Alright, this reel goes onto this spool and feed
the film through here. Then attach it to this
reel. Okay, I think I got it. Just turn this
thing on and... Okay, no picture. Dang it, what
did I do wrong? Hold on. I'm getting it. I'm
getting it. I just need to turn the light on.
And there we go. We have a picture. Yeah. So
how did I do? Oh, it's you again. Wow. Well,
don't you just love silent movies? Welcome to
the Kimo Theater. This theater was built in 1927.
Hmm. I believe Kimo means mountain lion or king
of the beasts. I'll get back to you on that.
Don't worry. It is now owned by the city of Albuquerque
of the 47th state of New Mexico. Did you know
that New Mexico got its name before Mexico won
its independence from Spain? And it's actually
named after the Aztec Empire? If I remember right,
it's known as the heartland of Mexico. Who were?
I'm sorry. You'll have time to learn all of this
on your own. Or who knows? You might actually
already know it. Why don't you sit back and watch
the movie, and I'll tell you a tale about love,
commitment, and your undying bond. I call it
the Death Waltz. Jake! Jake! Where is my Jake?
Tell me where my Jake is? Why is he not with
the other soldiers? Ma 'am, there was a terrible
fight. We lost many of our men. I'm truly sorry,
but your fiancé was one of those who were captured
and scalped. No, not Jake. He promised to return
to me. We were going to be way in. together until
we passed. Till death do us part. I am deeply
sorry for your loss, ma 'am. Can I offer you
anything in your time of grief? It would make
me feel so much better if you would stay with
me. Of course, ma 'am. I will stay with you as
long as you need. Thank you for your compassion.
Where are you from? Your accent is different
from Jake's. I'm from the East, ma 'am. Please,
call me Elaine. You may call me Benjamin. What
does your family do, Benjamin? My family is in
the cotton industry. Oh, does your family own
a large plantation? Why, yes, we do. It is the
second largest in the state. So then, you could
say that you are, indeed. Well, sir? Yes, ma
'am. I mean, Elaine. We are indeed well off.
Then what are you doing here? In the middle of
the desert? My father made me join the military
and serve time as an officer. His goal is for
me to learn how to lead so that when my time
comes, I will know how to take control of the
men who work for my family. Are you the one in
charge of this expedition? No. No, that was your
fiancé. I serve under him. With him gone, does
that make you in charge now? Yes, it does. Okay.
You brought all these brave men back here. You
are the one who led them back here safely. I
brought back the ones that we could. You are
very brave. And very rich. I'm glad you survived.
If I knew I would come back to be in your company.
I would have returned sooner. And I would have
worn my best dress for you. Elaine, there is
nothing wrong with the dress you have on now.
It is quite lovely. But it is not my best dress.
I am most positive you have yet to wear your
best dress for any man. Benjamin, I could wear
that for you, if you so choose. Elaine, will
you marry me? Yes, yes, I will marry you. We
will use the hall. It was already booked for
your wedding to Jake. Then it's decided. We will
be wed. I cannot wait to see you in your best
dress. And I cannot wait to see your smile as
you see me in it. A smile won't compare to the
beauty that you will be. Leave me be so I can
get prepared. Please find the reverend and prepare
for our special day. I will, my love. I shall
long to see you again. I will not sleep until
we meet again, Elaine. I will wait with bated
breath. Oh, you. I cannot wait. Hop to it now.
I cannot believe I'm going to be married. Mother
and father would be so proud. Reverend, sir,
I am in need of your services. Yes, my son. What
is it that you require? I am to be wed this evening,
and I would like for you to conduct the ceremonial
passage. I see. Jake and I spoke at length about
his bride -to -be, Elaine. Their ceremony was
scheduled for this day, but as you know, Jake
was less fortunate and didn't return. Who are
you to marry? I am to wed Elaine. I see. This
is rather quick, don't you think? We are in love,
Reverend. For someone who just lost their fiancé.
