Apartment 143
Check check.
One-two, One-two.
Check check. Check?
Okay, groovy.
Paul Ortega, reporting live
from the inside of a glorious van,
capturing this moment
for posterity. I'm...
what's the best way
to describe it? I'm the...
technical expert.
Technological...
I'm the expert, that's me.
Yeah, I know, I know.
Ellen Keegan--
young, beautiful,
gatekeeper of the group.
What's a gatekeeper, Ellen?
That's right, nobody knows.
Ellen is shy by day.
But by night?
Grrr.
Ellen answers the phone.
You our secretary, Ellen?
Yeah, Ellen still doesn't know
she's our secretary-- by day.
By night-- grrr.
Joseph Helzer-- Dr. Helzer.
My boss, Ellen's boss,
but that's obvious
given Ellen is the secretary.
- Ellen:
Not the secretary.- No? You're the telephone girl.
- Not the telephone girl.
- No? You're the gatekeeper?
- Exactly.
- Exactly. Ellen still doesn't know
she's the telephone girl.
Ow. It's Friday.
The sun is shining.
It's 2:
00 in the afternoon--- Ellen:
Half past 2:00.- Half 2:
00, who cares? I do.- Why? Because who am I?
- Ellen:
An idiot with a camera?I am the technological expert.
Paul:
From hereit looks like any old building.
- Helzer:
From here they all do.- Paul:
That's true.Sorry. We shouldn't have
loaded so much weight.
Paul:
Don't worry, you look great.
Hi.
Thank you so much for coming.
- Please, come in.
- Thank you, Mr. White.
- Hi.
- Hi.
I hope you don't mind.
It's just for our own records.
You know, internal use.
White:
Kitchen's on the left. Bathroom.
The kids' room is down
at the end of the hall.
Sorry for the mess.
Dining room, living room.
- Ellen:
Well, so...- Paul:
Nice place.- Here we are.
- Paul:
I'm gonna put this down here.Can we set up
our equipment in this room?
Yeah, of course, whatever.
Make yourself at home.
- Ellen:
Just let me have a look.- The children?
Yeah, uh...
my youngest is gonna
be home from school soon.
And Caitlin is in her room.
She's not really happy
about all this, so...
If you want, I can call her.
No, we've got all weekend.
One step at a time.
- It's okay.
- I'm going to get the rest
of the stuff from the car.
Does anyone want to give me a hand?
Paul:
Can I go?
Hey, little man.
Wave to the camera.
Oh, thank you.
- Ellen:
What's your name?- Benny.
Benny? That's a lovely name.
Good boy.
Can you wave to the camera?
- Paul:
Wave one more time.- Say hi.
- Say hi.
- Paul:
Oh, thank you.Woman:
Bye, Benny! Bye, Benny.
Do you... want some help
with your stuff or...?
- Paul:
Well, actually...- Ellen:
No no.No thank you, no, Mr. White.
We're fine. We'll see you up there.
- Okay.
- Okay. Bye, Benny.
Bye.
Big mouth.
Okay.
Check. One-two, one-two.
See? She's going to make a picture.
We're going to make a picture
of the whole weekend.
Scared? You scared?
Er... yeah. Now see, don't do that.
That's... that's not fun.
- You already got the kitchen, right?
- Yeah, we did.
- It's just the girl's room that's left?
- That's right.
Just a second.
Excuse me. Sorry.
Let me...
- Caitlin?
- Caitlin:
Go away!Sweetie, they need to set up
in your room, honey.
I'm sorry.
She's just at a really difficult age.
Ellen:
That's all right.
Caitlin, we are coming in, I have to
open the door. I'm really sorry, honey.
Leave me alone!
Maybe you can set up
in there later?
- Paul:
Well, actually--- Sure.
- Okay.
- Ellen:
Yeah, it's no problem.Paul:
I'm on it.
- Does this happen often?
- Yes.
Sometimes.
We don't know what it is though.
White:
Are there people living upstairs?
No, there's hardly
any tenants in this building.
- Is something wrong?
- It could be anything--
rusty pipes,
a rodent of some sort,
thermal dilation, woodworm,
mechanical vibrations.
Paul:
Yeah, sound abides by its own rules.
Yeah, that doesn't
sound like mice to me.
Tiptology.
Ellen:
Beats of unspecified origin.
Unknown.
Potentially anything.
Benny:
Paul, what's happening?
Paul:
Yeah, not now, buddy.
Helzer:
Paul, I need you to keep filming.
Ellen, change the frequency.
Let me know if you get
any espirical emission.
Nothing.
Ellen, keep doing what you're doing.
Paul, go upstairs,
see if anybody's there.
It's okay. No.
Guess what's behind me.
Guess what's behind me.
Guess what's behind me.
Helzer:
Yeah, Mr. White, you ready?
Have a seat.
Paul:
I'm just going to mic you really quick.
- Okay.
- It's just a simple mic. This...
- There we go.
- Helzer:
Okay?- Okay.
- Helzer:
Hi, Benny.Remember me?
Mr. Doctor.
My name is Alan White.
I was born
December 1 7th, 1 970.
- I used to be an agricultural engineer.
- Helzer:
Mm-hmm.- I'm no longer employed.
- Helzer:
I'm sorry.- Can you say that again?
- I'm no longer employed.
Helzer:
Do you know why we're here?
You wanna guess why we're here?
I am no longer married. I'm...
- I'm a widower, I guess.
- Helzer:
Mmm.My name is Benjamin White.
- Helzer:
How old are you?- Four.
Let's talk a little bit about why
you got in touch with the Institute.
Well, it kind of all started--
we used to live out in Riverside,
kind of out near
sort of Moreno Valley.
My wife Cynthia
was a teacher
at the local elementary school there.
She was very sick.
One time
she was in bed for a week.
White:
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