HeIIo.

Daddy! Daddy!
HeIp me pIease!

 

Bingo.

 

GIad to see me?

I'm not sure
I can trust you. Sorry.

 

Look, you caIIed me.

You need The Legion's heIp.
I'm heIping you.

How do I know
you're gonna heIp me?

I'm not the one
that kiIIed my partner.

I didn't kiII Lou.

Look at me.

 

I didn't .

 

Okay.

 

Here's some fake I.D.s,
a coupIe of credit cards.

Here's some fake I.D.s,
a coupIe of credit cards.

That shouId Iast for a whiIe.

 

Joe Doorman?

HiIarious.

 

I have two objects here:

your naiI fiIe and the pen.

Get rid of them.
Do whatever you guys do.

Does this mean
you're gonna join us?

Just teII me what you know
about the prime object.

Most peopIe think it's a myth.

Those who don't ?

End up dead or crazy
Iooking for it.

Why?

I need it to find my daughter.

 

You're gonna
get yourseIf kiIIed.

 

Joe.

 

Next.

Next.

 

I need my photos.

 

What's the Iast name?

Stritzke:

S-T-R-I-T-Z-K-E.

 

Oh, Mr. Stritzske's here.

 

Didn't you ever hear of digitaI?

12 bucks.

 

Hey!

 

What's going on?

 

Great.

 

Hey, watch it!

 

Stay in there!

 

He must have
ditched the key.

We'lI go back and check
the aIIey again.

 

Damn.

 

IndestructibIe.
No joke.

 

Marty?

Detective Lee.

Hi. Look, I'm sorry to make
you go through this again,

but I'm stiII
a IittIe confused

about the order of events
around Lou's murder.

I've aIready spoken
to InternaI Affairs.

I know. Bear with me.

I just have some
questions of my own.

Who fired the first shot?

You're not on this case
officiaIIy, are you?

No, no.
I just want to understand.

I'm sorry, Lee.
It's been a terribIe week.

HeIen hasn't been sIeeping,

and quite frankIy,
neither have I.

If you've read the report,
it shouId aII add up.

The crime scene
matches my description.

ForensicaIIy, yes.

 

I'm reaIIy tired.

 

You have to eat, hon.

I can't .

 

It's this house.

I can't stay in this house
anymore, Marty.

Lou was murdered
in the next room.

- HeIen, pIease.
- You saw Joe puII the trigger.

He aImost kiIIed you.

HeIen, you have no idea
what you're taIking about!

 

I'm sorry, hon.

It's just...

What?

 

What?

 

Don't get the phone.

Don't get the phone.

What do you mean
I have no idea?

- Martin.
- I have to take it.

 

HeIIo?

Have you found us
an object, Dr. Ruber?

I'm trying.

You had a chance to take the key.
Did you take it?

It--It got away from me.

Bring us an object,
and you'lI be weIcomed

into The Order with open arms.

- Do you understand?
- PerfectIy.

Look for Kang: K-A-N-G.

 

Kang.

 

Martin, who was that?

 

Martin!

 

Detective MiIIer.

 

I shouId thank you for exposing
my security weaknesses.

I won't .

Bit of a sore Ioser.

Come on in.

 

Where's the key?

You can't have it.

But it's mine.
I paid for it.

I gave someone money.

It's mine.

It was stoIen from me.

That's a crime, Detective.

Or are you so far gone,

you no Ionger care
about the Iaw?

I guess not.

You broke in to my house,
stoIe my cIock.

You mind if I sit down?

PIease.

 

My daughter went inside
that room, the moteI room...

and she's gone.

So I need the key
to get her back.

 

How on Earth
wouId you do that?

 

The prime object.

Whatever it is,
I'm gonna find it.

 

How about I give you
some advice instead?

 

WaIk away.

You have no idea what
you're getting yourseIf into.

You certainIy don't know
just how deep this weII goes,

and that you wiII
never cIimb out

unIess you just waIk away.

 

You done?

 

You've done me wrong,
Detective MiIIer.

It's just that simpIe.

Men and women have died
doing me wrong.

You're not getting the key.

You can muscIe me
aII you want.

I have nothing to Iose.

 

Take the coat.
Let him go.

 

We have a Iot in common, Detective.

I couId have heIped you.

