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The episode introduces the remote town of McCarthy, Alaska, and the background of Louis Hastings, a computer programmer with a troubled past who moved to the town with his wife. Hastings' increasing hostility towards the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and his grandiose plan to destroy it lead to a tragic massacre.
- McCarthy, Alaska, is a tiny, isolated town with a population of around 20 people.
- Louis Hastings, a former computer programmer, moved to McCarthy with his wife and became increasingly paranoid about the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.
- Hastings' plan to destroy the pipeline involved killing the town's residents and hijacking a mail plane to carry out his attack.
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