» though doesn’t know what it corresponds to. Another FBI agent accidentally removes the word by backing up to the window.

ENTR'ACTE THREE: rawrgrl 5/10/14

Chapter 19: Cinnamon [Astair]

Los Angeles, California. Astair is at home with Shasti and Freya, in hers and Anwar's bedroom. She looks at the unopened manuscript on her bed and remembers Taymor repeatedly asking about her sex life. As she walks around the house, she thinks to herself that she feels like a dry kettle. She thinks about the Akita they are about to get and remembers all the research she did to choose a breed. She wanted a dog first, but she is sure Xanther will love it too. She hopes it will make everyone in the household feel better, and improve her relationship with her daughter. When she finally returns upstairs to the master bedroom she momentarily panics, thinking her manuscript is ruined by the leaky roof, but it is safe and dry. She brings it downstairs, still unopened, and fondly watches her girls play in the pool.

Chapter 20: Litter [Xanther]

Los Angeles, California. Xanther and Anwar drive amidst heavier rain on their way to get the dog that is her “big surprise.” Anwar asks Xanther to call the adoption agency, Galvadyne, Inc., and over the phone she hears that the dog is currently named SugarLady and feels uneasy. Her thoughts stray to the Horrorsphere, Realic, and Paradise Open before her brain starts up a more uplifting Question Song about the dog. She asks Anwar what breed it is and he tells her she will find out. At this point she starts to feel strange, so she turns up the song on the radio: “When the Levee Breaks” by Led Zeppelin. It doesn’t help; she hears a familiar cry inside her that seems to get louder when she opens the window to look at a sign, despite the fact that the rain is pouring and such a cry would never be audible. She races out into the storm after the sound without saying goodbye. She continues to hear the meek cry for help as she runs over puddles, through intersections, and down a steep hill. At one point she falls on her hands and knees and loses her glasses, but she keeps going. Finally she comes to a sewer drain, where she drops to the ground and starts digging through the litter. Once it starts to give way she plunges her arms through the grating to grasp onto a tiny white creature. When she sees that it appears to be dead she starts crying, cradling it against her chest in the downpour.

Chapter 21: raeden [Jingjing]

Singapore. Zhong has asked Tian Li to use her healing powers to wake his son Raeden from his coma. While she unsuccessfully attempts to reach him, Jingjing is taken to a room where several employees of Zhong smoke, drink and play. There are the Jude Boys (Pink Pearl and Copper Azure) and Cocoa Cherry. Jingjing shuffles his deck and gives a monster card to each of them, a fourth is meant for Raeden. It represents a Pontianak. Copper Azure compares the color of his card to the pale blue balloons of the drug he uses. Jingjing mentions that he was using four years ago, but stopped consuming drugs altogether. Zhong's son himself fell into his coma in 2013, shortly after smoking a blue balloon. They discuss a pink new strand of such balloons rumored to arrive in Singapore. After all her efforts failed, Tian Li eventually gives up and tells Jingjing they will head home.

Chapter 22: 'Save him!' [Anwar]

Los Angeles, California. Anwar circles around in the pouring rain searching for Xanther, barely able to see through the rain. He's panicking, driving over sidewalks to cut through traffic. He's trying to spot Xanther in her bright orange raincoat when realizes she left it behind on her seat. He descends into a string of memories as he continues to search, amidst a panicked sensation that he's having a stroke or dying. He speeds up. The passenger-side door is still wide open, rain soaks the car. He thinks he sees Xanther so he cuts through traffic, cuts across a corner just barely missing a stop sign and a fire hydrant. He slams on the brakes, but when he looks around he still can’t see her anywhere. Then, finally: “Daddy!” Xanther screams. Anwar stops and Xanther darts into the car. Her arms are covered in blood. “Daddy! Save him!”

A Narcon Interruption

Chapter 23: Walk [Luther]

Los Angeles, California. Luther and the gang drive in the van as the rain continues to fall. They pass around “a bottle Juarez might as well have pulled out of his back pocket” with no label. Tweetie, who's driving, is the only one to turn it away. Luther notices how everybody has stopped picking on Hopi. When they arrive at their destination, they search the area and see that nobody's around. Hopi asks Piña in a whisper if this is when he's going to get jumped into the gang. Piña shushes him. The crew notices big holes in the ground that have filled with water. Juarez pushes Hopi into one of them. Luther gets on the ground and reaches in. At first he can’t find Hopi anywhere, but finally grabs him by a handful of hair and yanks him out. Hopi asks Luther when he’ll have tattoos like Luther's. Victor says he can start getting them after he's jumped in. Luther asks what he keeps a blue pencil for. “Ink scares me.” Luther asks what he uses it for. He says he uses it to write stuff when he gets befuddled. Juarez says he's a cop. Piña brushes him off. Hopi tells them that he enjoys writing, but Luther feels like there's more to it. Earlier in the day they’d pulled over for a visit with an old pimp named Nacho Mirande. One of the girls in his building recognized Hopi and ran out into the rain to give him a huge hug. Back in the van, Luther asks Hopi how he knows the girl. Hopi says he's "gotta put that blue pencil to use somehow.” By the holes, Luther slaps Hopi three times. Hopi takes the hits. He thanks Luther when a fourth doesn’t come. “Is that it?” Hopi asks. “Am I in?” Luther says he isn’t, then starts punching him hard, splitting his lip. Hopi falls to the ground and stays face-down. Juarez kicks Hopi twice. He rears back to do a running kick but slips and falls, Piña laughs. Juarez reaches into his back pocket and pulls out nunchucks. Tweetie grabs Hopi by the hair and pulls him to his knees. Juarez smacks a nunchuck against his knee and howls in pain. Hopi again asks if he's in. Tweetie pulls out a gun. When Hopi sees the gun pointed at him, it dawns on him that this isn’t an initiation. He begs Piña to intercede. She turns away. He begins to sob. Luther rips off Hopi's necklace and tosses it to Piña. He orders Juarez to get Hopi out of his jacket and empty his pockets. When he does, he finds the blue pencil and a grilled cheese sandwich from earlier wrapped in tinfoil. Hopi says it was for his mother. Hopi begs Luther to let him live. Luther grabs him by the neck and drags him to the edge of one of the holes. Luther then walks around to the other side of the hole. Tweetie, Juarez, Piña, and Victor form a wall behind Hopi. Luther orders Hopi to stand up. He complies. Luther peels off his shirt to reveal his tattoos, scars, and bullet wounds. He holds his arms out wide, then “steps forward and walks on water.”

Chapter 24: The Fourth Crate [Isandòrno]

Veracruz, Mexico. Isandòrno will soon arrive at “The Ranch.” Waiting for him there will be three crates, Juan Ernesto Izquierdo, his wife Maria, and their children Nastasia and Estella (who refer to Isandòrno as “Tio”). He has known the family for years and he always gives them hard candy when he sees them. The crates come from Africa and have arrived early. The first crate houses a small hyena, the second a baby elephant, the third a baby giraffe. Because of mishandling at the docks, they’re all wounded and barely able to move, and their breath smells “damp with infection.” Isandòrno doubts they’ll survive the trip north. Isandòrno asks the cab driver of the flatbed why there are four crates instead of the expected three. He shrugs. Before approaching it, Isandòrno asks what's inside. The driver says he can just take it back. Isandòrno decides it would be better to see the animal before making that decision. As he approaches, he goes through the superstitions he learned from his unnamed lover, and he's reminded of the reading the fortune teller gave earlier. He stops himself before opening it, paralyzed with indecision.

ENTR’ACTE FOUR: Senex in Venice

Chapter 25: Tiny Storms [Cas]

Marfa, Texas. Cas and Bobby are at Hotel Paisano to meet Deakin. When he does not appear they ask the manager, Kirby, to take them to Deakin's room, and they find it full of smoke. At this moment a few clips from the Orb disturb the narrative. The Viking 1 lands on Mars in 1976; Pickett's Charge happens in 1863; two children in a cave centuries ago paint their faces and then die; in Clip #1 Toland's daughter Audra drowns in 1962; a baby named Alvin Alex Anderson stares up above his crib. The uncertainty of the Orb resembles the smoke in Deakin's room. Cas thinks about these clips and how she had found Audra's body. Then she thinks of how Bobby always manages to put out fires and remembers a close encounter with a cop in their Airstream trailer. She thinks of Deakin's Parcel Thoughts profile, where he had posted updates about everyone: Thanatos, Thaumaturge, Artemis, and Treebeard dead; Pythia, Endoria, and Lilith arrested; Circe and Sibyll missing. Bobby also discovered that their friend Realic S. Tarnen had been tortured and cut into pieces in Los Angeles. Sorcerer had still sent no word of his whereabouts, so he might have died too. Back in the hotel, Cas and Bobby walk in behind Kirby to find it empty. In the bathtub Deakin's Orb is blown to bits. They leave soon after and return to their RV. At the close of the chapter it is revealed that the girl in Clip #6 is Xanther. Cas knows this because Sorcerer knows both Xanther and Anwar.

Chapter 26: "Mom, it's a--" [Astair]

Los Angeles, California. Xanther and Anwar get home, and Astair panics when she sees that Xanther is missing her glasses and she is bleeding. She assumes Xanther has had another seizure and is confused by the fact that Anwar and Xanther are smiling. She becomes frustrated when Xanther looks at her incredulously and slips by her into the house. She asks if the cat is a Chihuahua and angrily asks where the Akita is. She starts to tear up, the illusion shattering as she realizes finally that the creature Xanther was holding is a cat. She hates the cat on sight, but she is the only one who senses that something about it is eerie.

Chapter 27: auntie! [Jingjing]

Singapore. Jingjing is confronted with the strange mood of his employer and stranger events in the house : all the doors and windows are opened, though there is no trace of a burglary. Tian Li requests an ice-cream, almost doesn’t recognize Jingjing when he comes back and falls asleep. Jingjing had never seen her sleep. Back to the void deck of the building, he shows the gold coin he had eventually stolen from Zhong's bowl to his neighbors Spencer, Lau Jerry and Delson. They taunt him, the gold turns out to be chocolate candy. Struck by an intuition, Jingjing hurries back to wake up Tian Li and asks her where her cat has gone, that it may be lost. Tian Li replies by saying, "Not lost. Just gone. Gone at last. Gone for good."