I don't know if this is the right time. I think
that maybe she is stricken with loss. Women make
very rash decisions in the midst of grief. I
would think the same thing, but when I went to
console her, we fell in love. Reverend, I've
never felt this way about anyone. I wouldn't
look at anyone back home. It is Elaine. I wish
to marry only Elaine. I understand. I will perform
the ceremony. I just hope that you and she are
doing it for the reasons of our Lord, and not
of any other. We are. The hall is already decorated,
and we can begin as soon as your bride is ready.
I shall smarten up and meet you in the hall.
Go with much haste, young man. It is almost noon.
I shall finish my preparations and see you there.
Thank you, Reverend. Please watch over this couple.
I fear they come together secularly. If they
truly come to you and wish to be wed under your
name, then grant them the wisdom and love they
deserve in your name. Amen. Are you ready to
commit your life to the Lord and to Elaine? I
am. Then please stand to the side and await your
bride. We gather here this day in the sight of
a sovereign God whom the Bible describes as holy,
holy, holy. And in the sight of these assembled
witnesses to a ceremony honoring the holy covenant,
the holy sacrament of marriage. Marriage is not
the invention of man. It is an invention of God.
The purpose of marriage resides within the purpose
and plan of God. Your marriage is to honor God
because it was created by God and for the glory
of God. As in all of life, what matters most
in marriage is God. Pray with me. We thank you
that you have brought us here to this moment
on the day. We love Benjamin and Elaine, and
we are excited about you bringing them together.
We pray, Lord, that this covenantal commitment
being made today would be one that would honor
you and glorify you for their lifetime. Benjamin,
I want to say to you today, this is your bride.
Something is changing today. You have a new responsibility,
a responsibility that you have never had before.
Benjamin, do you totally commit yourself to Elaine
to be all that God and she needs you to be? I
do. Elaine, do you totally commit yourself to
Benjamin to be all that God and he needs you
to be? I do. Benjamin and Elaine, we rejoice
with you that the two roads that brought you
here will now be as one as you leave together.
Now, by the virtue of the authority invested
in me, as a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ
our Lord in the presence of God and these assembled
witnesses. I pronounce you husband and wife.
You may now kiss the bride. Jake? Jake! I promised
you I will come back and make my claim. You're
dead! Benjamin, say it to your word. Dead. Nobody
else shall have you. Come here, my darling. Let
us dance on our wedding day. Benjamin! He cannot
help you as you are mine. That's sweet. This
story starts out as a couple in love. A young
lieutenant proved especially susceptible to her
charms and devoted himself to her. One day, messengers
came dashing into the fort with news of an Apache
outbreak. A detachment was sent out to chase
and punish the marauding Indians. The lieutenant
was put in charge of the expedition, but before
he left, he confided his love to the young woman
who... not only acknowledged that she returned
his affection, but promised that if the fortune
of war deprived him of life, she would never
marry another. His last words to her were, nobody
else shall have you. I will come back and make
a claim. The young lieutenant was killed and
scalped. Yet he came back to claim his bride.
And when they danced, her body extinguished all
life and she fell to the floor. A few days later,
a group of soldiers returned from the scene of
the encounter and returned with the body of the
lieutenant. It just goes to show you, if you
make a promise of love, it might be best to keep
it. Anyway, now I want to take you to a secret
military. There is always some strategic truth
to be found. Man, what are we even doing out
here? I don't know, man. Uncle Sam says we gotta
come out here, so out here we come. I have a
feeling this is going to be a long, boring shift.
It's only a couple of hours. You weren't doing
anything anyways. I was hoping to dream about
your sister. Oh, she's a brick house. I should
never have shown you that picture of her on the
beach. I showed you mine. You showed me yours.
Yeah, but you didn't tell me she was four. All
you asked is if my sister was pretty. Still,
man, you could have told me her age. Do you think
your sister would write me back if I wrote to
her? Man, I don't know. You haven't told her
about me yet, have you? Why would I write to
my sister and tell her about you? I got plenty
to say about myself for her and my mama. Because
you think I'm a nice guy. Just because we went
to basic training together doesn't mean I think
you're a nice guy. Oh! I had my parents meet
you when we graduated. That doesn't make me a
nice guy. And did you notice that I didn't introduce
you to mine? Well, that's because your sister
was with them and you didn't want me to see her.
