December 14, 2022 • 30 mins
Bobbie, Liam, and Summer break into the Diamond Estate to steal back the guitar and travel back in time again. This time they land in 1997, just as young Nicki is turning into Summer. Can they convince her to return to her home timeline and set things right?
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Head Writer: Cecil Castellucci
Writers: Bleu-Beckford Burrell, Louis Kornfeld, Natalia Yanchak, and Adam Staffaroni
Directed by: Rebecca Cunningham
With Performances by:
Judy Alice Lee as Nicki Fix
Thalia Romina as Bobbie
Joshua Evans as Liam
Tyler Keyes as Leonard
With Barron Bass as Ben
And Scott Hoffman as Record Shop Clerk Jeremy Kane
Additional Voices:
Maura Vincent, Caleb Yen, David Shatraw, Laith Wallschleger
Post Sound & Music by: Chapter Four
Sound Supervision and Sound Design by: Sarah Gibble Laska
Assistant Sound Editing by: Andrew Berger, Nathalie Escudero, and Zachary Spiezer
Music composed by: Murray A. Lightburn
Lyrics by: Natalia Yanchak and Murray A. Lightburn
Line Producer: Anna Stypko
Produced by: Aroop Sanakkayala
Development Writer: Scott Hoffman
Development Executive: Greg Lockard
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hey, time travelers. This has Heather iine Horn, co creator
of Nicki Fixes Time Mix Up. Next, be kind and
rewind to the nineties for a most epic episode of
Nicki Fix. But first, a quick word from our sponsor,
Iron Horn's Epic Productions, and I Heart Radio present Nikki
Fixes Time Mix. Do you think Dante knows we're headed
(00:31):
to steal back your guitar, Nicky. I don't know if
he's figured out I'm a time traveler, well, because it
sounds completely insane, but he wouldn't have stashed it away
if he didn't have suspicions. And he recognized us at
Asbury Park before we escaped, that means he take it. EASi, Liam,
(00:56):
You're still solid, You're still here, hanging there, and I'm
sorry I caused you to never be born, but I
I definitely feel I don't know, fin You're fine. Just
looks like you trimmed down by a few pounds, that's all.
I don't know if I can go on haleam, Yeah,
(01:22):
don't milk it too hard, but just concentrate on good things,
like what are you gonna do after we fix everything?
Like my bucket list? Yeah? Okay, Well make a name
for myself that isn't tainted by my sucky dad. Do
something heroic. Watch every Marvel movie in order in one sitting.
(01:44):
Uncovered the Secrets of the Illuminati. Kiss a girl I
really like, hear a perfect song and helped put it
out in the world. Learned close up Magic. That's a
really good list. It doesn't matter I want to do
any of it less we fixed this timeline speaking of,
we have to get to Dante's fault in the back
(02:05):
of his estate, underneath the antenna. That's where I buried
my keys in right under the boulder, next to the trail.
Let's see if they're still there and hope that they
still work. There's the front gate. We're not using the
dirt access road in the back. The security is all
to keep people from getting on the property. If we're
already inside, that'll be our best shot. I hope something
(02:29):
good comes out of my mouth in the next thirty seconds,
because it's showtime. We'll visit those along. I'd like to
(03:06):
get inside the house my music paid for. Please. I
know I'm supposed to be on my way to the
It never rains in summer music cruise experience right now,
but I forgot all my swimsuits. Crazy, all right, so
you can open the gate now, Mr Diamonds. Not with you.
(03:28):
Mr Diamonds is a little too important to help me pack.
Don't you think I mean there are deals to be made?
Am I right? I'm sorry, but this is highly unusual.
I'm under specific instructions from mister Diamonds not to let
anyone on the gumpa. Do you really think those instructions
(03:49):
are meant for me? I guess not. M But who
are your friends? These are v I P s. You
see they have this way and he doesn't have. Oh
he doesn't look pretty bad. Sorry, Msnes All opens again
right away. Don't give up. You're gonna make it up.
(04:14):
Thank you, Nicky. That was awesome. Picked up a few
tricks over the years. What next. We won't have much time.
Once we get in, he'll call his supervisor to double
check my story, so we have to be quick. Keep driving, Bobby.
The back of the estate is up ahead, just past
the hedge. Mace. Jeez, this place is big. It's even
(04:38):
bigger than when I lived here. He bought up every
parcel of land with my money. Are those statues of
my dad? As each of the Greek gods. Yeah, and
you're telling me you had trouble figuring out he was
a giant narcissist. Point Bobby, and this isn't even the
worst of it. You should see his pent hou us
(05:00):
in Vegas. In this timeline, Dante made a fortune early
in his career. He only grew from there. How did
he do that? What changed me? In order to get
my music out there? I will subtly tipped him off
to some of the changes coming in the music industry
MP three's streaming. He got in early on everything and
(05:23):
was hailed as a genius in the process, the nostradamus
of the music industry. Whole number one of time travel.
