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Time Stamps:
#4 -- "Cab Trouble" -- 0:56 -- A routine late-night call leaves a taxi company owner questioning reality
#3 -- "Everything Happens For A Reason" -- 8:01 -- Two lifelong friends make an unexpected decision that changes everything
#2 -- "Life's Work" -- 13:52 -- As war closes in, a group of scientists refuses to abandon their life's work
#1 -- "A Custom Bed" -- 21:38 -- A furniture salesman receives one of the strangest custom orders of her career


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Head of Writing: Evan Allen
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