WEBVTT 00:01.335 --> 00:02.544 [gunfire] 00:06.298 --> 00:07.758 [man] To the right! Get him! 00:07.883 --> 00:10.552 Low! Get down! 00:15.974 --> 00:17.976 Get him closer! 00:20.604 --> 00:22.231 Let them go! 00:27.653 --> 00:30.280 Team Five, I need you covering the north entrance, over. 00:30.405 --> 00:32.699 Sniper Three, Todd, say pos, over. 00:32.824 --> 00:33.825 Status, General? 00:33.951 --> 00:36.954 They're throwing everything they can at us, but we're holding our own. 00:37.955 --> 00:39.540 -What the hell's she doing? -I asked for her. 00:39.665 --> 00:42.041 Least you could do is cut me loose. Let a solider fend for herself. 00:42.167 --> 00:43.544 What would be the point in that? 00:43.669 --> 00:45.963 I just as soon not end up in a pile of rubble with the rest of you. 00:46.088 --> 00:47.839 Wouldn't be so sure of that, Lieutenant. 00:47.965 --> 00:49.675 You've seen what the aliens can do, sir. 00:49.800 --> 00:52.135 OP-Charlie, reporting inbound Beamers 30 clicks up. 00:52.261 --> 00:54.471 But you haven't seen what we can do. Are the Volm mobilized? 00:54.596 --> 00:55.597 Yes, sir, they're ready. 00:55.722 --> 00:57.683 Anthony, let's escort our guest topside. 00:57.808 --> 00:59.101 What do you mean? 00:59.226 --> 01:01.562 You're about to witness a miracle, Lieutenant. 01:07.150 --> 01:08.443 Let's see! 01:20.706 --> 01:23.333 My God... What the hell are you doing? 01:23.458 --> 01:24.501 Watch. 01:44.396 --> 01:46.064 [cheering] 01:46.189 --> 01:49.443 I... I don't understand that. 01:51.737 --> 01:54.531 -How... -How, I'm afraid, 01:54.656 --> 01:56.908 does not yield a simple answer. 01:57.034 --> 01:58.744 Even for me. 02:12.215 --> 02:14.509 [man] Go ahead and flip it on its side. 02:14.635 --> 02:16.345 -[man #2] We need a reinforcer. -Yeah. 02:16.470 --> 02:17.888 If we go along the wall here... 02:19.389 --> 02:21.266 [Matt grunts] 02:21.391 --> 02:23.602 Dude, they are totally freaked. You see 'em? 02:23.727 --> 02:25.479 They ran like little girls. 02:25.604 --> 02:28.607 Yeah. My dad says that without the Mechs, 02:28.732 --> 02:31.652 Skitters are nothing but just slimy cowards. 02:31.777 --> 02:33.111 -Yup. -Yeah. 02:34.529 --> 02:36.782 You know, it would be awesome to have six legs. 02:36.907 --> 02:38.325 Ew! 02:38.450 --> 02:39.951 You are beyond weird, Markley. 02:40.077 --> 02:42.954 I'm just saying, it would be awesome to climb up walls 02:43.080 --> 02:44.665 and jump over buildings and stuff. 02:44.790 --> 02:46.208 OK, just stop. 02:47.751 --> 02:49.503 I owe you big time, bro. 02:49.628 --> 02:52.589 You hadn't smoked that Mech, I'd be lying right next to them poor dudes. 02:52.714 --> 02:54.633 -You know I got you. -It's true. 02:54.758 --> 02:57.594 You saved his life... and mine. 02:57.719 --> 03:01.098 -And a whole mess of others. -Hey, I'm just doin'... 03:01.223 --> 03:02.808 what either one of you guys would have done. 03:02.933 --> 03:04.643 Well, listen to him, would ya? 03:05.602 --> 03:07.396 [Tom] Doesn't make any sense, really. 03:07.521 --> 03:09.940 You know you can't win, why walk into a punch? 03:10.065 --> 03:12.317 [Dan] We'll put a team together, have them walk the perimeter, 03:12.442 --> 03:15.445 make sure those bastards didn't slip any Crawlies through the back door. 03:15.570 --> 03:16.988 -Or worse. -I hope not. 03:17.114 --> 03:19.574 I'm still having nightmares about those damn things. 03:19.700 --> 03:20.784 Hey, Dad. 03:21.827 --> 03:22.911 You OK? 03:23.036 --> 03:24.246 Yeah, it's just a couple dings. 03:24.371 --> 03:28.458 Um... Listen, I need to talk to you about something. 03:28.583 --> 03:30.419 -OK. -Uh... 03:30.544 --> 03:32.671 This should wait till later. Can you come by my office? 03:32.796 --> 03:34.715 I got a debriefing in family notifications. 03:34.840 --> 03:37.216 Absolutely. We'll drop by later tonight. 03:37.342 --> 03:38.885 I'll have an aide come by your room. 03:39.010 --> 03:40.887 Hey, great job out there. 03:41.930 --> 03:44.349 -I'm proud of you. -Thanks. Thanks, Dad. 03:48.019 --> 03:49.187 What the hell are you doing? 03:49.312 --> 03:51.231 Stopping you from doing something stupid. 03:51.356 --> 03:52.733 Maggie... 03:52.858 --> 03:54.443 I gotta tell him. 03:54.568 --> 03:56.987 Then we'll talk to him when he's alone in his office tonight. 03:57.112 --> 03:59.698 If I'm meeting Karen, if I'm the spy, if I'm-- 03:59.823 --> 04:02.534 You're not, all right? 04:02.659 --> 04:05.537 After seeing you in this firefight, it just doesn't add up. 04:06.371 --> 04:09.624 Calm down and we'll talk to your father tonight. 04:09.750 --> 04:10.959 All right? 04:12.043 --> 04:13.170 Hey. 04:26.308 --> 04:29.603 I promise this is not gonna hurt, baby girl. 04:29.728 --> 04:31.229 I just need a little swab. 04:34.191 --> 04:35.692 [knocking] 04:35.817 --> 04:38.320 Hey. Need help with anything? 04:38.445 --> 04:40.113 No, I'm good. 04:40.238 --> 04:42.115 You're not low on formula or...? 04:42.949 --> 04:44.493 Really, I'm fine. 04:44.618 --> 04:45.869 OK. 04:48.789 --> 04:50.081 -All right. -Mm. 04:55.962 --> 04:58.173 What am I thinking? 04:58.298 --> 04:59.883 Oh... 05:01.593 --> 05:03.178 I love you, Lexi. 05:03.303 --> 05:05.305 I love you too, Mommy. 