Don't tell anyone what happens in the future. If you
want to say, I told you so, you have every
right too. We always hated Dante Diamond, and you gave
him everything. Well. I asked you if you thought people
(05:44):
could change, and you said yes, that kindness in the
right moment could flip the script. I thought I could
make him a better person. I didn't mean so kind
you make him even worse. Once I was in it,
I just kept justifying it, telling myself I could get
through to him. If I stuck with it. But you're right,
I just made it worse and now it's too late.
(06:06):
I'm sorry. Well, if you pull this off, it won't
ever happen. What matters now is that we get the
guitar and undo all of this. You're still mad at me, Bobby,
I know it. I just don't understand why you would
trust him the way you did. Because I was a teenager,
because I was all by myself, because I was scared.
(06:29):
Pretty soon I realized I had no home, no family,
no money, no identification. There wasn't even a record that
I existed. Yeah, but him, out of all the people
in the world, he was the only one there to
fix it. When the I r S came after me,
when the FBI realized I was a non person, they
were threatening to deport me. I was a kid who
(06:52):
had never lived outside of Jersey. I never realized how
controlling all this would make him. The more money he got,
the more power he got, the weirder it all became.
I tried to get away, but you can't go too
far without a birth certificate or a Social Security card
(07:13):
for credit history, and Dante made up a whole identity
for me to keep me safe here and then put
me under a conservative ship, and I had no power
to fight it and no one to go to for help.
Now I'm property of Diamond International. I'm not even a
real person, and certainly not a real musician. I mean,
(07:36):
you guys heard me. I'm just another brand. I may
as well be a hologram. I didn't know that's how
it was. How could you? But now I know there's
more to life than fame. People cheering for you can
never replace people being there for you. I love you
(07:57):
so much, Bobby. The world sucks without you as my
best friend. I hope you can forgive me. I love
you too, obviously. There it is the antenna. Let's get
us the hell out of here and fix all this,
and the sooner the better, because this place gives me
the creeps. M this is them, all right, My keys,
(08:49):
just where I buried them. Now, let's see if they
work over here. Bingo, there's another door, but this one
has a keypad. I got this day of my first hit.
I Bett's inner sinking. WHOA look at all this stuff.
(09:17):
It's all junk flyers, old clothes, cassette tapes. It's like
a hoarder's paradise. Why have a security fortress around this.
One person's junk is another one's treasure. My dad was
the same in my time. He collects things for the
archives exactly. Some of it he's sitting on until the
(09:40):
value goes up again in the fan market. Other stuff
he rotates into exhibits at the museum. How are we
supposed to find the guitar and this mountain of junk?
Start digging? Look at this contracts for Pink Katy, Perry,
Miley Cyrus. He bought up their contracts and Perry them
(10:01):
fed their songs to other artists on his roster. They
don't even have careers here. One of them is a
math teacher. Wait a minute, Liam, is this it? Let's
see scratch mark next to the third fret, initials burned
in on the underside. Yes, Bobby, Yes, I've got it. Now,
let's go before he knows we're here. Okay, I'm afraid
(10:28):
you can't leave, Miss Range. God, you scared me. I'm
going to have to ask you guitar now. Of course
we probably tripped some silent alarm. Listen. I already told
you that Mr Diamond wanted me to get this for
him Okay, I'll call him now. If you don't believe me,
don't embarrass yourself, Summer, Dante. Ever since I saw your
(10:51):
old friends Bobby and Liam at the show, I knew
you'd head here. I've had my eye on you. Well,
all of that is about to chance. Ange. I'll take
that guitar, young lady, since it belongs to me anyway, No, hey, hey,
let go no security. Bring these kids to the police
(11:16):
station and charge them with trespassing and theft. We're not
leaving without her, then go, Dante. Don't ruin their lives
with a juvenile record. This is between you and me, Carl.
You can go now. I'll handle these kids myself. Yes,
give us back the guitar. Ben gave that to Nikki.
(11:39):
It belongs to her. It belongs to me, just like
everything else of hers. Now, Summer, we have to get
you down to the pier. The cruise can't take off
without its star attraction. I'm not going. You're under contract, Summer,
I said, I'm not going. Yes you are. I'll tell
the truth about you, about everything you've done to me.
