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Intercom is down. All the

cell towers are jammed.

Well, what do you think?

But why do so many people need

to make calls at the same time?

If it is a broken cable,

can we fall?

That only

happened once, in 1945.

The Empire State Building

got hit by a B-25 bomber

and the elevator fell

roughly 80 stories.

But...

the lady survived.

Survived? Eighty-story fall?

That's bullshit.

Were you a witness?

In '45?

Sure, I look great for

my age, don't you think?

Um, (clears throat),

how did she make it?

Apparently she laid

on the floor, on her back,

and didn't break

a single bone.

It was a miracle.

Un milagro.

Well, perhaps.

I think of it more

as random.

Besides, all these

modern elevators have brakes

in case something

like that happens.

- How do we know this one...

- Because they all do.

He reads a lot.

EDDIE:
How much?

Six newspapers a day,

even on Sundays.

The crosswords.

I gather you guys

know each other?

Well, I've got a piece

of paper at home

- that says we're married.

- Oh, really?

- She's got one in her purse...

- You're gonna do this...

See, this is exactly what

the shrink talks about...

- trying to say that we're not.

- when you're oversharing with strangers.

Don't have to do that.

That's so sad.

You two seem like

a good match.

- We are.

- EVE:
We're not.

So, uh, Eddie...

You look like someone who knows

his way around this building.

- EDDIE:
Yeah, a bit.

- How long you been working here?

I've been working here 20 years.

I'm a custodial engineer.

- Hmm. A janitor?

- Excuse me.

My official title: custodial

engineer, okay, buddy?

Okay, okay, so how much

do you actually know

about the elevators

in this building?

I know they go up and I know

they go down, that's about it.

All right, anybody want to give me

a hand, try to pry the doors open?

I'll help you out,

but I don't know why.

(straining)

Careful.

Yeah, it feels like

it's stuck on something.

EDDIE:
It's probably one of the

ones that have a lock on it.

What? What?

What does that mean?

Some of the elevators, they have locks

that prevent the doors from opening.

A lock engages when the elevator's

disabled or in between landings.

Why do they want us

to be stuck in here?

EDDIE:
It's an insurance issue.

Part of the training you get

when you work here.

We're not supposed to encourage

people to climb out of these things.

The protocol is,

you wait for help.

That's the insurance part.

That way nobody's gonna

fall down the shaft.

EVE:
Wait, so... so...

so we can't unlock it,

we're stuck in here?

Yeah, I mean, I don't think

so, I mean, I don't know.

I don't see how we could open

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