Can we please talk about something else other
than my sister? Fine. You pick something else
then. What do you think they're building over
here? Man, I don't know. Whatever it is, it's
underground. I can't see nothing. I know that,
but just take a guess. What do you think they're
building? It's probably some research facility.
Since when do they need us to guard a research
site to protect a bunch of scientist nerds? It
has to be something else, especially when our
orders are to shoot to kill. Yeah, that is weird.
Maybe they're testing bombs or something. Can't
let those commies get a hold of our technology,
you know. You wanna go check it out? I thought
you said we were supposed to stay on the outer
perimeter. Come on, we can just take a quick
look at it. This will take some time out of our
otherwise long and boring shift. Alright, alright,
alright. But if I do this for you, I need you
to put in a good word with your sister for me.
Fine, let's go. You need all the help you can
get if you're ever going to find a decent girl.
What do you mean by that? Nothing. Let's just
get up the hill. How big do you think this place
is? I don't really know. Never been to an underground
facility before. Has to be at least a few floors
with all the trucks and materials we constantly
wave through. And who knows what comes through
when we're not on duty. I guess maybe you're
right. I'm no engineer. You see this finger?
That's all the army ever trained me to do. That's
not true. They taught you how to march for miles
and miles, how to lift things up and put them
down, how to stand in line, listen to orders,
and most of all, wait. You have no shot with
my sister. I found an opening over here. Let's
see what we can see. I see a ladder. Should we
take that? You can. I'm going to take the stairs.
Oh, I didn't see this. Open your eyes then, will
you? Come on, let's go down. Maybe we can figure
out what's going on here. You know, experiences
like this are going to change us, right? How
do you mean? Meaning that no matter what we see
down there, we will never be the same again.
That can be true every day for everything that
happens. No big revelation. This is why it is
not only the day that changes. It's us. We always
change. Time changes everything except something
within us, which is always surprised by change.
You are so weird. You got absolutely no shot.
I see some lights on down this hallway. Is anyone
working? Not that I know of. Lock and load. Way
ahead of you. All right. Keep quiet. Let's ambush
whoever's here. You seeing this? How can I not?
What do we do? Freeze! What the hell is going
on? Don't just stand there. Shoot the damn bastards.
It's aliens, man. Whatever the army's building
here, the aliens want it. The commies will just
have to wait their turn. What type of weapons
do you think they're using? I don't recognize
them. It has to be some type of low -powered
laser. How you doing on ammo? I have one more
magazine left. How about you? Just pointing in
the last one now. What should we do? I don't
see any way out of this. I ain't giving up, man.
At this rate, I ain't never gonna meet your sister.
Come on, we ain't giving up. I have one round
left. How you holding up? I got three rounds
left. One last stand? One last stand. Who is
she? Oh man, we did it now. We're about to find
out. What is going on here? Do you got proper
clearance to be here? We are the League of Strategic
Truth. The League of Strategic Truth? Never heard
of you. And you never will again. What the? Take
them and put them in the desert. Just outside
of town. Make sure to dope them up enough before
you leave. On behalf of Earth, we apologize for
what happened here. Please continue your work
here in peace. We will send a crew in to clean
up the mess. Clean this area up before dawn.
No one can know what we're doing here. I... I
want this place spotless. And get me two new
guards. Ones that will follow instructions this
time. The quiet town of Dulce, New Mexico has
less than 3 ,000 residents. It doesn't even have
a traffic light. Yet this little town is a hotspot
for ufologists and alien conspiracy theorists
who believe that below this town is a secret
seven -story underground military facility that's
run by the government and beings not of this
world. The story starts off in the 1970s when
a state trooper spotted a strange craft in the
sky. Upon further investigation, he noticed mutilated
cattle and gas masks on the ground. Or in 1979,
when a former engineer stated that while building
the base, service members engaged in a gun battle
with aliens, but peace was later brokered. In
1990, John Lear, the inventor of the Learjet,
stated that the facility was real and that there
were at least four different alien species working
at the base. Stories have gone out stating that
each floor of the base is something different,
with one floor being mind control, another being
genetic experiments, and a floor that houses
reptilian -alien -human hybrids. What? Too many
floors, too many whores. No matter who you talk
to in this little town, I guarantee that they
have seen something. whether in the sky or on
the ground. But hey, enough about that. The next
story really doesn't have a good time to tell
it, so I'll just tell it here. Shall we explore
the legend of La Mala Hora? Ah! So nice to finally
be able to catch up with you again. I agree,
man. We need to do this more often. Your work
has really got you busy lately. I'll say. You
know, it has been a long time since the two of
you have gotten together to just hang out. Oh,
I'd say it's been about four or five years easily.