(12:02):
I'll go to the press. Go ahead, try it. I
can make all of that go away with a wave
of my hand. You see, kids, Summer suffers from bouts
of nervous exhaustion. She has delusions that she's a time traveler.
She's out of touch with reality. It affects her work.
(12:23):
Sometimes she gets it into her head to do things
like Renegan contracts and miss show dates. She costs herself
a lot of money that way, sad. That's why the
courts agreed she can't be relied on to look after
her own self interests. Oh, but don't worry, fans, I've
always got my eye on her. Shut up. What I
(12:45):
don't understand is why would you want to leave all
of this? I gave you everything, summer, a life, a career.
I even gave you a name. When we started. We
were a team. But nothing I do is ever enough?
Is it? What do I get in return? You abandoned me.
I thought this was the life I wanted, Okay, it's not.
(13:07):
Instead of letting me go, you trapped me because I
know how good you could be. You always do that.
You never let people shine on their own. And who
are you, kid? Besides the third wheel? No one asked
for I see it now. You're scared of being alone,
of being abandoned. You don't know me. I know Leonard though,
(13:30):
Leonard mccowski. Leonard thought no one took him seriously, that
he had to play hardball, pounce on weakness, exact revenge.
But you really just want someone to tell you right enough.
There's no one left to do that, is there? Because
you've surrounded yourself with people whose love and loyalty is
under contract. They stay close to you because they have to,
(13:53):
not because they choose to, because otherwise you're afraid they'll
leave you. A hundreds of people on payroll who like
me just fine. They don't really like you, Leonard, don't
call me that. Back in my time, I was always
afraid that I wasn't good enough for you. That was
never the problem. You were afraid that I didn't love you.
(14:17):
What love me? Who the hell are you? Kid? My
name is Liam, Liam mccowski. What. I'm a guy who
was just like you, a guy who loves music and musicians.
I always rejected that because I didn't want to be you.
But I'm not you. I like my name, my real name.
(14:40):
I like my crooked nose and the gap in my teeth.
I like that I could talk for hours about amps
and woofers and distortion pedals. Seriously, kid, if you don't
shut up, and you you're a guy who loves music
and you love musicians or you to think of what
(15:02):
you could be if you really cared for them over
kind of relationship we could have had. Stop stop walking
towards me. This isn't your life, This isn't any of
our lives. But you have a chance right now to
make things right. Let Nikki go and give us the guitar. Dad, Dad,
(15:23):
look at the guitar. It's slowly. It shocked me. It's okay,
it's okay, quick Nikki, here, it's into play a song. No, nope,
you're not going anywhere. You're staying right here. Yeah. Now
(15:50):
you to help me? He a lot to sin and
now what who WHOA? I tell us? Hey, Nicky stands.
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She is the pop sensation you've been waiting for, Old Bridge,
(17:02):
mall give it up for your very own summer wor
uh where are we? Oh man? That's not seven time
(17:23):
and I haven't wait. I remember this. This was part
of a tri state multil that Dante put together to
generate Grasswoods Bus. Yes, that means it worked. We went
back again, all right, But that also means we didn't
wind up where we started. This is about a year
after you both left, so well, time travel isn't precise.
(17:50):
There must be something else in this time that we
have to sit right, Nicky, what's going on right now
in your life? Here? M m. This is the con
or that convinces the executives of Galaxy Records that I'm
a viable investment. They're excited by my fan base. Everything
changes after today. This is when I truly stop being
(18:11):
nicky fix and become some marines. So that means this
is a cross point in toss Nerd speak. Please, we
have to find a way to talk to you before
that deal happens. You know, not you you, but the
other you. I'll be signing autographs and the sam goodies
upstairs after the concert that'll be our best shot. Oh
(18:42):
shows day people, people ah welve, I said overly light,
(19:10):
Get in line. Oh my god, is that what are
to be wearing? That's way too much makeup. Don't judge me.
People were super into it, as you can see. Let's
get Come on you guys. There's a hole in the crowd. Nicki, Niggie,
get back in line. Shee's me sorry, excuse me, sorry
(19:31):
part of me? Whoa, whoa, whoa? Where do you think
you're going? We have to talk to Nicki. Um, Summer,
it's okay. I'm her best friend, so is everyone here.
The whole line is best friends for her. But it's
an emergency. Honestly, we really do know her. Get back
in line, get get don't get listened, buddy. We're here
(19:53):
to save that girl's future. So you can either let
us through and be on the right side of history,
or we can run you go from But either way,
we're talking to Summer. Back the line. Maybe we should
just wait in line. Guys, we travel thirty years. It's
a little bit more time, right right, Come on, Nikkia, man,
(20:34):
this line is pretty insane. How long do you think
the weight is from all the way back here at
least a couple of hours. That's too long. I stopped
signing autographs at five. Do you think we'll make it
to her in time? I don't know. Okay, you guys,
stay here and hold the spot. Wait where are you going?