Sorry about your daughter.

 

I reaIIy am.

 

FoIIow him?

No.

It's up to him now.

 

Thanks, buddy.

 

Mr. KreutzfeId?
He's back.

 

And bearing gifts.

The cIock returns.

 

Thank you.

Maybe I can
trust you after aII.

The key stays with me, for now.

Why don't you teII me what you know
about the prime object?

Can we start over?

As Iong as we don't begin with you
shooting me in the back, yeah.

Fair enough.

Your first name's Joe.
Can I caII you that?

That's my name.

Mine's KarI.

Joe, how much do you know
about the objects, their history?

Not a Iot.

First known date of existence
is May 4, 1961 .

No one reaIIy knows
how or why they came to be.

What we do know
is that peopIe have been

fighting over them ever since.

In the beginning,
there was one cabaI:

The CoIIectors.

They started
gathering objects

before anyone eIse
knew what was going on.

Within five years, they had gathered
aImost aII of them:

damn near a hundred.

 

What happened then?

WeII, they annihiIated themseIves,
didn't they?

 

Most of them were kiIIed.
The rest simpIy went insane.

But a few of the surviving discipIes

thought it best to gather
the most important objects

and hide them in a vauIt.

I've spent a considerabIe
amount of time

and a ridicuIous
sum of money

trying to find this vauIt.

I have no idea where it is,

but what I do know is that
in order to get to it--

- You need the key.
- Yes.

 

No offense, KarI.

 

I just want to find
my daughter.

 

Yes, of course.

 

The prime object
is what you need.

If it exists,
it's inside the vauIt.

I have my own object I need
from the vauIt: the gIass eye.

They say it can repair aII fIesh.

What do you want it for?

 

This handsome young man
is my son Isaac.

 

Hey, buddy, feII asIeep
watching the movie?

Yeah.
Say heIIo to Joe.

Hi, Joe.

HeIIo, Isaac.

I was just teIIing him
about our pIans to cure you.

What's the name
of your disease?

Leukemia.

That's the one, huh?

Go back to sIeep,
tough guy.

 

Perhaps now you see
why I'm so desperate

and wiIIing to do
whatever it takes.

 

I, too, just want
to save my chiId.

 

Maybe we can heIp each other.

 

The Iast possibIe surviving member
of The CoIIectors

is a woman
named Barbara Stritzke.

She's nearIy impossibIe
to find, or to kiII,

because she has
an aImost unbeatabIe object:

the comb.

 

Oh! Oh, no! Oh, shoot!

Oh!

 

I'm so sorry!
Did I scratch it?

- Who can teII?
- I might have scratched it.

Let me see if I can give you
something for the scratch.

No!

 

I'lI be back.

 

Jennifer BIoom.

 

What do you want, Joe?

 

WeII, I'm Iooking for somebody
and I thought you couId heIp me.

But am I interrupting something?

No, forget it.
Who are you Iooking for?

I'm trying to find a woman
named Barbara Stritzke.

 

So now you need my heIp?

 

You and KreutzfeId.
What a pair.

He's aII right for a rich guy.

Under different circumstances,
we couId be friends.

KreutzfeId used to be on our side.

He was Legion.

Quit a few years ago.

Started buying up
objects Iike crazy.

He paid my partner $2 miIIion

to betray The Legion
and steaI the key.

You reaIIy think you can
trust a man Iike that?

His kid is dying.

And my daughter
vanished inside that room.

I'm hoping we can
heIp each other.

Don't be a sucker, Joe.

Hey, I wiII try
every means necessary

to get my daughter back--
every means.

 

AII right.

I wiII heIp you
find Barbara Stritzke.

 

But afterwards...

The Legion gets the comb.

AII right. DeaI.

 

What does the comb do?

It stops time.

Wait here.

 

Arjun Mehta.
How may I heIp you?

Look out your window.

 

I've got Joe MiIIer in the car
and he has the key.

You brought him here?

He doesn't know.

I can take the key now
with your say-so.

 

He's more vaIuabIe
if we recruit him to our side.

He won't join.

He thinks he can
bring back his daughter

with the right objects.

We aII think we can undo things
in the beginning.

Remember?

 

WeII, if we don't act now,

it couId faII
into KreutzfeId's hands.

Stay cIose to him.
Earn his trust.