Chapter 28: , dead [Anwar]

Los Angeles, California. Anwar drives with his twin daughters Freya and Shasti (Xanther's younger half-siblings) back to the spot in Venice where Xanther lost her glasses. When they arrive, the twins almost instantly find the glasses, “lenses scratched but somehow still whole” and the frames splintered, but otherwise intact. Then they head to a pet store in Silver Lake. The clerk recognizes the girls from earlier. Anwar buys cat food. At home, Xanther tells Anwar that Astair is acting weird. Anwar goes into their room to find her lying unmoving atop their comforter in the dark. When asked what he can do, Astair asks if he can make her laugh. He tells her the owner of Urban Tails was hitting on him. When he's able to get the “tiniest of smiles,” Anwar goes on to say that the vet warned Xanther that a cat that young probably wouldn’t survive the night without its mother. He also finds out that Astair's thesis was marked “Incomplete.” Astair rallies and the family gathers for dinner. Xanther showcases all the bottles and tubes her mother helped her with, and Anwar goes and gets some plywood to set up the cat's house (on top of the dog bed). Anwar tells Xanther she's not allowed to have the animal in her own bed nor is she allowed to spend the night down here with it. In their bedroom that night, the couple make love, which comes on easy, but leaves Anwar feeling like Astair isn’t satisfied. Anwar goes downstairs. Enzio, a game company, has a project called “Cataplyst-1.” They offered Anwar $9,000 to debug it, and though he doesn’t fancy himself the best engineer, the Ibrahims need the money. He can’t sleep, Anwar decides to stay up and code Paradise Open. Later, Anwar checks the box and sees that the cat is gone. He checks Xanther's room and finds it there. Anwar thinks back to the events from earlier. How Xanther handed him the cat and begged him to save it. Acting instinctively, he gave it CPR. As he did, mounting concerns about health and hygiene swirled in his mind. Wracked with pain from Dov's funeral, and a need to save something, Anwar keeps breathing into the animal to try to save it. After a while, it moves again. Anwar, back in the present, looks in on Xanther. He takes in her room, the desk, the posters, and the seven indeterminate forms he inscribed on a napkin.

Chapter 29: St. Hopi [Luther]

Los Angeles, California.

Luther tries to reconstruct the events from earlier in a way that makes sense. It turns out the pool had only been an ankle deep, which is why he appeared to walk on water. Juarez had run off in total terror at the sight. Luther then grabbed Hopi by the roots of his hair and dragged him to a different hole. It looked even shallower than the one before, but before Luther could do the work of drowning Hopi, Hopi whispers, “Forgive me,” and then goes into the water on his own and doesn’t come up. In the aftermath, Luther tries to drown out the noise in his head. First he thinks he’ll spend time with his crew, then his dogs, then Lupita's, but he decides against and pushes further north into Antelope Valley to one of his homes. He inspects his cars to clear his mind. He decides he’ll call Zavaleta tomorrow to clean them. He continues to think about the events from earlier. As he and his crew were walking toward the van, Tweetie turned around. Then Luther. They saw Hopi climbing out of the hole in the ground. Luther grabbed a nearby mangled shovel and swung the blade of the shovel down on Hopi.

Chapter 30: If Anything . . . [Xanther]

Los Angeles, California. This is the last chapter of the novel. Xanther lies in bed and remembers finding an injured hummingbird and watching it die in her hands as she tried to help it. She wonders if it understood what was happening as it died. She notices that the windows and door of her room are open, and she thinks about leaving her room but realizes she doesn’t have to. She remembers reviving the kitten and thinks about Dov in his casket and knows she never thought the kitten was dead. She remembers how it sucked the breath out of her and knows it never saw her as a predator—if anything, it was the predator. She remembers how they went to a vet, and how she had been forced to leave the kitten in a box downstairs. Then she discovers that it is sleeping in bed beside her and assumes Anwar or Astair must have brought it up.

ENTR’ACTE FIVE: PIA15417: CW Leo

''The Powerpuff Girls'' features Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, three superheroes whose purpose is to reduce crime while living a normal childhood.

There is an unexplained sudden rise in temperatures. A scientist has to put her theories into practice and come up with a solution to prevent what could be the inevitable. She is in a race against time to find the source of a heat wave. Otherwise, Los Angeles County could turn into lifeless desert. A greedy giant corporation that is also out to make millions of dollars is a feature in the film. The lead role of Dr. Kate Jansen is played by Jamie Luner. Other cast include Barbara Niven, Cole S McKay, David Storrs, Greg Evigan, Lynn Milano, Richard Tanner, Robert R. Shafer, Ted Monte and Tom Poster.

Lo Wang is given a task from the Yakuza to retrieve an ancient trinket from the Temple of Longing. Wang accepts the task, and travels to the temple where he retrieves the artifact. After speaking to Mamushi, the second in command of the Yakuza, he is given a new task to rescue Kamiko, the daughter of the Yakuza's leader, from Zilla's labs. He finds Kamiko tied to a table with the Kyokagami Twins inside the room and Zilla watching her through a monitor. The Twins inject Kamiko with a substance known as Compound 61, and she begins to hallucinate. Wang reveals his presence and the Twins run off to catch him, while hordes of ZillaCorps' soldier's attacks Wang. Eventually, Wang reaches Kamiko and brings her to Smith. Smith decides to temporarily transfer Kamiko's soul into Wang's body until he devises a way to completely heal her. Lo Wang then retrieves the ingredients needed to make the cure and then delivers them to Smith.

Meanwhile, Mamushi Helka tasks Lo Wang with finding the source of a black ooze that is spreading in the wildlands. She gives Wang the coordinates to the location of the supposed source. The source for the black ooze turns out to be the Outer Gates, but which are locked by Mezu's armour. Wang finds Mezu still guarding the gates as before. He is then contacted by Master Smith asking him to go back to the mountain as ZillaCorps' soldiers have attacked their hideout.

Lo Wang is transported to the wildlands and tries to reach Dragon Mountain, encountering large numbers of ZillaCorps' soldiers. When Wang reaches the mountain, he finds Smith gravely injured. Smith reveals that he has finished making the cure. In his dying moments, Smith puts his soul in a Soul Well. As Wang goes to administer the cure to Kamiko's body, the body attacks him, now in a horribly mutated form. After a tough fight, the corrupted body escapes. Suddenly, Ameonna contacts him and urges Wang to meet her in the Shadow Hills. He meets Gozu guarding the entrance to the temple, who lets him in. When Wang meets Ameonna, he asks her to reverse the soul binding, but Ameonna tells him that he must retrieve Kamiko's body and return it to its original form before the soul exchange can take place.

In order to perform the soul joining ritual, Ameonna needs Ancestral Chi, which can be found in a weapon that belonged to Kamiko's father. Kamiko reveals that Mamushi Helka carries around a wakizashi given to him by her father. With this information, Wang seeks out Mamushi. After a brief talk, Mamushi takes her own life and Wang brings the ceremonial dagger to Ameonna.

Gozu informs Lo Wang that they have located Kamiko's body and marks the last known whereabouts. Wang travels to the top of Devil Mountain, where the body has been feeding on Black Rain and has mutated even more. After a tough fight, the body again tries to escape but is captured by ZillaCorps. Wang then returns to Gozu to inform him about the situation.

Ameonna reveals that Kamiko's father should be in the vicinity of Outer Gates. Lo Wang travels there and finds Mezu. Mezu reveals himself to be the Oyabun, leader of the Yakuza and father of Kamiko. He then travels to Mamushi's former office, while Wang returns to Ameonna. Ameonna reveals to have known about Oyabun's identity and was setting everything up so Kamiko would die. She then orders Gozu to kill Wang, but Wang evades the attack and then fights the Acolytes. During the fight, Gozu and Ameonna escape. Wang returns to Dragon Mountain and speaks with Mezu. Mezu says that he wanted to use Kamiko to seal back the Outer Gates and Wang reveals that her soul is inside his body. Together, they form a temporary alliance.

Mezu says that Xing will help them to locate Kamiko's body, but Lo Wang must meet him in person. After Wang reaches Xing, he reveals the story behind the Outer Gates. Eons ago, Ancients raged war with chaos. Eventually, demon armies led by Xing managed to push the chaos into the void. Hoji then constructed a set of gates to keep them out of the Shadow Realm, while Mezu used Ameonna's soul to seal the gates. Unfortunately, they still needed the power that derived from chaos, so they used Ameonna to channel it, through her tears. For centuries, Enra, Mezu and Hoji used the power for their own desires and then isolated her as to protect the flow of energy. Loneliness and sorrow slowly drove Ameonna mad. Enra's and Hoji's deaths were the last straws for her sanity. Xing then gives the location of Kamiko's body to Wang.

With the location of Kamiko's body, Lo Wang breaks into Zilla's HQ. He then confronts Zilla, and after a brief chat, Zilla gets inside a mech and attacks Wang. Wang manages to get the upper hand in the fight and defeats Zilla. Suddenly, Ameonna appears and steals Kamiko's body. Zilla gives Wang a weapon and they come together in order to stop Ameonna.

Lo Wang meets with Mezu, who reveals that Gozu has already transferred Ameonna's soul into Kamiko's body. This made the situation even worse as the body mutated even more. Wang then faces off against Ameonna, knocks her out and injects Smith's antidote in the body. Mezu comes, but before he can extract Ameonna's soul, Lo Wang kills her. Seconds later, Xing and Zilla arrive on the scene. Kamiko decides to seal the Outer Gates open using her living soul and rectify the two worlds. She then flies to the gates, shattering them. Out of the gates, a giant dragon emerges (implied to be Kamiko) and then attacks Lo Wang.

A meandering and not too bright quasi celebrity is conflicted by his aimless and wannabe high living lifestyle.

Pat Garrett arrives in Abilene where he catches five of Butch Cassidy's gang. He calls in Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson and they learn there is a half million dollar shipment of money arriving by train and Cassidy is amassing enough men to take it.

Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy pursue Doctor Eggman until they encounter an ancient tomb with carvings of Sonic and Tails on the entrance. Sonic is stopped twice by Amy from opening the door, but when Metal Sonic ambushes the group, Sonic opens the door and the group escape. Inside, they encounter an imprisoned, but powerful snake villain named Lyric the Last Ancient. Lyric recognises Sonic from events transpiring one thousand years ago and captures the group, but Tails deactivates the shackles and turns them into beams named Enerbeams for the group to use.

After meeting Cliff, the group discovers that Lyric planned to power an army of war robots with the Chaos Crystals to create a world of twisted metal and robots, but was imprisoned by The Ancients when they discovered the plan; the group then set out to retrieve the Chaos Crystals before Lyric. At an abandoned research facility, they meet MAIA, a robot who rebelled against Lyric, who assists them by creating a portal, allowing Sonic and Tails to go one thousand years back in time to retrieve a map showing the location of the Chaos Crystals. Sonic and Tails are then attacked by Shadow, but defeat him, enter the portal, successfully retrieve the map from inside Lyric's weapon facility and trap him inside for future imprisonment by The Ancients.

Lyric reluctantly forms an alliance with Eggman, but after no success, Lyric turns on Eggman by programming Metal Sonic against him. The group defeat Metal Sonic and Eggman and retrieve the final Chaos Crystal, but Sonic is then surrounded by Lyric and his robots. Lyric demands the Crystals; Sonic refuses to give them up, but Tails, Knuckles and Amy agree to do so. Sonic is then attacked by Lyric's robots and buried under rubble, but recovers and the group set out to Lyric's lair to stop him. During the battle, Lyric reprogrammes the Enerbeams to ensnare the group, but before he can take advantage of the situation, Eggman ambushes Lyric from behind, freeing the group. Sonic then ties up Lyric with assistance from his friends and removes Lyric's technopathy device to incapacitate him; Knuckles discards it. The group celebrate, but Eggman recovers the device and uses it to revive Metal Sonic.

Victor Howard (based on William Dyer) is searching for his fiancé, Ava Thorne, who is part of a lost expedition in Antarctica. His rescue mission takes a sudden turn as he ventures deeper into a dark monstrous world where reality warps and twists around him. Desperate to find the one he loves, Victor must encounter disturbing creatures and climb sheer cliff walls as he descends further into madness from the Great Old Ones that hide deep in the mountain range.

