Based on this first episode, its sure to be a doozy.
Lets dive into what we know so far from the pilot episode, Peter.
But before we meet Peter, we meet an apparent narrator.
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the camera) for nearly 25 seconds before greeting you.
As the narrator says in uber-philosophical line No.
1: This is tragedy in its most quietly devastating costume.
Cut to Peter waking up at the beginning of the day his life changes.
He imagines hearing the coffee barista ask if hes normal.
On his walk home that night, Peter sees another flier.
Its for a study about trying to convert memory into media.
He imagines watching his life on several TV screens fishing with his father, his father dying.
When he stops daydreaming, Peter sees a hooded, masked man putting up a new flier.
The man runs off when he sees Peter.
The mans flier says, Have you seen this man?
and theres a picture of the hooded man on it.
The flier also has Jejune Institute written on it.
Peter rips off a contact information tab from the flier and heads home.
At home, he calls the Jejune Institute from his landline.
Theres no answer but then a woman from the institute calls his cell.
She invites him to an orientation on Saturday at the address 12616 South 7th St., suite 1607.
She hangs up before Peter can ask or say much more.
The next day, Peter is in a therapy session.
His therapist asks if hes tried new experiences lately.
She asks why he attends therapy.
He feels nothing, or at least a sense of loss, though hes not sure what for.
His therapist suggests he figure that out.
So, Peter decides to attend the Jejune orientation.
The building lobby seems standard enough.
The front desk attendant alerts someone of Peters arrival.
Then a woman with eerily long fingers and nails appears.
With rhyming instructions, she sends Peter to floor 16.
Once in the room, a voice over a speaker tells Peter to sit in the rooms lone chair.
The lights go off, an alarm sounds.
The TV turns on.
Then the founder, Octavio Coleman Esquire, is introduced and appears on screen.
Its the narrator from the start of the episode.
He speaks to Peter as if present in real-time.
In uber-philosophical line No.
Peters moved to tears.
The cards say the Jejune Institute isnt what it seems and that Peter should run.
Peter heeds the warning and subsequent instructions.
He runs down the stairwell, outside, then answers his phone on cue.
The caller is Commander 14 of Jejune Institutes enemy, the Elsewhere Society.
The Commander says Peters fallen into something big.
The door there opens to a hidden alleyway that leads to a store full of eccentric lights and trinkets.
A young woman is there already.
Simone suggests they do the next step finding some girl together.
Peter wonders if theyre allowed to collaborate.
Simone points out hes an adult and should decide for himself.
Peter, in his meekness, is jarred by this.
He ultimately agrees to the team-up.
Peter tells his therapist about Simone.
He says working with her made him feel like he was seeing the world through new glasses.
Everything seemed more beautiful and things werent holding him back.
He felt like magic was real.
He wishes he could be more like her.
At home one night, Peter finally hears from someone again.
He tells Peter hes needed at a particular address.
He orders Peter to dance.
Peter follows the instructions in the envelope and runs into Simone at the edge of a park.
Simone and Peter don headsets.
He says theyre listening to the radio broadcast Dispatches From Elsewhere.
Everyone in the park is agents of nonchalance.
Simone is most interested in knowing what the reward is for finding Clara.
Peter doesnt offer his thoughts at first, but Simone and Fredwynn urge him to.
He suggests they consider everything is real.
The group bickers about everyones theories.
Then Simone heads home.
As she walks, the narrator talks about divine nonchalance.
Simone passes a corner and two men begin following her.
Here, the narrator introduces a black and white animation depicting Simones situation.
(Philosophical line No.
But in real life, that protection isnt guaranteed.
Simone gets chased into an alleyway by the men.
She sprays them with pepper spray and flees, relatively unharmed physically.
The show cuts to Octavio introducing Simone as he did Peter.
Thats where the pilot ends, and where episode 2 will surely begin.