I don't think I could go a month without at least
talking to my friends, honey. Men are just different,
honey. Different. How so? We're men. Nothing
like stating the obvious to prove your point.
I haven't had this much fun since we were in
college. We were such different people back then,
man. We weren't all that different. Oh, yeah?
You remember the time we got a bunch of blow
-up dolls? We took them to class and everything.
Yeah, we did, man. Oh, we got a lot of weird
looks from our classmates. Oh my gosh, I can
only imagine. So is this when you, you know...
Moved into a frat house? Yep. Hold on a second.
It wasn't a total frat house. Okay, okay, sure.
Prove it. We had real jobs. And some weekends,
we even didn't drink. Okay, hold on, hold on,
hold on. Five guys. Count them. One, two, three,
four, five guys under one roof. That is a frat
house. Oh, come on. We weren't that bad. Or were
we? There. There was this one time we got a bunch
of cheerleaders. Wait, wait, wait. Maybe we shouldn't
tell that story. Right. We weren't smart enough
to bring women back to that place. It wasn't
really conducive to romantic evenings. Listen,
listen, okay, I don't, you know, I, honestly,
I don't ever want to know. You can keep that
between yourselves. Yeah, there were none. None
whatsoever. Right, Martin? Really? Oh, yeah,
I mean, uh -huh. No romantic evenings at all.
So, how, how did you guys meet? The good old
-fashioned way. At a bar. I mean, he was picking
up takeout and I was taking dine -in at the bar.
Alone. Not just eating alone. But reading a book.
I was intrigued. So I sat next to her. And ate
my takeout right there. Straight out of the box.
And I thought he was some sort of weird stalker
with an addiction to styrofoam. Right, because
I mean, who talks to strangers anymore? Right,
right. Oh, and who actually reads books? Especially
paper ones. Anyways, I charmed her with my corny
jokes. You know, that he did. And? And that was
it, pretty much. Wow, and your frat house days
are... finally behind you. Yeah. We're good.
We actually bought a house together just last
year. We sure did. You guys are really doing
it all, huh? Marriage, house, and kids? Kind
of. We sort of hit a snag on that last part.
It's crazy. Back when I was single... All I did
was pray to not get someone pregnant. And now,
nothing seems to be able to get the job done.
Oh, man, I'm sorry to hear that. You know, I
think more people struggle with fertility issues
than we realize, but there are a lot of options
now, right? Like, there are drugs, IVF, even
surrogacy. Yeah, Nicole is not the problem. I
am. Not enough swimmers. I'm sorry to hear that.
That must be tough. Ah. You have no idea, man.
But we are looking into other options. That's
good. Like what exactly? Specifically sperm donor
options. Nice. Good for you. We want to be parents,
which is why we actually invited you to dinner.
We wanted to know if you... Um, if you would
consider being our sperm donor? Oh, um, wow.
Me? Look, I know that we just asked you for something
major. And we're not looking for an answer right
now. You know, no pressure. And I know when people
say no pressure, it still sounds like pressure,
but really? No pressure. I mean, why me? Can't
you go somewhere and, you know... Yeah, sure.
We could flip through some catalog and pick a
doctor or a lawyer. But the thing is, you never
get to know who they are. Or how good of a...
person they are and martin from what my husband
tells me you have a big heart and you're always
caring for people i mean there is so much more
to a child than how smart you think they might
be when they're older we want our child to be
a good person that is something they could never
tell us in those books Yeah, I guess that's true.
