Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet (2020) s03e01 Episode Script

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And that is Hera.
Incredible. I am blown away.
- Thanks. Thank you.
- Thank you.
If your game is half as exciting
as that pitch, we'd love to invest.
- What?
- This is just a vertical slice.
So So the full game will
be much more impressive.
Amazing. You two have built the
Model prisoner.
You have a spotless record.
You volunteered in the library.
You even taught classes in finance
to prepare other
inmates for their parole.
- Yeah.
- Honestly, Mr. Bakshi,
it's a shame to lose you.
No, I don't think you're gonna lose me.
No, but seriously, I sit
before you a changed man.
We see that.
You are proof that reform is possible,
because prisons only work when
Costs are down, numbers are up.
Excellent work, David.
Well, thank you, Jacques and Jean-Luc.
Yeah, I can't take all the credit.
As we know, it takes a village,
and, uh, I think these
prof reports will show you
just how well this village was run.
Uh, streamlined, responsible. It is
The most complex game
engine ever conceived.
This is our masterpiece.
Yes, and we are solely
focused on the now.
So forget about our past
Indiscretions.
If you give me another
chance, I swear I will never
Toot my own horn. I'll let
the numbers do that for me.
But the truth is
I am Way better off
- Without them.
- Damn straight.
- Jo.
- Sorry.
Now, let's talk about our future.
How long do we wait?
How How long are we supposed to wait?
Ian!
- Are you Are you talking to me?
- Who else would I be talking to?
You're the only other person
that works in this office.
Can you get off the stupid VR game?
I'm not playing a stupid VR game, Poppy.
I am navigating,
and quite possibly building, a very
small subsection of the Metaverse.
No, no. No more speeches
about the Web3 frontier
- and and "non-fungal tokens."
- Non-fungible. Non-fungible.
Which means "unable to be
replaced by an identical item."
Much like your kidneys, but
keep drinking that green soda.
I saw you injecting yourself
with horse hormones this morning.
Okay. First of all, those were
amino acids, and secondly
Shut up, shut up. Their offer's come in.
- The They've emailed their offer. Yeah.
- Really? That was fast.
That's a good sign.
Okay, bef before we open this,
I think we should make a pact.
- Okay.
- We don't take less than 25.
Twenty-five is is what we asked for,
and that's what they have to pay.
I like this Poppy.
Go big or don't go. Twenty-five it is.
- Okay. Okay.
- Okay.
"Ian and Poppy, everyone is
buzzing over your presentation "
Blah, blah, blah.
" excited to move forward
with an offer of 50 million."
Fifty million?
Is this Is this real?
Yeah.
- This is my dream.
- Yes!
- This is the greatest day of my life!
- Yes.
- And we did it! We really did it!
- Yes!
We just made $50 million!
No.
What?
We didn't make $50 million because
we're not gonna take the money.
What? What?
- But we asked for 25
- Right.
- and and they offered us, um, 50.
- Correct.
But we're not gonna take it?
No.
No.
No.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Yes.
Look, Pop, there are
reasons to take the money.
There are reasons not to.
It just doesn't feel right in my gut.
Your gut?
Your g
We, um, spent all our
seed money on this game,
in this stupid spaceship office.
I mean, I've been
struggling to pay my rent,
but we're not gonna take double what
we asked for because of your gut?
Did you want me to say "yes" again,
or can you infer based
on the conversation?
Your gut is always
making these decisions.
You You said that we would make
GrimPop Studios to develop my game!
So this is not for your gut to
decide. My gut is making this call.
You're right. You're totally right.
This is your game, and
you should make the call.
So what do you wanna do?
I think that we should take the money.
You think we should take it?
I wanna take the money!
Take the money? Okay.
That's a lot of money.
- Yes!
- All right. Let's take it.
- Yes!
- All right. Good call.
- Congrats, Pop.
- Okay.
Take Take the money.
It's It's a big win.
That's That's That's
That's a big win, Poppy.