05:09.267 --> 05:11.102 Who are you? 05:20.987 --> 05:22.489 Oh, boy. 05:22.614 --> 05:24.491 What? 05:24.616 --> 05:25.617 Cyrus Ruskin. 05:25.742 --> 05:27.077 Oh... 05:28.537 --> 05:31.206 Cyrus? Really? 05:31.330 --> 05:32.707 Afraid so. 05:35.585 --> 05:37.879 He was with the 2nd Mass from the beginning. 05:38.004 --> 05:39.464 Yeah, I know it. 05:39.589 --> 05:41.591 Tough fighter, hell of a loss. 05:41.716 --> 05:43.468 He left two girls. 05:43.593 --> 05:46.555 Lost their mother Marjorie in Fitchburg. 05:46.680 --> 05:48.682 Cyrus took it hard. 05:48.807 --> 05:51.560 -To Cyrus. -To Cyrus. 05:51.685 --> 05:52.894 [knocking] 05:54.145 --> 05:55.772 Come in! 05:55.897 --> 05:57.148 Sorry, Professor, 05:57.274 --> 05:59.234 but she was pitching a fit until I brought her to you. 05:59.358 --> 06:01.903 What can I do for you, Lieutenant? It's been a long couple days. 06:02.028 --> 06:05.073 Did you know, sir, that you killed 23 Skitters, 06:05.198 --> 06:07.284 eight Mechs, and who knows how many Beamers? 06:07.409 --> 06:09.703 Seventeen, actually. 06:09.828 --> 06:12.163 It's one of the advantages of having the Volm as an ally. 06:13.081 --> 06:14.624 I owe you an apology, sir. 06:14.749 --> 06:16.626 You owe a hell of a lot more than that, soldier. 06:16.751 --> 06:18.587 Yes, I know, and I'm sorry. 06:18.712 --> 06:22.090 But still, President Hathaway, he needs to know what you have here. 06:24.593 --> 06:25.969 [sighs] 06:26.094 --> 06:29.347 All right, let's suppose for a second that you're telling the truth, 06:29.472 --> 06:31.600 and no one more than me hopes you are, 06:31.725 --> 06:33.435 how do we do that? 06:33.560 --> 06:35.478 Do you have a short-wave radio? 06:39.024 --> 06:40.692 9.9 megahertz. 06:43.528 --> 06:45.196 -Whenever you're ready. -Thanks. 06:47.240 --> 06:48.867 Keystone, King Fish 1. 06:48.992 --> 06:53.371 Authentication follows. Juliet, alpha, golf, foxtrot. 06:53.496 --> 06:54.873 Request Big Dog, over. 06:54.998 --> 06:57.167 [crackling over radio] 06:59.461 --> 07:01.046 Keystone, King Fish 1. 07:01.171 --> 07:06.134 Authentication follows. Juliet, alpha, golf, foxtrot. 07:06.259 --> 07:08.011 Request Big Dog, over. 07:09.179 --> 07:10.180 [crackling] 07:12.766 --> 07:14.726 [man] King Fish 1, Keystone. 07:14.851 --> 07:16.144 Roger authenticate. 07:16.269 --> 07:17.646 This is Big Dog. 07:17.771 --> 07:18.855 Go ahead. 07:18.980 --> 07:21.399 Hello, Mr. President. It's good to hear your voice. 07:31.450 --> 07:33.662 Mr. President, are you still there? 07:33.787 --> 07:35.747 Yes, Professor Mason. 07:35.872 --> 07:38.625 Uh, a Skitter rebellion, alien allies, 07:38.750 --> 07:41.086 it's just a lot to take in. 07:41.211 --> 07:42.754 I can imagine, sir. 07:42.879 --> 07:45.632 Unfortunately, I see no way to provide verification 07:45.757 --> 07:47.634 other than a good old-fashioned face-to-face. 07:47.759 --> 07:51.137 Is there anyway you could organize that ASAP? 07:52.389 --> 07:54.265 Uh, I think we can arrange that, sir. 07:54.391 --> 07:55.767 Lieutenant Fisher? 07:57.268 --> 07:58.353 Yes, sir. 07:58.477 --> 08:02.107 -We'll meet at Keystone. -Copy that. 08:02.232 --> 08:05.735 Lieutenant Fisher will give you those coordinates at the proper time. 08:05.860 --> 08:07.529 Big Dog, out. 08:07.654 --> 08:12.158 Your harnesses were removed externally which left the internal nucleus intact. 08:12.283 --> 08:15.203 Now, we think these stringy fibers here extending out to your spikes 08:15.328 --> 08:18.415 are constantly being regenerated by the nucleus. 08:18.540 --> 08:21.626 And the Volm de-harnessing machine allows us to extract the fibers 08:21.751 --> 08:24.754 and uproot the nucleus without affecting the spinal cord 08:24.879 --> 08:26.297 or the nervous system. 08:27.924 --> 08:30.051 It's like pulling a radish out of the ground. 08:30.176 --> 08:31.720 Yeah, if you want to think of it like that. 08:31.845 --> 08:34.514 So, I, um... I'll need my inhaler again? 08:34.639 --> 08:36.891 Yes. Unfortunately, yeah. 08:37.017 --> 08:40.270 -I'll need my glasses? -If you wore them before, yes. 08:40.395 --> 08:44.315 Guys, I know this is scary, but you need to understand something. 08:44.441 --> 08:47.193 Your spikes give you amazing strength and agility, 08:47.318 --> 08:50.989 but we don't know what the long-term implications are of living with them. 08:51.114 --> 08:52.907 We know it puts stress on your skeletal muscles 08:53.033 --> 08:55.535 and we suspect that it interrupts stem cell production, 08:55.660 --> 08:58.955 which, if true, could shorten your lifespan. 08:59.080 --> 09:01.374 How significantly, we... we don't know. 09:01.499 --> 09:04.419 Well, it's not like normal lifespan's that long these days anyway, so... 09:04.544 --> 09:06.421 If you're not ready for this... 09:06.545 --> 09:07.839 Come on, Ben. 09:07.964 --> 09:09.758 It's gonna be so much better. 09:11.384 --> 09:12.969 Won't it? 09:13.094 --> 09:14.262 I... I think so. 09:21.019 --> 09:22.187 Come on. 09:24.355 --> 09:25.398 Yeah, yeah. 09:25.523 --> 09:26.733 You know, I'm... I'm in. 09:28.026 --> 09:29.194 OK. 09:31.654 --> 09:33.198 Let me get this straight. 