I'm gonna go try and sneak in with the Rose
downstairs and see if I can leave a message and
(20:55):
her equipment just in case. Good thinking. Just be careful,
you too, seeing a little bit? What was that? What
was what that? What? That was a moment between you
and Liam? What? No? Maybe shut up? You're blushing. Oh
(21:20):
my god, Bobby, I thought I saw a spark between you,
and tell me everything. Have you kissed? No? Why not
kiss him? He's a good guy. Let's just focus on
the task at hand, all right, Okay, okay, okay, But
I'm in my forties now, so I've like done stuff
with boys. If you need any advice, I'm just saying, Nigi,
(21:43):
we still have a whole space time continuum thing to repair,
so the timeline can go back to normal and we
can all go home and you can go on a
date with Liam. Whoa. I've only been waiting like forever
for you guys to get together. I never thought so
much could happen in a few days. But yeah, I
like Liam. Oh, I really missed our girl talks. Okay, okay,
(22:08):
back to the task at hand. If Nikki's anything like
I was, and she is, then she may not be
too receptive. Success kind of goes to your head for
the first couple of years. I think you know it all.
I have faith in you to do the right thing.
I always have. Actually, I might have an idea. Can
(22:28):
you hold down the fort here? I'll be right back. Sure,
excuse me. I was told to put this piece with
Nicky's kit Summer's Kid. Do you know where that is? Thanks?
(22:50):
I know she was incredible. Well, thank you, Mr Bullet.
I'm excited to finally meet you in person and discuss
bigger and brighter things for Summer's future. I agree she
is star material. Okay, let's see you then, Chow. Hey,
(23:11):
you're Dante Diamond, aren't you? Do? I know you kind
of We met at the Millennium Rink, all right, that place.
Sorry I don't remember your name. That's okay, it doesn't matter.
Nice seeing you again. Thanks for coming out. Before you go,
I want to say something. You're really great at this stuff,
(23:33):
bringing people together, making things happen, helping artists to develop
their voice. You're really talented. So just in case no
one else has said it to you, good job. Well
that was unexpected. No, usually people just see summer and
not the behind the scenes stuff. So thanks. One more thing.
(23:57):
Now that I have some perspective on things, I realized
something important. I uh, I mean your artists they love you,
but they'll come a time and they really need you
to love them back, to put them as people ahead
of everything else. Don't lose sight of that. Okay, um,
(24:19):
were we in class together or something or something? See
you around Leonard? Hey? Uh? Can I at least give
you a T shirt to my number one fan love
(24:46):
Summer Rains. Thanks so much for coming out Liam over here?
Any luck? I heard my dad on the phone with
the label the clock is ticking. How about you almost
to the front of the line. I think we'll be
able to talk to her in time. Where's Nikki? Older? Nikki?
I mean, she says she was stepping out, but she
(25:08):
hasn't come back yet. I've been watching Nicky sign as
I've gotten closer, and she looks so different. Her hair
is different. No, not that she's signing autographs, but she
isn't even looking up at anyone. She doesn't seem like Nikki. Yeah,
well that's not Nikki now, that's Summer Rains Nuts, that's us.
(25:30):
Thank you so much for coming out today and supporting
live music. Who should I make the autograph out to you?
Forget my name already, Bobby Liam? Oh my god, what
are you doing here? We've come back again to get
you out of here. It's time to come home. That's
really nice of you. But I'm good here. No, you
can't go through with this. You're ruining your light. She's right, Nikki,
(25:54):
you're missing up the time continuum. We've seen how it
turns out. It is not pretty. Things are great here.
I'm great here, Nikki. This isn't your life. We have
to go home. Did you even save the rink? Do
you know what's going to happen to Ben? And is
still managing the rink? It seems fine, it's not going
to be. Are these two given you our time? The rains? No? No, no,
(26:18):
they're fine. Thanks alright, alright, I get it. Listen. I
can't talk about this here. I have to finish up
and do some press photos. But when I'm done. It's
the three of us. Yeah, we'll sit down and talk
it all out. When will that be an hour? I'll
meet you at the food court at six. Okay, okay,
(26:38):
we'll see you there. Yep, see you there. What time
is it? Eight? She's not coming is? She doesn't look
like it. She lied to us. This is like when
(26:59):
she let go of my hand. I'm so mad. What
do we do now? We'll figure it out. We should
connect with other Nikki. Maybe she's having better luck. Too bad?