And I do ♪
Don't know this part ♪
And pretend it was you ♪
And lose control ♪
There'll be some lovemaking ♪
Heartbreaking ♪
- Soul-shaking ♪
- Soul-shaking love ♪
Lovemaking ♪
Heartbreaking ♪
- So
- Ugh.
Jo.
She's just gonna keep calling.
- Hi, Jo.
- Where are you?
- Mmm.
- Good to hear your voice too.
We're on the 5.
We just left San Francisco,
and we are en route.
You just left? You're gonna
be late for C.W.'s party.
He's flying in from Europe for this.
If he can make it here
on time, so can you.
Sorry. Rach got hungry, so
we stopped to get a muffin.
I don't wanna hear what
you put your muff in.
- Why?
- Ew, Jo. Ugh!
Why you are so gross all the time?
I promised C.W. I would get
everybody here by seven o'clock sharp.
As in if you aren't here on time,
I will cut you with
something sharp. Goodbye.
Carol's got issues.
I mean, don't get me
wrong, things are good.
I got a new job title, and a raise,
and they backed
that ol' dump truck up
against Carol's house,
but I don't do anything.
Then again, I've been
underpaid my whole life,
so if these dumbass French Canadians
wanna give me beaucoup bucks
for doing nothing,
then I should just take it, right?
I don't know. What do you think?
I think you jump from the
first to third person too often.
It's hard to follow.
Mr. Brittlesbee is very busy.
If you're mentally ill,
I'd be more than happy
- to drive you to a nearby asylum.
- Jo, please.
Uh, Carol, look, you're more
valuable to this company than ever.
I mean, Montreal made you Head
of Diversity and Inclusion.
- I don't even know what that means.
- Uh, well
I'm just trying to justify a job
where I'm overpaid but do nothing.
How do you do it, David?
Me? Uh I do a lot.
I Carol, I-I manage
the crazy creatives.
I'm, uh, producing significant
content for a massive video game.
The crazy creatives are gone.
We aren't really producing
any more significant content.
Well, still. I I do a lot.
My days are filled
with endless meetings.
Oh, and you have C.W.'s event tonight.
Yes. Thank you, Jo.
C.W., who's returning from his
yearlong, whirlwind book tour,
is hosting an event tonight.
Everyone's gonna be there.
And guess who has to manage it all?
Me. I had to organize the entire event.
Well, yes, but I manage you.
- Jo, can you get me some tea, please?
- Of course.
You see, uh, Carol, the
This corporation is
a complex system
of operations that
Okay, she's gone. Uh, yes. My
job is basically nonexistent.
All I do is tread water, and
just hope that nobody notices.
See? I knew it. I'm getting a
peek behind the white curtain.
Thank you, David.
It's not a white or Black thing.
It's a red tape thing, and I've
been navigating it for years.
I can help you, but I'm gonna
need a little bit more information.
Um, did they give you any
actual responsibilities?
- No.
- And who do you report to?
No one.
- And what's your budget?
- Nothing.
Ooh, yeah. Well, that's right on track.
David, what is happening?
Oh, you're a figurehead. Yeah.
Look, you're given just enough
resources and power to make zero impact.
Your job is to provide cover.
You know, maintain the status quo.
It feels empty,
but they give you that salary, and
it fills that hole in your soul.
Carol has always
wanted golden handcuffs.
It is a conundrum. David
wrestles with it every day.
- It don't work when you do it.
- I thought I had it.
- No, you do not.
- Yeah? All right.
Well, either way, uh, if
you wanna keep that gold,
you gotta move those papers around,
you know, fill your
calendar with meetings.
I like to call it the
"hokey-pokey," right?
You put your right foot in.
You put your right foot out.
You turn it all about.
You do the hokey-pokey,
but you always stay in
the exact same place.
- You do not move, right?
- Okay.
I do, uh, feel like we've talked
about everything we need to.
So, um, why don't you, uh, get
back to me with your progress?
- Sounds good.
- Productive talk.
Why don't we put a weekly
meeting in the calendar?
In the calendar. All right.
I'm gonna get back to work.
Back to work.
