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Doug!
Where were you?
Where ever you go,
there you are.
I'm so sorry, but Sarita Maholtra
is waiting for you in the board room.
I told her you had to reschedule,
that you were away
We scheduled that meeting?
I don't remember it.
Uh, I, I can find out for you.
And, what else?
Uh, HR is still waiting to
set that empowerment seminar
Yeah, tell them I empower
them to do it without me.
What else?
Uh, everything else can wait.
Is there anything for me?
Yeah, I need you to find me
information about
Julia Samson.
Uh, okay, what do you
want to know?
I want to make sure she's not dead.
Uh, okay.
Do you want me to get rid of
Miss Maholtra for you?
Where's she from?
MW News.
Bar Karma - 1x12 (Season Finale)
"Man Walks Out of a Bar"
o-o-o, yeah,
aaaaah,oooooooo,
Yo-o-u-u will always
reap what
you sow.
Sorry to make you wait.
I think the CEO gets to says who's
late and who's early, don't you.
All right, let's see it.
MW NEWS mission is to be the
premier news source in the world.
We are independent. Solely funded
by private investors.
You may have seen our beta broadcasts.
What makes you say that?
Well, our broadcasts are
linked to several public venues.
Taverns and the like.
Out of the way places,
perhaps you've watched us.
Background noise.
TV news is history.
But, that's not who you are.
True.
MW NEWS is different.
There are stories that
exist only as possibilities.
The future, Mr. Jones,
I can offer you that.
How?
Long ago, quantum mechanics
showed us that
the very act of viewing a
microscopic event
will tend to change the
event, itself.
Our research
has focused on the many world
interpretations on
quantum mechanics
with outstanding results.
And, we are within months
of unlocking and reporting
on the future, Mr. Jones.
Here.
In this world.
For everyone.
And, we're having this conversation,
because?
Getting there
on the scale we're
talking about
will require
massive amounts of capital.
I see.
Capital is easy, but deciding
who gets to see the future, isn't.
Humph.
Who do you work for?
An eclectic mix of
what you might
call foreground and
background players.
Our investors.
Wait, wait, go back one.
You know him?
An early investor.
Very elusive.
Seems to have fallen off the map.
But, perhaps you could help
us locate him.
His name is
James Anon.
I'll get back to you.
Music on.
(Bar Karma theme song begins)
Still rich.
(Bar Karma theme continues)
I love this song.
(Bar Karma theme concludes)
Oh.
You're here.
I mean,
here.
Does James know?
He knows I went looking for you.
I thought he wanted you
to stay in the bar.
He didn't have much choice.
Why did you leave?
To get answers.
About Julia?
Well, wouldn't you want to know
if you killed someone?
And, once you figure it out,
will you come back?
I don't know.
I miss this.
Your apartment?
Making my own rules.
When I'm here,
I know what to do.
I mean, my computer's set to
beep if my
finances even think
about going wrong.
I have staff of hundreds that
are on my back.
I'm always in control.
I know how things are going
turn out.
I don't think I can leave this.
Even if it meant spreading
a virus
faster and faster.
It's been happening ever since
Caleb escaped.
What virus?
According to James,
your good luck and
my bad luck.
(scoffs) That's a virus?
Maybe, it's just an illusion,
along with your bar.
Your bar.
I'll tell you what,
bring me the deed,
I'll sign it over to you.
You can't, Doug.
What we're accomplishing in
there is
so much bigger than what you're
doing out here.
Maybe,
but maybe this is enough
for me, Dayna.
Sorry.
Who's the little guy?
Funny looking kid, huh?
Any friends?
One,
next door.
Whenever I was grounded,
which was alot,
we would, um,
pass notes through the slats
in the fence.
That's sweet.
Yeah, but one night I woke
to sirens
it was a fire.
Last night of my life.
It's you?
You look so much younger
than me, now.
Time stands still in the bar.
I thought my company had
good benefits.
Do you still love the peanut butter
grilled cheese sandwiches?
Why?
Are you hungry?
Starved.
I can't find them.
We shouldn't have sent
her out there.
Things are coming unglued
in a hurry.
(sighs) Yeah.
I can't believe you ordered this
from a five star restaurant.
Is it even on the menu?
He owes me.
- Oh.
Now you sound like a loan shark.
Loan shark, corporate shark,
what's the difference?
At some point, you're going to
have to fill in some blanks here.
Before dessert?
Well, before one of us has to go to
the bathroom and walks through
that door.
And, ends up someplace else.
I see your point.
Why didn't you tell me who you
were until now?
We were already overwhelming you
with so much information.
Everything has its time.
Oh, you sound like James.
He's a good teacher.
You really like it
in the bar, huh?
It's the happiest I have ever been.
For once, I'm actually
helping people.
Instead of ruining them.
But, we could do all that
work out here.
What, I have money,
influence, connections.
We can help people here.
I can't be out here.
Yes, you can.
If you're with me. We cancel each
other out, right.
Let we ask you something.
When I left the neighborhood,
how many times did you get grounded?
Never.