In fascist Italy in 1927, Detective Francesco Ingravallo, known to friends as Don Ciccio, is called in to investigate the murder of Liliana Balducci, a well-to-do woman who happens to be a close friend. As Don Ciccio and his colleagues dig deeper into the grisly murder, the mechanics of the detective novel take a backseat to the wordplay and experimentation with which Gadda presents a panorama of life in early fascist Rome.

2012

Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) tells Gilbough (Michael Potts) and Papania (Tory Kittles) that he almost got married to a woman he met through Maggie (Michelle Monaghan), but his personality ended their relationship and he now works in a bar. He also goes into detail about his daughter's death, which led to his divorce. His police department transferred him to the Narcotics division, where he killed a man who was injecting a baby with drugs. He was then ordered to work undercover in the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program, where he worked for four years and was put in a psychiatric hospital after participating in a gunfight. Despite his experience, Cohle offered himself to transfer to the Homicides division in the Louisiana State Police. Due to his undercover days, he has experienced severe hallucinations.

In a separate interrogation, Hart (Woody Harrelson) notes how Cohle, despite his behavior, proved to be very efficient at his job. The interview reveals that Hart is now divorced from Maggie.

1995

Cohle and Hart question Dora Lange's mother, Mrs. Kelly (Tess Harper). She laments the situation and reveals that Dora's father died in a car accident 11 years before. She also reveals that Dora frequently attended a church before her disappearance. They then talk to one of Dora's friends, Carla (Amy Brassette), who corroborates Dora's relation to the church, also noting that she seemed different the last time she saw her.

While driving, Hart asks Cohle about the dinner and his decision to stay despite being intoxicated. Cohle reveals his marriage failure and his daughter's death, stating that he felt comfortable staying with Hart's family. Later that night, an intoxicated Hart visits his mistress, Lisa Tragnetti (Alexandra Daddario), at her home and they have sex. Somewhere, while buying methaqualone from a prostitute, Cohle is told that Dora worked at a brothel named "The Ranch" in the outskirts.

Before heading to "The Ranch", Cohle deduces that Hart may be cheating on his wife, as his smell indicates sex and notes that he kept the same clothes as yesterday, indicating that he didn't go back home. This moment angers Hart. They ask some mechanics about the location of "The Ranch", to no success. Noting they are lying, Cohle gets Hart out of their shop and brutally attacks the mechanics to get the address. At the location, they question Beth (Lili Simmons), a young prostitute who was friends with Dora and gives them a bag that belonged to Dora. In the bag, they find Dora's diary, which mentions things like "The Yellow King in Carcosa". Hart also confronts the brothel's madam, Jan (Andrea Frankle), for employing Beth despite being a minor but she defends herself, as Beth had a tragic life before arriving at the brothel.

Hart and his family visit Maggie's parents. Hart spends talking to her father and feeling lost with his personality and ideology, Hart asks his family to leave early, claiming he wants to investigate the case. That night, Hart and Maggie fight over the events. Hart is also uneasy when he finds that his daughters play with their dolls, where their positions resemble a ritual.

At their office, Major Quesada (Kevin Dunn) introduces a new task force to help the case, as the homicide delves into occultism, on petition of the Governor's evangelist cousin. Cohle is dismissive of the new task force, which prompts Quesada to angrily confront Cohle's behavior and their progress in the case. He also reveals that he does not even want him in the case, he only participates as Hart asked him personally. He forces them to cooperate with the task force or they will be removed from the case, also warning them to get a new lead in the case within a week.

Cohle and Hart visit the church, Friends of Christ Revival, which has been destroyed in a fire. As they inspect the dilapidated church, they find a drawing of a woman bound with antlers, which was in a similar position to Lange.

2012

Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) tells Gilbough (Michael Potts) and Papania (Tory Kittles) about his view of religion, deeming it a failed attempt to sell "the light at the end of the tunnel". In contrast, Hart (Woody Harrelson) presents his own version of morality, drawing parallelism to his own demons. At the end of their interviews, they both tell their detectives about their incoming experience with a gunfight.

1995

As authorities investigate the remains of the church, Cohle and Hart visit the Friends of Christ Revival's new church. While Pastor Joel Theriot (Shea Whigham) speaks, Cohle expresses his frustration with religion while Hart views it as a way to maintain peace within the community. They question Theriot about the burnt church, who recognizes that Dora frequented the church. They suspect a man in the church may be involved for his criminal record, but Cohle concludes he is not involved. After talking with a few other attendees, they deduce that she had last been seen in church with a tall man who had a scarred face.

Cohle spends more time with Hart's family, even mowing his lawn and other chores while he isn't home. When he finds out, Hart angrily tells him to never do that again. Hart also has to deal with his daughter drawing sexual pictures at her school, with Maggie (Michelle Monaghan) blaming Hart's lack of interest in his family's life. They get into an argument, with Maggie demanding to know what is happening to Hart. Hart shifts the blame on his part for the case and blaming midlife crisis, and then they have sex.

Seeing a connection through Dora and Marie Fontenot, Cohle decides to investigate old cases to find more connections. He then joins Hart and Maggie at a tavern and meets Maggie's friend, Jen (Bree Williamson), whom he starts talking with. At the tavern, Hart sees Lisa (Alexandra Daddario) with another man. He confronts her about it, to which she states that she does not plan to spend her life with him and she breaks up their relationship. Later, an intoxicated Hart visits Lisa, breaks in her apartment and attacks the man before regaining his senses and leaving the apartment.

The next day, Cohle tells Hart that he found symbols similar to the Lange case in the death of Rianne Olivier, a girl who was reported to die in an accident during a flood. They visit Olivier's grandfather (Ritchie Montgomery), who claims that Olivier left with her boyfriend, Reggie Ledoux. He gives them some of her belongings, from which they discover she attended Light of the Way Academy, a religious school that was run by Tuttle and was closed in 1992 due to Hurricane Andrew. While Cohle questions the groundskeeper (Glenn Fleshler) at the school, Hart receives information from the station. Reggie Ledoux was an ex-con who violated his parole eight months ago after serving a sentence for running a meth lab. During his prison sentence, he was cellmates with Charlie Lange, Dora's husband. They then put out a all-points bulletin on Ledoux. Somewhere in the woods, Ledoux (Charles Halford) is seen outside his house, half-naked and using a machete.

2012

Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) is questioned by Gilbough (Michael Potts) and Papania (Tory Kittles) for taking a sick leave, where he claims that he visited his dying father. They also separately question Hart (Woody Harrelson) on the claim, as medical records show no evidence of Cohle's father even being on the state for 30 years.

1995

Cohle and Hart confront Charlie Lange (Brad Carter) at his prison cell. Charlie acknowledges finding Reggie Ledoux as a weird person, revealing that Ledoux knew about a place where rich people would kill women and children for satanistic rituals to worship "The Yellow King". He tells them they should look for one of Ledoux's associates, Tyrone Weems (Todd Giebenhain). Before they leave, Charlie reveals he showed pictures of Dora to Ledoux, with the pair indicating that he may be responsible for her death.

While testifying at court, Hart is confronted by Lisa (Alexandra Daddario), who works as a stenographer, for the fight at her apartment. Hart does not recognize anything wrong with his actions and insults her. In retaliation, she tells Maggie (Michelle Monaghan) about their affair and she and her daughters leave their house to live with her parents, also packing Hart's bags so he can leave. Hart tries to contact her but his attempts are rebuffed by her father.

Cohle and Hart question Weems' ex-girlfriend, a stripper named Kelsey (Amber Carollo). Kelsey is dismissive of any help but the bartender (Nic Pizzolatto) tells Hart that she keeps seeing Weems. At night, Hart follows Kelsey to a rave and finds Weems. He forces Weems to give him Ledoux's location, and he reveals that Ledoux cooks drugs for a biker gang named Iron Crusaders in East Texas. He then talks to Maggie at the hospital where she works but she does not want to talk with him. As security guards start to retrieve him, Cohle arrives to take him and work on a new lead on Ledoux.

Cohle knows the Iron Crusaders, having served with them while he worked undercover. The gang believes that he died on a raid, and he will seize that opportunity to return and not have his cover blown. Cohle gets sick leave from the police without notifying them about their intended plan, claiming that he is visiting his father in Alaska. He also retrieves cocaine from the evidence room and starts faking needle marks. Before he leaves to meet the gang, Cohle meets with Maggie to convince her to allow Hart to see his daughters and amend their relationship. Maggie does not accept anything of Hart's actions, but Cohle later claims to Hart that things seem to be working on his side.

At a bar frequented by the gang, Cohle meets with his contact, Ginger (Joseph Sikora), using his fake name "Crash". After giving a fake story, Cohle states he wants to meet with their meth supplier. Ginger agrees to arrange a meeting, but only if Cohle helps him in participating in a raid to rob a rival gang. With no other choice, Cohle accepts to help. Having lost track of Cohle, Hart infiltrates the bar and is confronted by the gang members. He is kicked out, just before seeing Cohle leave with Ginger and other members in a boat on the bayou.

At Ginger's trailer house, the gang prepares for the raid, while Cohle is forced to use drugs. In order to raid the rivals, they will wear fake police uniforms to make it easier. Having kidnapped the drug dealer, they make their way through the house while Ginger starts retrieving the drugs. However, one of the members kills a man in the house, and the event quickly escalates into a gunfight in the house. Cohle attacks Ginger and retrieves him from the house just as the police arrives and the conflict escalates even further. Cohle and Ginger escape through the neighborhood and avoid the gangs. They reach Hart's car and they leave the neighborhood. Cohle then starts punching Ginger to get him to talk about Ledoux's location and the conflict at the neighborhood continues.

2012

Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Hart (Woody Harrelson) separately tell Gilbough (Michael Potts) and Papania (Tory Kittles) about their role in a gunfight with Reggie Ledoux and his cousin, claiming that it involved a big shootout where they barely managed to kill both. At some point, Gilbough and Papania tell Cohle about his role in multiple murders, showing evidence of him being present. Reverend Tuttle's death after Cohle returned to Louisiana is also raising their suspicions, especially as Cohle won't let them inspect a storage unit he is keeping. Upset with the accusations, Cohle leaves his interview.

Based on their interrogation, Gilbough and Papania tell Hart that Cohle may be involved with the killings, citing some coincidences and reserved personality, something that Hart rebuffs. However, as the detectives start piling up more possible scenarios for Cohle, Harts starts to wonder about the idea.

1995

At a bar, Ginger (Joseph Sikora) arranges Cohle to meet Dewall Ledoux (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson), Ledoux's cousin and meth-cooking partner. Cohle tries to get him to change his business but Dewall rejects cooperating with Cohle. After dropping Ginger, Cohle and Hart then follow Dewall in car, eventually locating him to Ledoux's house in the woods. After evading booby traps in the woods, they finally reach Ledoux's compund house.