09:33.323 --> 09:35.742 The so-called government of Charleston, SC, 09:35.867 --> 09:38.453 is commandeering my personal property 09:38.578 --> 09:40.789 for unknown reasons for an unknown length of time. 09:40.914 --> 09:42.749 -Is that it? -Pretty much, yes. 09:43.792 --> 09:46.961 Well, that has the sickening ring of tyranny, don't you think? 09:47.087 --> 09:50.298 A good citizen would have gladly told his government representatives 09:50.423 --> 09:53.885 that he had an aircraft and then willingly made it available. 09:54.010 --> 09:56.221 That airplane is my ticket out of here 09:56.346 --> 09:58.973 when everything goes to hell, as it most certainly will. 09:59.099 --> 10:00.517 You don't know how to fly the plane, Pope. 10:00.642 --> 10:02.602 I'm reading a book. 10:02.727 --> 10:06.064 I'm twin-engine rated so I'll pilot your precious aircraft 10:06.189 --> 10:07.982 and make sure nothing happens to it. 10:08.108 --> 10:09.692 You're damn right because I'm going with. 10:09.818 --> 10:11.694 The hell you are. This is a classified mission. 10:11.820 --> 10:15.532 And that is a vintage 1935 Beechcraft. Finders, keepers. 10:15.657 --> 10:20.495 Listen, gentlemen, either I am on that plane or there will be no plane. 10:20.620 --> 10:22.956 You wanna come along, Pope? Be my guest. 10:23.081 --> 10:24.457 We leave in two hours. 10:24.582 --> 10:25.917 Gentlemen. 10:28.461 --> 10:31.714 Well, you and Marina have got the reins while I'm gone. 10:31.840 --> 10:33.842 I'll call in as soon as I know everything's OK. 10:33.967 --> 10:36.344 We'll have somebody on the frequency full time. 10:37.470 --> 10:39.681 And now I gotta ask the hard question. 10:41.141 --> 10:44.686 Are we sure that this is a good idea, you going there now? 10:44.811 --> 10:47.897 It's a personal request from the President of the United States. 10:48.022 --> 10:49.149 It's kind of hard to ignore. 10:49.274 --> 10:51.943 It's just that we just got finished fighting off the fish heads, 10:52.068 --> 10:54.779 we're building this supposed Volm weapon. 10:54.904 --> 10:58.241 I mean, how is you going to this summit meeting, or whatever it is, 10:58.366 --> 11:00.034 how's it gonna help us here now? 11:00.160 --> 11:02.036 Think of what it'll mean to the people of Charleston 11:02.162 --> 11:04.455 to find out President Hathaway is still alive. 11:06.916 --> 11:08.710 Yeah. 11:08.835 --> 11:10.336 I get ya. 11:10.461 --> 11:13.339 Not sure I like the idea, but I get ya. 11:14.174 --> 11:17.510 Marina says she'll dribble out your paperwork over the next few days. 11:17.635 --> 11:19.262 Make it seem like you're still here. 11:19.387 --> 11:21.347 Throw the spy off the scent. 11:21.472 --> 11:23.975 It looks like somebody already got the word. 11:29.772 --> 11:31.566 This is supposed to be a secret mission. 11:31.690 --> 11:34.402 You should know by now you can't keep secrets from me. 11:36.321 --> 11:37.696 Seriously, are we OK? 11:37.822 --> 11:40.283 Seriously, yes. 11:40.408 --> 11:43.578 -We do need to talk when you get back. -OK. 11:43.702 --> 11:44.954 I'll come back soon. 11:46.581 --> 11:48.458 What? 11:50.793 --> 11:52.045 Nothing. 11:52.170 --> 11:54.255 Oh, here. 11:54.380 --> 11:56.507 Lourdes packed you a med-pack. 11:56.633 --> 11:58.343 Just in case. 12:01.221 --> 12:02.805 I love you. 12:02.931 --> 12:04.599 No matter what, I love you. 12:04.723 --> 12:06.226 I love you too. 12:08.269 --> 12:10.605 Kiss our baby girl for me. Keep an eye on the boys. 12:10.729 --> 12:12.690 Always. 12:33.336 --> 12:34.379 Whoa! 12:34.504 --> 12:36.506 No, no, no, no. Nobody said anything 12:36.631 --> 12:38.841 about a bubblehead and a damn murderer. 12:38.967 --> 12:40.551 Must have slipped my mind. 12:41.594 --> 12:44.264 Man, this deal's getting worse and worse. 12:47.600 --> 12:49.352 Is everything all right, Cochise? 12:51.062 --> 12:52.188 It is simply... 12:53.731 --> 12:56.818 -Are you certain this aircraft is... -Safe? 12:56.943 --> 12:59.237 I was going to say capable of flight. 12:59.362 --> 13:01.864 I believe General Bressler wouldn't let us take off 13:01.990 --> 13:05.285 if he wasn't confident in its airworthiness. 13:05.410 --> 13:06.536 After you. 13:15.794 --> 13:18.006 [engine starts up] 13:18.131 --> 13:19.924 [backfires] 13:29.434 --> 13:32.312 You take care, Tom. 13:32.437 --> 13:33.479 I promise. 13:34.522 --> 13:35.732 Good luck, then. 13:44.324 --> 13:45.992 There are some things I'll miss though. 13:46.117 --> 13:47.160 Like? 13:47.285 --> 13:48.328 Ah... 13:49.620 --> 13:52.373 All the stuff I can do now that I couldn't do before. 13:52.498 --> 13:53.666 Like? 13:55.460 --> 13:56.794 Being somebody my dad depends on. 13:56.919 --> 13:59.172 Being better than my older brother. 14:00.423 --> 14:02.467 Being needed. 14:02.592 --> 14:04.510 I like that I can lift cars. 14:04.635 --> 14:06.095 I'll miss that. 14:06.220 --> 14:08.139 Yeah, it's always a good party trick. 14:10.099 --> 14:13.102 But it'll be nice being normal again, won't it? 14:14.562 --> 14:15.813 Yeah, it's... 14:16.939 --> 14:20.068 No more buzzing inside our heads, no more staying up for days. 14:20.193 --> 14:21.444 No more Skitter-vision. 14:21.569 --> 14:23.279 Yeah, no more translating for them at all. 14:23.404 --> 14:26.324 -No more connection. -We won't be freaks anymore. 