- Here's your tea, boss.
- Thank you, Jo.
You have a meeting
in five minutes, boss.
I sure do.
Poppy?
Poppy?
Where are you?
We're gonna have to leave soon if
we wanna make C.W.'s thing tonight.
Jo won't stop texting me just to
confirm that we're actually coming.
These losers are so desperate
to see us. It's pathetic.
Poppy, where are you?
I'm in here.
- Where's here?
- The bathroom.
Where is the bathroom? I I
can never find this damn thing.
You're the one that didn't want
lines anywhere in the office.
Poppy, lines are so Web1. You
don't wanna be in Web1, do you?
I have no idea. What
web are we in right now?
Well, the whole office
is outfit for Web3,
but most of the world is in
Web2 transitioning to Web3.
If I have to be honest,
I'd say I'm actually Web4.
- Uh, metaphorically speaking, of course.
- Wow, okay.
Well, the toilet's clogged
so call the Imagineers
to come flush my shit.
Hey, are you okay? You were in
there for a really long time.
Yeah. My gut is, um, not good.
I really thought that taking
the money was the right call,
but then I thought, "Well,
this morning I thought
that taking 25 was the right call,
and that would've been the wrong call.
So maybe we should hold
out for more money,"
but then I thought, "Well, what
if I was right about the 25?
And And holding out is is
only gonna give them more time
to realize that that
they made a mistake."
And so we we sh We
should just take it, right?
But then I thought, "Well, it's
not even really about the money.
It's about finding the
right partner to work with."
And I don't wanna work with
someone that that offered 50
but only thinks that we're worth 25.
And that's when I had
to run to the bathroom
and have explosive diarrhea.
Wow. Okay.
So anyway,
I think it's good because
'Cause now our guts agree.
We should not take the money.
Yeah, oh, sorry. Um, now my
gut's telling me to take it.
- What?
- Yeah.
My gut is telling me we should
definitely take the money.
But just yesterday you
said that we shouldn't.
But that was yesterday.
A whole day has passed since then.
Yes, I know how days work.
What I don't understand is how
you can be so sure of something
when you believed the exact
opposite the day before.
Oh, well, yesterday I was right too.
It's only now that I realize
yesterday I was wrong,
but I'm right today.
That's insane.
Maybe, but I've always led by my gut.
But what if you make the wrong call?
Oh, it can't be the wrong call.
It might not be the call
that yields the best result,
but that doesn't make it wrong.
Look, take these people for example:
Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt,
Nelson Mandela, Henry Ford.
These are leaders who listened to
their inner voice and made a call.
Then they let the chips
fall where they may.
If your gut is right 51% of
the time, that's a good gut.
Oh, you gotta be kidding me.
I cannot believe I am listening to a man
who thinks he belongs on the
same wall as Mother Teresa.
You don't like Mother
Teresa? What's wrong with you?
No, I'm saying that you
Uh, you shouldn't be
Look, Poppy, it doesn't matter
what I believe about myself.
What matters is what you
believe about yourself.
And my gut tells me that
you belong on that wall.
What does yours say?
- Hi, Jo.
- Where are you?
We We're, uh, close.
Um, well, we're We got
hung up in Central California.
C.W.'s currently over the South
Pacific Ocean and closing in fast.
- How do you know that?
- I'm tracking him.
He set up an app
I don't have to explain
myself. Explain yourselves!
We got pulled over.
You're getting a speeding ticket?
We were. But then Rachel
got into it with the cop.
I was ju I I spoke
a little truth to
Truth to power.
And now he's running our plates.
Give me to him.
- I'm sorry?
- Hand him the phone.
O Officer? Excuse me.
Yeah.
Our friend wants to
talk to you for a second.
Hello?
Seems weird.
- Sorry. I
- He has a gun.
I know he has a gun.
And I just thought I was being helpful,
'cause he was being a little rude.
And now I'm realizing
that was very ill-advised.
- Mm-hmm.
- I'm just very sorry.
Here.
You're free to go.
That's some Illuminati shit.