Cohle and Hart infiltrate the house, arresting Ledoux (Charles Halford) and bringing him outside. As Cohle holds Dewall at gunpoint, Hart inspects the house and opens a trailer parked in the house. After seeing its content, he goes outside and kills Ledoux, who was taunting Cohle with knowledge of "Carcosa". Dewall tries to escape but is shot by Cohle, and accidentally steps on a landmine, killing him. The content in the trailer turned out to be a boy and a girl, who were kidnapped and abused in the house. Cohle and Hart then start planting evidence in the area to make it appear like a more lethal gunfight took place. They then leave the area with the children as authorities arrive.

Cohle and Hart are hailed as heroes by the media and their own colleagues. Hart is promoted to Detective Sergeant while Cohle receives commendations. The events also helped Hart with his marriage, with Maggie (Michelle Monaghan) now agreeing to let him spend time with his daughters.

2002

Hart and Maggie are now in a better position with their marriage and often go on double dates with Cohle and his new girlfriend, Laurie (Elizabeth Reaser). Cohle's reputation also improved among the police department for his efficient confession tactics.

Hart's relationship with his daughters also took a turn, as Audrey (Erin Moriarty) starts rebelling against her parents. Eventually, Audrey is arresting for having sex with two adult boys, an event that angers Hart and slaps her, causing friction between his family.

Cohle interrogates Guy Francis (Christopher Berry), a man who was charged with double murder. He manages to get a confession out of him. Desperate, Francis wants a plea bargain, claiming that he knows about the man who killed Dora Lange, stating that they never captured him. Cohle refuses to listen until he mentions The Yellow King, prompting Cohle to aggressively attack him until he is restrained by the forces. The next day, Cohle and Hart return to get more details but find that Francis has killed himself. They trace Francis' last call before his death to a payphone, where he was called by his "lawyer".

Cohle visits the tree where Dora Lange was found dead, which is now adorned with twig sculptures, similar to the ones found in Marie Fontenot's playhouse. He also returns to the Light of the Way Academy, finding the same twig sculptures and more drawings in the walls.

2002

Hart (Woody Harrelson) visits the two adult boys who had sex with Audrey (Erin Moriarty) in prison. He tells the boys that he will allow them to go as long as they don't come across her daughter ever again or he will press charges for statutory rape. He then brutally attacks the boys before leaving the prison.

Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) visits Terry Guidry (Louis Herthum), whose son disappeared. He reveals that his son attended Queen of Angels, a school that was part of some Tuttle-funded schools. Cohle then visits Pastor Joel Theriot (Shea Whigham), who mentions that the schools may be related to Wellspring, part of Tuttle's ministries. Theriot claims that at the ministry, he found evidence of child molestation and brought the information to the deacon before leaving the school. At his workplace, he manages to get a confession out of Charmaine Boudreaux, a woman who killed her children and even suggests she should kill herself. He asks Hart to help him more with the case, much to his chagrin.

Hart goes shopping and runs into Beth (Lili Simmons), a former prostitute now working at T-Mobile. After spending some time together, they have sex. A few days later, Maggie (Michelle Monaghan) discovers his affair by seeing messages from Beth, which include suggestive pictures. Instead of confronting him, she just does not mention it and goes to a bar, where she flirts with a man.

Cohle visits Kelley Reider (December Ensminger), the girl who was kept in captivity at Ledoux's shed. Now in catatonic state, she barely speaks to Cohle but mentions that a "giant" with a scarred face made her watch how he tortured the other boy. Kelly then has a mental breakdown, forcing Cohle to leave. The encounter is reprimanded by the new Major, Leroy Salter. Cohle tries to bring a connection between the old cases with Tuttle's schools and Dora Lange's murder. Salter and Hart rebuff his claims and Cohle is ordered to stop investigating.

Cohle ignores the warning and questions Billy Lee Tuttle (Jay O. Sanders), who claims that the deacon was fired for embezzlement before he died in a car accident. Tuttle allows him to get access to documents belonging to Wellspring, after which the program will reopen. Salter finds out about the meeting and suspends Cohle for one month. At his apartment, he is visited by Maggie, who is saddened about Hart's infidelity. She tempts the drunk Cohle and they have sex. When Maggie says she did it to end her marriage, a furious Cohle kicks her out of his apartment.

Maggie tells Hart about her knowledge of his affair and also confesses to having sex with Cohle. The next day, a furious Hart brutally attacks Cohle outside their office until they are restrained by their colleagues. Cohle won't press charges and decides to quit the police.

2012

Gilbough (Michael Potts) and Papania (Tory Kittles) bring in Maggie for questioning. Despite their claim that Cohle may be involved in some suspicious activities, Maggie maintains that she viewed him as a good person and even claims she was not aware of the fight at the parking lot and that Cohle was not involved in her divorce.

In his own questioning, Hart is asked by the detectives about Tuttle's murder and how Cohle might be related. Annoyed with the accusation, he walks out of his interview. As he is driving, he notes that he is being followed by a car and stops by the road. The driver turns out to be Cohle, who wants to talk with him. Hart accepts and both drive off in their cars.

2012

At a bar, Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) tells Hart (Woody Harrelson) that he found evidence that links the murders at Lake Charles to Dora Lange's murder through a cult. He also discovered that it could link to further disappearances of dozens of women and children in the coast of Louisiana. Hart refuses to participate, until Cohle pressures him, stating that he is in "debt" with him for killing Ledoux in 1995 before he could confess anything.

Cohle takes Hart to his storage unit, which is filled with evidence he has kept for years. Cohle found out an immense amount of disappearances that were related to Tuttle's schools. One of these schools was the one that Marie Fontenot attended before closing after accusations of child molestation. The school re-opened a few years later, now called Light of the Way Academy, which was attended by Rianne Olivier. In 2010, he contacted one of the alumns, Toby Boelert, who is now a prostitute. Toby explained that people in animal masks often took pictures of them and abused some of the children, and Marie was the only one to actually speak about it before her disappearance. He further identifies one of the people as the man with scars in his face.

Cohle asks Hart to help him, explaining that he found a Mardi Gras tradition that involves animal mask and deer antlers, which is also the area where the Tuttles originate from. He further reveals that he broke into Tuttle's house at Baton Rouge, where he retrieved photos that depicted children in the forest wearing antlers and also found a videotape where people in costumes and masks ritualistically rape and murder Marie Fontenot. Hart is disturbed by its content and agrees to help him, without telling authorities as Cohle fears they may be involved with Tuttle. He just asks if he was involved in Tuttle's death, which Cohle denies, deducing that a member of the cult may have killed him after the videotape went missing.

They move the evidence to Hart's investigator office. Using his connections, Hart retrieves old cases from the police department. They then question Jimmy Ledoux, a distant relative of Reggie Ledoux, who does not appear to be involved in Reggie's activities, but recognizes that he once met the man with scars. They also question Delores Jackson, who worked for Billy Lee Tuttle's father. Delores says that Tuttle's father had a grandson through another family, the Childress family, and that the boy had a scarred face. She then has a nervous breakdown where she mentions Carcosa, and both Cohle and Hart are asked to leave.

Hart reveals to Cohle that the files placed Deputy Steve Geraci (Michael Harney) as the person who originally investigated Marie Fontenot's case. Hart talks with Geraci, who is now Sheriff, who claims that his boss Ted Childress ordered him to drop the investigation. Hart suspects that he is not being honest about the case. He invites Geraci to go fishing in his boat, where Cohle holds Geraci at gunpoint.

Gilbough (Michael Potts) and Papania (Tory Kittles) try to find the burn-out church that Cohle mentioned. Unable to find the address, they stop by a cemetery to ask a man in a lawnmower (Glenn Fleshler) for the location. After the man gives them a location, they drive off. However, they fail to notice that the man had the lower part of his face heavily scarred.

2012

The lawnmower man (Glenn Fleshler) watches over a man bound to a bed in a room filled with words in the walls, whom he calls "daddy". He exits the room to his nearby house, where he reunites with Betty (Ann Dowd), his lover. The man is later seen painting a mural at a school playground, also staring at the children.

In the boat, Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) forces Geraci (Michael Harney) to watch the videotape depicting Marie Fontenot's rape and murder. Disturbed by the content, Geraci confesses that Sheriff Ted Childress was in charge of the investigation and then dropped the case. Cohle and Hart (Woody Harrelson) exit the boat and then leave Geraci, telling him that they have incriminating evidence against him if anything happens to them. They also hired a hitman to kill him if they are arrested or murdered, and prove their point by waving the hitman shoot at Geraci's car. Afterwards, Cohle and Hart leave him and drive off.

While analyzing their evidence, Hart notices that a house in Dora Lange's neighborhood was freshly painted in another picture, indicating that the killer painted it, which is why it was deemed the "green-eared spaghetti monster". As they drive to the house, they amend their confrontation regarding Maggie (Michelle Monaghan), with Cohle confessing that she visited him a few days ago just to make sure Hart was okay. They find the house and contact the original owner at the time, Lilly Hill. She remembers that people painted her house, identifying one of them as the man with the scarred face. Checking her husband's payment records, they track the company as Childress and Sons Maintenance, which worked in many areas where women and children disappeared. While family records don't reveal living sons to the founder Billy Childress, they manage to get an address to a house.

Before leaving, Hart instructs his hitman to deliver packages with evidence to the authorities in case he doesn't return. Meanwhile, Hart meets with Papania (Tory Kittles), asking for help when needed. Despite his reservations and questioning Cohle's role, Papania accepts. Cohle and Hart then drive to the house, where phone service is not available. Hart tries to get a phone from Betty, who turns defensive and releases a dog that runs away. Hart breaks into the house while Cohle inspects the outer side. He finds the dog dead and stumbles upon the lawnmower man, Errol Childress, who flees into the woods. Back in the house, Hart eventually finds Betty and forces her to give him a phone. As he goes looking for Cohle, he enters a shed to discover the bound man, Billy Childress, dead.

As he follows Errol, Cohle stumbles upon a labyrinth of tunnels and is taunted by Errol to enter. Cohle ventures through the labyrinth alone, while Hart separately enters but is unable to find them both. The labyrinth mostly consists of children clothing and latticework, a place Errol calls Carcosa. Cohle eventually reaches a room with a skeleton wearing antlers and is distracted by a vision of a vortex. Seizing this, Errol appears and stabs him in the stomach. Cohle headbutts Errol, who is then shot multiple times by an arriving Hart. Despite the shots, Errol throws a hammer at Hart, hitting him in the chest. As he prepares to kill him, Errol is shot dead in the head by Cohle. Both heavily bleeding, Hart tends to Cohle's wound. Meanwhile, Papania and Gilbough (Michael Potts) arrive with back-up at the house and start searching the area.

A few days later, Gilbough and Papania visit Hart at the hospital. They inform him that Errol and Betty were Billy Childress' sons and the tools at his shed match with the weapons in Lake Charles and Dora Lange's murder, effectively closing the case. He is also informed that Cohle survived but remains in a coma after surgery. While Hart is visited by his family, he cries at the moment. Meanwhile, the media reports the discovery at Errol's house; the Tuttles avoid charges but their reputation collapses.