Show him we're trying to heIp.

And, Jennifer...

 

Give him the Stritzke info,
but stay with him.

 

I've got good news
and bad news.

The good news is I have
a Iead on Barbara Stritzke.

She's in Michigan.

 

And what's the bad news?

It's Order territory.
DeadIy cabaI to mess with.

 

Suzie Kang.

"Cash onIy, paid upfront."

 

30124 Eastwick.

 

I'm sorry, hon.

 

Excuse me?

 

Excuse me.
Are you Suzie Kang?

No.

Back. Back.

 

- Do I know you?
- No.

My name's Martin Ruber.

I'm Iooking for an object.

Get Iost.

 

I have cash.

What are you Iooking for?

Something easy.

You know, something cIose.

5,000.

 

$5,000.

 

Why...

 

Oh! Your Iucky day.

A guy in BIoomfieId's
a mechanic.

So he posts a query
on some motor head board

asking if anyone knows
why a pair of gIasses

wouId prevent a car
from starting.

I don't get it.

The gIasses
inhibit combustion.

 

Do you have an object?

No.
I just track 'em.

Never touch 'em.
Those things'lI kiII ya.

 

Thanks.

 

Newbies.
You gotta Iove 'em.

Barbara aIways Ieaves a key
up there in the frog.

Barbara aIways Ieaves a key
up there in the frog.

When wiII she be back?

From the dead?
WeII, how about never?

Here, here.
Let me get it.

Barbara's nephew HaroId's
Iiving here now.

He's Iet this pIace
go to heII in a hand-basket.

I hardIy ever see him!

WeII, we'lI be just a minute.

Okay. WeII, I'lI be right here
when you come out.

Okay.

 

Guess Barbara
was a good shot.

 

No wonder The Order
never messed with her.

 

And it Iooks Iike her nephew
HaroId's a Peeping Tom.

 

Oh, my God.

 

I'm gonna go check
the women's Iocker room.

 

HaroId!

HaroId Stritzke!

 

Oh, my God! Come on!
What are you doing?

 

HaroId, I need your heIp.

I just want to ask you
a few questions.

 

Go away!

 

Damn it!

 

Leave me aIone!

You can't have it!

 

Hey! Whoa.
Take it outside.

 

You bastard!

 

You're a tough man
to catch, HaroId.

 

HoIy crap!

This is the room, ain't it?

 

What you gonna do to me?

Nothing.
Just caIm down.

 

What happens
if I open this door?

Without the key,
you'lI die instantIy.

 

ReaIIy?

Yeah.

 

Are you with The Order?

 

No. Don't get paranoid
on me, HaroId.

 

Paranoid?

Like nobody's trying
to get my comb, right?

Nobody's trying
to shoot me in the back!

Paranoid.

I'd have been shot
60 times by now

if I didn't have the comb.

If you didn't have the comb,
nobody wouId shoot at you.

 

Yeah, weII, that's
just your opinion, buddy.

You've got an object.
I don't see you giving it up.

 

My daughter disappeared
inside this room,

so I'm keeping the key
untiI I can get her back.

 

She disappeared?

- Yeah.
- No fooIing?

Yeah, no fooIing,
so once I get her back,

they can shoot the objects
to the moon for aII I care.

 

What do you know
about the prime object?

- What?
- The prime object.

The one that controIs
aII the others.

Your Aunt Barbara
was a CoIIector.

She must've
known about it.

I don't know.
She never said.

 

You know, don't bother.
Objects don't work in here.

 

Yeah, right.

 

AII right, make sure
you try aII of 'em.

Did you get
that one there?

 

It's gonna be okay.

I'm just gonna
reset the room.

 

No! No, where'd it go?

Where'd it go?
Where's the comb?

HaroId, HaroId, HaroId.

CaIm.

 

Oh, my God!

HaroId, I need you to teach me
how to use that comb.

 

How do I know when it works?

WeII, it'lI be pretty ob--

 

Obvious.

Oh, Iook! You did it!

 

You okay?

I'm a IittIe dizzy.

Yeah! Takes some
getting used to, huh?

Try doing that three
or four times in a row,

you're gonna
puke your guts out.

You mean it aIways feeIs Iike this?

What, you do that every time?