14:26.449 --> 14:27.492 No. 14:28.826 --> 14:31.204 And we'll have none of the problems of being needed. 14:38.586 --> 14:40.546 [man] Oh, wait a minute. Inversion. 14:40.671 --> 14:42.548 If it's inverted, of course. What was I thinking? 14:42.673 --> 14:43.841 Dr. Kadar? 14:46.135 --> 14:49.055 I'm sorry to disturb you. 14:49.180 --> 14:52.350 I'm Dr. Anne Glass. I run the infirmary here in Charleston 14:52.475 --> 14:53.851 and I need your help. 14:54.936 --> 14:57.188 There was a time, a glorious, halcyon time 14:57.313 --> 14:58.897 when no one bothered me down here. 14:59.023 --> 15:00.274 Not a soul. 15:00.400 --> 15:02.276 Now it's like Grand Central Station. 15:02.402 --> 15:03.902 You may have heard the Volm built a device 15:04.028 --> 15:06.197 that allows us to remove the harnesses from the children 15:06.322 --> 15:08.449 who are enslaved by the Espheni. 15:08.574 --> 15:09.826 And it works? 15:09.951 --> 15:12.453 After you remove the harnesses they're able to return to normalcy 15:12.578 --> 15:13.746 with no residual effects? 15:13.871 --> 15:15.665 Well, that's what we're trying to figure out. 15:15.790 --> 15:18.584 We'd like to know if the harnesses cause any chromosomal mutations. 15:18.709 --> 15:20.878 A DNA test should be able to give you an answer to that. 15:21.003 --> 15:22.672 If we had the equipment to run one. 15:22.797 --> 15:24.382 And you want to see if I can devise such a test. 15:24.507 --> 15:26.384 Could you? 15:26.509 --> 15:27.969 If you get me these supplies 15:28.094 --> 15:30.930 and the tissue samples, I'll run the tests. 15:31.055 --> 15:33.141 Well, I'll, uh... I'll leave you to your work. 15:33.266 --> 15:34.642 Thank you, Dr. Kadar. 15:36.436 --> 15:39.772 Anne Glass? You're with Tom Mason. 15:39.897 --> 15:41.983 Yeah, that's right. 15:43.025 --> 15:45.153 You just had a child. 15:45.278 --> 15:46.404 Alexis. 15:47.613 --> 15:48.698 Alexis. 15:50.867 --> 15:54.287 The eyes of a newborn baby are just... 15:55.997 --> 16:00.668 They're portals to wonder and truth, aren't they? 16:02.587 --> 16:04.630 Yeah, I suppose. 16:04.755 --> 16:05.798 It's... It's... 16:06.799 --> 16:08.593 innocence. It's... 16:10.928 --> 16:12.638 so innocent. 16:12.763 --> 16:14.599 [breathes heavily] 16:26.944 --> 16:28.070 What ya doing, suckerfish? 16:28.196 --> 16:29.530 Uh, nervous eating. 16:29.655 --> 16:32.158 Stressed spelled backwards is desserts. 16:32.283 --> 16:34.327 Scared about the de-spiking? 16:34.452 --> 16:35.495 Yeah. 16:35.620 --> 16:38.748 Probably sounds crazy, but I've kind of gotten used to them. 16:39.790 --> 16:42.084 -I thought you hated them. -I do, I... 16:42.210 --> 16:43.336 I do, I just... 16:44.587 --> 16:46.088 As bad as they are and as wrong as they are, 16:46.214 --> 16:47.298 they let me do good things. 16:47.423 --> 16:48.466 You know what I mean? 16:48.591 --> 16:51.886 So keep 'em. Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. 16:52.011 --> 16:53.179 Was that Dr. Seuss? 16:53.304 --> 16:55.556 Bernard Baruch. One of FDR's advisors. 16:55.681 --> 16:58.518 He was giving advice on seating arrangements at a dinner party. 16:58.643 --> 16:59.685 Dad tell you that one? 17:00.561 --> 17:01.896 Only, like, 30 times. 17:02.021 --> 17:03.856 Think that's how Dad got girls in college? 17:03.981 --> 17:07.109 Instead of playing the guitar, he'd just tell weird historical anecdotes? 17:07.235 --> 17:09.570 I think that's how Dad didn't get girls in college. 17:09.695 --> 17:11.739 Probably true. 17:58.869 --> 18:00.913 [man] Let's see hands! 18:01.038 --> 18:02.415 Secure his weapon. 18:02.540 --> 18:04.750 -General Donovan. -Lieutenant Fisher. 18:06.377 --> 18:09.755 -Cole Bressler, am I correct? -You are, sir. 18:09.880 --> 18:11.924 Good to see you still commanding, General. 18:12.049 --> 18:14.135 Such as it is, yes. 18:15.177 --> 18:17.263 And you are Professor Mason? 18:17.388 --> 18:18.889 I'm Tom Mason, yes, sir. 18:19.015 --> 18:22.685 Uh, actually, sir, we... we have one more on board. 18:25.563 --> 18:28.190 What the hell are you thinking, Lieutenant? 18:28.316 --> 18:29.609 -Yes, sir. -Bringing an alien 18:29.734 --> 18:31.402 within ten meters of the president? 18:31.527 --> 18:33.988 Sir, this alien is an ally. He's here to explain his mission... 18:34.113 --> 18:36.115 That's enough, Professor. 18:36.240 --> 18:37.617 Secure this creature. 18:37.742 --> 18:40.077 -Hold on, hold on. Wait one second. -General Donovan... 18:41.912 --> 18:45.041 [Fisher] General, he's our ally. We're here to help! 18:45.166 --> 18:47.168 -We got him. -Stand down, General Donovan! 18:47.293 --> 18:51.631 -Mr. President, I really... -My apologies, Professor Mason. 18:53.090 --> 18:57.261 But times being what they are and all, I hope you understand it. 19:01.641 --> 19:04.727 You neglected to mention that you were going to be accompanied, Professor. 19:04.852 --> 19:06.812 Yes, sir. For security purposes only, 19:06.937 --> 19:09.315 not knowing if our transmissions were being monitored. 19:09.440 --> 19:11.359 [Cochise] Hello. 19:11.484 --> 19:14.820 I am Chichauk Il'sichninch Cha'tichol of the Volm. 19:14.945 --> 19:18.407 -We call him Cochise. -Wait, we got one more. 19:18.532 --> 19:19.950 Uh, sorry about that. 19:20.076 --> 19:23.579 That's John Pope, our mechanic. 