[ WP ] You want to rewatch your favorite TV show , but find that it does n't exist . Nobody has ever heard of it .

Jack leaned over the fake wall connecting our cubicles. “ Hey man, are you going to that dinner thing tonight? ” 
 
 No chance I was going to that bullcrap on my Friday night. “ I thought about it, but I ’ m pretty beat. I think I ’ m just gon na stay in, order some food, and watch Netflix. ” I ’ ve been thinking about this Friday night plan since last Saturday. 
 
 Jack smiled knowingly and nodded. “ Cool man - I feel ya. I'm probably gon na go because it's free dinner and I have n't gone grocery shopping. But yeah, it ’ s been a rough week. ” 
 
 “ I know. I ’ m dying. Also, you know what I ’ m really in the mood for? ” 
 
 “ What? ” 
 
 “ The Scientist. I know it ’ s an old one, but man, that show was so good. ” 
 
 “ Funny, I ’ ve never heard of it. ” Jack ’ s head disappeared into the row of cubicles. 
 
 Never heard of it… I was pretty sure everyone had heard of The Scientist. It was a genius concept about this narcissistic, brilliant dude who discovered “ The Collins Strand ” - basically it was a way to stretch out your DNA so you could live for like 600 years. He wanted it so badly, but after he finally found it, it completely destroyed him. The show seriously changed my life - it made me and I think pretty much everyone who watched it learn to accept how fleeting and temporary everything is. 
 
 Right when the clock hit 5 PM, I zipped out the door, stopped by my favorite Chinese place, went home, turned off my phone, put on my favorite pair of Nike sweats, and sprawled out on the couch. I opened up Netflix to watch the show, and it wasn ’ t on there. I could ’ ve sworn I ’ d seen it on there, but sometimes they randomly take things down. Maybe there was an issue with their contract with the production company or something. 
 
 I checked Hulu, and it wasn ’ t on there either. I looked on Amazon and iTunes and couldn ’ t find it. I was getting really frustrated because it was such a popular TV show. Why wouldn ’ t they want people to watch it? At this point I would've happily paid the $ 2.99 per episode - I really didn ’ t care. 
 
 Eventually, I just googled “ where to watch the scientist online. ” Nothing. Now I was just pissed off. I looked up the wikipedia page, but it was missing. Bizarre. I googled “ what happened to the scientist. ” Nothing - just a few articles about Stephen Hawking. I searched for the show on IMDB… nothing. For some reason, I couldn ’ t remember any of the actors' names. It was killing me. I even googled general information about the show to make sure I didn ’ t get the name wrong. It was starting to really weird me out. 
 
 I decided to call my friend, Eddie, because he was a pop culture freak. 
 
 “ Hey man, sorry to bother you on a Friday. ” 
 
 “ No problem dude, what ’ s up? Long time no talkies. ” 
 
 “ I know you are a big pop culture guy so I was just wondering… have you ever heard of a show called The Scientist? ” 
 
 “ Nah man, doesn ’ t ring a bell… why? ” 
 
 I tried to think of what I could possibly say. “ It ’ s stupid but I was thinking of writing a screenplay and I wanted to make sure no one had used that title before. ” 
 
 “ Gotcha - that ’ s awesome, man. Good luck with the screenplay - you have to let me read it when it ’ s done! ” 
 
 After I hung up, I stared at my computer screen for a long time. Pure disbelief. I remember watching the show - all 6 seasons. I usually watched it on DVR because it was on Sunday nights when I was having dinner at my mom ’ s. I can recall so much.. all of the subplots and even some of the memorable lines. 
 
 I ’ m not sure what came over me, but at some point, I opened up a Word document. It ’ s strange, but since I was little, I ’ ve always thought about what would happen if I could delete a song, TV show, or movie, or something like that from existence, and then only I would be able to remember it. So then I could recreate it, become rich and famous, and live life free and easy. 
 
 I'm not gon na question it. TS was the best show ever. A guaranteed hit. If I'm not dreaming right now, I will remember this as the first night of my new life - the life I deserve. 
 
 `` PILOT''
