Blood Drive

Previously on "Blood drive"...

Just gonna pop these little guys out of our heads.

Shit, you're hurt.

He needs more blood than you can give.

Are you prepared to die? - What do you think?

Our connection caused a kernel boot error.

What does that even mean?

- It means I love you. - You're becoming human.

Arthur?

Arthur!

Lemonade! Get your lemonade!

Howdy, traveler. Lemonade?

Daddy!

Hey! nobody steals from my girls.

Sorry.

I'm just joshing.

Jeff Warrens. You can call me Warrens, JW, J-Dubs.

- Arthur. - It's a pleasure, Arty man.

Now, I'm sure you've seen a lot out there in that wasteland,

but don't worry, you're safe from the Scar here.

Welcome to Cronenburgh!

I'll be back, baby.

God damn it, Barbie. Where are you?

- Unbelievable. - What?

I'm surprised you're even alive this close to the Scar.

We got folks coming in from all over,

looking for a fresh start.

Looking for a way out of their funk.

- Do they find it? - They never leave.

Something amazing happens when you allow yourself

to see the beauty in everything.

Everything starts seeing the beauty in you.

You smell that?

Smells like cinnamon toast.

Or a gas leak. That's just our construction.

Pardon our dust. This close to the Scar,

we gotta patch up small cracks from the occasional tremors.

Nothing to worry about.

I hope I'm not being too forward,

but it seems to me like you're a man

looking for a sense of purpose.

Maybe Cronenburgh's just the place for a man like you.

Thanks, but my life is complicated right now.

Nothing complicated here, though.

There's friendly faces

safe from the pain of that world.

You know, we're having a town party tonight at the church.

I'm sure everybody'd love to meet you.

I'm not really in the best shape.

Ah, come on. That's just a scratch.

You don't need a doctor. You need a party.

Sorry, ma'am.

The last guy cleaned us all out.

"Ma'am," okay. How about I give you

$2 to never call me that again?

And 27 cents to take me to your last customer.

As requested, the god has arrived.

I know you don't like too much song and dance,

so let's get right down to the pitch.

I've got sequels, spin-offs, tie-in comic books

to explain away all this weird mythology.

Okay, how about a video game?

We didn't bring you here to pitch.

We found a loophole in your contract

that gets us around this holding deal.

Slink, you're fired.

Grace and Arthur have been testing off the charts,

and you lost them. - Why are you

so hung up on those two?

I know what my audience wants.

Testing is for the weak and feeble brain.

Those weak and feeble test groups were the only reason

we kept the race going at all.

Arthur and Grace, they've disappeared into the Scar.

They're dead and gone. You'd better hope not.

Right now, you're just fired.

But if we can't get those two back on the road,

I will run your show into the ground

and make you watch every single moment

with your eyelids stapled to your skull.

Grace.

You look mad. I'm sorry I left you...

oh, don't worry.

I don't hold grudges.

So I gave you half my blood and this is how you thank me?

I'm glad you're okay.

But I'm...

Kinda doing my own thing now.

Isn't this great?

Hey, pro tip.

Next time you try to abandon someone,

don't leave a breadcrumb trail of lost pages.

I didn't lose it.

I'm done with it.

And you should be too.

Wait, but why?

This is the stuff that's gonna help us take down Heart.

What's the point?

Oh, I don't know. That they're evil and they need to be stopped.

What the hell happened to you at that restaurant?

This isn't you.

Say we take down Heart and arrest all the people that killed Karma.

Then what? World's still a pretty crappy place.

There's no end game. So maybe we just stop

when we find somewhere nice.

Why can't you just accept when good things happen?

I mean, look around. - At what? Greenery?

Perfect houses? - Oh, boy.

The offensive number of floral headbands?

- Here we go. - Arthur, stop.

Whatever it is that these Stepford assholes

are trying to sell you on,

don't buy it. No.

No one's selling me anything.

I like it here.

No, you're just not thinking straight.

Are you sure? I mean, maybe this is all a reward.

- For what? - For all of the shit

that we've been through.

I have an idea.

Before you pass judgment,

come to a party with me.

Reeks like Jersey in here.

I mean, what is that delightful smell?

It's something from the construction.

So glad you could join us.

And you brought a plus one.

And who is this ravishing goddess?

Her name is Grace

and she can speak all by herself.

How rude of me.

Grace is my traveling companion.

Mm, I can tell she's entertaining company.

Oh, you can say that again.

Oh, and here is the man of the hour.

This whole night is all for him.

This is our town cobbler, David,

and his peach of a wife, Melanie.

Oh, stop. Dad says that about all his daughters.

Guilty. But really, Mel bell is something special.

Arthur and Grace here might be our newest residents.

- Welcome to Cronenburgh. - Thank you so much

for having us... what's wrong

with this picture?

You don't have a drink in your hand.

Oh.

May I freshen you up?

Man, you do not take a hint, do you?

What the hell? More free booze never hurt anyone.

You know, I can tell you think that

this is too good to be true.

But that doesn't mean you don't deserve it.

We just met.

How the hell do you know what I deserve?

I can smell it.

Can't you? I can smell something.

How do you get stuff to grow so close to the Scar?

You were saying?

I can't remember.

I-I'm so sorry.

I apologize for being so rude earlier.

Arthur knows anger sometimes just gets the best of me.

Aw, not at all.

I think you're actually quite a hoot.

- Did I just giggle? - And what's wrong with that?

Come on, let yourself have a good time.

When I first stumbled upon this little oasis,

I wasn't so sure.

But Mr. Warrens, ah...

Ah, he's quite a convincer.

And here we are, five years later.

You two are the American dream.

So, Arthur, we don't quite know how to say this,

but I was talking to Warrens

and we'd like to make you Cronenburgh's new cobbler.

Oh, wow. Uh...

I'm flattered, but I don't know how to make shoes.

And aren't you the town cobbler?

I'm retiring.

And you'll learn in jiffy.

'Cause here in Cronenburgh,

you have all the time in the world.

Okay.

I... I can't really say no to the birthday boy, now can I?

Oh, this isn't David's birthday.

- No, no. - Anniversary.

No, Arthur. Tonight we're celebrating my life.

This is my wake.

Oh, I'm so sorry, I...

I had no idea. No, don't be.

I've lived a wonderful life

beside this gorgeous, gorgeous gal.

But here in Cronenburgh,

my father believes in celebrating life

by passing it on to the living.

Passing all parts of our life to other people.

Like your clothes and CDs and stuff.

No, no, no. Arthur, no, no.

What we're trying to say is

when I'm dead and gone,