We can't text again. How are we supposed to find
anyone with no technology? Old bridge? Isn't that big? Come on?
(27:26):
All rights out there? And we're coming to the Millennium
Rank on another Friday night. I thought i'd find you
here instead up your friends? Who are you? Oh? Wait
a minute, Oh my god? Are you? Me and Nikki?
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We need to talk. Ironhorn's Epic Productions and I Heart
Radio presented Nicky Fix's Time Mix, created an executive produced
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Radio head writer Cecil Castellucci, writers Blue Beckford, Barrew, Louis Cornfeld,
Natalia yan Check, and Adam Stafferroni, directed by Rebecca Cunningham,
with performances by Judy Alice Lee as Nicky fix To,
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Lea Romina as Bobby, Joshua evans Is, Leah Tyler Kies
as Dante, Diamond and Leonard and Baron Bass as Ben.
Additional voices more of Vincent Haleb Yen, David Shattrow, Late
Walsh Leger, and Scott Hoffman as record shop clerk host.
Sound by Chapter four Sound supervision and sound designed by
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Lyrics by Natalia Yancheck and Murray A light Burner. Produced
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Hey, time travelers. This has Heather iine Horn, co creator
of Nicki Fixes Time Mix Up. Next, be kind and
rewind to the nineties for a most epic episode of
Nicki Fix. But first, a quick word from our sponsor,
Iron Horn's Epic Productions, and I Heart Radio present Nikki
Fixes Time Mix. Do you think Dante knows we're headed
(00:31):
to steal back your guitar, Nicky. I don't know if
he's figured out I'm a time traveler, well, because it
sounds completely insane, but he wouldn't have stashed it away
if he didn't have suspicions. And he recognized us at
Asbury Park before we escaped, that means he take it. EASi, Liam,
(00:56):
You're still solid, You're still here, hanging there, and I'm
sorry I caused you to never be born, but I
I definitely feel I don't know, fin You're fine. Just
looks like you trimmed down by a few pounds, that's all.
I don't know if I can go on haleam, Yeah,
(01:22):
don't milk it too hard, but just concentrate on good things,
like what are you gonna do after we fix everything?
Like my bucket list? Yeah? Okay, Well make a name
for myself that isn't tainted by my sucky dad. Do
something heroic. Watch every Marvel movie in order in one sitting.
(01:44):
Uncovered the Secrets of the Illuminati. Kiss a girl I
really like, hear a perfect song and helped put it
out in the world. Learned close up Magic. That's a
really good list. It doesn't matter I want to do
any of it less we fixed this timeline speaking of,
we have to get to Dante's fault in the back
(02:05):
of his estate, underneath the antenna. That's where I buried
my keys in right under the boulder, next to the trail.
Let's see if they're still there and hope that they
still work. There's the front gate. We're not using the
dirt access road in the back. The security is all
to keep people from getting on the property. If we're
already inside, that'll be our best shot. I hope something
(02:29):
good comes out of my mouth in the next thirty seconds,
because it's showtime. We'll visit those along. I'd like to
(03:06):
get inside the house my music paid for. Please. I
know I'm supposed to be on my way to the
It never rains in summer music cruise experience right now,
but I forgot all my swimsuits. Crazy, all right, so
you can open the gate now, Mr Diamonds. Not with you.
(03:28):
Mr Diamonds is a little too important to help me pack.
Don't you think I mean there are deals to be made?
Am I right? I'm sorry, but this is highly unusual.
I'm under specific instructions from mister Diamonds not to let
anyone on the gumpa. Do you really think those instructions
(03:49):
are meant for me? I guess not. M But who
are your friends? These are v I P s. You
see they have this way and he doesn't have. Oh
he doesn't look pretty bad. Sorry, Msnes All opens again
right away. Don't give up. You're gonna make it up.
(04:14):
Thank you, Nicky. That was awesome. Picked up a few
tricks over the years. What next. We won't have much time.
Once we get in, he'll call his supervisor to double
check my story, so we have to be quick. Keep driving, Bobby.
The back of the estate is up ahead, just past
the hedge. Mace. Jeez, this place is big. It's even
(04:38):
bigger than when I lived here. He bought up every
parcel of land with my money. Are those statues of
my dad? As each of the Greek gods. Yeah, and
you're telling me you had trouble figuring out he was
a giant narcissist. Point Bobby, and this isn't even the
worst of it. You should see his pent hou us
(05:00):
in Vegas. In this timeline, Dante made a fortune early
in his career. He only grew from there. How did
he do that? What changed me? In order to get
my music out there? I will subtly tipped him off
to some of the changes coming in the music industry
MP three's streaming. He got in early on everything and
(05:23):
was hailed as a genius in the process, the nostradamus
of the music industry. Whole number one of time travel.
