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The Doomed Samaritan

May 14, 2010

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Night Springs - S1 - E8

A man named Mark is helping a woman named Linda by taking her out of Night Springs. As they are driving, they spot a man, wearing a black hoodie, crawling at the side of the road. They pull over and Linda gets out of the car to check on the man, but when she see's his face, it is somehow Mark. He tries to warn Linda about an oncoming truck, but just as he does, a truck crashes into Mark and Linda, seemingly killing them. Suddenly, the Mark that was in the car then becomes the Mark crawling across the side of the road. A car pulls up behind him, which contains Linda and his past self. He tries to warn Linda of a truck that crashes into them, but it is too late.

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Night Springs: Season 1 - 9 Episode s

1x1 - Quantum Suicide
May 14, 2010
Doctor Barclay Colvin has called a press conference to demonstrate a practical demonstration of the many-worlds theory. He shows the press a loaded 9mm pistol. He explains the gun cannot kill him. He says that every time he puts the gun to his temple two realities are created: One where the gun did not fire and one where it did. A special machine is to make sure only the former happens, making Doctor Barclay Colvin immortal. Just as he is about to demonstrate this, the foot of one of the journalists gets caught in a power cord, unplugging it. He asks if it's supposed to be plugged in, but Doctor Barclay is too busy ranting to notice. Doctor Barclay pulls the trigger and shoots himself through the head.
1x2 - Man in the Mirror
May 14, 2010
An FBI agent confronts a man who has confessed to murder. The murderer bludgeoned a man to death with his bare fists, to the point that he was impossible to ID. The agent then reveals that the murderer and victim had identical finger prints. He also points out that the clothing on the dead man is what the man's child described him as wearing. The murderer reveals that his goal was not to kill, but to disturb the child. The agent moves to shoot him, but the murderer states that he's already going to prison, so there's no point to it. The agent states his confusion, and the man states that he will never understand. He then implies that he is a malevolent force, not a man at all, killing people in the guise of their own reflections.
1x3 - Family Occasion
May 14, 2010
Alvin Derleth, a paranormal investigator (possibly named after Lovecraftian horror writer August Derleth) has never had any luck with his job comes searching for the local culture and population of the town in hopes of finding mythology. A seductive woman and a man tell him that they will help him on his search, and the woman promises him "something more." Alvin initially believes that the couple are going to allow him to assist with their ritual, but the woman tells him that they're a man short and invites him to participate. Alvin asks what he should do. The woman responds by passionately kissing him. Soon the kiss is interrupted when the journalist starts to feel sick and something starts to visibly rumble in his stomach.
1x4 - Dreams of Dreams
May 14, 2010
A man is seen walking through a vast nothingness of pure white in his pajamas, until he sees a gathering of people around a sleeping man. He asks a man in a coat why they're all watching the man sleep. He tells him that they're all watching the man sleep because they're in his dream and they're all figments of his imagination. The man in pajamas tells the man in the coat that it's his dream, not the man sleeping. The man in the coat looks at him as if he is crazy, and tells him that he must be a confused figment. Moments later the man in pajamas hears a strange ticking and asks if anyone else hears it. The man in the coat realizes that the man in pajamas is the dreamer, about to be awoken by an alarm, and begins to panic as the sleeping man awakes, therefore killing all the figments.
1x5 - Taken In His Prime
May 14, 2010
After answering an ad in the paper for a job in the service industry, Manny finds himself being chased by two men in the forest. Despite his efforts, the two men overtake him, and push him to the ground. As Manny pleads for a reason why he is being beaten, the two men explain that they first need to beat something out of him. After landing several blows, one of the men reaches into the young Manny and pulls out a dark object. He says, “This free will thing is more trouble than it’s worth.” The man proceeds to burn the dark object with a lighter. Afterwards, Manny gets up off the ground in a calm matter, questioning what had just happened to him. Manny then states that he does not know what he is supposed to do. One of the men assures Manny that they will tell him all about that.
1x6 - Absence of Creativity
May 14, 2010
A woman named Martha answers the door for her friend, Lydia. Martha proceeds to hurry her friend into the basement, insisting that there is something strange taking place there. As the two women enter the basement, they are greeted by the sight of what appears to be a whirling vortex. Soon after, a man appears, standing in front on the void. The women inquire as to the man's purpose and he responds by telling them he is the one responsible for everything around them, except the strange void. He then expresses his frustration, having run into a case of writer's block. He is presumably a writer for the show Night Springs, and has run out of ideas where to take the present episode. The man then insists that the women return upstairs while he tries to figure out what to do.
1x7 - What's In A Name
May 14, 2010
An old man and his young apprentice are under a steel bridge, where the old man is scratching some letters into the wall with a screwdriver. A policeman arrives after receiving some complaints as he has been vandalizing the town, though the old man claims he is no vandal. The police officer asks what he is doing, when the apprentice states that the old man is writing his name on the town. The police officer asks for the man name, to which the apprentice reveals it's "Night Springs", the name of the town, and is from now on. The old man disappears, and the apprentice goads the police officer to drive away, and remember which town he serves.
1x8 - The Doomed Samaritan
May 14, 2010
A man named Mark is helping a woman named Linda by taking her out of Night Springs. As they are driving, they spot a man, wearing a black hoodie, crawling at the side of the road. They pull over and Linda gets out of the car to check on the man, but when she see's his face, it is somehow Mark. He tries to warn Linda about an oncoming truck, but just as he does, a truck crashes into Mark and Linda, seemingly killing them. Suddenly, the Mark that was in the car then becomes the Mark crawling across the side of the road. A car pulls up behind him, which contains Linda and his past self. He tries to warn Linda of a truck that crashes into them, but it is too late.
1x9 - Eternal Endurance
May 14, 2010
During a foggy and rainy day, a man on a bike narrates that he is going to compete in a race across America, one of the toughest ultra marathon bicycle races in the world, but first he has to qualify. His support team follows behind him in a van, and suggest that he takes a break. The man says he can keep going, but in reality he was in agony from all the pedalling. Suddenly the fog disappears, and he finds himself in a small town, with people cheering him on. He could then see the 'finish line', where all pain he endured dissipated. In his eyes, he was done, and home. In reality, his support team drive up to the man, who had crashed his bike and died in the process.

Night Springs: All seasons

S1: Season 1
9 Episode s

1x1 - Quantum Suicide

1x2 - Man in the Mirror

1x3 - Family Occasion

1x4 - Dreams of Dreams

1x5 - Taken In His Prime

1x6 - Absence of Creativity

1x7 - What's In A Name

1x8 - The Doomed Samaritan

1x9 - Eternal Endurance

S1: Season 1