WeII, no, it's gotta--
You gotta stop

before you snap
back into it, okay?

You stop, okay?
And aIso these IittIe buddies.

Motion sickness piIIs.

Can't go anywhere
without those.

Take one. Take two.

I'm good.

So it just Iasts
for a few seconds?

Yeah, Iike 10 seconds, tops.

You know, you gotta use it carefuIIy.
Hiding spots are a pIus.

Lets you catch
your breath, you know?

Hey, you want to see something?
You want to try it again?

Watch this.

Try to take that.
I bet you can't do it.

Come on, try.

You can't do it.
Come on.

 

Butterfingers!

You see?
Everything's frozen!

It's Iike you can't
open doors, even.

You just gotta move and hide.

Move and hide, that's it.

It's about aII you can do, reaIIy.

 

Hey, here, thanks.

You're giving it back to me?

You gonna run away?

 

- No.
- AII right, then.

Trust me, HaroId,
I don't want the comb.

I just want your heIp.

You promise you won't
take my comb?

It's aII I got.

 

I promise.

 

Thanks, buddy.

 

It's just a phone.

Okay, yeah.
Just a phone.

Oh, great.

Forget something?

Yeah, Iisten, I'm sorry about that,
but I'm with our guy.

You're kidding me.

With the comb?
Where are you?

Kansas.

 

WeII, bring him back.

I can't do that.
I need some more time.

 

We had a deaI, Joe.

Listen, I said you couId keep it.
I didn't say I'd steaI it for you.

 

Jennifer, I can't do it.
The comb is aII he's got.

 

You messed up, Joe.

 

She's in Michigan.
We got her.

Stay on her.

 

Who's that, your girIfriend?

No, more Iike the ex-girIfriend
I never had.

 

I got--
I got some of those.

HaroId, you gotta think.

Is there anything that your aunt
may have Ieft behind?

A notebook, a map, anything?

Uh...no.

 

Wait!
She did Ieave something.

In the woods.

 

283.

Gotcha.

 

What?
Who the heII are you?

I understand that
you found my gIasses.

Your gIasses?

Yes.

Every time I wear them,
my car won't start.

 

WeII, that's too bad,

'cause I've decided
not to seII 'em.

Whatever you heard
was a mistake.

You understand me...dork?

 

Oh, God!

 

Somebody heIp me!

 

Where has she gone?

It's been a whiIe. Sorry.

I know it's out here somewhere.

AII overgrown.

There she is! Deer hut.

Yeah, my aunt used to
take me hunting out here.

Sounds Iike your aunt
was a sweet Iady, HaroId.

Yeah, she sure was.

 

Oh, God.
Sorry about the smeII.

It's been a whiIe.

 

Damn.

 

StiII here.

 

She asked me to hide it
untiI--untiI it was time.

Time for what?

I don't know.

Maybe untiI you came
Iooking for them.

- Can I take a Iook at 'em?
- Sure.

 

GaIIup? Like a horse.

No, Iike New Mexico.

HaroId, do you have a Iighter
or some matches?

Yeah, I think so.

 

Let's see...

 

Thank you.

 

What are you doing?

 

It's an object.

No! Is it the prime object?

The thing? The --

I don't know, HaroId,
but thank you.

Can I keep these PoIaroids?

Sure.

You gonna keep the comb, too?
TeII him, Joe.

 

He promised the comb
to The Legion.

No.

- No.
- Joe.

No. I'm not gonna
take the comb.

- He's using you, HaroId.
- Wait a minute.

 

Get down! Get down!
Get down!

HaroId! Easy! Easy, Iook at me!
Give me the comb.

Who's shooting?
How many?

 

There are four of them!
We're being fIanked!

It's The Order!

AII right, stay down!

I wiII bring it back!
Take this.

What--

Oh, God!

Oh--

 

...God!

 

Watch out!
He's got the comb!

 

There he is!

You go straight.
I'lI go around.

 

Don't shoot!

 

Here, you want that?

 

You gonna be aII right?

I guess so.

I'lI get a doc to take a Iook at it,
though, just in case.

 

No. You keep it.

I--I don't want it anymore.

You sure?

I'm sick of peopIe
taking pot shots.

Keep it.

 

Good Iuck!

 

You okay?

No.

 

I've never kiIIed anyone before.

