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  • 5/23/2025
SurrealEstate - Season 3 Episode 6 -
Battleground
#CinemaJourney
Transcript
00:00You
00:10Previously on some real estate you don't want to even in the same house with me anymore
00:19Electricity bill it's through the roof who seems to regard me as a luxury can afford seriously. I'm done with dating
00:26I'm done with guys. Don't we're trying sorry to interrupt. It's me Elvis the elephant
00:34What the heck is that
00:56I
01:26I
01:56I
02:00Peter
02:16Hey Suze Bob, hey, can you spare me just a sec? I
02:21I
02:22Guess so great first. I'm in the new digs business must be great
02:30Please sit
02:32It's been a while it has
02:36Sorry to hear about your mom. I always liked her. She hated your living guts Bob, but you knew that I
02:42Did I know I know I I deserved it. I mean I treated you badly and I let you that was my bad
02:50It's all on me, but that's not why you're here. I'm not the same person Susan good Bob. I'm glad to hear that. I've grown
02:58Evolved I'm listening more and it's the only way that I have the courage to bring you this offer today
03:07Offer
03:08Merge with me Susan
03:11Let's strategically spot weld Livingston Kent on to the Roman Ireland residential real estate machine
03:21You want to go into business
03:23together, yeah
03:26Look, I'm not the the creepy boss that cheated with you on his wife anymore
03:31Yeah, I've done a ton of work on myself and I am in a much better place. I'm single. I'm healthy
03:36I'm doing visualization meditation hot Pilates
03:39I volunteer twice a week at a greyhound rescue and I am laser focused on my career
03:46Ready to take it to the next level. We were great once together
03:49We were terrible together Bob
03:51Are these sales projections accurate?
03:53Their estimates, but I think they're definitely probably achievable. I mean we were great together in real estate Susan
04:00It was the other thing that was wrong
04:01So wrong, but if you just skip to the graph volume over 24 months
04:06You will see that we are up 20% year over year, but you and Luke beside me. There's no way we can fail
04:15Why us
04:17Why Roman Ireland there are plenty of bigger shops out there better capitalized for expansion your lean your nimble your bespoke
04:25I'm not doing this to get bigger
04:27just better
04:30Come on just take it to Luke. All right, so I ask talk it over with him
04:40Bob
04:42Bob I've got to go. Okay, but you're gonna talk to him, right when I get the chance
04:50Excellent. Perfect. Thank you
04:53Yeah, okay, Bob. I now I have to go. Okay
05:01Okay, this is gonna be quick Luke is on the road today checking out a cottage on a lake in the middle of nowhere and
05:07Lomax is still helping out our folks. So it's just gonna be us
05:10I see you the results of the title search on the Bashir place just a he locked those paid off in 2023
05:15But not properly filed parties have been notified should be resolved by the end of business day. Thanks tag your
05:21email on the Campbell house was
05:24Disturbing. Yeah, nothing gets your attention like a scary guy with a painted face and a gun in your upstairs hallway
05:30It certainly sucks the thunder out of my improperly filed home equity line of credit story
05:34Auggie we should start with a standard PKT unless you have any better ideas
05:38Go to places any if you send me the address, I'll look into history and past owners good and I'll try to talk down
05:44The owners they're pretty upset
05:47He was maybe 17 18
05:50Skinny could have been a lot younger like 15 or so except his eyes. I don't know his eyes looked old
05:58He was a soldier
06:00Sure looked like one. He had a rifle. He kept making these
06:04Gestures moving his arms and hands around like I should understand what the hell it meant
06:09Tell her about the noises. This was weird. I heard jungle noises
06:13Birds monkeys, I don't know. Did you hear anything? No, I was asleep until Dwight came stumbling in
06:21And you've never seen anything like this before and in how long?
