Paper Girls S1E3
Episode 3: "Blue Tongues Don't Lie"
Full disclosure: This scene takes place during the timeline of Paper Girls' Episode 1 time skip. Opening up this episode is this woman named Juniper out in the woods communicating with a man named Larry over the radio that is trying to scope out this area of the woods. Juniper spots people in these silver metallic uniforms part of a higher authority known as The Watch go trooping by. She confirms to Larry of not just the sighting of The Watch but "they" made out of 1988. Referring to Heck and Naldo. Larry's internal alarm is blaring so he urges Juniper to GTFO but of course, she does not listen and tries to get closer. Larry tries again to contact her but his pleas are met with a now dead static.
He looks outside and sees a purple plume over his property. He runs to his kitchen to retrieve a tape recorder and says his name and birthday. He proclaims that he is part of STF Underground and that the government has stolen his memory along with "blue tongues don't lie". He stashes the recorder in his freezer and puts on headphones.
The same night, he goes to this random house. Only it's not random. Juniper answers the door and he asks what the hell happened?! A confuzzled Junipier doesn't recognize him and mistakens him for a delivery boy. A saddened Larry pulls out a tape recorder and plays it. Freaked the fuck out she only looks at him but almost like a reset she questions him again on where her food is. Well doesn't this fucking suck? This is that aforementioned memory Larry was speaking of that alleged that the government stealing memories and shit. An extremely frustrated Larry has a sort of mental breakdown. In the midst of it, some kind of alarm goes off from his pager. It signaled that some kind of system is armed.
As is the system from EPISODE 2?!?!?!?!
Precisley. Now Adult Erin is still in her cars looking for those paper girls. Surprise! She finds them and they hop in the car. A frantic Tiff sees that the black box is now activated and asks her 20 questions which of course she has no freaking idea. Adult Erin asks where the heck is Mac but the girls already know and off they are on their way to get her ass back.
Now we're at the hospital where Mac is jamming to Danzig's "Mother" while waiting for his BROTHAAA in the waiting room. A now mid 40s something man appears and come face to face with the 10 year old Mac. He is just looking stunned as hell.
They go to the cafeteria while Mac is just going on and on talking about how freaking cool that his bum ass big brother has got his shit together and grew up to be a "rich ass doctor". However all he can do is look in awe. He notices how unkempt she is and is automatically skeptical. He interrupts her elated bombardment of questions and says that his sister died from cancer when she was 16 and thinks this is some practical joke.
A woman walks up and takes her away. She works from child services or some shit.
Peeved as hell, she still goes with the woman. Big bro realizes that Mac left behind one crucial fossil behind: the walkman!
Mac and the lady is in the office for intake. She just dead ass tells her not only is she 43 years old but she is a time traveller. Of course, she doesn't take her seriously and thinks there's some mental problems with her. Big bro intercepts whatever plans she had with Mac and pleads with her to destroy that file she had on her. He apparently did a super speedy DNA testing (is that even possible?) and claims that she is his kid to save face. Holy shit, she does him a solid and releases her into his custody.
So they are both in the car. Now that he actually believes her, he gives some insight about her health that implied that she went undiagnosed and/or untreated for a long time. He confesses that her 16 year old death motivated him to turn his life around, leading him to be the doctor he is today. The sad tension breaks when Mac tries to put on music and they have an awesome bonding moment when they both jam out to Danzig's "Mother" loud and proud in the parking lot. Air drumming and shit.
Unbeknownst to them, Adult Erin and the remaining girls had just entered the parking lot on the other side. Girls stay there and Erin exits the vehicle to head towards the hospital. Larry comes up to her but not recognizing him, she tries to shooes him away. With her back turned, Larry tases her and places her in the back of his truck and drives off.
The girls witness the kidnapping and with Tiff's limited motor driving skills, ensues in a chase. Little Erin and KJ are all collectively freaking out but they eventually get to the Larry's land of horrors as he throws them all in the basement.
Nah, just kidding. It's just a dirty ass basement. But at least they are all together again sans Mac.
Big bro and Mac finally get to his lovely abode where proceeds to Walter White his ass off to his lovely wife saying that Mac is his distant family member. Being the sweet woman she is welcomes her with open arms. For identity sake, she is now know to them as Jo.
Meanwhile, everyone is the basement waking up first thing in the morning. Adult and Little Erin have a little heart to heart and make up from their disagreement from last episode.
Larry reenters the basement and brings them upstairs to have a chat with them and sternly questions them where they heck they got the black box. Tiff answers with exactly that answer. Heck. Heck and Naldo are the names of the men that aided in the paper girls time travel. KJ gives him the sad news that they were unfortunately killed.
Back at the hospital Prioress is hot on their tail and disguises herself as a social worker to try to infiltrate the records to find Mac. Desk dude doesn't give the answers she wants so she manhandles him until she found a lead on his computer.
The Old Watch is hell bent in preserving the current timeline only because it benefits them. According to Larry, they outlaw time travel because it changes the future that they thrive in.
Larry is just chucking shit in a bin to build a fire and some contents he tossed was a tape recorder and a picture of him and Juniper. The significance of the blue tongues. Sad face.
He then leads them into the barn and then apologizes to Adult Erin for tasing her at first glance. He proceeds to unveil a new solution to their problem: a giant robot!
Episode 4 is next.