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Uncanny County

S2 Ep9: Wichita Starman (S2, Ep9)

Uncanny County

UncannyCounty

Fiction, Drama, Comedy Fiction

4.8702 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Summer, 1975. Russ Matheson’s life is about to change in some very big ways. A county lineman, Russ spends his days - and often his nights - working on telephone lines, keeping other folks connected, while he slowly but surely drifts away from the ones he loves. But a strange encounter will send him off on a new journey – one that flies straight through the heart – of Uncanny County…

Marked "explicit" for mild language.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're riding alone on a moonlit but starless night.

0:08.0

You just missed your exit.

0:10.0

Now there's only one way back home.

0:12.0

So sit back, open your ears, and hold on tight

0:16.0

because you're about to take a quick detour through Uncanny County. Hello. Hello? Hey, it's me.

0:49.3

Where the hell are you?

0:51.3

Where do you think I am?

0:52.3

Calling from your handset at the top of a telephone pole in the middle of nowhere.

0:56.7

Give the lady a cigar.

0:58.2

Did you forget?

0:59.1

No, I wanted to get there, but...

1:01.8

Ross.

1:02.6

Scotty don't even lack baseball. He just does it for you.

1:05.4

I said, I'm sorry. That hail storm really made a mess of things.

1:09.0

Miles of line to go yet. I ain't close to done.

1:11.7

Ain't safe to work so late.

1:13.1

Karen, don't tell me how to do my job.

1:15.5

You want the checks, I got to make the money.

1:17.5

It's just money.

1:18.4

Yeah, well, you ain't a man.

1:21.4

Could you at least be on time?

1:23.2

Saturday morning?

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