Let's go.
Let's go and never
talk about this again.
Hey, David, you got a minute?
Several, yeah.
I'm just walking the
halls at a brisk pace
to give the appearance I'm busy.
- Pro tip.
- Thanks.
So, I was thinking about
what you were saying.
- You know, about treading water?
- Mmm. Ripples, not waves, baby.
Yeah, but the thing is, I really
do wanna make a difference.
Oh, yeah, we all do. And
hopefully, someday we will,
but until then just, uh,
you know, hokey-pokey, Carol.
Well, actually, I had an idea.
Or should I say, one came into
my office, and I hired him.
- Well, that's kind of a big move.
- No. No. Small salary.
And I'm giving an opportunity to someone
from a traditionally marginalized group.
Yeah. Okay, great.
Yeah, you managed to pokey while
still effecting change. Bravo.
Thank you.
Now I'd like to introduce
you to our newest employee.
Hello, David.
Brad? What are you doing here?
Carol hired me.
No, no. No.
I mean, I'm sorry, but
we cannot rehire an employee
who's been convicted for insider trading
to be our Head of Monetization.
He's not. He's our new janitor.
I'm excited to get cleaning.
Okay.
What? What's your angle?
Oh. There's no angles.
I've gone straight.
Oh, please. I mean, look at
your body. You're all angles.
David, look, I've paid my dues.
I've recognized the error of my ways,
and I'm just trying to enter
back into society honestly
as a reformed man.
And as a brown felon, which
is two for the price of one.
Or really, two for the price of half,
because we get a subsidy for hiring him.
- So, doing good, saving cash.
- Love a good coupon.
Look, David, I know you don't trust me.
It's gonna be a process, but
I just hope to earn your trust
one clean urinal at a time.
C.W.'s getting here any minute.
- Hello.
- Hello.
I'm reformed now.
So am I.
- I'm working a menial job at Mythic Quest.
- So am I.
Menial? Uh She's my
assistant, to be clear.
- Good.
- Good.
To that I say, "Great."
I'ma put this on the website.
'Cause that's what it's all about ♪
Wow.
It's really strange to be back
after all this time, isn't it?
Yeah.
Yeah, it's kinda like, you know
when you go visit a childhood home
and you're different but it's the same?
And it just kinda feels, like, smaller.
- Yeah, it feels smaller, doesn't it?
- Yeah.
Well, well, well.
David, it is nice to see you.
Is it?
MQ's doing well and
probably stings a little bit.
I know you guys didn't
think I could do it.
No No, no, we
I mean, we literally haven't
said your name in a year.
- Oh.
- Yeah. In fact, when I think about you,
- all I feel is
- Jealousy?
- No.
- Rage?
- No.
- Sad?
- No.
- Wistful?
- Mmm. Apathy? Yeah.
- I'm Yeah, apathy.
So, I guess you can't
really feel apathy.
- It's sort of a lack of feeling.
- Ditto.
You know, I don't feel that way
Or not feel that way either.
And frankly, you guys
would just drag us down.
The way we are running right now
you wouldn't recognize the place.
Oh, we got a new staff.
We got a whole new culture.
You know, i-it's It's
completely different.
- Hey, guys. Nice to see you again.
- Oh. Hey, Brad. You out of prison?
- Yeah. Working here again.
- Oh.
- Looks the same to me.
- Okay, yeah.
You guys have it all
figured out, don't you?
You're the cool, sexy mavericks
who are changing the world.
Kind of. I'll have you know that we
just took a $50 million investment.
And shoved it up their asses.
Now that's a little confusing.
We took a $25 million offer that we had
and we shoved that up their asses,
- but $50 million is what we actually took.
- No. I turned the 50 million down.
- You turned down $50 million?
- Actually, I turned down $60 million,
which is what they countered
with after I passed.
You would've loved it.
I told them to "suck my duck,"
which obviously isn't what I meant,
but autocorrect boned me.
- Are you serious?
- Yeah.
- Even after we discussed
- We said we weren't gonna take it.