Hart is present when Cohle wakes up at his bed. Cohle is disappointed that he couldn't recognize him when he saw Errol at the school and is also frustrated that they couldn't get everyone responsible held accountable for their actions, although Hart states that their target was just Errol. Some time later, a recovered Hart checks Cohle out of the hospital and they both talk in the parking lot. He expresses that during his coma, he felt happiness knowing he would soon see his deceased daughter and father, lamenting that he survived. Hart supports him and help him stand up from his wheelchair, with both remarking on the concept of "light and darkness", with Cohle saying that while there was dark, the light appears to be winning.

In the fictional industrial town of Vinci, California, Vinci Police Detective Ray Velcoro (Colin Farrell) drops off his son Chad (Trevor Larcom) at school. Later, he is interviewed by an attorney regarding his ex-wife, who was years ago and there is uncertainty regarding whether Velcoro is Chad's father, and Velcoro refuses to get a paternity test, claiming that Chad is his son. He also states that the man who raped her was never found. In reality, years ago, he contacted corrupt businessman Frank Semyon (Vince Vaughn), who gave him the information to find the man and is now in his payroll.

As Vinci plans for a real estate development near a new high-speed rail line, Semyon is working on the deal in order to present it to Russian criminal businessman, Osip Agronov (Timothy V. Murphy). Semyon's partner and city manager, Ben Caspere, is set to present the plans and leaves his house. During this time, the local newspaper starts reporting possible corruption cases in the city. Meanwhile, Ventura County Detective Ani Bezzerides (Rachel McAdams) and her team conduct a raid on a suspected illegal brothel, but turns out to be a legal porn studio. She also discovers her sister Athena (Leven Rambin), who works as a cam girl. She reprimands Athena but she rebuffs her claims. Later, Bezzerides is asked by a woman to find her missing sister, Vera. She and her partner Elvis Ilinca (Michael Irby) visit a meditation center run by Bezzerdides' father, Eliot (David Morse), who states that Vera used to work there.

In the day of the presentation, Caspere goes missing and Velcoro is instructed to investigate his whereabouts. Velcoro and Detective Teague Dixon (W. Earl Brown) check Caspere's house, with evidence pointing to a kidnapping. In another part of the city, California Highway Patrol officer Paul Woodrugh (Taylor Kitsch) stops a car for high speed. The driver, actress Lacey Lindel (Ashley Hinshaw), tries to seduce him in order to avoid a ticket. She later files a complaint against him, claiming sexual misconduct and Woodrugh is put on paid leave while the case is investigated. He goes home with his girlfriend Emily (Adria Arjona), and they have sex, although Woodrugh secretly went to the bathroom to use Viagra.

As Osip arrives in Vinci, Semyon is forced to make the presentation without Caspere in front of his associates and wife Jordan (Kelly Reilly). Despite his interest, Osip wants to wait on the deal until Caspere returns as he is not fully confident on Semyon, angering him. Semyon also orders Velcoro to intimidate Dan Howser (Stevin Knight), the writer of the newspaper's articles, to stop writing about the city's corruption and retrieve any incriminating evidence against them.

Later, Velcoro visits his son at school and immediately recognizes that his shoes were damaged and forces Chad to reveal what happened. Chad states that a bully kid named Aspen Conroy broke into his locker and damaged his shoes. He uses his police contacts in order to get the kid's address. That night, Velcoro visits the address and brutally attacks Aspen's father in front him, warning him that he kill his parents if he ever bullies Chad or any other kid ever again. He then meets with Semyon to give him the evidence, who is revealed to have sent the attorney to help him gain custody of Chad.

In bed at night, Woodrugh is questioned by Emily about his scars, revealing that the scars are before his Army services but does not reveal what caused them. He leaves the house and goes driving in his motorcycle with no helmet. He then turns off the motorcycle's headlights and exceeds the speed limit. Eventually, he turns them back on and ends up in the side of the road. He notices a man in a bench and approaches him, finding that his eyes were burned out; his ID reveals that the man is Caspere himself. He reports the location and authorities arrive, including Velcoro and Bezzerides.

California State Attorney Richard Geldof (C. S. Lee) and Katherine Davis (Michael Hyatt) discuss Ben Caspere's murder with other figures and decide to co-operate in the case among the different departments. Velcoro (Colin Farrell) and Bezzerides (Rachel McAdams) are assigned to the case, while Woodrugh (Taylor Kitsch) is also sent to participate as he found the corpse, with the hope that it would reinstate his image.

Bezzerides is told by her boss that he must investigate Velcoro, as he is under suspicion of corruption. Velcoro is asked by Vinci Mayor Austin Chessani (Ritchie Coster), Police Chief Holloway (Afemo Omilami) and Lieutenant Kevin Burris (James Frain), to focus on the case and follow it through any lead, also informing him that they will send Detective Teague Dixon (W. Earl Brown) to help. The detectives are shown Caspere's autopsy, with the coroner stating that Caspere was tortured for information and his genitals were shot off with a shotgun before being placed at the rest stop. Velcoro confides this information to Semyon (Vince Vaughn), who acknowledges to partnering with Caspere, but discloses no information to Velcoro. Semyon is also struggling with the business side, as the money he gave Caspere for the high-speed rail deal was embezzled, making him lose $5 million.

Going back to their investigation office, Woodrugh informs Velcoro and Bezzerides that he found out that Caspere took $1,000 out of his bank account montly. They also discover that he was often going out of the city during the weekends. Velcoro goes to meet with Chad but is actually confronted by his ex-wife Gena (Abigail Spencer), who is aware that he had a role in attacking the bully's father. She informs him that she will seek full custody of Chad and that if he tries to fight back, she will get a paternity test, something that Velcoro fears as it might reveal whether or not he is the father.

Velcoro and Bezzerides question Dr. Irving Pitlor (Rick Springfield), Caspere's psychiatrist. He states that Caspere had an affinity for young women and often went out with prostitutes, which further increased his "damaging tendencies." Before they leave, Pitlor recognizes Bezzerides for his father's medication center. As they drive in the car, Velcoro and Bezzerides talk about their respective methods and tactics. Meanwhile, Semyon talks with Chessani about Caspere, intending to find out more about his death on his own, but gets no viable information although he asks to meet Caspere's murderer if it is ever found.

Woodrugh visits his mother, Cynthia (Lolita Davidovich), but is reserved to talk about any of his problems. Back at the apartment, he is confronted by Emily (Adria Arjona) for Lacey Lindel's incident. Woodrugh refuses to talk more about his past, prompting Emily to break up with him and he leaves the apartment. Elsewhere, Ilinca (Michael Irby) informs Bezzerides that Vera made a call to her former roommate, wondering if anyone called her, with the call possibly traced to Guerneville, California.

Semyon visits a strip club to talk with a prostitute. She mentions that Caspere had a house in Hollywood where he often had sex with the prostitutes. Semyon meets with Velcoro, telling him to investigate the house and retrieve anything regarding the money that Caspere embezzled, promising that he could get him a promotion to Chief of Police. Velcoro is not interested and makes it clear he does not want to keep working for him. Despite that, Velcoro decides to visit Caspere's Hollywood house. Inside, he finds an old radio playing, blood on the floor and cameras in the rooms. He is suddenly shot with a shotgun by a man wearing a bird mask. The man then shoots Velcoro in the chest.

Former Marine and DIA operative Robert McCall still lives in Boston. He works as a Lyft driver and assists the less fortunate with the help of his close friend and former DIA colleague, Susan Plummer. McCall travels to Istanbul to retrieve the nine-year-old daughter of a bookstore owner, Grace Braelick, who was kidnapped by her abusive Turkish father. He also helps Sam Rubinstein, an elderly Holocaust survivor looking for a painting of his sister who died in the Nazi death camps. McCall returns home to find that his apartment's courtyard has been vandalized. He accepts an offer from Miles Whittaker, a young resident with an artistic but troubled background, to paint a mural on the walls. Susan and DIA officer Dave York, McCall's former partner, are called to investigate the murder-suicide of an agency affiliate and his wife in Brussels. At their hotel, Susan is accosted in her room and killed, presumably during a robbery.

McCall determines that the expertly delivered fatal stab suggested that she was targeted, and that the murder-suicide was staged. McCall informs York of his findings. During one of his Lyft runs, McCall is attacked by an assassin posing as a passenger. McCall kills the man and retrieves his mobile phone. He discovers that York's number is on the phone's call list and confronts York at his home. York admits that he became a mercenary after feeling used and discarded by the government and confesses that he killed Susan, as she would have figured out that he was behind the Brussels killings. McCall leaves the house where the rest of McCall's former squad and York's current teammates—Kovac, Ari, and Resnik—are waiting. McCall promises to kill the entire team before departing. Resnik and Ari head to Susan's house to kill her husband Brian, but McCall helps him escape. York and Kovac break into McCall's apartment, where Miles is painting the walls. Monitoring the apartment via webcams, McCall directs Miles to a passage concealed behind a bookcase. Miles emerges from hiding, but is captured as he opens the apartment's front door.

York deduces that McCall has gone to his seaside hometown, which has been evacuated as a hurricane approaches. Kovac, Ari, and Resnik begin searching the town in gale-force winds, while York situates himself on the town's watchtower. Kovac enters a tackle shop, where McCall kills him with a harpoon gun. When Ari heads toward the seaside, he is disturbed by pictures of Susan that he sees along the way; McCall butchers him with knives. McCall then enters his late wife's old bakery store to lure in Resnik, who is fatally injured in a flour explosion, set off by Resnik's own stun grenade. York reveals that he has Miles tied up in the trunk of his car and begins shooting at it to lure McCall out. McCall confronts York atop the tower and kills him.

Back in Boston, Susan's information about Sam's painting helps McCall reunite Sam with his long lost sister. Miles finishes painting his mural on the apartment complex's brick wall, returns to school and focuses on his art. Having moved back into his old house, McCall looks out towards the calm sea.

The film follows a nonlinear narrative: it consists of five segments which are presented out of chronological order. The five segments are described here in the order they appear in the film:

A young girl, Dorothy Mahler, is hiking on a nature trail near to downtown Los Angeles when two dimwitted street dealers, Jesse and Mathew, turn up by chance. She borrows the phone of one and calls Mel Samson, a private investigator, whom she had met earlier, saying she needs his help because some bad guys in the city are angry with her. While waiting for Samson to arrive, Dorothy takes ecstasy given to her by the dealers, who have to go but promise to come back for her later. Dorothy begins talking to a seemingly friendly park ranger (Skippy Fontaine). Dorothy and Fontaine chat until we see that there is a dead body nearby. Suddenly Fontaine attacks Dorothy and strangles her. The returning Jesse and Matthew come across her body and believe that she overdosed on the drugs they gave her, and they run away in fear. Samson arrives, too late, to find Dorothy dead.

In the second segment, Samson arrives at the home of sleazy strip club owner Gordy, saying he's been in a car accident and needs to use their phone. He speaks with Gordy's much-younger, neglected wife, Janet, and has a drink. When Samson eventually comes face to face with Gordy and Roger Fontaine, Skippy's father, he reveals his real identity and tells them the motivation for Dorothy's murder: Dorothy had photographs of Gordy receiving oral sex from another stripper, and Gordy arranged Dorothy's murder to keep Janet from finding out. Janet is incensed by Samson's story of her husband's infidelity and retrieves a gun. Provoked by Samson, she shoots Gordy and Roger dead, before (despite Samson's protests) turning the gun on herself. Samson remarks to himself that he needs to get his life together.