19:23.704 --> 19:26.415 Yeah, I gotta... check a fuel line there. 19:26.540 --> 19:28.668 So if it's all right with you, I'd like to stay with the plane. 19:28.793 --> 19:31.837 I doubt I've got a whole hell of a lot to contribute to the conversation. 19:31.962 --> 19:34.507 Assign a small detail to keep an eye on him. 19:34.632 --> 19:38.552 Professor Mason, General Bressler, after you, please. 19:38.678 --> 19:40.513 General Donovan, proceed. 19:42.973 --> 19:44.308 Uh, Mr. President... 19:45.393 --> 19:48.270 Do I really need to explain to you that taking any kind of chance 19:48.396 --> 19:51.107 with any type of alien being is just not prudent? 19:51.232 --> 19:53.109 -I understand, Mr-- -Now, please, 19:53.234 --> 19:54.276 let's go inside and talk. 19:54.402 --> 19:56.028 I really don't think you understand, sir. 19:56.153 --> 19:58.531 Professor, I will be all right. 19:58.656 --> 20:00.324 Talk with your president. 20:23.055 --> 20:24.557 Rubbing alcohol. 20:25.891 --> 20:28.185 Dish detergent, salt. 20:28.310 --> 20:29.770 That's everything I need. 20:29.895 --> 20:32.648 Here are the tissue samples from 12 kids who had their harnesses removed. 20:32.773 --> 20:33.899 OK. 20:35.526 --> 20:36.944 How are they doing? 20:37.069 --> 20:38.236 The kids. 20:39.321 --> 20:41.824 Each one of them have varying degrees of post-traumatic stress, 20:41.949 --> 20:43.951 but most are adjusting. 20:44.076 --> 20:46.495 We've placed them with families, they're going to school. 20:46.620 --> 20:48.914 Resuming their lives as best they can. 20:50.040 --> 20:54.211 Must be rewarding working with children. 20:54.336 --> 20:56.964 It's why I became a pediatrician. 20:57.089 --> 21:00.551 It wasn't until I had my first that I realized what it meant to be a parent. 21:01.635 --> 21:05.306 -You had a child before the invasion? -A boy. Sammy. 21:05.431 --> 21:06.557 Is he... 21:06.682 --> 21:08.309 A piece of shrapnel from a Mech missile 21:08.434 --> 21:10.686 went through his right temple. He bled out in my arms. 21:15.065 --> 21:18.986 There's nothing worse than the silence right after... 21:22.031 --> 21:23.866 It's a mistake. 21:23.991 --> 21:25.117 I'm sorry. 21:25.951 --> 21:27.787 I don't wanna talk. 21:27.912 --> 21:30.289 I'll have these results for you tonight. 21:30.414 --> 21:31.457 Bye. 21:32.750 --> 21:35.795 We've spend the last year trying to establish a communications network 21:35.920 --> 21:38.005 with as many of the surviving resistance groups 21:38.130 --> 21:39.757 as our scouting parties could find. 21:39.882 --> 21:42.218 It's been our whole focus, and it hasn't been easy. 21:42.343 --> 21:44.136 In fact, it's been damn near impossible. 21:44.261 --> 21:47.181 Still, and all, a system has been put into place. 21:47.306 --> 21:49.350 Information does travel. 21:49.475 --> 21:50.768 It's not Federal Express. 21:50.893 --> 21:53.187 You know, it's more like the Pony Express, 21:53.312 --> 21:57.525 but it's up and running, and I'm not willing to put that at risk. 21:57.650 --> 22:00.611 My guess is that every resistance group you've contacted 22:00.736 --> 22:02.154 has said basically the same thing, 22:02.279 --> 22:04.782 that conventional engagement has proven ineffective, 22:04.907 --> 22:07.660 guerrilla tactics slightly more successful, but at too great a cost. 22:07.785 --> 22:10.996 You're absolutely right. That's why I'm... 22:11.121 --> 22:14.166 a little more than interested in what your Volm ally has to offer. 22:14.291 --> 22:16.168 And Lieutenant Fisher was certainly impressed 22:16.293 --> 22:18.587 with the way their weapons helped you crush that attack. 22:18.712 --> 22:21.298 -But you're not convinced. -No, I'm not convinced! 22:22.925 --> 22:24.969 Give me a reason to believe you, Professor. 22:25.094 --> 22:27.930 This isn't some academic exercise here. 22:28.055 --> 22:31.517 The survival of the entire human race is at stake. 22:31.642 --> 22:32.893 I'm well aware of that, sir. 22:33.018 --> 22:36.230 And, believe me, any vestiges of my former academic naiveté 22:36.354 --> 22:38.232 have been wiped away by the last two years. 22:38.356 --> 22:40.609 My reasons for trusting the Volm are simple, but practical. 22:40.734 --> 22:41.735 We need them. 22:41.861 --> 22:44.029 For the last seven months, we've fought side by side 22:44.154 --> 22:46.532 with Cochise and his soldiers and we've expanded our perimeter, 22:46.657 --> 22:48.534 we've defended it against repeated attacks, 22:48.659 --> 22:51.912 but moreover, sir, we've caused real hurt. 22:52.037 --> 22:53.998 These are real, tangible results. 22:55.373 --> 22:57.042 I trust our ally because, in my gut, 22:57.167 --> 22:59.753 I believe that with their knowledge of the enemy and their weaponry, 22:59.879 --> 23:01.672 -we can win this war. -Then what? 23:01.797 --> 23:04.758 What plans do the Volm have for us after the war? 23:04.884 --> 23:05.885 They have no plan for us. 23:06.010 --> 23:08.429 And you expect us to take your word on that? 23:08.554 --> 23:10.514 No, his. 23:10.639 --> 23:11.974 That's why I brought him. 23:20.065 --> 23:21.817 I'm sorry about all this. 23:22.860 --> 23:25.321 It is to be expected. 