Don't tell anyone what happens in the future. If you
want to say, I told you so, you have every
right too. We always hated Dante Diamond, and you gave
him everything. Well. I asked you if you thought people
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could change, and you said yes, that kindness in the
right moment could flip the script. I thought I could
make him a better person. I didn't mean so kind
you make him even worse. Once I was in it,
I just kept justifying it, telling myself I could get
through to him. If I stuck with it. But you're right,
I just made it worse and now it's too late.
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I'm sorry. Well, if you pull this off, it won't
ever happen. What matters now is that we get the
guitar and undo all of this. You're still mad at me, Bobby,
I know it. I just don't understand why you would
trust him the way you did. Because I was a teenager,
because I was all by myself, because I was scared.
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Pretty soon I realized I had no home, no family,
no money, no identification. There wasn't even a record that
I existed. Yeah, but him, out of all the people
in the world, he was the only one there to
fix it. When the I r S came after me,
when the FBI realized I was a non person, they
were threatening to deport me. I was a kid who
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had never lived outside of Jersey. I never realized how
controlling all this would make him. The more money he got,
the more power he got, the weirder it all became.
I tried to get away, but you can't go too
far without a birth certificate or a Social Security card
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for credit history, and Dante made up a whole identity
for me to keep me safe here and then put
me under a conservative ship, and I had no power
to fight it and no one to go to for help.
Now I'm property of Diamond International. I'm not even a
real person, and certainly not a real musician. I mean,
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you guys heard me. I'm just another brand. I may
as well be a hologram. I didn't know that's how
it was. How could you? But now I know there's
more to life than fame. People cheering for you can
never replace people being there for you. I love you
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so much, Bobby. The world sucks without you as my
best friend. I hope you can forgive me. I love
you too, obviously. There it is the antenna. Let's get
us the hell out of here and fix all this,
and the sooner the better, because this place gives me
the creeps. M this is them, all right, My keys,
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just where I buried them. Now, let's see if they
work over here. Bingo, there's another door, but this one
has a keypad. I got this day of my first hit.
I Bett's inner sinking. WHOA look at all this stuff.
(09:17):
It's all junk flyers, old clothes, cassette tapes. It's like
a hoarder's paradise. Why have a security fortress around this.
One person's junk is another one's treasure. My dad was
the same in my time. He collects things for the
archives exactly. Some of it he's sitting on until the
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value goes up again in the fan market. Other stuff
he rotates into exhibits at the museum. How are we
supposed to find the guitar and this mountain of junk?
Start digging? Look at this contracts for Pink Katy, Perry,
Miley Cyrus. He bought up their contracts and Perry them
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fed their songs to other artists on his roster. They
don't even have careers here. One of them is a
math teacher. Wait a minute, Liam, is this it? Let's
see scratch mark next to the third fret, initials burned
in on the underside. Yes, Bobby, Yes, I've got it. Now,
let's go before he knows we're here. Okay, I'm afraid
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you can't leave, Miss Range. God, you scared me. I'm
going to have to ask you guitar now. Of course
we probably tripped some silent alarm. Listen. I already told
you that Mr Diamond wanted me to get this for
him Okay, I'll call him now. If you don't believe me,
don't embarrass yourself, Summer, Dante. Ever since I saw your
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old friends Bobby and Liam at the show, I knew
you'd head here. I've had my eye on you. Well,
all of that is about to chance. Ange. I'll take
that guitar, young lady, since it belongs to me anyway, No, hey, hey,
let go no security. Bring these kids to the police
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station and charge them with trespassing and theft. We're not
leaving without her, then go, Dante. Don't ruin their lives
with a juvenile record. This is between you and me, Carl.
You can go now. I'll handle these kids myself. Yes,
give us back the guitar. Ben gave that to Nikki.
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It belongs to her. It belongs to me, just like
everything else of hers. Now, Summer, we have to get
you down to the pier. The cruise can't take off
without its star attraction. I'm not going. You're under contract, Summer,
I said, I'm not going. Yes you are. I'll tell
the truth about you, about everything you've done to me.
(12:02):
I'll go to the press. Go ahead, try it. I
can make all of that go away with a wave
of my hand. You see, kids, Summer suffers from bouts
of nervous exhaustion. She has delusions that she's a time traveler.
She's out of touch with reality. It affects her work.