The third segment shows what would have been first chronologically. Samson sits in a strip club and is offered a lap dance from a performer named Jill, which he declines. He meets Dorothy and asks her to get a drink with him but she diverts him and leaves without him noticing. Samson goes to a neighbouring club where a friend's band is performing live music. He finds Dorothy waiting for him and she joins him in a photo booth. He plays guitar and performs a song.

The fourth segment shows what would have been last chronologically. Jill is working at a drive-in movie theater, where she's approached by Samson, who has a non-deadly bullet wound in his chest. They discuss their year-long romantic relationship, which ended some time earlier. Samson reveals that he's come to the theater to confront one of its patrons, Skippy Fontaine. He gets into Fontaine's car and points a gun at him but Fontaine manages to stab him in the abdomen with a broken bottle and escape. Jill joins Samson in the car and holds him as he dies. He shows her the “Jilly Bean” tattoo he got in her honour.

In the final segment, Samson goes to see Dorothy's grandmother and mother about taking her case, but he insists on doing it at no cost, out of loyalty to Dorothy. Speaking privately to Dorothy's mother, Mary, Samson reminds her through an allegory that they had had a relationship many years earlier, revealing that Samson is Dorothy's father and had watched her grow up from a distance her whole life. Walking to his car, Samson is attacked and shot in the chest by Jesse and Matthew, who believe Dorothy died from the drugs they gave her and don't want to be implicated in Samson's investigation. They flee, and Samson gets into his car with painful but survivable injuries. Energized by glancing at the photos he and Dorothy took in the photo booth the night they met, he starts his car and drives off.

Set in the rural town of Egypt, Maine, the Bean family is a large, partly inbred, backwater family who are poor, proud, hated by all in the local community, but alive in the sense that they struggle against their lot and support each other in time of trouble. One member of the large family is Reuben Bean, an alcoholic and brawler who frequently runs afoul of the law. He has a wife named Roberta, and nine children. All this is observed by Earlene, a young woman who lives with her widowed father across the street from the Beans' trailer. The view from her window has been better than any daytime television soap opera since she was a little girl; especially that of a shirtless Beal Bean, Reuben's nephew. Earlene's highly religious father warns her against any contact with the Bean family, but despite the Beans' crude ways, the young woman is drawn to them. Their earthiness, directness, and unity stand in sharp contrast to her oppressive family life.

When Reuben is sent to prison for resisting arrest for out-of-season deer hunting, Beal takes up with Reuben's wife Roberta. Beal also has a short tryst with Earlene, who becomes pregnant after a one-time sexual encounter with him, which results in her being disowned by her father and leads her to marry Beal and move in with him at his trailer. After Earlene gives birth to a daughter, and later to another baby boy, her marriage with Beal begins to fall apart due to Beal's continuing infatuation with Roberta, further complicated by extreme poverty and Beal's pride at his refusal to accept welfare or any handouts.

Beal's short temper and his abusive nature soon gets the best of him as he begins drinking and beating Earlene when things get worse for them. After getting into another drunken brawl with some locals, the police are called to Beal's trailer when after he threatens them with his hunting rifle, the police shoot him dead in self defense. With Earlene now alone to raise her five-year-old daughter and one-year-old son all by herself, she finds some hope in the final scene when Reuben arrives after being released from prison. After Reuben learns about his nephew's death, he has a heart-to-heart talk with Earlene and agrees to help support her and Beal's two children the best that he can.

Part 1

100 years ago, the Titans appeared and decimated most of humanity. To stop their advance, humanity built a series of walls and continued to live in peace. In the present day village of Monzen, Eren expresses to his friends, Armin and Mikasa, his desire to leave the confines of the Outer Wall and see the outside world. After a failed attempt to approach the wall, Souda, the captain of the Garrison, explains to them that the military is assembling a scouting regiment to explore beyond the walls. However, the wall is suddenly attacked by the Colossal Titan. The wall is breached and Titans enter the village, eating people and regenerating when injured. When Mikasa tries to rescue a baby, she is separated from Eren, and is presumed killed.

Two years later, Eren and Armin enter the Scout Regiment, along with Sasha, Jean, and others. The team, led by Military Police Commander Kubal, move out into one of the towns of the Outer Wall. The group is then attacked by Titans but are saved by Captain Shikishima and Mikasa, who survived the attack from two years ago and is now part of the Scouts. Mikasa refuses to talk to Eren, acting like he is a stranger for no reason. Eren eventually confronts Mikasa and she reveals to him that the experience made her realize the world is cruel. After realizing that Mikasa and Shikishima are most likely together, Eren is once again devastated.

When more Titans surprise them, Kubal retreats, leaving the Scouts to fend for themselves. Lil, who had just lost her lover, sacrifices herself. Jean attempts to convince Eren to flee, but Eren chooses to fight back before losing his leg in the process. Eren manages to save Armin from being eaten but at the cost of his own life. Though crushed by Eren's death, Mikasa fights until she runs low on fuel and comes face-to-face with the same Titan that ate Eren. However, a Titan emerges from within it and begins battling the other Titans. Souda and Mikasa realize that the Titan is Eren. After he starts to collapse, Mikasa frees Eren from his Titan shell.

Part 2

Years before, a young Eren is forcibly injected with an experimental serum by his father, but soon after Eren's mother discovers this, a military police squad break in, taking Eren's parents and burning the place. Eren survives with the help of Souda. In the present, Eren is captured by Kubal and his squadron, believing he is a threat to humanity. Mikasa does nothing to defend him. Armin and Souda try to persuade Kubal to spare Eren's life, but Souda is killed. Before Eren is executed, a Titan busts in, killing Kubal and his squadron, takes Eren, but spares Mikasa and her comrades.

Eren awakens in a mysterious bunker with Shikishima, who reveals the origins of the Titans as a military experiment gone wrong that soon developed into a virus that turned people into Titans and decimated humanity. Shikishima plans to launch a coup against the corrupted government who has been oppressing its people with the walls and with fear of the Titans. Eren learns that Shikishima has stockpiled some of the pre-Titan War weapons, and agrees to help.

Hange, Mikasa and the others retrieve an undetonated bomb in Eren's hometown with the hopes of using it to seal the outer wall. They encounter Shikishima's troops and reunite with Eren. However, Shikishima attempts to recruit them into his coup, revealing that he plans to use the dud bomb not to seal the wall but to blow up the capital and let the Titans overtake everything, freeing humanity. Realizing that more innocent lives would be shed, Eren stands against Shikishima. As they fight, Sannagi sacrifices himself to bring down a nearby tower that falls on the weapon stockpile, blowing it up while the others escape with the bomb. However, Shikishima reappears on the truck and stabs himself revealing himself to be the Titan that took Eren earlier. The gang attack Shikishima, who smashes Eren into a wall, but Eren transforms into his Titan form and defeats Shikishima. Titan Eren climbs the wall and plants the bomb, reverting to his human form while Armin sets the fuse.

Having survived the earlier attack, Kubal wants the group to give up Eren and return to the interior, but they refuse. Kubal shoots Armin, but is shot by Sasha and falls, transforming into the Colossal Titan which actually breached the outer wall in part 1. When Eren, Mikasa and Jean try to jump on the Colossal Titan's back, Jean is killed. The bomb does not go off, so Mikasa tries to get the bomb fuse working again, but is confronted by Shikishima. Eren tries to break into Colossal Titan's nape but is knocked down. Shikishima sacrifices himself by transforming into a Titan and lodging the bomb into the Colossal Titan's mouth. The detonation successfully closes the hole in the wall and Eren and Mikasa stand at the top of the wall overlooking the ocean.

In a post-credits scene, footage of the battle with the Colossal Titan is analyzed, in Shikishima's bunker, by an off-screen character, who says that Eren and Mikasa's unpredictability is what makes them "fascinating".

Dr. Rue Wakeman and his team create a creature, Subject 3, from the skin and organs of multiple men and women. The creature has no memories but understands speech and selects the male gender for himself. He regularly meets with Dr. Elizabeth English to discuss his dreams which seem to be memories from minds of the sources of his body parts. The creature requests the Bible and ''Frankenstein'' for reading material but is only provided the Bible at first, thereafter naming himself Lazarus. He is later also given a copy of ''Frankenstein'' which includes an inscription written to Dr. English for her 30th birthday from Dr. Texarian, the former head of the project who was also one of the sources of Lazarus's body parts. Lazarus's distrust in Dr. Wakeman grows and he decides to escape from the facility where he is being held. He crawls through the ventilation shafts and overhears the doctors planning his termination in order to move ahead with the next stage of their research. He carjacks Dr. Jacobs and escapes from the security personnel in a car chase. He visits the home of Clay and Thorne, a father and son who were the source of some of his body parts, and tells their thoughts to the widow Sandy still living there. He then visits Dr. English and tells her the thoughts of Dr. Texarian. Lazarus returns to the facility and destroys the data being used to create Subject 4. He releases VX nerve gas in the room where Subject 4 is being held and kills General Hardcastle, the man running the project, as well as Subject 4 and himself as Dr. English watches from outside the room in tears. Dr. English leaves the facility and is later shown stitching together a new creature.

During an NHL lockout, Doug "The Thug" Glatt's (Seann William Scott) minor-league team, the Halifax Highlanders, receive media focus. Their owner, Hyrum Cain (Callum Keith Rennie), seeks to capitalize on the attention. For the opening game, Doug is made captain, but loses a fight with the rival team's enforcer, Anders Cain (Wyatt Russell), the son of the Highlanders' owner. Badly injured, Doug retires to a more stable job as an insurance salesman, while he and his pregnant wife Eva make preparations for their child. Without Doug, the Highlanders embark on a long losing streak which prompts the owner to push for changes. He signs several overseas players and his son.

Meanwhile, Doug finds no joy in his new job, and tries to find a way back into hockey. His old rival, Ross "The Boss" Rhea, convinces him to join him in a hockey fighting league, where he could find a way back into the game. He wins a ten-man battle royale, watched by Hyrum. Meanwhile, Anders does not perform well for the Highlanders, and eventually gets suspended for violence. Hyrum adds Doug back to the roster, as competition for his son. Before Doug's first game back, Eva makes him promise not to fight, for the sake of their future child. Doug reluctantly agrees, and the team goes on a winning streak, but when Anders returns from suspension, he goads Doug into being more aggressive. Doug and Anders interrupt a game during a dispute, and they are both suspended for the next game. During the game's afterparty, Anders provokes Doug into a fight, and when Eva sees that Doug has been fighting again, she kicks him out of the house.

Meanwhile, the Highlanders must win the last two games of the season to sneak into the playoffs. Hyrum signs Ross, at the expense of firing Anders. While Ross helps the Highlanders to win the first of their last two games, Eva goes into labor, and Doug reconciles with her as they head to the hospital. After having her baby, Eva realizes that the same drive that led Doug to be with her during the birth, is the same drive that pushes him to want to defend his teammates on the ice, and she gives Doug her blessing to continue fighting. Having been kicked off the team, Anders rejoins his old team, who will play the Highlanders in the last game of the season with a playoff spot on the line. Anders gravely injures Ross, and Doug enters the rink in retaliation.