06:2511 years. We've lived here. We've seen enough. We're gonna stay in my brother's place until you get this figured out
06:31You are gonna get it figured out, right? Absolutely
06:35In fact, I'm gonna go through right now and make some notes on staging while my associate takes some readings
06:44What kind of readings
06:47Soldier was he sure
06:50He thought so I asked if either of them had ever served like if this was a really vivid memory or even a PTSD
06:57flashback, but no
07:00You're breaking up listen, I am lost out here. They gave me lousy directions that GPS is making it worse
07:06It's hey, we could really use you back
07:10What I said with a Campbell place
07:15Listen you are cutting in and out. Let's just talk later. Okay, okay
07:19What?
07:49I
08:19Oh
08:35Dear
08:49You
09:05Are you okay? He was in the closet. He he jumped out and grabbed a grenade. He threw it back in there
09:11It was like a war movie. He told me to get down and then I did
09:19Oh
09:34Hello kind of lost can you help me?
09:46I'm looking for a place on a lake and I'm
09:50lost
10:09Yeah, hi
10:11This place is on a lake somewhere. Is there a lake nearby like a bunch of expensive cottages around it?
10:17No, the address seven six five Harewood Road, this isn't Harewood Road, is it?
10:22No
10:24Well, do you can you tell me where I would road is?
10:28No
10:31Okay, thanks
10:47I
10:58Lost my car keys and it's locked and I got no cell phone service
11:03Look, I'm sorry, but I'm really stuck and it's gonna start raining
11:08Now please
11:10If I could use your landline, that'd be great. I don't have one
11:15Well, do you have a cell that works because I got no bars and don't have one how do you call people I don't
11:21Look
11:24There's a storm coming can I come in just for a minute, please?
11:37He jumped out of the closet grabbed the grenade and threw it away
11:41He was he was some kind of soldier what service from what
11:45What do you mean? Was he present-day World War one to Iraq Afghanistan?
11:50No idea and he was wearing a helmet
11:53Yeah
11:55Sorry, go on. Um, there were sounds
11:58Birds and things August recorded some of it. I'll ask him to send it to you
12:04That's
12:06Pretty much it
12:07It's pretty freaky
12:09Are you okay?
12:13Pardon I was just wondering if you're alright
12:18Yeah, I'm
12:20Yeah, I'm fine
12:22It's sweet of you to ask
12:24Good. Okay, then. I'll um, I'll listen to August tape and look over the recordings and if no when
12:31When I find something I'll text you
12:34Thanks
12:40A nice place
12:46Bigger than it looked from the outside. I wouldn't know outside doesn't matter
12:58Nice collection you have enough exactly enough
13:04I
13:08Will grow him by the way
13:12It's the dog's name Erasmus, it's a great name. What does Erasmus call you?
13:22Harry Harry, thanks for opening the door
13:35I
13:40Remember seeing a chimney from the outside outside doesn't matter
13:55On a related subject
13:57What happens the door I came in?
14:00well
14:02It's got to be around here somewhere
14:04right
14:16You were the one who wanted in so bad
14:20What happened to the door and what relax Nancy, it's right where you left it
14:31Oh
14:35I
14:37Won't lose Erasmus when he died
14:4113 not bad for the bigger breeds. They just don't live as long and you
14:53What about me when did you die?