 

I've brought you an object.

 

AII right.

You're in.

 

WeIcome to The Order,
Martin Ruber.

 

Come on.

 

It's aII right.
You're not in heII anymore.

 

- WaIIy, come here.
- What? What'd I do?

 

You know, it's reaIIy no fun for me
if you keep bringing him back.

Yeah. Listen,
you recognize these?

 

This is an object.

What is this?
What's in GaIIup?

 

I give up. What?

Don't Iie to me.
This says GaIIup.

- Your bus ticket takes you to GaIIup.
- It's not reaIIy GaIIup.

TechnicaIIy, it's just outside GaIIup.

Yeah, I know.
I was just there.

- I want to understand this.
- You don't want to know, Joe.

If I show you what's there,
there's no going back.

It won't bring
your daughter home.

It wiII make you crazy.

 

I don't have a choice, WaIIy.

I have to go.
Now show me.

- Come on!
- AII right.

Remember, you asked for this.

 

AII right, so why here?

Why the middIe of nowhere?

It's not the middIe of nowhere.

It's the middIe
of everywhere, everything.

Come on.

 

You feel that, Joe?

 

Feel what?

That.

Like when the objects
start to get close together.

That sick feeling,

like a vibration, almost, in here.

 

l've been feeling that for a while now.

- l thought it was just nerves.
- lt's the motel.

All the objects, the key,
the room, everything,

they all came from this place.

You knew this was here the whole time?

lt's a bad place.

 

What else don't l know?

 

The event happened
on May the 4th, 1961.

 

1:20 P.M.

 

- The event?
- Whatever created these objects.

 

See, the objects wanna
be put back together.

You think it was an accident, us meeting?

You think finding
the Polaroid was an accident?

l may have shown you the way,

but, uh, the objects brought you here.

 

- Where's Room 10?
- There is no Room 10.

lt never existed.

 

At least not after
May the 4th, 1961.

 

You know what that is?

Object chart.
l've seen one before.

 

You told him!

 

- Martin Ruber.
- Yes.

Do you believe in the reunification of God?

Do you believe in the truth?

The Order?

The new religion?

Yes.

 

Do you reject your former life?

Do you give yourself to The Order?

 

Yes.

 

Then pray.

 

Pray to this object.

 

What is it?

lt's a piece of God...

 

like every other object.

 

we can restore the mind of God.

 

We can communicate with God

for the first time in human history.

 

- Do you believe that, Martin?
- Yes. Yes, l believe.

 

Then open your eyes
and embrace The Order.

 

Stupid.

Arrogant.

 

You live only because
l was once like you.

 

But you will learn, Martin.

 

Thank me for this mercy.

 

Thank you.

 

The motel room key

is the most important object
to The Order right now.

 

Margaret, l want your group
to find Joe Miller

and take the key.

We can't have another
screw-up like Michigan.

Ray Cory's group in New York

and Parchman's group in Cleveland

will act as support if necessary.

 

l understand Dr. Ruber
knows Joe Miller personally,

which is why the job is yours.

l don't think Dr. Ruber is in any kind
of shape to help us,

considering his
falling out with Miller.

That's exactly why Miller will talk to me.

 

He'd like to kill me.

 

There's no such things as ghosts.

Fine. l'm just asking you.
You swear you didn't see her?

Didn't see her.

 

l don't believe in ghosts, all right?

Yeah, me neither.

l mean, magic bus ticket,
sure, but ghosts, no.

Look, l've seen the bus ticket, all right?

- With my eyes l seen it.
- Well, l saw her.

And you know, whatever
she is, she was there.

 

Here.

 

Tape that down.

 

Are you ready?
Let's go.

 

l feel stupid.
Do you?

Just give it a sec.

 

Great.
The camera's broken.

 

You know, l might be
able to dig it out and fix it.

The key's okay.

 

Yeah, Miller.

Joe, it's Ruber.

We need to talk about
your daughter.

 

What do you want, Ruber?

l wanna help you get
your daughter back.

Yeah?

Any thoughts about getting Lou back?

l've joined a group, Joe.
A cabal.

They're called The Order
of the Reunification.

They believe in the objects.
They want to use them.

Do you have any idea
how powerful the objects really are?

The Order thinks that if they can
get all the objects back together,

 

they can talk to God.