My bad luck is stronger than
your good luck.
If I go with you
I'm afraid I'll never come back.
Bar Karma can't trap you,
or take away your freewill.
Maybe, you don't come back
because
you don't want to.
It's doubtful.
What's that?
Stock alert.
I don't have much time.
You mean, you're saying that's
because of you?
Well, wait, wait wait.
But, why you?
And, why me?
I'm sorry, Doug.
If you want the whole story,
you'll have to come back
to the bar.
That is some serious bad luck.
All right, all right
here goes.
Come on.
I'm not ready to buy yet, but
you want an exclusive interview?
We know who you're going to
sell to is.
Why all the charade?
Everything has a price, Caleb.
We're just trying to find ours.
Well, the choices are limited.
It's one side or the other.
You seem awfully anxious about this.
Time's wasting, sweetheart.
I know you don't even have an
offer from him, yet.
I'm willing to give you double
what you asked,
if we have a deal, now.
It's more than the money.
I need to know we share
the same vision.
How's this vision?
Power
real power,
convincing people
that what you feel is exactly
what they feel.
Inspiring them, happily,
bend to your will.
To almost beg you to accept
their subservience.
I know how to create that
kind of power
and how to execute it.
So, that's
that's what I'm offering.
It's convincing.
Let's talk about this after
the interview.
He'll be here any minute.
Do you know what that means to a
man who has been trapped in the void
between the branches of time?
Ha, ha, ha
You had me worried there for
a decade or so.
Yeah.
Yeah, I had myself worried, too.
Still a train wreck out there?
Worse than ever.
Sorry to hear that.
But, you saw Doug?
Yes.
He's okay.
He saw the picture?
He knows?
He still has questions,
but yes, he knows.
Things are falling into place.
Well, some things are.
MW News has been off the air
this whole time.
We know you're a billionaire.
We know you're a playboy.
Rumor has it you're a control freak,
as well.
Have you always been "The Guy"?
To be honest, I'm currently considering
a little side venture
where I am not "The Guy".
Will you have a majority interest
in this side venture?
Like I said, I'm just
considering.
I'm not ready to commit
to anything.
And, you had a disagreement
over tactics?
Do you have any
insider information you'd
like to share?
Well, certainly a man of your
accomplishments and
let's say, good fortune,
could get used by
individuals who are simply
trying to
further their agenda.
But, barring some of that
Doug Jones magic.
We all reap what we sow.
What's that supposed to mean?
That's from a song that
opened doors for me.
I wish it would again.
Here, listen.
reap what you sow
He wants to come back.
I've got him.
Who were you talking to?
The boss.
The boss?
Thought I was the boss?
No. No more cards.
I came back for real answers, James.
Not just possibilities.
I told you how important
you were when you came here.
You still are.
I gather,
you got to witness
some of Dayna's impact,
while she was out there
with you.
The very nature of her
negative power is
that it's uncontrolled.
And, can never be controlled,
except in here.
Anger motivates action.
A revolution.
Same for envy,
keeps you hungry.
And, *** keeps
us populated.
Some people thrive on
that chaos, like Caleb.
He and I were part of a
conglomerate called Karma, Inc.
You wanted me out there
causing as much damage
as I could.
My brother fought me from
bringing Dayna
in here several times.
So, I had no choice.
I locked him in the void.
Before that, Karma Inc., wasn't taking
sides in the war between
James and Caleb.
But, when they demanded that James
release Caleb,
he refused.
That's when we broke
away from them.
But, we realized, we needed
you to survive.
Murderer!
So, did it happen or not?
Which is it?
Let's play this out.
You?
That's right.
This scenerio was a simulated
branching event
we created for you.
For me?
You never would have agreed,
otherwise.
You set me up?!
No man in his right mind would have
left the life you had.
You had to think
it was all crashing down
around you.
Did he trick you too?
Wait, no.
- Maybe, we should just leave
him here, huh.
Let him wander the
universe alone
in his stinking bar.
Turn the tables on
the old man. Huh.
How would that be, James?
He didn't trick me.
He saved me.
James knew it was important for us
to meet early on.
There's nothing like the
bond of a childhood friendship.
When words and feelings
are pure and honest.
You'll both need that trust to
carry you
through the next phase of our mission.
First.
I got Dayna here
and I kept her safe.
But, I needed you
to balance her out.
How could you let him do
that to me?
Because,
karma is more important
than any of us.
So, what now?
That's up to you.
You can walk out that door and
let the forces of Caleb
run wild.
Or, you can stay here
and help us fight him.
If I do this, let's be clear
this is not for you.
I understand.
All right, I'm in.
Again.
For now.
Who else could use a drink?
No.
I'll get that.
To karma.
I got this one.
You're just in time for a
board meeting.
How did you do this?
Come on, James, it's over.
Your two kids over there,
they think they're all dialed in,
ready to save the world.
Guess what, James,
they don't know how
to do anything.
(Caleb chuckles)
Come on, James,
have a drink.
Last call, James.
Time is running out.
Your karma has found you.
