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the heart attack was

the result' of

natural causes

but Silver was never able

to shake off the suspicion

surrounding Weiner's death.

He disappeared just' as suddenly

as he had become a star,

which is why his

come-back announcement

more than 30 years after

his last public appearance...

Margaret, I

was watching that.

Sorry, I, uh--

I thought maybe you wouldn't

hear me, 'cause you--didn't.

Is Dr. Matheson around?

Uh--

No, she's not.

Mm.

Can I leave the

assignment with you?

Yeah.

Just watch

the coin, okay?

- Where'd it go?

- Lift your glass, please.

Where did you

learn to do that?

You can't always

trust your eyes.

You did most of the magic

by looking in the wrong place.

Oh, now you're really

taking the fun out of it.

The simpler, the better.

That's the principle.

The only way to pull a

rabbit out of a hat

is by putting it there

in the first place.

Open it.

It's in your left hand.

Did you--

Did you see that?

No, I got lucky.

The class is really

great, you know?

It makes you think.

So, right, um--

you been working

for Matheson long?

Or are you

a psychologist too?

Or a magician?

Wha--?

Uh, no,

I'm not a magician.

Um, actually,

I'm a physicist.

- So why do you do this?

- Do what?

Investigate fake

paranormal stuff.

Don't you think

it's a bit weird?

- I just try to help Margaret--

- I mean, what for?

If someone claims to have

powers and actually don't,

who cares?

Why bother?

Why bother?

If your mom was one

of those people

who went to see

a psychic

because, um-- her stomach

was bothering her

and the psychic

told her that it was nothing,

that it was just a--

a touch of gastritis.

But then

later on--

you find out

it was stomach cancer

and it's too late to treat.

Do you think then you'd

say "Why bother?"

Did--did that

happen to you?

Okay, watch this.

Ready? Here we go.

Oh, God!

Jesus Christ!

Oh my God,

how did you do that?

Doesn't that hurt?

No.

Well, a litt--

a little.

Simon Silver,

perhaps the most celebrated

psychic of all time,

will visit us here

in just under three weeks.

On/ine bookings have

sky-rocketed in just six hours.

And as soon as the Columbus

Theatre box office opens,

there will be a mad

rush for tickets.

Margaret Matheson.

Hello?

Hello?

Are you okay, Stevie?

You want your music, Stevie?

You want us

to put on your music?

Sometimes it helps him

to listen to music.

Okay.

He thinks

this is really cool!

We do too, but

we don't paint!

Only Stevie paints!

Isn't that right, Stevie?

You paint, don't you?

Kids, huh?

Automatic painting,

my ass!

I was about to make him

eat those crayons.

You heard it, it was, it

was the interference.

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