No. We said we were
gonna take it, because
- My gut said "turn it down". My gut
- But your gut fucking sucks.
Seems like you two
have it all figured out.
- I said tomorrow, my gut
- All right, look.
There are no lines in the office, David.
- We're here!
- We made it! We're here.
Oh, hooray. Why don't you
sit down? He's almost here.
Hi, everybody. Long time no see.
- Who are you?
- That's funny.
Are you serious?
- Hey, I'm Ian Grimm.
- I know.
- This is my girlfriend, Rachel.
- Oh, hey, Dana.
- Hey. How's it going?
- You've gotta be kidding me.
Everyone, shut up. Shut up.
I have strict instructions
from C.W. that at exactly 8:15,
I am to deliver this letter to David.
- Me?
- Mm-hmm.
Oh. Okay.
In 20 more seconds.
Seriously?
- He was very precise.
- Well Okay.
- David, I have a question.
- You don't have to raise your hand.
- Uh, where's C.W.?
- I don't know where he is.
- He's not showing up for his own party?
- I don't know.
Does he think we're just gonna
sit here and wait for him?
She called my name, I
came up. That's all I know.
We don't have time for this.
We should just go, right?
- Yeah. Let's just go.
- I'm gonna go too.
- We didn't wanna come in the first place.
- Three, two, one. Read.
He's not even showing up to his
own party? I mean, this is bizarre.
"If you're hearing these
words, I am already dead."
Wait, what?
"That's right. Dead
as Dillinger, daddy-o."
Come on.
I don't know. I'm just reading it.
Well, keep going.
"Some time ago I was given a
rather unfortunate prognosis,
and I decided to script the
conclusion of my own story.
In a moment, I shall climb
into a Ford Thunderbird
and drive off into the Grand Canyon,
knowing I ended my story like
no other. A true original."
That's the end of Thelma and Louise.
"My remains will be retrieved,
placed into a satellite,
and launched into space.
Josephine has unwittingly been tracking
my celestial path across the globe,
and soon I will be directly
above you in the night sky."
Wait. Wait, wait a
second. This is bullshit.
He's in a satellite, David?
Again, I am just reading the piece
of paper that was just handed to me.
- But this is fucking nuts.
- This is crazy.
- He didn't actually do this, right?
- It's C.W. Who knows?
- Is he actually dead?
- Yeah, David, is is he really dead?
I don't know.
I am experiencing this
with you at the same time.
- Well, is there more?
- Let's find out together, shall we?
"I do apologize for
keeping you in the dark,
but like any great story,
mine had to be unexpected and
inevitable at the same time.
I stole that line from
a writer I once knew.
I stole a lot of things.
But worse than that, I let my hubris
convince me that I didn't need friends.
That success was the
only thing that mattered.
That I was better off alone.
I was wrong.
And if I had to do it all over
again, I wouldn't change a thing.
Because that mistake led
me to you, my MQ family.
You gave me a second chance,
and the friendship I had with you
has been the greatest
success of my life.
Do not weep for me, for I go
to my rest as so few men do.
Content.
So, if I may, one final word of advice.
Hold onto each other
for as long as you can
'cause that's all there is."
It's time. We're
supposed to look up now.
There!
You know what that old bitch said?
He actually had the temerity to
say that leaving copies of Swank
all over his desk was
his First Amendment right.
Gross.
And weird.
What does C.W. call this drink again?
It's called a Rutger Hauer.
It's all about getting the right
coffee-to-cough-syrup ratio.
- Cough syrup?
- Mm-hmm.
Maybe that's why he was always
drunk, wired, and never sick.
Crazy old bitch.
Anybody want some more?
- Mmm, no.
- Uh-uh.
It's getting kinda late.
Yeah. We should probably
head back to our place.
- You're calling it?
- Yeah.
Yeah.
All right.
Weird day.
Well goodbye, again.
You know, it was actually
kinda nice seeing you again.
Yeah, it was.
Maybe, uh, maybe we do it more often?
Yeah, yeah. Maybe we will.
Bye.