23:25.446 --> 23:29.491 Professor Mason has told me a good deal about you. 23:29.617 --> 23:36.414 How the Volm have fought the Espheni halfway across the universe, 23:36.540 --> 23:39.293 liberating one planet after another. 23:39.417 --> 23:40.920 And you have questions. 23:41.045 --> 23:42.588 Just one, actually. 23:43.631 --> 23:47.384 What are you fighting them for? Resources, territory? 23:47.509 --> 23:48.844 A flower. 23:50.596 --> 23:52.097 The catarius. 23:52.222 --> 23:55.351 It blooms on my homeland when the weather begins to warm. 23:55.476 --> 23:59.521 A flower that is... 23:59.647 --> 24:02.524 so valuable that it's caused an intergalactic war? 24:02.650 --> 24:06.570 The catarius has no value to anyone except me. 24:07.655 --> 24:09.365 Something you remember from your childhood? 24:09.490 --> 24:12.910 Actually, I have never seen it. 24:13.869 --> 24:20.084 Just as I have never held the warm soil of my homeland in my hands. 24:20.209 --> 24:22.670 Like the rest of my comrades, I was born on the ships 24:22.795 --> 24:26.632 that set out from our world hundreds of years ago. 24:26.757 --> 24:31.387 All I know of the catarius is an image in a data file 24:31.512 --> 24:34.974 and through a poem my brother read to me when I was young. 24:35.099 --> 24:36.892 You never told me that you had a brother. 24:38.018 --> 24:41.981 He... He is deceased. 24:42.106 --> 24:47.069 On a planet orbiting one of those spots of light up there, 24:47.194 --> 24:49.571 a most weary, un-bright cinder, 24:49.697 --> 24:52.408 far from the home I have never known. 24:54.492 --> 24:56.787 He was born to war. 24:56.912 --> 24:58.163 Grew up in it. 24:58.288 --> 25:00.916 And it eventually claimed him. 25:01.041 --> 25:04.128 He died for a world he never saw. 25:05.170 --> 25:08.841 Be thankful that you fight on the soil of your homeland, gentlemen. 25:08.966 --> 25:11.635 That is a gift. 25:11.760 --> 25:14.179 I will never see my home, 25:14.304 --> 25:17.850 but if we win this war, 25:17.975 --> 25:23.147 my children's children may one day gaze upon a real catarius. 25:25.523 --> 25:28.068 That is what I'm fighting for, Mr. President. 25:36.994 --> 25:40.789 Congratulations, Professor. I think you just made it to round two. 25:47.296 --> 25:51.091 Thing is, with my spikes, I can do things, you know. 25:51.216 --> 25:52.926 Good things. 25:53.052 --> 25:57.056 I look at other kids in mess hall in school or whatever, 25:57.181 --> 25:59.933 and I can do stuff they can't, you know? 26:00.059 --> 26:01.852 We're... 26:01.977 --> 26:04.480 We're part of the solution to this whole mess because of our spikes. 26:04.605 --> 26:06.857 And, yeah, maybe that means we're freaks, 26:06.982 --> 26:09.234 but it's worth something. It's worth the sacrifice. 26:10.861 --> 26:12.404 Isn't it? 26:12.529 --> 26:15.783 Even if it means you only live to be 20? 26:20.871 --> 26:21.914 You know... 26:22.873 --> 26:24.917 It's OK if you still want to do it. 26:25.042 --> 26:26.752 I know. 26:31.799 --> 26:34.009 I'll like you with glasses. 26:36.386 --> 26:38.222 Liar. 26:56.156 --> 26:57.157 -Hi, Colonel. -Hal. 26:57.282 --> 26:59.535 Hey, is it true my dad left Charleston? 27:01.745 --> 27:02.955 Where'd he go? 27:05.582 --> 27:08.168 Can you at least tell me when he's coming back? 27:08.293 --> 27:10.838 A couple of days, probably. 27:12.089 --> 27:13.549 Something wrong, Hal? 27:15.592 --> 27:16.760 Can I help? 27:19.721 --> 27:21.807 Ah, it's fine. 27:21.932 --> 27:23.100 It's fine, um... 27:23.225 --> 27:24.685 I'll just wait till my dad get's back. 27:24.810 --> 27:25.978 It's all good. 27:46.582 --> 27:48.542 Now, is that the best you got? 27:49.585 --> 27:51.712 [chuckles] 27:53.797 --> 27:56.550 Now, we both know why you didn't tell Weaver the truth, don't we? 27:57.675 --> 28:00.804 And why you let Maggie talk you out of spilling your guts to your father. 28:00.929 --> 28:02.931 I'm gonna tell my dad everything. 28:03.765 --> 28:05.559 Mm, no, I don't think so. 28:05.683 --> 28:08.896 In fact, I'm willing to bet you never tell him. 28:13.817 --> 28:16.195 This isn't real. 28:18.655 --> 28:20.908 Karen put some sort of implant in me. 28:21.033 --> 28:23.160 And this is a hallucination. 28:23.285 --> 28:25.871 Oh, so we're back to that excuse? 28:25.996 --> 28:27.206 It's the truth. 28:28.207 --> 28:30.250 Then what about all the rendezvous with Karen? 28:32.336 --> 28:33.711 They're dreams. 28:33.837 --> 28:35.547 Dreams? 28:35.672 --> 28:37.799 Oh... 28:37.925 --> 28:41.220 Come on, you know those weren't dreams. 28:42.387 --> 28:46.725 See, you go to the woods to meet Karen 28:46.850 --> 28:48.477 because you love her. 28:48.602 --> 28:50.812 'Cause you want her. 28:50.938 --> 28:53.232 And you just can't stop thinking about her. 28:53.357 --> 28:54.441 No. 28:54.566 --> 28:56.985 And that's why you're gonna go right on lying to Maggie 28:57.110 --> 28:59.780 and your father and your brothers. 29:01.949 --> 29:03.533 And it'll be easy. 29:04.952 --> 29:07.788 They want to believe your lies. 29:07.913 --> 29:10.582 They can't face the truth 29:10.707 --> 29:12.501 any more than you can. 29:13.669 --> 29:15.504 No! 29:19.174 --> 29:21.218 Oh, Hal... 29:23.804 --> 29:25.722 You seem stressed. 