Doug beats Anders, but when showing mercy at the end of the fight, Anders vengefully threatens Doug, claiming that he will never stop coming for him until they end up like Ross, being carried out on stretchers. Realizing that his new family is more important to him than hockey, Doug uses his weakened right arm to level Anders in the face just as he was about to strike again, throwing his arm out and being helped off the ice. Hyrum rushes to his son's aid, where Anders tells him that he hates hockey, and the two appear to mend things between them. Having been told earlier that further injury to his right arm would be career-ending, Doug realizes that his hockey days are behind him. He watches as the Highlanders win the game in the final seconds, and during the celebration, he sets his stick down and goes home.

In a post-credits scene, a female reporter talks about the Hockey Story. Doug doesn't know if he's a Gretzky and steals her microphone.

The novel tells the tragic story of the Gypsy, Tumry, and his wife Motruna, daughter of the farmer Lepiuk. Tumry abandons his nomadic life for the sake of his beloved and decides to settle in the village, where he takes up blacksmithing. However, Motruna's marriage to the Gypsy is not to the liking of her father, who curses his daughter and turns the whole village community against them. The first cottage built by Tumry, next to the cemetery, is set afire by Motruna's envious father, and Tumry undertakes to rebuild their home. The young couple are discriminated against and are denied any help by the village. They receive support from the French mistress, and subsequent wife, of the village's squire, Adam, but she soon dies.

When the itinerant Gypsies return to the village and Aza, the squire's Gypsy former mistress regains her influence with him, assistance from the manor ceases. The sight of Aza, whom Tumry had once felt not indifferent about, rouses his hidden jealousy. Extreme poverty and inner emotional conflict lead to his suicide.

The widow and her daughter Marysia are looked after by the handicapped Janek, and later by the poor lady physician Sołoducha. But Mortuna dies, and her twelve-year-old daughter, with the support of Sołoducha and her blind husband Rataj, takes charge of her parents' farm.

A poor nobleman, Tomko Choiński, taken with the girl’s kindness and strong character, marries the young Gypsy girl against his father's wishes, and they lead a happy life together.

The novel is characterized by great realism in its depiction of the mentality, customs, and life of village and Gypsy communities, and by its apt societal observations.

The film's events take place over several days and they are set in the present time in a large Polish city. The main character is a bandit, a Polish dres (a Polish chav) called "Strong" (Borys Szyc), who does not work or study, and who frequently gets into conflict with the law and is in love with Magda (Roma Gąsiorowska). The relationship is not going well. "Strong" is insanely jealous of Magda, but he does not avoid sexual contact with other women. Magda is a blonde keen on going to the tanning salon, obsessed with her alleged overweight and appreciating good cosmetics. She loves "Strong" and hates him at the same time, deceives and manipulates him. She uses the opportunity to have a good time and looking for a rich guy with whom she could leave "to the better countries". Both of them take drugs. Their relationship resembles a continuous scuffle.

After an argument in a bar owned by "Left" (Michał Czernecki) "Strong" meets a "Gothgirl" Angelica (Maria Strzelecka) at night, an aspiring poet dressed in black, also a virgin and pessimist, for whom "suicide is a piece of cake". Angela is the former girlfriend of Robert, the son of Zdzislaw Sztorm, owner of a sand plant. In the morning Natasha Blokus (Sonia Bohosiewicz) appears at house if "Strong". She is a good friend of "Strong". She experiences withdrawal and looks for drugs in the house, but even soup powder satisfies her completely. Nat comes with an idea, a plan of "plucking" Zdzislaw Storm, in which Angela is supposed to help.

"Strong" follows Magda. He turns up at the town festival, where she takes part in a miss competition. He cannot reach her, but instead he meets a volunteer Ala, a girl of his friend Casper, coming from a good family, with whom he spends the afternoon. In Ala's apartment he swallows a handful of painkillers, then, drugged, pees into the cage with parrots, steals worthless trinkets and escapes from the apartment in the woman's coat.

Incoherent, getting around in the city buses "Strong" is accidentally found by "Left". Then they terrorize a clerk in the night fast food bar, wheedling Coke and taking walkie-talkies. The fun with the stolen objects ends up with a fight and being transported to the police station. There, Dorothy Masłowska plays a person, who transcribes testimony of „Strong”. The whole film takes place in her mind and she is able to influence the course of events at will. After leaving the police station, stunned "Strong" hits his head against the wall and loses consciousness. Magda turns up at the hospital, but "Strong" dies. After death he goes to hell, which turns out to be a television studio in which he is the guest of the talk show, where viewers expect emotions and savory details.

In 1978, two thieves, "Scorpion Joe" and Lenny, escape into the desert with a hostage, Vivian, after a failed heist. Lenny dies of a gunshot wound suffered during their escape, and Joe forces Vivian to help him dispose of Lenny's body. After a failed escape attempt, Vivian explains that she was at the bank to seek a loan to save her family's farm. As she covertly reaches for a switchblade on the floor of Joe's car, an unseen assailant shoots out one of the car's tires. Joe handcuffs Vivian to the steering wheel and exits the car, boasting that he will kill whoever shot at them. The hidden sniper kills Joe, then drives up to talk to Vivian. The sniper, Wyatt Moss, tells her that she is trespassing on private property, and insists he had a legal right to kill Joe. Vivian begs him to free her, but he instead knocks her out with a drug.

Wyatt's brother, the sheriff, visits Wyatt's compound to ask if he has seen Vivian. Wyatt denies any knowledge of her, and his brother warns him that she is too well known for her murder to be hushed up. When Vivian wakes, she is handcuffed to Joe's corpse in the car. She drags the corpse out of the car and uses a rock to smash the handcuff. Once free, she wanders toward a PA system that has a record player attached. When she plays the album on it, a recording of a siren, Wyatt takes several shots at her. She takes off running, pursued by Wyatt. After avoiding a trapped pit, Vivian finds an apparently dead woman who is holding a shiv. Vivian grabs the weapon, startling the woman into semi-consciousness. As Vivian attempts to revive her, Wyatt shoots and kills the woman. The sheriff discovers Lenny's body and loudly announces that he is entering the compound. While Wyatt is distracted, Vivian surprises him with an attack, takes his rifle from him, and shoots him.

Leaving Wyatt for dead with his rifle, Vivian looks for an exit from the fenced-in compound. She follows the cries of an injured man, discovering Travis stuck in a bear trap. Though she frees him, he is unable to move. Travis laments that he is still going to die, as the entire compound is surrounded by miles of electric fencing. Vivian says she believes she has killed Wyatt and promises to return with help. Nearby, she finds a shack that is filled with grisly trophies, such as human ears. Wyatt taunts her on a CB radio, saying he knows she is in the shack, and she hears a gunshot. As Wyatt laughs, she yells at him, drawing the attention of the sheriff, who is investigating the compound. As he enters the shack, Vivian kills him, only to be horrified that it is not Wyatt. Wyatt further taunts her, shooting at her as she attempts to pick up the sheriff's nearby pistol. Once she grabs it, she flees through a trapdoor that leads to a mine shaft.

Wyatt chases Vivian through the mine, which contains many dead bodies, dolls, and a PA system that plays distorted music. Vivian hides among the dead bodies, then engages in a shoot-out with Wyatt, which causes a cave-in near him. The lights go out, and Wyatt's taunts her with manic laughter and militaristic rants. Vivian reaches the end of the mine and breaks through a boarded up exit. As she emerges into the daylight, she laughs hysterically. A note says that Vivian escaped to safety, and dozens of bodies were eventually found in the compound; however, Wyatt was never captured.

Cjamango's entire family has been exterminated and he decides to take revenge, (helped by a Mexican who saw the bandits). In the way Cjamango learns that it was his father-in-law that had armed the bandits to avenge himself of some disgrace he had suffered in the form of Cjamango's past.

A traveling girl known as Kuro searches the land for the witch that cast a curse on her, that stains her body black and will eventually kill her if not stopped. Kuro travels with two young, shapeshifting twins named Sanju and Nijuku, as well as her teacher, friend and companion Sen, who must take the form of 1,000 bats. They meet many strange, unusual people on their journey and supernatural occurrences happen frequently. However, the travelers' normal course of action is to help them solve their problems and then be on their way. Sometimes, these meetings reveal information about the witch, and occasionally they find a person who has been cursed by the witch as well.

Bobby Lee Burnett lives a simple suburban life with his wife, Sue-Ann, whose efforts to please him include having orgasms that end with her saying: "Bingo." After she throws a party for his 40th birthday, Bobby undergoes a serious mid-life crisis. He changes his wardrobe, buys a faster car and begins an affair with another woman. Sue tolerates it for a while and gets her own fling. However, Bobby returns home and thanks Sue for everything.

During their visit to Bucknell University, husband and wife Scott and Kate Johansen warn their daughter of the dangers of being in college. Alex acknowledges her parents' warnings and expresses her interest in attending the same university her parents went to. Alex gets accepted to the university, which the Johansens expect to be funded by their community's scholarship program.

Unfortunately, during a community town hall meeting, city councilor Bob Schaeffer announces that they will not be doing the scholarship program, in favor of building a community pool, to which everyone agrees except the Johansens. The couple tries to find funding through asking for a loan, a salary raise for Scott, and getting Kate's job back, but everything is denied. They reluctantly agree to accompany their friend and neighbor, Frank Theodorakis, whose wife Raina is divorcing him over his gambling and porn addiction, to a previously-planned trip to Las Vegas. After numerous wins playing craps, they lose their winnings after Scott jinxes the table by telling Frank not to roll a seven.

Back home, Frank convinces the Johansens to start an underground casino at his house to raise money for Alex's tuition and to help him get his wife back. The casino operation proves to be running smoothly as they gain more customers. In another community town-hall meeting, Bob becomes suspicious at the low attendance and suspends the meeting to launch an investigation. Back at the Johansens' casino, Frank discovers that one of the gamblers, Carl, is counting cards. The Johansens and Frank confront him, but he brags that he works for mob boss Tommy Papouli. Scott accidentally chops off Carl's middle finger, earning him the nickname "The Butcher", making the community afraid of him, which inadvertently increases their profits.

Several thousand dollars away from reaching their goal, they are caught by Bob and Officer Chandler, who confiscate their money and order them to close down the casino. Nonetheless, they continue their business. The house burns down after being invaded by Papouli, whom the Johansens set on fire. Having admitted their plot to Alex, they team up with Chandler, who had let them loose, to steal the money back from Bob. Chandler convinces Bob that the three continued the casino even after he had ordered them to stop, and shows a video of the people mocking him. Bob asks Chandler to go with him to arrest the Johansens at the casino, which gives the Johansens the chance to steal their money back. Dawn alerts Bob that the Johansens are in the town hall, which convinces Bob to go back. Bob tries to make Chandler drive faster, but causes an accident himself. Bob runs back to the town hall on foot to find the Johansens with the money. After chasing the Johansens, Bob reveals his personal interest with the casino money as well as his plot to steal money from the city budget for himself and Dawn, who leaves him and returns to her husband Joe. Bob is arrested, while Scott and Kate use the money they took back from him to pay for their daughter's college tuition.