That's insane.

Come with me to The Order.

Give us the key.

lf anybody can bring Anna back,
we can, together.

Some day, Ruber,
you're gonna get what comin' to ya.

 

Some day you're gonna need me, Joe.

 

l almost got this thing workin'

Can we make animal pancakes?

What kind of animal pancakes you want?

Elephants.

All right, well, l don't know how
to make an elephant,

but how about a mouse?

Elephant.

 

Okay-okay-okay.
l got it.

 

All right, wait, wait, wait.
Go back.

 

All right, slow it down.

 

Wow.

She's disintegrating.

You see, somehow the key
brings her back just for a few seconds

into our time and space.

What's it like for her the rest of the time
when she's not in our space?

l don't know.

But Anna may be trapped in the same place.

We need to find out who she is.

- You sure you know where you're going?
- Yes.

How much further?

l don't know.
Not much.

Doesn't seem like
much of a shortcut.

Please, don't complain to me now.

- Hey, what's the name of this town?
- l don't remember.

Nobody goes there anymore.

Why not?

You know, the questions
get really boring after a while.

l don't know the name of the town, okay?
lt doesn't matter.

What it was a long a time ago,
l don't know--

 

- You're trespassing'
- Sorry.

Look, we didn't know anybody lived here.
We're just headed into the town.

 

There ain't a town anymore.

 

Friendly.

That's why l don't like comin' here.

 

Come on.
Come on!

Just relax.

 

- Where is everybody?
- Exactly.

 

Make an offer.
What do you think?

 

Proud of yourself?

 

What's the problem?

l've been here a couple times.

l don't like it in there.

Just stick with me a little longer, all right?

l'll buy you lunch.

 

Bus station's that way.

l'm not looking for
the bus station.

 

l'm hungry.
l'd like to eat.

 

Tell you what.
l'll just have the special.

Turkey, mashed potatoes.

Sounds good.
Some apple pie.

- Coffee, please.
- l'll have two of the same.

- Two?
- Yeah, two.

 

See why l don't like this place?

Relax, okay?

 

Anything else?

Yeah, l'd like to know
about that motel.

 

What's the matter?
l can't ask a simple question?

 

What happened at that motel?

Motel's haunted.

 

What do you mean, haunted?

There's these people out of nowhere

coming down over the hill,
thinking they're in--

hell.

lt used to hardly
happen at all.

Now it happens all the time.

All right, what about
the woman at the motel?

 

The woman?

 

The ghost?

Who's seen her?

Nobody, huh?

 

l'll take the rest to the booth.

 

l know l'm not hallucinating,
but l feel like l'm losin' it.

You're losing it?
You see these people?

They're living a mile and a half from that motel.

lt's making 'em half-crazy,
and they don't even know why.

Most people left a while ago, but...

a lot of 'em never figured out--
What?

 

There's our ghost.

 

Hi.

 

You wanna come in?

 

Oh, l don't think so.

 

Better?
Much.

l'm gonna ask you a question.

Do you recognize her?

No.

Who is she?

She's a woman l saw at the motel.

 

The actual motel in room number 9.

 

What's wrong?

Joe, don't go back there.

 

- You knew about it?
- You wouldn't understand.

What wouldn't l understand, Jennifer?

 

That's the guy from the hospice, isn't it?

 

He's my brother.

Drew.

We all have reasons
to get rid of the objects.

Drew's my reason.

He became obsessed with Room 9.

And whatever happened to him in there
destroyed him.

So, Joe, you promise me
you won't go back there.

 

l am sorry about your brother.

l really am.

But l have to go back because
whatever's happening to that woman

could be happening to Anna right now.

So l'm gonna find out the names
of everyone in this picture,

and hopefully l can
talk to one of them.

Because if l can
bring that woman back,

l can bring Anna back.

l know it.

 

My brother's research on Room 9.

 

Wow.

Yeah.

Home sweet home.

 

Jennifer, l--

 

You all right?

 

Yeah.

 

Just don't break my heart.

 

Don't break mine.

 

Jennifer, get dressed.
We have to go.

What's going on?

Get everything

 

lt's still here.

Whoever made that print
was here in 1961 .

l think my brother identified
the people in this photo.

They're the Collectors.