29:27.516 --> 29:29.309 I'll tell you what. 29:29.434 --> 29:32.771 How about I take over for a little while? 29:32.896 --> 29:34.147 Give you a break. 29:46.868 --> 29:48.786 I don't like it, Tom. 29:48.912 --> 29:50.914 I didn't think you would. 29:51.039 --> 29:52.916 But this is the right thing to do. 29:53.041 --> 29:55.043 The president needs me and Cochise 29:55.168 --> 29:58.046 to present the Volm's position to the people. 29:58.171 --> 29:59.923 Whatever's going on, I've learned the hard way 30:00.048 --> 30:02.092 that to argue with you after you've made up your mind 30:02.217 --> 30:03.510 is a waste of time. 30:04.886 --> 30:06.388 That's true. 30:06.513 --> 30:08.265 Listen, I'm not sure when I'm gonna be back, 30:08.390 --> 30:10.183 so tell Anne and the boys that 30:10.309 --> 30:12.227 I love them and I'll see them as soon as I can. 30:12.352 --> 30:14.354 You can tell her yourself. She just came in. 30:15.981 --> 30:17.441 -You speak there. -Oh. 30:18.650 --> 30:20.193 Tom? 30:20.319 --> 30:21.611 Can you hear me, Tom? 30:24.573 --> 30:26.908 Yeah. Yeah, I'm here. 30:27.034 --> 30:28.744 So, you heard that? 30:28.869 --> 30:30.537 Yeah. 30:30.662 --> 30:31.913 And you understand? 30:33.290 --> 30:35.167 No, not really, but I know you have to do 30:35.292 --> 30:36.877 what you believe is right. 30:38.962 --> 30:41.298 I'll be back as soon as I can. 30:41.423 --> 30:43.884 I know. 30:44.009 --> 30:46.053 Kiss Alexis for me, and... 30:47.137 --> 30:48.513 everything's gonna be all right. 30:48.638 --> 30:50.223 You gotta believe that. 30:50.349 --> 30:51.558 I do. 30:53.643 --> 30:55.062 I love you. 30:56.021 --> 30:57.689 I love you too. 31:03.737 --> 31:06.907 Tom, we'll be monitoring 24/7. Keep us posted, OK? 31:07.032 --> 31:08.367 Of course. 31:08.492 --> 31:10.035 Last Lonely Eagle, out. 31:19.544 --> 31:21.171 [truck horn] 31:23.924 --> 31:26.551 Well, what do you say we hit the nest? 31:26.676 --> 31:29.179 No argument here, brother. 31:29.304 --> 31:31.723 -[Hal] Hey. -Hey. 31:38.605 --> 31:40.524 Walk with me? 31:40.649 --> 31:41.817 Sure. 31:43.901 --> 31:45.445 So, I thought about what you were saying. 31:46.488 --> 31:48.907 I think you're right. 31:49.032 --> 31:50.242 Those dreams, they're... 31:51.284 --> 31:52.702 They're dreams. 31:54.121 --> 31:55.205 All right. 31:57.249 --> 31:59.126 So, what do we tell your father? 32:00.168 --> 32:03.588 Um... I don't know. What if we just don't tell him anything? 32:05.799 --> 32:08.427 -You sure? -Yeah. 32:08.552 --> 32:11.096 There's no point in making him worry about something else. 32:13.682 --> 32:15.225 Especially if it's not real. 32:15.350 --> 32:16.518 Yeah. 32:24.109 --> 32:25.360 Thank you. 32:26.945 --> 32:28.321 For what? 32:28.447 --> 32:29.947 Believing in me. 32:30.073 --> 32:31.992 Putting up with all my insane, neurotic crap. 32:32.117 --> 32:34.327 I told you I can take anything. 32:34.453 --> 32:36.329 As long as you're honest with me. 32:46.798 --> 32:50.135 In 11 of these samples, there are no abnormalities. 32:50.260 --> 32:51.470 All 100% human. 32:51.595 --> 32:53.889 It's nothing short of miraculous. 32:54.014 --> 32:56.516 I'd love the opportunity to examine that de-harnessing machine. 32:56.641 --> 32:57.642 Of course. Anytime. 32:57.767 --> 33:00.687 Sample number five is an anomaly. 33:00.812 --> 33:04.274 It's strands of something, alien DNA or who knows what, 33:04.399 --> 33:06.359 intertwined with the human DNA. 33:06.485 --> 33:09.863 It's like a parasitic jungle-vine wrapped around a tree 33:09.987 --> 33:11.573 and slowly strangling it. 33:11.698 --> 33:13.700 What can you tell me about this child? 33:16.453 --> 33:17.746 What's wrong? 33:17.871 --> 33:19.706 Oh, my God. 33:19.831 --> 33:21.541 It's true. 33:22.626 --> 33:25.587 This sample... is from your daughter. 33:28.089 --> 33:29.216 How is that possible? 33:31.176 --> 33:32.802 I don't know. 33:34.179 --> 33:36.139 [sobs] 33:36.264 --> 33:39.142 We have to tell Tom about the test results. 33:39.267 --> 33:41.520 He's not here. 33:41.645 --> 33:42.646 He's away on a mission. 33:42.771 --> 33:44.147 Well, we have to tell someone. 33:44.272 --> 33:48.652 Dr. Glass, you must know that what I'm saying is true. 33:48.777 --> 33:49.778 After all that's happened, 33:49.903 --> 33:53.240 we can't take the chance that your daughter is... 33:53.365 --> 33:54.658 not human. 34:00.956 --> 34:02.499 You're right. 34:02.624 --> 34:03.959 Absolutely. 34:04.084 --> 34:05.877 OK. 34:09.631 --> 34:11.091 We'll just get the sample. 34:11.216 --> 34:12.926 They'll have to see it for themselves. 34:20.725 --> 34:23.019 Oh, God... 34:36.199 --> 34:38.034 That was worth waiting for. 34:39.619 --> 34:41.078 Mm. 34:48.920 --> 34:50.755 -Maggie. -Yeah? 34:51.798 --> 34:53.425 I love you so much. 34:57.596 --> 34:59.222 I love you too. 35:06.646 --> 35:08.148 Uh, where's Denny? 35:08.273 --> 35:09.608 Haven't seen her. 35:15.614 --> 35:16.823 Hey, dork. 35:19.034 --> 35:20.160 I thought you were in surgery. 