"Sam," Jenny says, "why did you really leave?"

Kai, against all logic, edits it into a 90-minute "hybrid docu-fiction event." StreamVault releases it with zero marketing, expecting a lawsuit.

"Netflix, sorry, StreamVault is rebooting Sunny Meadows ," she says, her voice buzzing with synthetic enthusiasm. "It's a 'legacy sequel' called Sunset in Sunny Meadows . Sam comes back to town after a bitter divorce. It’s dark. It’s gritty. It’s got prestige ."

Today, Leo is 48, has a receding hairline he hides under a beanie, and is three months behind on his mortgage. His only income comes from autograph signings at strip-mall comic cons, where he sits between a washed-up Power Ranger and a guy selling hand-painted Darth Vader birdhouses.