The Adjustment Bureau Page #5

David, I really wish

you'd just listen to me.

All right,

I'll handle it.

David,

you really are making this

harder than it has to be.

All right, take it

easy, guys. Take it easy.

Take it easy.

It's okay, David.

No. No, sir.

It's being taken care of.

Yes, sir. It's being

taken care of.

Yes, sir. No, sir.

No, sir. Yes, sir.

I understand.

I'll take care of it.

What a goddamn mess.

- Donaldson?

- Yes.

McCRADY:
What do

you want to do?

We have to reset him.

Call for a briefcase.

McCRADY:
You kidding? It's going to

take a signed order from the Chairman.

Get legal on it.

Legal just arrived.

There's no way the

Chairman approves a reset.

This is your fault. There is

no way you get a briefcase.

Hey.

- What are my options?

- Hey.

Just bullshit him.

Bullshit this guy?

Hey! What's going on here?

Look at this.

Questions will burn in him

till the day he dies.

He won't stop searching

for answers. He won't quit.

We have to watch him

forever, make sure

he doesn't talk.

Endless ripple effects.

You remember the Torres

case 40 years ago?

It's not that bad, is it?

In the end, they just

leveled with him.

Completely?

Looking at that, I don't

see you have a choice.

Who the hell

are you guys?

We

are the people who make sure

things happen according to plan.

My name is Richardson.

Oh.

You really think I

couldn't see that coming?

I can read your mind.

Yeah, really.

Pick a color.

Blue.

Pick a number. Seventeen.

Now, why are you still

thinking about running?

I don't really know

what's going on here.

You've just seen

behind a curtain

that you weren't supposed

to know existed.

Must be jarring.

It's not your fault.

Your path through

the world this morning

was supposed

to have been adjusted.

You were supposed

to spill your coffee

as you entered

the park this morning.

You would have gone

upstairs to change,

you would have

missed the bus,

and you would have

arrived at work

10 minutes later

than you did,

and we would

have been gone.

I was supposed

to spill my coffee?

We call that

an adjustment.

See, sometimes, when

people spill their coffee

or their Internet goes out

or they misplaced their keys,

they think it's chance.

And sometimes it is.

Sometimes it's us...

...nudging people

back on plan.

Sometimes when

nudging isn't enough,

management authorizes

a recalibration.

We deploy our

Intervention and they change

your mind for you,

like we did with

your friend Charlie.

He's fine, by the way.

You don't need

to worry about him.

Now...

There is something I need you to

understand if I'm going to let you go.

Okay.

Very few humans have seen

what you've seen today,

and we're determined

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