Set in the Prohibition Era, the late 1920s, in the backwoods country of Florida, Mattie, an independent, middle-aged, pipe-smoking widow, lives alone. She has given up society, but is a woman of property.

A man named Trax appears, in need of money, and courts Mattie, who is old enough to be his mother. Mattie is charmed by his youth. When Mattie asks why he'd want to marry someone as old and tired as she is, Trax says, "Why not? There's not a thing wrong with you."

Trax marries Mattie and starts to spend her money on drink. He brings home a teenager to work as a housekeeper (the "gal young-un" of the title). Young and giggly, Mattie resents her; Trax obviously prefers the gal young-un and intends to move her into Mattie's home as his new partner. The girl appears very innocent, and Mattie is also angry at Trax for eagerly exploiting such a young woman, and realizes she has similarly been taken in by his charm.

The movie ends with Trax run off by Mattie holding a shotgun. She tells the girl to leave, go away and follow him, but Gal Young-Un replies: "He don't want me" and sits on Mattie's porch until she finally invites her in and gives her supper.

The ending of the movie has the two women sitting by the fire together, the young girl petting a cat, as Mattie says to the purring cat: "It's nice to have people around, isn't it?"

''A Flash of Green'' tells the story of small-town corruption and two people brave enough to fight back. When a local reporter starts sympathizing with an eco-group opposing a new development, a local county commissioner attempts to quiet him with a bribe. Going along with it at first, the reporter soon develops a conscience when the commissioner uses a right-wing paramilitary group to keep the eco-group in line.

Both the film and television series for ''Garo: Gold Storm Sho'' are direct sequels to ''Garo: Yami o Terasu Mono''.

Film

Months after the events in Vol City, Ryuga Dogai has just slain the Horror Murado when he begins to suffer the effects of the accumulated evil energy within the armor. Rian luckily knows of a Makai Priestess in Line City that can purify the armor, searching the city while coming across a kebabe stand owned by D Ringo. Ryuga and Rian eventually find the abode of Line City's resident Makai Priestess Ryume. Ryume takes the Garo armor from Ryuga to purify it over the course of two days, the Makai Knight assured that there are no Horrors within Line City to worry about. As Ryuga and Rian eat at D Ringo's stand, they see a painting that the owner explained to be of a statue of a guardian that mysteriously disappeared. When D Ringo's charm starts acting up, Zaruba senses an evil presence with the kebabe owner revealing there are ruins near the city outskirts.

Ryuga and Rian come to the ruins to find a group of Makai Priests dead before being the figure responsible. The figure proceeds to overwhelm Ryuga and Rian before escaping them, with Ryuga finding an item that fell off him. The two return to Ryume, who reveals the object the figure stole is the forearm of the mad Horror Degol that she kept in check with her power. Parting ways with Rian to cover ground, Ryuga visits D Ringo who gives him an ancient Madou Tome detailing a Makai Priest named Sōtatsu who used his craftsmanship skills to create a humanoid Madōgu named Agō. Ryuga realizes that the figure is Agō as Rian finds him while in the middle of repairing himself. As Agō overpowers Rian, he explains his dream is a world without Horrors and came to the conclusion before taking his leave. After meeting up, Ryuga stopping Rian from hurting a petty thief who was working for Murado, the two discuss what they have learned about Agō before Zaruba senses a ki disruption across the city.

The two realize that Agō plans to use Ryume's means to keep Horrors from infesting Line City to wipe out everyone in the city with Degol's energies. But Agō had already defeated Ryume, with D-Ringo taking Ryuga and Rian to the central hub while providing them with Makai weapons he acquired from the black market. Fighting Ryuga as Rian frees Ryume, Agō reveals his goal to create a Horror-less world is by wiping out humanity itself. As their battle eventually comes to a highway, Ryuga explains that he and Rian share Agō's dream but refuses to acknowledge killing humans to achieve. It would be at that time that Degol awakens, revealing himself to be the Horror that killed Sōtatsu long ago as he consumes Agō's body to recreate his physical form. Luckily, Ryuga gains a purified and upgraded version of the Garo Armor so he can fight the Horror while reaching Agō. Finally understanding his creator's intention, Agō uses what strength he had left to restrain Dregor while giving Ryuga his weapon to destroy the Horror. Ryuga finds only a fragment of Agō, understanding the truth behind Agō's words but feels such a world without humans would be a tragedy. Later, after Ryume gives Zaruba an upgrade so they can seek her help, seeing D-Ringo on the way out, Ryuga and Rian leave.

Television series

After successfully saving Ryume and stopping Agō, Ryuga and Rian are assigned under her as guardians of Line City as they investigate a mysterious increase in Horror activity in the area. This is all a plot by fallen Makai Knight Jinga and his wife Makai Priestess Amily, who have since become Horrors years ago as a result of giving into his darkness following the death of their son, to raise the ancient weapon Radan to destroy humanity. To stop them, Ryuga and Rian team up with Daigo Akizuki, Giga the Beast Knight, and the Makai Priests Gald and Haruna, as well as D Ringo and Yukihime before the two Horrors can succeed in their plans.

Yann Kerbec is in his thirties and has been leading a mundane and stale life. One day, he decides to meet up with Thomas, a childhood friend whom he has not seen since his high school days and together they set out to revisit and relive the past.

As first-year "plebes" at the Naval Academy, newcomers Tommy and Stuffy are subjected to rude treatment by the upperclassmen. After one of them, Chuck Baldwin, gives him a hard time, Tommy decides to invite Chuck's sweetheart Judy to a school ball.

Tommy is also a talented football quarterback, but because Chuck informs on him being out after curfew, Tommy is suspended from the team and Navy loses the game. Judy is upset with Tommy, but a year later, when the situation is reversed and Chuck is caught out after dark, Tommy vouches for him. Chuck plays and helps Navy defeat Army in the big game, then dedicates the victory to Tommy.

With only having five minutes to get April's patient out of the car to the operating table, Stephanie's interns have to help make a clear path. Alex asks Jo if it's okay if Meredith and the kids move in, which Jo misunderstands as Alex wanting to plant roots and have a family with Meredith. Alex clarifies his question, so Jo goes out to buy a fixer-upper for just her and Alex.

Meredith tries to repair the damage between Amelia and her by allowing Amelia to hear the last voice mail that Derek left on Meredith's phone. April tells Jackson that she wants to go back overseas, but he gives her an ultimatum: she can go, but if she does, he won't be there when she gets back.

Richard tells Bailey that she will be the next chief of surgery, but Catherine won't have it. The couple begin to argue again, so Meredith plays the “my husband is dead” card, and she tells them to work out whatever it is that's causing their separation. Richard and Catherine compromise their differences; one of which is Bailey having to run against an outside candidate of Catherine's choice. By working out their differences, Richard and Catherine get married in the hospital's chapel, and they have their reception at Meredith and Derek's house.

During the party, Maggie tells Meredith that her parents are getting divorced, and that the reason why she didn't tell her before was because her problems seemed so trivial to Meredith's. Meredith comforts Maggie by saying she can always talk to her, and she, Maggie, and Amelia "dance-it-out."

A prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.

On a cold night in 1978, while driving to meet IRA members Chris (Cillian Murphy) and Frank (Michael Smiley), Stevo (Sam Riley) tells Bernie (Enzo Cilenti) that he was beaten up the previous day by the cousin of a woman he assaulted. The group meet outside a Boston warehouse with intermediary Justine (Brie Larson), and a representative, Ord (Armie Hammer), leads them inside. The group is there to buy guns from arms dealer Vernon (Sharlto Copley) and his associates, Martin (Babou Ceesay), Harry (Jack Reynor) and Gordon (Noah Taylor). Despite tensions between the two groups and the fact that Vernon supplied the wrong rifles, the weapons are unloaded from a van and Chris’ group hands over the money in a briefcase.

Stevo realizes that Harry was the one who beat him up the day before, and refuses to go near him, irritating Frank. Harry eventually notices and lashes out at Stevo, furthering the tensions between the groups. Stevo seemingly apologises, but then brags about what he did to Harry's cousin. Infuriated, Harry shoots Stevo in the shoulder. Both groups split off and begin shooting at each other. Martin, who was holding the briefcase, is grazed by a bullet in the head and collapses. The briefcase now lies in the open, with Vernon attempting to coerce his men to get it.

Bernie is shot in the back by Vernon as he attempts to leave and dies shortly after. Soon, two hit-men with rifles begin shooting at both groups. One of them, Jimmy (Mark Monero), is killed, and the other is recognised by Ord as Howie (Patrick Bergin), who explains that he was hired to kill everyone and take the money. Before Howie can reveal who hired him, he is shot dead by Chris's group. Chris, defending Justine, requests that Vernon's group let her go. Gordon crawls after her, intent on killing her.

As the shooting continues, a telephone rings in one of the offices. Realising that they can call for backup, Chris sends the wounded Frank to the office, pursued by a wounded Vernon. Gordon chases Justine to the warehouse entrance, but she manages to kill him. As Chris, Ord, Stevo and Harry engage in another shootout, Vernon is severely burned by a fire set by Frank but manages to kill him as he reaches the phone.

Martin suddenly regains consciousness, and begins deliriously shooting at his own group. He reveals that he planned to double-cross Vernon and hired Howie and Jimmy to kill the others. Martin gets the briefcase, but soon dies from his injuries. After getting past Ord and Harry, Chris reaches the office and kills Vernon. Using the phone to call his associates, Chris is cut off by Ord while Harry distracts Stevo. Returning to the warehouse, Justine takes Jimmy's rifle but passes out.

One of Chris's associates, Leary (Tom Davis), arrives at the warehouse in search of his IRA comrades, but is beaten to death by Harry. Taking the briefcase, Harry attempts to escape in the van while being fired at by Stevo and Ord. Harry runs over Stevo's head, killing him, but not before Stevo shoots him in the rear and killing him as well. The fire Frank caused spreads and the sprinklers come on. Exhausted and out of bullets, Ord and Chris agree to stop fighting, take the money, and attempt to escape before the inevitable arrival of the police.

Justine shoots Ord in the head and, unintentionally, Chris in the stomach. Lying on the ground, Chris tells Justine he regrets not having known her better as he begins to succumb to his wounds. As Justine limps to the warehouse entrance with the money, the sound of sirens grows louder. When red and blue flashing lights appear under the bottom of the exit, Justine realizes although she survived, she will not escape.

The film is based on the Dilesi Massacre of 1870 during which several bandits kidnapped British tourists and demanded a ransom. The film opens with a character named Alexander the Great who is the leader of the bandits being freed from prison.

Alexander and the bandits have kidnapped a group of British aristocrats and bring them to an agrarian community in the mountains that Alexander, the villagers, and a group of Italian anarchists (who arrive later in the film) are trying to build on a system of public ownership and egalitarian beliefs. They demand that the aristocrats return the land to the villagers but their demands are not met when soldiers surround the settlement.

The anarchists, at differences with Alexander, try to leave but are killed by the soldiers. The soldiers also kill Alexander's original comrades. Alexander kills the hostages, and the villagers murder Alexander, in what Vrasidas Karalis notes as a practice of theophagia, or god-eating. The only survivor is a child. The camera pans over Athens and a voice-over states: "This is how Alexander entered the cities...."