14:56Joe
15:05Everything all right
15:09You forgot your lunch this morning I can
15:15You didn't need to bother well, somebody's got to take care of you because you were doing a lousy job yourself. Oh
15:24I don't even want to ask
15:27a bit of
15:28reverse engineering
15:30feeding paranormal contact data into an AI algorithm to
15:34formulate a response
15:36initiate a conversation
15:38Those occasions like today when Luke is not available
15:41So who's the spook du jour did those twins in the shining finally hit menopause? I
15:48managed to not make
15:49frivolous remarks about your killing machines
15:53It would be nice to have that courtesy reciprocated
15:57I
16:05Enjoy your damn lunch
16:27Now can you say which if any of these forms of protective headgear was on the soldier you encountered I
16:34Only saw him for a second
16:36And you were totally freaking that's a given and perfectly understandable still if any of these is close
16:41We'll at least know the approximate error. We're dealing with I
16:45Think it was D D excellent
16:47You've identified the m1 steel pot helmet issued to soldiers from 1941 to 1985
16:52That narrows us to World War two the Korean conflict and Vietnam
16:57Okay. Incidentally, I hope you enjoyed the inclusion of the Viking helmet. It was funny
17:04I've often been accused of being humorless. This is my repost. Go to one
17:09What's this we know the helmet our soldier was wearing tell him an m1 steel bucket worn by u.s. Soldiers from 1941 to 85
17:17Hold on a second. I'm receiving an email that is relevant to our conversation
17:23I'm happy to see that
17:25Brunhilde and Kaiser Wilhelm are off the hook
17:29Okay, August
17:30So I sent your recording to an associate who was able to wash it and then stitch it to an AI adapter module for aviary
17:36identification
17:38He sent it to a bird watcher
17:40Precisely. My friend was able to isolate two of the birds on the soundtrack
17:44One was the melodic song of merups orientalis that Asian green bee eater
17:48The other was the black Drongo de Cruz macro Kirku a song. That's a good deal harsher and louder
17:56and
17:58They're both endemic to Vietnam
18:02This is a little confusing I've checked and none of the past residents of the house have ever served in the military
18:08Regardless, our young man seems to be fighting the Vietnam conflict all over again. Who gets to tell him the war is over
18:16I'll do it after all he did save my life
18:26Hello
18:38Soldier
18:41Listen to me
18:44Whatever brought you back here you need to know
19:02Look at me
19:14You
19:24You still here afraid so the watch isn't doesn't matter here
19:32So I gotta ask
19:37How did you know about Erasmus and me
19:43I kind of have a way the hell of a way
19:50Like a glass wine
19:52Is he good Russian River Valley pinot noir?
19:56Doesn't suck and yet. There's only one glass
20:09Go easy
20:12You're driving
20:15Not so sure I
20:18Lost my car keys. Oh, you are they're making you stay but
20:24Not for long
20:26Who's making me stay, you know
20:30management
20:34You know, I never really
20:37Never really liked people
20:40My wife left me
20:42my kids
20:44And never really wanted much to do with me
20:48Bad choices bad luck bad health. It's kind of lost
20:53then
20:55This fella came along
20:57Just a puppy running around the parking lot food King popped my car never gave me a choice
21:04Never judged me never told me what to do
21:08Only love me
21:10Me
21:12We've been led to believe was a love boat
21:18The goodest boy the very goodest 13 years
21:27Brett said he was in pain
21:31Well, I couldn't have that so I let him go
21:37And I went home I
21:40Went about dying myself
21:42Didn't take long
21:44Now you're here
21:46Mr. Roman, I
21:48Have a message. I think you need to hear
21:52Not every soul needs to move forward
21:56Not every immortal spirit needs a kick in the ass
22:00some of us just want to go back to that moment in life, we were the happiest and just
22:05Just be
22:11Once you get lonely lonely
22:17I've got Dickens
22:19Tolstoy
22:21Austin Joyce for bear
22:24Cervantes Dostoevsky, I have Erasmus. I have enough friends to last me 17 forevers
22:34You're a really lucky guy
22:39You do what you do long enough start thinking, you know, what's best
22:46Luke they want me to tell you you don't not always
22:57So listen
22:59I
23:02Will I promise
23:20I'm sorry
23:29I
23:43Must have been terrifying honestly, it's what we here at Roman Ireland refer to as a Thursday
23:50So what do you have for us a?
23:52Lot, okay to start with I verified there's been nobody who lived in that house for the past 50 years
23:57Who served in uniform checked and double-checked then? Why would he well, that's the question, isn't it?