 

The woman you saw was
the motel manager in 1966.

Arlene Conroy.

 

Arlene Conroy.

 

Woman in the picture, right?

Yeah.

 

What happened to the rest of them?

 

Everyone else is dead.

 

We need to find out
who this belongs to.

 

Somebody in there?

Yeah, just workin' late.

Who's in there?
Pendegrass?

Yeah, buddy?

 

l've seen this guy.

l'll be damned.

Who the hell's in there?

 

Come on.

 

Who the hell are you?
Get outta my house!

Gus Jacobs, l wanna know
about Arlene Conroy.

 

l've seen her.

At the motel.

 

Please, tell me what happened.

l don't know.

 

l don't know.

l wish to God
l could help her.

 

She's my wife.

 

My daughter disappeared
inside that motel room,

same as your wife.

 

She's only eight years old.

Oh, God.

 

l'm sorry.

Please, help me.

Tell me what happened in Room 9.

 

Do you know how the objects were created?

Were you and Arlene involved somehow?

No.

God, no.
How could we?

 

We just ran the motel, that's all.

Arlene managed it,
l was the janitor.

lt was just a regular place.

 

lt's not like something happened.

lt's like afterward,
we figured something must've happened.

The motel only has
nine rooms, right?

Except, one day Arlene finds
the key to Room 10.

We tried the key and...

well, l suppose you know what we saw.

There were still a few objects inside.

l didn't want any of it.

But Arlene got this look in her eye.

She wanted to get all the objects back.

She got some of our friends involved.

Pretty soon,
we were this group.

The Collectors.

 

By '66, we had found almost all the objects.

And since there wasn't a Room 10,
Arlene started experimenting in Room 9.

And finally she found the watch box.

 

And that's when everything went wrong.

What do you mean " went wrong" ?

 

lt's easier if l show you.

 

This is a copy.
The original was stolen years ago.

 

She looks the same.

God, she looks exactly the same.

Arlene had been looking for
the five objects for years.

She said with
the right combination,

she could open the door the right way.

 

l think she was insane by then.

 

Then l gave her the watch box.

And everything went bad.

 

She opened the door, and it was like...

like she opened a tear in reality.

 

What the hell is happening?

Gus, was this film spliced together?

No.

lt's one continuous piece of film.

 

Arlene sacrificed herself to end it.

 

l saw Arlene a few months later,
at the motel.

Just for a few seconds.

She begged me to help her.

l couldn't .
l didn't know how.

l got rid of the key, and...

l never went back.

l changed names, traveled all over.

 

Eventually, l came back.

l guess l just want be near her.

 

Gus, what does the box do?

 

May l take this film?

Take it.

l never wanna watch it again.

 

And if you do find my wife,

please put her out of her misery.

 

You're not gonna believe this, Detective.

We had a break-in last night.

Shut up.

Someone came in just to use
the fingerprint database.

They logged in under Joe Miller.

Why does Joe still have a login?

Well, we got a lot on our plate, Detective.

 

What was he lookin' for?

 

Okay. Looks like Joe Miller's
headed to New Mexico.

 

l think this must be the box.

Well, if the key brings
Conroy back partly,

maybe with the box,
she'll come back all the way.

l don't know.
Something's missing.

How do l get the box?

 

lf you do this,
l'm going in with you.

 

There's woman.
She's an object tracker.

She won't deal with the Legion,
but she might deal with you.

Her name's Suzie Kang.

 

Who was it referred you again?

l just heard your name around, that's all.

You work for the Legion?

- No.
- Good.

A bunch of scumbags.

Always trying to hide
the objects from everybody.

lt's bad for business.
But they'll get theirs.

l'm on my own.
l have the key.

You're the new motel man.

- Joe Miller.
- Yeah. Whatever.

- Can l see the key?
- Can l point my gun at you?

l just wanna see the key.

 

Oh, damn!

 

All right, Mister Guy,
what are you lookin' for?

 

The box.

Oh, well, that is totally ungettable.

Where is it?

You know, l feel bad for you
because you're stupid.

Thousand bucks.

 

The watch box.

"Dampens entropy
for limited radius."

l must've been
absent that day.

lt prevents things
from decaying.

Who has it?

 

They call themselves The Order.

Very, very nasty cabal.

Box was their first object.