35:20.285 --> 35:22.120 No, I changed my mind. 35:22.245 --> 35:23.747 What are you doing here? 35:23.872 --> 35:25.749 I, um... 35:25.874 --> 35:29.044 I came to give you these, but... 35:29.169 --> 35:30.503 I guess you won't be needing them. 35:30.629 --> 35:31.963 I guess not. 35:38.803 --> 35:40.722 -Oh, yeah. -Hey. 35:40.847 --> 35:42.641 Hey. Where have you been? 35:42.766 --> 35:44.434 Is it late? I had a couple house calls, 35:44.559 --> 35:45.644 and I went for a walk. 35:45.769 --> 35:46.895 I must have lost track of time. 35:47.020 --> 35:48.521 Yeah, no, I was just worried. 35:50.065 --> 35:51.566 How was your day? 35:51.691 --> 35:53.068 Mm, it was tough. 35:53.193 --> 35:55.695 I had several extractions of spiked kids today. 35:55.820 --> 35:57.447 I'm still a little shaky on the Volm machine, 35:57.572 --> 35:59.366 so it took longer than it should. 35:59.491 --> 36:00.909 I'm sure you'll get the hang of it. 36:01.034 --> 36:02.786 Well, sure, just... 36:02.911 --> 36:06.665 Well, maybe you could go over a few things with me, you know? 36:06.790 --> 36:10.168 Of course. Anytime. 36:10.293 --> 36:13.213 Hey, do you want to help me finish this off? 36:13.338 --> 36:15.590 I've had it for so long. I'm afraid it's gonna go bad. 36:15.715 --> 36:17.717 Sure. Yeah. 36:24.099 --> 36:26.685 To good friends. 36:26.810 --> 36:28.269 Good friends. 36:30.855 --> 36:33.566 I'm, uh, I'm sorry I've been such a handful 36:33.692 --> 36:36.194 these last couple of weeks. 36:36.319 --> 36:38.571 It's just everything with the baby 36:38.697 --> 36:41.032 has been really overwhelming. 36:41.157 --> 36:42.909 Yeah, of course it's been. 36:46.955 --> 36:48.456 I'm sorry. 36:48.581 --> 36:51.209 It's, um... 36:51.334 --> 36:52.752 It's OK. 36:56.297 --> 36:57.924 Oh, God. 37:04.264 --> 37:05.682 We got to go, Lexi. 37:16.484 --> 37:18.820 You see those three stars right there? 37:18.945 --> 37:21.448 That's called the Summer Triangle. 37:21.573 --> 37:25.493 That's Vega, Deneb, and Altair. 37:25.618 --> 37:28.705 See the kind of faded one in the center of the triangle? 37:28.830 --> 37:30.165 Wait a minute. 37:32.125 --> 37:34.085 Oh. There it is. 37:34.210 --> 37:37.756 It's Albireo. It's a binary star system. 37:37.881 --> 37:40.550 You see how one of them's kind of orange and the other one's blue? 37:40.675 --> 37:42.677 -The blue one's hotter. -Exactly. 37:46.014 --> 37:48.475 I wonder which one they came from. 37:51.060 --> 37:53.688 It doesn't matter. They're here now. 37:57.984 --> 37:59.861 [Hathaway] I'll get you home, Tom. 37:59.986 --> 38:02.697 I don't know when, but I will get you home. 38:02.822 --> 38:04.991 I understand the sacrifice I'm asking you to make. 38:06.034 --> 38:10.079 To be honest, it's not one I'm even sure I could make myself. 38:10.205 --> 38:13.416 We have a chance now 38:13.541 --> 38:16.920 to make the world work again, and we have to do it. 38:17.045 --> 38:18.797 If we survive. 38:18.922 --> 38:21.758 And I believe that the Volm are offering us our only viable option 38:21.883 --> 38:23.218 to retake the planet. 38:23.343 --> 38:25.220 -So, they have a strategy? -A working strategy, 38:25.345 --> 38:27.013 and they've got the weaponry to back it up. 38:27.138 --> 38:29.891 Can you be more specific? 38:30.016 --> 38:32.101 I'd prefer that Cochise filled you in on the details, 38:32.227 --> 38:35.438 but suffice to say, if we're successful, 38:35.563 --> 38:38.191 we could take down the entire Espheni war machine. 38:43.238 --> 38:45.031 Sir! 38:45.156 --> 38:46.908 Advance scouts just reported 38:47.033 --> 38:49.744 enemy aircraft inbound headed straight for us. 38:49.869 --> 38:51.371 I don't understand. How did they find us? 38:51.496 --> 38:53.957 An excellent question, sir, but we have to get you out of here now. 38:54.082 --> 38:56.459 -Whoa, whoa. You're not saying we-- -If not you, then who? 38:56.584 --> 38:58.378 We don't have time for this now. Come on. 38:58.503 --> 39:01.965 -[man] Mr. President, we have to go. -Come, Professor. Come. 39:02.090 --> 39:05.552 Here are the coordinates, but follow in close formation just in case. 39:05.677 --> 39:07.637 Roger that. 39:07.762 --> 39:09.973 No, no, no! Cochise is coming with us! 39:10.098 --> 39:13.142 There's no time to argue this! Get in your plane now! 39:17.146 --> 39:18.731 We have to go now, Professor! 39:18.857 --> 39:21.150 No matter what, we have to go now! 39:25.113 --> 39:26.447 Come on! 39:46.509 --> 39:49.137 -[screams] -Hello, Dr. Glass. 39:51.764 --> 39:53.975 Hello, Alexis. 39:59.647 --> 40:00.648 No. 40:02.275 --> 40:03.526 No. 40:03.651 --> 40:06.237 You can't have her. No. 40:07.697 --> 40:08.865 It's OK, Anne. 40:10.325 --> 40:12.035 Everything's gonna be fine. 40:25.798 --> 40:28.760 -General! -Damn. 40:28.885 --> 40:30.511 Hang on! 40:40.813 --> 40:42.231 No! 40:42.357 --> 40:43.816 We gotta land! We got to make sure! 40:43.942 --> 40:47.028 Impossible, Professor. We got a Beamer right on our tail! 40:48.196 --> 40:50.323 There's no way we're gonna outrun that thing. 40:50.448 --> 40:54.035 -We got to get this plane down now! -Strap yourself in, you damn fool! 40:56.537 --> 40:57.997 Oh! 41:04.170 --> 41:05.588 Professor! 41:06.631 --> 41:08.174 Fireball coming right toward us! 41:08.299 --> 41:09.300 Hang on! 41:25.608 --> 41:27.235 [yelling] 41:27.360 --> 41:29.946 Looks like we're walking from here! -Strap yourself in, you damn fool!