24:02But then I dug a little deeper which is what you hired me to do and came across her. This is Lynette O'Connor
24:08she lived in that house in the late 60s and early 70s with her parents her father was an insurance salesman and her mom was a
24:16Mom, I managed to dig through the archives and came up with this picture from the 1967 yearbook for Emily Bronte high school
24:23the fighting brontosaurus is
24:26This was on the prompt page. Oh
24:30My god, that's that's him. That's the guy I saw
24:34But he looked older. Okay, that's what I wanted to know
24:37Let me dig a little deeper and see what I can find really great work tag. Oh
24:42One other thing you mentioned those hand gestures that mr. Campbell saw those are hand signals that commanders used to communicate
24:49silently to their troops
24:51in Vietnam
24:54More soon. Goodbye
24:56What I don't understand is why now the war ended in 1975
25:02the complicated war in a complicated time I
25:06Guess
25:08Do you remember it
25:13You're going out this late there's some eggplant Parmesan refrigerator
25:20If you like I could heat it up for you
25:24I
25:25Am not at all certain how late I'll be so you didn't wait up
25:30As a troubled young man who needs my help what kind of trouble?
25:38Did I ever tell you about my uncle feel
25:42No, I don't think you ever did
25:46My father's older brother
25:49I was drafted in 67
25:52Did a year's tour in Vietnam?
25:55Growing up. I always asked my father
25:58Why we never saw uncle feel at family things
26:02never at Christmas
26:05Dad said he didn't
26:08He didn't like being around people
26:11He said the things he saw
26:14The things he did in Vietnam changed him
26:19Indelibly
26:22And permanently
26:25That's why you struggled at Astra
26:30Partially
26:35Oh
26:49Oh
26:55Susan Ireland Susan tag, can you get to a computer? Yeah
27:02His name was Robert Vincennes you found him it wasn't hard
27:06He was all over the yearbook honor student played sports sang in the choir all of it. Well
27:12An all-american boy drafted into the army in early 67 did basic training in Fort Polk, Louisiana shipped out to Vietnam in May
27:22Killed in action at Kisan in April of 68
27:26Yeah, I also did some looking for Lynette O'Connor the girl who lived in the house the prom date now
27:32She's Lynette Meeker a widow, but she's still alive
27:35Still lives around here. In fact, send me your info
27:38address phone number will do
27:42Susan
27:44I'm sorry for your loss
27:59Soldier
28:02Listen to me
28:06Time to stand down
28:12Oh
28:18War is over
28:21Time to stop the fight
28:25Turn to a peaceful place
28:42You
29:02Morning hey, did you find the cottage? Oh
29:06Well, I got a little sidetracked it was late by the time I got to the lake I had to stay over
29:12It's a nice place should sell fast. You get a better directions of my god
29:16So it was worthwhile
29:19Worthwhile
29:21Yeah
29:22very
29:24So tell me about the Campbell's Oh Luke
29:27It'll break your heart. This nice local boy killed in Vietnam in 1968. He's haunting his girlfriend
29:36Why?
29:37Why now all of a sudden?
29:43Shell
29:45We shall hi
29:48When did he leave
29:51Did he say anything
29:54Troubled young man
30:05Oh
30:16You're awake good
30:22Now tell me
30:25Where's Charlie
30:28Young man
30:31Your war is over
30:34You need to don't give me your bullshit
30:39They killed my friend
30:41His name was Pete and they killed him
30:47I know they're hiding in this village. So you can either help me
30:52So help me God
30:54I'll kill you
30:56And I'll kill your family
30:59I mean thing
31:04It's like killing a bug
31:07I'm not your enemy
31:22Robbie
31:24Oh
31:27Who are you
31:31War is over
31:34I'm your friend
31:37Look around
31:40You're home
31:47Wars over Robbie
31:54But
32:02What happened
32:05You
32:18Mr. Speaker
32:20Yes, I'm Susan Ireland. I have a
32:25Remarkable story to tell you. Do you have a minute?