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Sometimes she gets it into her head to do things
like Renegan contracts and miss show dates. She costs herself
a lot of money that way, sad. That's why the
courts agreed she can't be relied on to look after
her own self interests. Oh, but don't worry, fans, I've
always got my eye on her. Shut up. What I
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don't understand is why would you want to leave all
of this? I gave you everything, summer, a life, a career.
I even gave you a name. When we started. We
were a team. But nothing I do is ever enough?
Is it? What do I get in return? You abandoned me.
I thought this was the life I wanted, Okay, it's not.
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Instead of letting me go, you trapped me because I
know how good you could be. You always do that.
You never let people shine on their own. And who
are you, kid? Besides the third wheel? No one asked
for I see it now. You're scared of being alone,
of being abandoned. You don't know me. I know Leonard though,
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Leonard mccowski. Leonard thought no one took him seriously, that
he had to play hardball, pounce on weakness, exact revenge.
But you really just want someone to tell you right enough.
There's no one left to do that, is there? Because
you've surrounded yourself with people whose love and loyalty is
under contract. They stay close to you because they have to,
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not because they choose to, because otherwise you're afraid they'll
leave you. A hundreds of people on payroll who like
me just fine. They don't really like you, Leonard, don't
call me that. Back in my time, I was always
afraid that I wasn't good enough for you. That was
never the problem. You were afraid that I didn't love you.
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What love me? Who the hell are you? Kid? My
name is Liam, Liam mccowski. What. I'm a guy who
was just like you, a guy who loves music and musicians.
I always rejected that because I didn't want to be you.
But I'm not you. I like my name, my real name.
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I like my crooked nose and the gap in my teeth.
I like that I could talk for hours about amps
and woofers and distortion pedals. Seriously, kid, if you don't
shut up, and you you're a guy who loves music
and you love musicians or you to think of what
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you could be if you really cared for them over
kind of relationship we could have had. Stop stop walking
towards me. This isn't your life, This isn't any of
our lives. But you have a chance right now to
make things right. Let Nikki go and give us the guitar. Dad, Dad,
(15:23):
look at the guitar. It's slowly. It shocked me. It's okay,
it's okay, quick Nikki, here, it's into play a song. No, nope,
you're not going anywhere. You're staying right here. Yeah. Now
(15:50):
you to help me? He a lot to sin and
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She is the pop sensation you've been waiting for, Old Bridge,
(17:02):
mall give it up for your very own summer wor
uh where are we? Oh man? That's not seven time
(17:23):
and I haven't wait. I remember this. This was part
of a tri state multil that Dante put together to
generate Grasswoods Bus. Yes, that means it worked. We went
back again, all right, But that also means we didn't
wind up where we started. This is about a year
after you both left, so well, time travel isn't precise.
(17:50):
There must be something else in this time that we
have to sit right, Nicky, what's going on right now
in your life? Here? M m. This is the con
or that convinces the executives of Galaxy Records that I'm
a viable investment. They're excited by my fan base. Everything
changes after today. This is when I truly stop being
(18:11):
nicky fix and become some marines. So that means this
is a cross point in toss Nerd speak. Please, we
have to find a way to talk to you before
that deal happens. You know, not you you, but the
other you. I'll be signing autographs and the sam goodies
upstairs after the concert that'll be our best shot. Oh
(18:42):
shows day people, people ah welve, I said overly light,
(19:10):
Get in line. Oh my god, is that what are
to be wearing? That's way too much makeup. Don't judge me.
People were super into it, as you can see. Let's
get Come on you guys. There's a hole in the crowd. Nicki, Niggie,
get back in line. Shee's me sorry, excuse me, sorry
(19:31):
part of me? Whoa, whoa, whoa? Where do you think
you're going? We have to talk to Nicki. Um, Summer,
it's okay. I'm her best friend, so is everyone here.
The whole line is best friends for her. But it's
an emergency. Honestly, we really do know her. Get back
in line, get get don't get listened, buddy. We're here
(19:53):
to save that girl's future. So you can either let
us through and be on the right side of history,
or we can run you go from But either way,
we're talking to Summer. Back the line. Maybe we should
just wait in line. Guys, we travel thirty years. It's
a little bit more time, right right, Come on, Nikkia, man,
(20:34):
this line is pretty insane. How long do you think
the weight is from all the way back here at
least a couple of hours. That's too long. I stopped
signing autographs at five. Do you think we'll make it
to her in time? I don't know. Okay, you guys,
stay here and hold the spot. Wait where are you going?