Listen, take your time and give us an answer
when you're ready, okay? Uh, yeah, sure. Okay?
I hate to just drop that on you and then leave,
but Nicole has an early meeting in the morning,
and we need to get going. Um, yeah, of course.
I... I understand. You okay? Do you need us to
stay? Do you want Dawn to stay? Yeah. No, I'll...
I'll be fine. Just a lot. A lot to process. Again,
take your time and think about it, but let us
know as soon as you can. Yeah. Okay. Of course.
Listen, whatever you decide, I just want to thank
you for being my husband's friend. Yeah, no problem.
I mean, my pleasure. Come on, honey. It was nice
to catch up with you, Martin. Yeah, same here.
We really need to do this again. You know, I
have some friends I could bring along for you
to meet the next time, if you like. Honey, let
him find his love on his own. I don't mind. And
yeah, that sounds good. He is a really nice guy.
How are you? friends with him. He is a nice guy.
And honestly, I have no clue. I'm pretty lucky,
I guess. Let me get that for you. Always a gentleman.
I have a good feeling about this. You think so?
I mean, he always does the right thing. I hope
so. Well, he is the best guy I know. We are asking
a lot from him. It's one thing to do it anonymously.
It's another to know who you are giving it to,
knowing what it will become. Wow. I never looked
at it that way. And I don't know how you can
see with this fog. It's getting really bad. Yeah,
it is really hard to see out here suddenly. Don!
Break! What is that on the road? What on earth?
Are you okay? Yeah. I'm fine. Where did it go?
I don't know. We both saw it, right? Don! What?
Drive! Oh my god! What is that thing? any idea
what that thing was? I don't know, and I don't
want to know. That just ruined my evening. I
just want to get home. It's a good thing we live
so close to the restaurant. If we didn't, that
would mean we would have to talk more. Talking
isn't that bad. I know, but I'm too busy focusing.
I really liked your friend. Is that a police
car in our driveway? It sure looks like it. When
we get there, I'm sure that we will find out.
I wonder what happened. Good evening, officer.
Evening, sir. Madam. Is everything all right?
I wish it was. Were you two just at La Gala Gates?
Yes, officer, we were. Were you with a gentleman
named Martin Duran? Yes. Why? I'm afraid to tell
you that he's passed away while in the restaurant.
What? How? We literally just saw him minutes
ago. We don't know. He was walking out the door
and... Just collapsed. Appears to have suffocated.
This can't be. We were just with him. Don, I
think I know what we saw on the road. No, no,
it can't be. No, it just can't be. What are we
going to do? I don't know. I don't know. Come
here. Thankfully, we have each other, okay? Oh,
come here. The legend of La Mala Ora is an amorphous
tale. It can be a spirit, a force of nature,
or a curse, depending on who's telling the story.
La Mala Ora translates to the bad hour. The entity
can appear to you in many forms. It can appear
to you as a beautiful woman in a white dress.
or a mass that constantly changes shapes and
surrounds the person in the dark mist. Legend
has it that La Mala Aura is an evil spirit that
is on par with the devil himself. When you see
it, it typically is a bad omen at best, and a
vengeful demon at its worst. Most people who
see it are driven insane or suffocated by the
mist. Not much is known about this tale, as it
usually attacks people that are alone, and then
the victims are found the next day. New Mexico
is pretty weird, I tell you, but is it the weirdest?
I think not. I'm finished here, though. My next
assignment has me going to the Woolman Rink.
Maybe I'll see you there. What a thing to see
A loved one's fading scene While the film just
carries on The writers look away When characters
die off But I never close my eyes What a strange
idea To care for someone else Just to let them
go Maybe we were born To walk each other home
Well I'm glad we got to meet We're running out
of time Yet it drags along So play another song
I think we all know. Getting old is getting old.
And so is being young. Age is like a thief. Steals
away our years. So I'll take mine with you. We're
running out of time. Yet it drags along. To play
another song. And say it slow. Say a slow goodbye
Say a slow