32:30This place is special to you
32:35My dad and I didn't get on so a lot of times I'd come over to Lynette's
32:44My folks are the best
32:47They'd set another spot for dinner and afterwards her dad would come out we'd throw a ball around
32:56It's nice
32:58Looking back those nights
33:02Playing catch with mr. O'Connor
33:05Going for a walk with Lynette
33:10See that tree
33:12That's trade
33:15Afterwards I
33:17Floated around for a while
33:24This is what brought me back brought me home
33:29Your best days
33:32Even after I went to not only kept writing
33:36And then I started writing less
33:40the place the
33:42Ugliness killing I
33:46Didn't want to bring her into that
33:49And
33:54What
33:56I brought it back with me
33:59The war
34:01I
34:04Didn't mean to it's okay Ronnie
34:09How could I heaven isn't always a place you've never been
34:14sometimes
34:15It's the best place
34:18You ever were
34:28Bobby
34:31I
34:49For you for so long, it's okay. I'm home now. I
34:58Was reading the paper last night
35:01There was a story about the remains of several u.s. Soldiers
35:06As yet unidentified that had been repatriated from Saigon earlier this week
35:14So that's why now I
35:19Finally get to say it
35:24Goodbye
35:27I
35:31Win
35:56I
36:26Hi
36:30Hi Bob, yeah, I'm fine
36:34No, I haven't and you know what Bob I'm not going to okay, I thought about it and
36:40Luke and I have built Roman Ireland on a philosophy that I just don't think you'll understand
36:46No, I trust Luke he trusts me we have a chemistry and I don't want to do anything that
36:53No, Bob, this has nothing to do with our history
36:58Yes, I am totally confident that I can trust myself around you Bob
37:04No, Bob. No, sorry. No, I meant that I'm hanging up now. I'm hanging up Bob. Goodbye
37:12Die in a fire Bob
37:14You
37:30Hello, may I may I help you hi, I need to speak to the person on the sign
37:38Can you be more specific the guy with the great hair Luke Roman
37:44He's not in right now, may I take a message
37:49It's about
37:51Tyler McNeil
37:53He's selling her house. And I guess he has some big business deal going on with him
37:58Buying a bunch of houses running him off to other rich guys. Really? Yeah, um this Luke guy
38:05Needs to know Tyler is not at all himself these last few days. He's
38:11Different
38:13Mean
38:16I'm sorry. He was a good man
38:19Yeah, rich powerful and successful, but good, you know
38:24Decent I remember a decent
38:27Anyway, he needs to know
38:31What is it that he needs to know
38:35Tyler is obsessed with Luke Roman
38:41I
38:47Think that'll do her. Thank you so much. You're pretty lucky. I don't know how the
38:52Fire got started over there. But besides the drapes the damage is pretty minimal. Yeah, you guys were terrific. Thank you for getting here so fast
39:01You know, it would have been a shame at this place burnt down I mean you really done it nice
39:08Well, it is what I do
39:10It is I'm a real estate agent. You are that's so awesome
39:16It can be I mean no wonder this place is so gorgeous. You're like
39:21an expert
39:30Well, you need to give me a call if you need to find a new place because
39:36Maybe you're you know, maybe your old place burned to the ground because you were just too free to jump in. Oh
39:46They can't leave without me I'm the driver
39:51Susan I'm crash Newberg. I
39:56Sorry, it's Charles. They they call me crash
40:00Feel like there's a story there. Maybe
40:03But if if you want to hear it
40:07You'll have to have dinner with me
40:11If that's what it takes
40:14Okay, you can count on it I will see you
40:32Hey, Augie, what's up?
40:35So what's this deal you're making with Tyler McNeil, there's no deal not yet
40:41It's an opportunity one that I was gonna talk to you about. I'm your partner Luke. Does that mean anything to you?
40:47Of course it does because it means a lot to me
40:50I believe in what we're doing and I wouldn't even consider doing anything to mess with it
40:55So when I hear you're out making deals without me, but he made any deals. What are you talking about?
41:00We are a residential brokerage
41:02We help families find homes
41:04We do not help big corporations buy houses to rent to families at a confiscatory profit. Do you agree with that or not?
41:12Yes, I agree with that the Luke
41:15I know the one who I took on his partner and who I gave my spare garage door opener to he would tell Tyler McNeil
41:22That we are a company that helps people and families find their way home and that he should pound sand pound sand
41:30Are you that guy or are you not?
41:33I am that guy
41:39I knew you were
41:56Yep, somebody needs a hug
42:02You
42:32You