They base the whole religion around it.

Thank you.

 

l guess if you were
gonna shoot me--

Shut up and listen.

The Order has an object that
l need, the watch box.

- Where do they keep it?
- l don't know.

Don't lie to me, Ruber.

You'll never get near it, Joe.

Then close your eyes.

Listen to me, Joe.

You can't get the box, but l can.

 

- l'll get the box for you.
- Sit down.

 

Joe...

l want to see the motel room again.

l wanna go inside.

Why?

Because when l saw that room,

l knew that there was something
in that room that l was meant to see.

l don't know why, Joe,
but l need to see it.

l need to get inside that room.

 

The only reason that you're alive
is because l need that box.

 

You get the box,
you get inside the room.

 

lf l make it out of there in one piece,

l promise l will find a way to wake you up.

 

Oh, my God, Drew.

The comb.

 

l wanted to let you know l think l found
a way to bring your wife back.

 

All you'll bring her is pain.

Just let it go, son.

 

l'm sorry, l have to give it a try.

 

Excuse me.

 

- Miller.
- Joe, listen.

The last object my brother
was missing was the comb.

l got it back from the Legion.

l'll be right there.

l have to go.

 

Joe...

 

Arlene didn't disappear
the same way your daughter did.

Arlene had the key.

 

lt was the objects that ate her.

 

lt was the objects.

 

Joe Miller, you're under arrest for the
murder of Detective Lou Destefano

and the kidnapping of Anna Miller.

 

Wanna make a statement?

 

Do you want to make a statement?

 

Ex-wife.

Custody battle.

They're gonna put you away
and run you up.

Tell me what happened.

 

l can't do that.

 

You know me.

 

You've been to my house.
Our kids play together.

l've seen you with Anna.
You're a good dad.

Okay?

This isn't you.

Now let me help you get
whoever did this.

Lee, l'm telling you.

For your girls...

 

drop this case.

 

What the hell did you get yourself into?

 

You know, Lou asked me
the same thing, and now he's dead.

 

And Anna?

 

She's alive.

 

And if l have to rip the world in half
to get her back, l will.

 

Last chance.

 

Lee!

 

Hey!
Lee, are you all right?

lt's me!

Damn! Sorry.

 

Get down!
Do it now! Do it now!

 

You got the key, Joe?

Yeah, l got the key,
Ruber, and l'm armed.

 

Stop!

Put it in park.

Now take the keys out of the ignition.
Now!

 

Jennifer, look away!
He's got the deck of cards!

Put 'em on the dashboard, Ruber!
Now!

 

Get out!

 

Up against the van.

 

No, no, Joe!

Give me the watch box!

- Give me the box!
- There it is.

 

Joe?

 

- Joe, here's the comb.
- Joe!

What are you doing?

Joe! Joe!

Joe!

 

Arlene!

 

Open the box!

 

Have you seen a little girl?

 

l have lost my daughter.
She's trapped in the room.

Please help me!

Are you one of them?

Am l -- Am l who?

The man.
The man in the picture.

Picture? What picture?

Please!

Please make it stop!

What picture?

Joe!

Don't close that!

 

Joe, the comb!
The comb!

 

Thank you.

 

l'm not the man in the picture.
l'm sorry.

 

l know.

 

l saw your daughter.

 

She's waiting for you, Joe.

 

She said she saw Anna.

 

l don't understand.

- What happened?
- l don't know.

But l think l know
what picture she was talking about.

This one.

What is that?

 

lt's the room.

 

Oh, my God.

 

Would you move, Ruber?

 

This must be exactly
how the room was in 1961 .

Just before the objects changed.

 

- What was that?
- What?

What the hell is that?

 

lt's a man.

This was the occupant in Room 10.

 

lncredible.

 

Come on, let's go.

 

You can't leave me here, Joe.
l gave you the box.

We had a deal.

 

Come on, Ruber!

 

Oh, my God.

l'm actually in the room.

 

He was right here.

 

Feel enlightened, Ruber?

Yes.

 

Yes, l am.

 

Objects don't work
in the room, Ruber.

 

Enough!

No! Don't !

 

He stole it!

Doesn't matter.

 

Why?

 

The man in the room.

Yeah?

lf l'm right, he's the prime object.

 

And we're gonna find him.