I'm gonna go try and sneak in with the Rose
downstairs and see if I can leave a message and
(20:55):
her equipment just in case. Good thinking. Just be careful,
you too, seeing a little bit? What was that? What
was what that? What? That was a moment between you
and Liam? What? No? Maybe shut up? You're blushing. Oh
(21:20):
my god, Bobby, I thought I saw a spark between you,
and tell me everything. Have you kissed? No? Why not
kiss him? He's a good guy. Let's just focus on
the task at hand, all right, Okay, okay, okay, But
I'm in my forties now, so I've like done stuff
with boys. If you need any advice, I'm just saying, Nigi,
(21:43):
we still have a whole space time continuum thing to repair,
so the timeline can go back to normal and we
can all go home and you can go on a
date with Liam. Whoa. I've only been waiting like forever
for you guys to get together. I never thought so
much could happen in a few days. But yeah, I
like Liam. Oh, I really missed our girl talks. Okay, okay,
(22:08):
back to the task at hand. If Nikki's anything like
I was, and she is, then she may not be
too receptive. Success kind of goes to your head for
the first couple of years. I think you know it all.
I have faith in you to do the right thing.
I always have. Actually, I might have an idea. Can
(22:28):
you hold down the fort here? I'll be right back. Sure,
excuse me. I was told to put this piece with
Nicky's kit Summer's Kid. Do you know where that is? Thanks?
(22:50):
I know she was incredible. Well, thank you, Mr Bullet.
I'm excited to finally meet you in person and discuss
bigger and brighter things for Summer's future. I agree she
is star material. Okay, let's see you then, Chow. Hey,
(23:11):
you're Dante Diamond, aren't you? Do? I know you kind
of We met at the Millennium Rink, all right, that place.
Sorry I don't remember your name. That's okay, it doesn't matter.
Nice seeing you again. Thanks for coming out. Before you go,
I want to say something. You're really great at this stuff,
(23:33):
bringing people together, making things happen, helping artists to develop
their voice. You're really talented. So just in case no
one else has said it to you, good job. Well
that was unexpected. No, usually people just see summer and
not the behind the scenes stuff. So thanks. One more thing.
(23:57):
Now that I have some perspective on things, I realized
something important. I uh, I mean your artists they love you,
but they'll come a time and they really need you
to love them back, to put them as people ahead
of everything else. Don't lose sight of that. Okay, um,
(24:19):
were we in class together or something or something? See
you around Leonard? Hey? Uh? Can I at least give
you a T shirt to my number one fan love
(24:46):
Summer Rains. Thanks so much for coming out Liam over here?
Any luck? I heard my dad on the phone with
the label the clock is ticking. How about you almost
to the front of the line. I think we'll be
able to talk to her in time. Where's Nikki? Older? Nikki?
I mean, she says she was stepping out, but she
(25:08):
hasn't come back yet. I've been watching Nicky sign as
I've gotten closer, and she looks so different. Her hair
is different. No, not that she's signing autographs, but she
isn't even looking up at anyone. She doesn't seem like Nikki. Yeah,
well that's not Nikki now, that's Summer Rains Nuts, that's us.
(25:30):
Thank you so much for coming out today and supporting
live music. Who should I make the autograph out to you?
Forget my name already, Bobby Liam? Oh my god, what
are you doing here? We've come back again to get
you out of here. It's time to come home. That's
really nice of you. But I'm good here. No, you
can't go through with this. You're ruining your light. She's right, Nikki,
(25:54):
you're missing up the time continuum. We've seen how it
turns out. It is not pretty. Things are great here.
I'm great here, Nikki. This isn't your life. We have
to go home. Did you even save the rink? Do
you know what's going to happen to Ben? And is
still managing the rink? It seems fine, it's not going
to be. Are these two given you our time? The rains? No? No, no,
(26:18):
they're fine. Thanks alright, alright, I get it. Listen. I
can't talk about this here. I have to finish up
and do some press photos. But when I'm done. It's
the three of us. Yeah, we'll sit down and talk
it all out. When will that be an hour? I'll
meet you at the food court at six. Okay, okay,
(26:38):
we'll see you there. Yep, see you there. What time
is it? Eight? She's not coming is? She doesn't look
like it. She lied to us. This is like when
(26:59):
she let go of my hand. I'm so mad. What
do we do now? We'll figure it out. We should
connect with other Nikki. Maybe she's having better luck. Too bad?
We can't text again. How are we supposed to find
anyone with no technology? Old bridge? Isn't that big? Come on?
(27:26):
All rights out there? And we're coming to the Millennium
Rank on another Friday night. I thought i'd find you
here instead up your friends? Who are you? Oh? Wait
a minute, Oh my god? Are you? Me and Nikki?
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Radio presented Nicky Fix's Time Mix, created an executive produced
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Sound by Chapter four Sound supervision and sound designed by
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